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…
Commissioned in the 1850s by Captain Joseph Edwards, this fountain with its Talbot dogs was previously in the courtyard of his house at Castle Carr, Luddenden. After the house was demolished in 1961 the fountain was neglected, but was rediscovered…