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Range Bank, Halifax - HLS01414
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.
Holdsworth House, Halifax, 1948 - HLS01420
Now a hotel.
Gravestones by Wainhouse Tower - LLG00145
A number of myths have accumulated over the years around this unusual landmark which is often referred to as ‘Wainhouse’s Folly’ or the 'Tower of Spite'. The truth is simply that the octagonal tower was erected as a chimney for the Washer Lane Dye…
The Piece Hall, Halifax - LLG00148
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…
Halifax Station Approach - GEE00102
The 1855 station was considerably enlarged in the mid-1880s with this high level approach road over the new lines and sidings. It was operated jointly by the L&YR and the GNR but each had their own platforms, refreshment facilities, waiting rooms and…
Halifax Station Approach - GEE00103
The 1855 station was considerably enlarged in the mid-1880s with this high level approach road over the new lines and sidings. It was operated jointly by the L&YR and the GNR but each had their own platforms, refreshment facilities, waiting rooms and…
Beacon Hill, Halifax - BIM00136
Postcard. 1960s.
Broomfield Road, Halifax - BIM00137
Postcard. 1960s.
View over Halifax. - BIM00191
Eureka carpark is in the centre, The Minster, formerly the Parish church is on the right, and Square Chapel and the spire of Square Church and the Piece Hall are on the left.
Halifax Station. - LYR00160
LYRS 1024 - Aspinall 2-4-2T No 39 (possibly) and unidentified coach at Halifax. In the bottom right hand corner the island platform still in use today. The train is standing at Platform 3, now part of Eureka, and in front of it the rails going off…
Halifax Station Approach. - LYR00161
LYRS 2692 - Halifax Station approach. To the right the top of the Italian style station building which opened in 1855 and to the front of that the canopies on the GNR platforms. Two platforms behind the building, still with canopies, remain in use. …
Halifax Station Approach. - LYR00162
LYRS 2695 - Halifax Station Approach - general view. With the construction of the GNR platforms and lines to the front of the 1855 Station Building in the 1880s a new large entrance and facilities building was built on a higher level accessed by the…
Halifax Station Approach. - LYR00163
LYRS 2696 - Halifax Station approach c.1920. To the left the L&YR Booking Office and to the right the GNR's.
With the construction of the GNR platforms and lines to the front of the 1855 Station Building in the 1880s a new large entrance and…
With the construction of the GNR platforms and lines to the front of the 1855 Station Building in the 1880s a new large entrance and…
Halifax - Panorama of Station & Town - LYR00164
LYRS 2691 - An extract from an 1873 lithograph giving a rare view of the 1855 Station before it was extensively enlarged and modified in the mid-1880s. Access to the Station was by a curving carriage drive which is just discernible here turning down…
Halifax Station - L&YR Platforms. - LYR00165
LYRS 2698 - general view of the L&YR Platforms to the rear of the Station Building looking the in 'Down 'Leeds direction. On the right is Platform 1 and to the right of that the 'down' loop now long lifted. To the left is Platform 3 now used in…
Halifax Station Approach - LYR00166
LYRS 4322 -Station approach and frontage 1910. With the construction of the GNR platforms and lines to the front of the 1855 Station Building in the mid 1880s a new large entrance and facilities building was built on a higher level accessed by the…
Halifax Station 1963. - LYR00167
LYRS 6409 - general view of L&YR platform and canopies to the rear of the station buildings looking in the Leeds direction. To the right of Platform 1 a train on the now lifted 'down' loop. Only the island platforms remain in railway use with the…
Halifax Station 1930. - LYR00168
The former GNR Platforms 4, 5 and 6 to the front of the 1855 Italian style station building. These platforms were built in 1884/6 when the station was substantially enlarged to accommodate increased passenger and freight traffic including the new…
Halifax Station. - LYR00169
LYRS 6403 - 1963. General view of Platform 4 including canopy & columns and the clock. The covered stairway went up the Booking Office. By the time this photo was taken the other two former GNR platforms to the station front had been closed and…
Halifax Station East Signal Box. - LYR00170
LYRS 4970 - Halifax East Junction Signal Box ('chimney' side & non-door gable) and parachute water tank. It is still situated at the east end of Platform 3, although that is no longer in use and the water tank has gone. The tracks going off to the…
Halifax Station West Signal Box. - LYR00171
LYRS 4908 - Halifax West Signal Box (front & door gable) with station platforms beyond and the high level Station Approach. Date unknown but late 1960s or early 1970s; the track to Platform 6 has been lifted and the Box would also shortly go.