The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
A 17th century building, with additions of a later period which have destroyed the old arrangement considerably. It is a good example of the evolution of…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Old Town is the ancient village on Wadsworth hillside above Hebden Bridge. The hall is at the south west corner of the village green and at the extreme…
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.
1969 calendar. Wheatley, Halifax shows a particular feature of a West Riding building in the 19th Century, when the handicap of a narrow site on a steeply rising hillside was overcome by putting one house on top of another with access at different…
1969 calendar. One of Halifax's steepest gradients looking down towards New Bank and North Bridge . With a slope of over 1 in 5 it was once part of the main road from Halifax to Bradford over Swales Moor. PH15.
Undated postcard but the sender writes that "there was a railway accident here last Friday" which would have been the Charlestown Curve disaster of 21st June 1912. Another card with the same image is postmarked 17 July 1912.
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Old Shelf Hall, a plain looking building some centuries old and ruinous, overlooks the entrance to the new hall, erected in 1860 by the late Mr Samuel…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Oldest of local homesteads, rich with features illustrative of many centuries of house architecture internal and external, it is fitting that Shibden Hall…