The holly tress are still there (2014) but the inn has gone and the area is now a car park The water tower, seen here on the top on the left hand building on the corner of St Georges Square, has since been removed. Hangingroyd House can be seen part…
Situated on the Long Causeway between Blackshaw Head and Mereclough. Print from old negative. Sign above the door shows man with a gun and dog. The licensee is George Greenwood. PH3F
Keith Stansfield says: I believe the date of this photo is…
In this photograph, taken from Dale Street, the public house seen on the left is The Royal George Inn which, until the end of the 18th century was known as The Ship Inn. Interestingly there was a watergate passage under the adjoining coal merchant’s…
PH16. 1979 Halifax Calendar. Originally a Georgian House - now Local Law Society Offices. Behind the 19th Century entrance is a 17th Century building where an upper room contains fine panelling and plasterwork.
Old Bridge with the 'New' Hole in the Wall Hotel on the right.
The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…