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Great House, Midgley - HLS01267
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The fact that most local townships have a Great House lends confirmation to the idea that at some time they were used as minor manor homes. The Midgley…
The fact that most local townships have a Great House lends confirmation to the idea that at some time they were used as minor manor homes. The Midgley…
Kershaw House, Midgley - HLS01268
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
From the point of view of preservation it is one of the finest local old buildings. Almost square, it is adorned by eleven stone-pinnacled gables and two…
From the point of view of preservation it is one of the finest local old buildings. Almost square, it is adorned by eleven stone-pinnacled gables and two…
Mytholmroyd Farm - HLS01269
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Originally known as simply ‘Mytholmroyd’ and said to have given its name to the village. In a will dated 1549 Richard Draper of ‘Michomroode’ is referred…
Originally known as simply ‘Mytholmroyd’ and said to have given its name to the village. In a will dated 1549 Richard Draper of ‘Michomroode’ is referred…
Broadbottom, Mytholmroyd - HLS01270
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Broadbottom, a cluster of houses rather than a single homestead is an ancient settlement on the Wadsworth side of Calder Valley, on the edge of the wood…
Broadbottom, a cluster of houses rather than a single homestead is an ancient settlement on the Wadsworth side of Calder Valley, on the edge of the wood…
Brearley Hall, Mytholmroyd - HLS01271
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Few homesteads are more pleasantly situated than Brearley Hall, which stands on an eminence between Mytholmroyd and Luddenden Foot. Antiquaries tell us…
Few homesteads are more pleasantly situated than Brearley Hall, which stands on an eminence between Mytholmroyd and Luddenden Foot. Antiquaries tell us…
Old Cragg Hall, Mytholmroyd - HLS01272
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The history of the original homestead is not available. Towards the close of the thirties, Mr Christopher Rawson obtained possession and as the structure…
The history of the original homestead is not available. Towards the close of the thirties, Mr Christopher Rawson obtained possession and as the structure…
Norland Hall - HLS01273
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The hall occupies – or rather occupied – a prominent site on the spur of the hill overlooking Sterne Bridge. In the summer of 1912 lightning struck the…
The hall occupies – or rather occupied – a prominent site on the spur of the hill overlooking Sterne Bridge. In the summer of 1912 lightning struck the…
Norland Lower Hall - HLS01274
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
This hall overlooks Sowerby Bridge at the extremity of the straggling village of Norland. Like Norland Hall and Norland Upper Hall this homestead was…
This hall overlooks Sowerby Bridge at the extremity of the straggling village of Norland. Like Norland Hall and Norland Upper Hall this homestead was…
Binroyd, Norland - HLS01275
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Binroyd stands on the north-easterly slopes of Norland. The stream runs close by and Copley village and Sterne Bridge are about equi-distant. The…
Binroyd stands on the north-easterly slopes of Norland. The stream runs close by and Copley village and Sterne Bridge are about equi-distant. The…
Hazlehurst Hall, Ambler Thorn, Queensbury
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Near Hill House lane. It as a fine old homestead, charming in its appearance of antiquity and beautifully situated. Small leaded windows are set in its…
Near Hill House lane. It as a fine old homestead, charming in its appearance of antiquity and beautifully situated. Small leaded windows are set in its…
Goat House,Rishworth - HLS01277
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Now used as a farm house. It was fitted up after the death in 1724 of Mr John Wheelwright, the founder of Rishworth Grammar School, as a boarding house…
Now used as a farm house. It was fitted up after the death in 1724 of Mr John Wheelwright, the founder of Rishworth Grammar School, as a boarding house…
Upper Cockroft, Rishworth - HLS01278
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
In the upper part of Ryburn Valley, about a mile behind Rishworth Grammar School. It has really been two houses, the lower half being the older. In…
In the upper part of Ryburn Valley, about a mile behind Rishworth Grammar School. It has really been two houses, the lower half being the older. In…
Shelf Hall - HLS01279
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Old Shelf Hall, a plain looking building some centuries old and ruinous, overlooks the entrance to the new hall, erected in 1860 by the late Mr Samuel…
