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Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH01019
During restoration
Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH01021
Before restoration
Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH01023
Bi-centenary Whit Sing, 1979
Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH01036
Hot air balloon over the Piece Hall.
Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH01051
Before Restoration
Piece Hall, Halifax, during restoration - PNH00952
Originally a cloth hall for selling pieces of cloth, it was ceremoniously opened on January 1st 1779. It flourished for 35 years but increasing mechanisation undermined the handloom weaver and the Piece Hall became redundant. In 1868 it was signed…
Piece Hall, Halifax, during restoration. - PNH00951
Originally a cloth hall for selling pieces of cloth, it was ceremoniously opened on January 1st 1779. It flourished for 35 years but increasing mechanisation undermined the handloom weaver and the Piece Hall became redundant. In 1868 it was signed…
Restored Gateway to the Piece Hall, Halifax - JNB00524
Postcard dated 1980.
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…
