Akroyd Park's 8 acres and Bankfield House were built for Edward Akroyd (1810-1887), who lived there from 1837 to 1856. They were opened to the public after his death in 1887. He was the grandson of James Akroyd, who in 1811 founded the world's…
To be found at West View Park, Halifax, off Warley Road.
The land was given to the town by local mill-owners Henry Charles McCrea (Mayor of Halifax 1869-1871) and Enoch Robinson (Mayor of Halifax 1904-1905). The park was opened in 1897.
St Luke’s Hospital was built around 1897 as the Poor Law Union infirmary for the sick poor in Halifax. During World War I it became a military hospital. After the abolition of the Poor Laws in the 1920s the hospital was eventually transferred to the…
Long Wall is the name of the road with an embankment on the left and a cutting on the right. Elland Bridge can be seen on the left hand edge of the photo spanning the River Calder