Old Shelf Hall, a plain looking building some centuries old and ruinous, overlooks the entrance to the new hall, erected in 1860 by the late Mr Samuel…
High Bentley, Shelf - HLS01280
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The history of the Shelf Bentleys has been traced back to the 13th century. This homestead has on its doorway the date and lettering ‘RWL, 1661’, the…
The history of the Shelf Bentleys has been traced back to the 13th century. This homestead has on its doorway the date and lettering ‘RWL, 1661’, the…
St Anne's, Southowram - HLS01281
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The name St Anne’s-in-the-Grove is usually associated with Southowram Church but the original title belongs to the residence situated further down the…
The name St Anne’s-in-the-Grove is usually associated with Southowram Church but the original title belongs to the residence situated further down the…
Walterclough Hall, Southowram - HLS01282
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Walterclough dates back to the 14th century. The hall is on the western hill side overlooking Sunny Vale Gardens and about midway between that resort and…
Walterclough dates back to the 14th century. The hall is on the western hill side overlooking Sunny Vale Gardens and about midway between that resort and…
Old Haugh End, Sowerby - HLS01283
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
A 17th century building, with additions of a later period which have destroyed the old arrangement considerably. It is a good example of the evolution of…
A 17th century building, with additions of a later period which have destroyed the old arrangement considerably. It is a good example of the evolution of…
Field House, Sowerby - HLS01284
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Field House, the old home of the Stansfield family, occupies a commanding site overlooking Triangle and is one of the most imposing mansions around…
Field House, the old home of the Stansfield family, occupies a commanding site overlooking Triangle and is one of the most imposing mansions around…
Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby - HLS01285
PH/28. The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Sowerby’s finest 17th century treasure, with the virtue of an unspoilt exterior. John Dearden cased the timber structure with stone in 1649. The…
Sowerby’s finest 17th century treasure, with the virtue of an unspoilt exterior. John Dearden cased the timber structure with stone in 1649. The…
Bentley Royd, Sowerby - HLS01286
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Formerly approached through a dignified gateway, now demolished. The property, now divided into six cottages, has over its old doorway the initials of…
Formerly approached through a dignified gateway, now demolished. The property, now divided into six cottages, has over its old doorway the initials of…
Asquith Bottom House, Sowerby Bridge - HLS01287
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The long, rambling and oddly-shaped old building occupies a somewhat obscure site directly beneath St George’s Church at Quarry Hill. No connected story…
The long, rambling and oddly-shaped old building occupies a somewhat obscure site directly beneath St George’s Church at Quarry Hill. No connected story…
Underbank, Sowerby Bridge - HLS01288
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Underbank is on the upper side of the tram track where the Pye Nest route runs into Bolton Brow. Earliest records go back to about 1454, when Robert…
Underbank is on the upper side of the tram track where the Pye Nest route runs into Bolton Brow. Earliest records go back to about 1454, when Robert…
Clay House, Soyland - HLS01289
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
A long, straggling and many-gabled block of buildings, crumbling rapidly to decay. The sketch represents the courtyard in the centre of the ancient pile. …
A long, straggling and many-gabled block of buildings, crumbling rapidly to decay. The sketch represents the courtyard in the centre of the ancient pile. …
Bradley Hall, Stainland - HLS01290
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Under the hills on the Stainland side and overlooking the Blackburn Valley. It is said that Bradley Hall was the cradle of the Saviles. Originally the…
Under the hills on the Stainland side and overlooking the Blackburn Valley. It is said that Bradley Hall was the cradle of the Saviles. Originally the…
Jagger Green Hall, Stainland - HLS01291
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
This hall, standing on the hillside above Holywell Green and approached by road from Holywell Brook, is now divided into a farmhouse and three cottages. …
This hall, standing on the hillside above Holywell Green and approached by road from Holywell Brook, is now divided into a farmhouse and three cottages. …