Originally Hawden Hole it was developed after the First World War for camping and tea rooms. The white building has long been demolished and the other building extended and re-named Hawden Hall.
1979 Halifax Calendar. Celebrating THE Bicentenary of the Piece Hall, which was opened on the 1st January 1779 as a Manufacturers Hall for the sale of pieces of cloth. PH16.
During the course of the 18th century Halifax came to occupy a prominent place in West Yorkshire as a cloth market, and the Piece Hall, opened in 1779, is a striking monument to the pre-factory age. ‘Pieces’ or lengths of cloth, handwoven in Pennine…
The ornate stone on New House, Northgate, is inscribed 1736, with the initials of the builders H.E.F. - Henry and Elizabeth Foster. It was thought to be a Quaker house, and this was believed by the Quakers of Washington D.C. in America, when in 1970…
The ornate stone on New House, Northgate, is inscribed 1736, with the initials of the builders H.E.F. - Henry and Elizabeth Foster. It was thought to be a Quaker house, and this was believed by the Quakers of Washington D.C. in America, when in 1970…