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  • Collection: CMBC Conservation and Planning collection

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06171.jpg
This view is looking down Gaol Lane from Market Street and shows the rear of the buildings in Woolshops. All the buildings in this view have long since been demolished.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06078.jpg
All the buildings in this view (with the probable exception of the one visible in the gap between the buildings) have been demolished. As the name suggests, Gaol Lane was the location of the Halifax Debtor's Prison between 1662 and 1868.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06161.jpg
The fountain was erected in 1884. The photo appears to have been taken from Free School Lane. Date unknown but possibly 1980s as the new housing estate at Spring Edge can be seen, looking new.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06087.jpg
Ref 092251 The main part of the building was constructed in 1887 with an extension for a telephone exchange added in 1926.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06173.jpg
The Princes Arcade was a covered shopping area in the centre of Halifax. It was opened in 1931. It was closed in the late 1970s at the same time as the old Woolshops which were adjacent, prior to demolition. This is now the site of W H Smiths.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06247.jpg
This church was first established arond 1180 and the main part of the building is believed to have been built in the 14th and 15th centuries.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06252.jpg
River Calder is on the left, Century Rd runs to the right of this picture. The area has now been restored and has woodland and riverside paths.

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http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06165.jpg
One of the mills in the Dean Clough complex, former home to Crossley Carpets.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06168.jpg
Showing Ashlar stone in a arched doorway in one of the buildings. date c. 1977

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06167.jpg
Showing the state of the ceiling in one of the buildings. Date c.1977

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06166.jpg
One of the buildings in the complex. C. 1977

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06001.jpg
Crown Hotel & adjoining property. Horton Street 1979.
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