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This is the top of Woolshops Halifax. All the buildings in this picture have been demolished, apart from the 'Tudor' style one on the left, which was demolished but then rebuilt.

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1969 calendar. The name is said to be unique - an area of Halifax which has undergone marked change in every generation of the past century. \it is the original location of the warehouses and shops of the wool staplers or wool drivers. PH15.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. One of the oldest highways of Halifax, it is likely to disappear upon redevelopment. PH16.

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The old Woolshops in Halifax. These buildings were demolished in the early 1980s.

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Grade II

House now in 2 occupations (one vacant). C17 hall range with early C18 gabled cross-wing. 2-storey front rendered. Rear has finely dressed stone. 1½ storey. Cross-wing of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and central stack. South…

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Slide 16 - Emerging from the courtyard, we view the mansion from the back, noticing the buttressed chimney-stacks and diagonally formed summits, peculiar to the period.

In taking our leave of Woodsome, the lines from Tennyson can truly be applied…

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Slide 3 - From the crevices between the flags have sprung up in profusion lily of the valley, and groups of musk, etc.

The architecture of Woodsome Hall is of the Tudor period, but it does not appear to be all of the same date. In front there is the…

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Slide 13 - On the west side is the Minstrels gallery where in olden times the musicians discoursed music and song, to the assembled guests below, and on the north side are two internal and ancient looking windows, from which it is said, the fair…

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Slide 6 - On one side is the huge fireplace some 14 foot in width, over which is carved on an oak beam in antique capitals a foot in depth -

ARTHUR * KAY * BIATRIX * KAY

Above this is a portrait of the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid…

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Slide 8 - To the right of the fireplace is a fine old clock in oak case, bearing the date1652, and surrounded with the plume and coronet forming the crest of the Legge family.

But the greatest curiosities are the ancient picture boards hung on…

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Slide 2 - A flight of steps of ample width leads to a flagged terrace, flanked with an ornamental balustrade of rare beauty, black with age, and covered with pretty creeping plants.

As Canon Hulbert says in his 'Annals of the Church in…

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Slide 1 - Well might Woodsome be described as 'one of the most charming old places in Yorkshire'
A carriage drive through an avenue of trees brings us to the front of the ancient mansion. Taking our stand on the graveled path on the east side of the…

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Slide 10 - On the other side, are the armorial bearings of the families of Yorkshire related to the Kayes, divided down the middle into two columns of twenty eight each.

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Slide 9 - The two following slides show the same board, in detail. One shows a portrait of John Kaye, surmounted by the coat of arms, and surrounded by various devices.

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Slide 17 - Pageant day in the grounds at Woodsome Hall.

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Slide 12 - We now ascend an oak staircase and enter the principal bedrooms, likewise wainscoted in oak. One of these rooms contains a fine old oak four posted bedstead elaborately carved, purchased by Lord Dartmouth at accost of £250.
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