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Clay House, West Vale - DPC00353
Clay House is a Jacobean building, a fine example of seventeenth century vernacular architecture, located within a beautiful rural park in the village of West Vale, less than a mile from Elland and less than three miles from Halifax. Built c1650 for…
New Police Offices, Halifax - DPC00351
This very imposing building was for many years the main police station in the town. Today the new station is close to the ring road on the route to Leeds and Bradford. It was off Harrison Road and the Magistrates Court was around the corner. It is…
Albert Park, Halifax - DPC00349
Known locally as Sparrow Park, this relatively small patch of grass at the junction of Heath Road and Skircoat Road is dominated by a memorial to Prince Albert, paid for by public subscription following the Prince’s death in December 1861.
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All Saints' Church, Salterhebble, Halifax - DPC00347
Postcard dated 1918. In November 1996, All Saints' celebrated the 150th anniversary. The infant Church of England parish was one of the new districts resulting from Sir Robert Peel's New Parishes Act of 1843, designed to make pastoral and other…
Belvoir Gardens, Halifax - DPC00345
This row of houses is in the Skircoat Road area of Halifax.
Victoria Hall, Halifax - DPC00343
Opened in February 1901, this fine building has had a number of names since that time. Its fortunes have varied over the decades, and was purchased by Halifax Borough Council in 1960. Amongst other things, it hosted pop groups in the 1960s, wrestling…
Princess Street, Halifax - DPC00341
This is a view of the magnificent Town Hall, one of a series of fine victorian buildings in the town. The postcard is dated January 1913.
The Rocks, Halifax - DPC00339
This area is near to Wainhouse Tower, seen to the left of the rock. Above right (unseen) is Albert Promenade, a road off Skircoat Moor Road which offers fine views over the Sowerby and Norland hillside.
Akroyd Park, Halifax - DPC00337
The house on the left of this picture was originally the home of Colonel Akroyd, a Halifax industrialist.
The Palace & Hippodrome, Halifax - DPC00333
The Palace Theatre and Hippodrome in Halifax was referred to as the 'sweetest theatre in the north' as a result of the methods used in building it when, during bitterly cold weather, quantities of sugar were mixed with the mortar to prevent it from…
Belle Vue Mansion, Halifax - DPC00331
The war memorial was moved from here to adjacent to the Minsteer in 1980.
Multi-view Postcard of Elland - DPC00309
Postcard dated October 1920.
