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The Hollins, Warley - HLS01297
PH/28. The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
A castle-like building with a fine Norman tower. It is known that there have been three buildings on the site; the present one was erected short of…
A castle-like building with a fine Norman tower. It is known that there have been three buildings on the site; the present one was erected short of…
Swine Market, Halifax - HLS01403
1969 calendar. Swine Market once looked like this before the Grand Junction Hotel (right) and property on the South side of Gilbert Street was cleared to make way for a widened A58 trunk road. PH15.
Green Hill Terrace, Halifax - HLS01404
PH15. 1969 calendar. Demolished in 1967 it was described as possibly the only complete example in Halifax of a terrace in the Regency style. The Regency influence was confined to the arch over the doorway, though the windows were originally small…
Wainhouse Terrace, Halifax - HLS01405
PH15. 1969 calendar. Not widely known because it is out of general sight between Burnley and Rochdale Roads, past Kings Cross. The galleried houses take their name from J. E. Wainhouse, builder of more famous and certainly more visible Wainhouse…
Stannery Lane, Halifax. - HLS01406
PH15. 1969 calendar. It derives its name from stoneary for once stone was quarried from the hillside here when it was still a hamlet isolated from Halifax.
Boothtown House, Halifax - HLS01407
Seen from Hall Street North, it is an Old Boothtown landmark which was exempted from demolition in the area because of its historical and architectural interest.
Union Mills, Halifax - HLS01408
1969 calendar. Situated on Pellon Lane it is a fine example of the substantial and impressive nature of the portals of many 19th Century industrial premises. Union Mills of S Highley & Company , worsted manufacturers, was largely rebuilt after a…
Earl Street, Halifax - HLS01409
1969 calendar. Claremount, Halifax is a scene typical of the area known as Beaumont Town - 19th century cottage property with setted highway and flagged pavements. At the fall of the slope is St Thomas's School. PH15.
Swaine's Terrace, Halifax - HLS01410
1969 calendar. In the Haugh Shaw district of Halifax it provides another example of the use of the gallery to counteract the building difficulties of sloping land. The extra storey at the lower level of the building gave scope for either cellaring…
Ramsden Street, Halifax - HLS01411
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…
Waterloo Street, Boothtown, Halifax - HLS01412
1969 calendar. Typical galleried houses and cellar cottages of the hilly West Riding - Waterloo Street, Boothtown as it once was. PH15.
Woolshops, Halifax - HLS01413
1969 calendar. The name is said to be unique - an area of Halifax which has undergone marked change in every generation of the past century. \it is the original location of the warehouses and shops of the wool staplers or wool drivers. PH15.
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.
Nutclough Works, Hebden Bridge - HLS01323
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Looking at the now disused Nutclough Works at Hebden Bridge, it is hard to imagine the grey stone walls once enclosed an…
Looking at the now disused Nutclough Works at Hebden Bridge, it is hard to imagine the grey stone walls once enclosed an…
Ainley Top Bridge - HLS01324
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
The way into Elland over Ainley Top runs through the massive arch of the Whitehaughs Bridge which carries the six lanes…
The way into Elland over Ainley Top runs through the massive arch of the Whitehaughs Bridge which carries the six lanes…
Elim Church, Halifax - HLS01325
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
The Elim church in Hall Street, Halifax which succeeded the former building in Bond Street incorporates many striking…
The Elim church in Hall Street, Halifax which succeeded the former building in Bond Street incorporates many striking…
Sundial House, Clifton - HLS01326
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Set in one of the walls of the cottage 115 Towngate, Clifton is a sundial which bears the date 1783 and the inscription…
Set in one of the walls of the cottage 115 Towngate, Clifton is a sundial which bears the date 1783 and the inscription…
Todmorden Town Hall - HLS01327
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
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Britannia Buildings, Elland - HLS01328
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Outrageously presumptuous by today
Outrageously presumptuous by today
Northowram Parish Church - HLS01329
PH/25. The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Soon after Northowram had become a legally constituted ecclesiastical parish in 1909, steps were taken towards…
Soon after Northowram had become a legally constituted ecclesiastical parish in 1909, steps were taken towards…
Southgate Precinct, Halifax
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Moves to establish a pedestrian precinct in Southgate, Halifax, were made in March 1972 when the Highways Committee…
Moves to establish a pedestrian precinct in Southgate, Halifax, were made in March 1972 when the Highways Committee…
New Road, Mytholmroyd - HLS01331
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
There is no better example of Mytholmroyd
There is no better example of Mytholmroyd
Highley Hall Farm, Clifton - HLS01332
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Now listed by the National Trust, this building bears the date 1632. Formerly known as Highley Hall, it is now much…
Now listed by the National Trust, this building bears the date 1632. Formerly known as Highley Hall, it is now much…
Old Sunnybank, Greetland - HLS01333
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Old Sunnybank, as it is now known, has given its name to quite an area of the Greetland hillside facing across the…
Old Sunnybank, as it is now known, has given its name to quite an area of the Greetland hillside facing across the…
Heptonstall Old Church - HLS01334
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Destroyed by a storm in 1847, the ruins of the Church of St Thomas a Becket at Heptonstall strangely hold the same aura…
Destroyed by a storm in 1847, the ruins of the Church of St Thomas a Becket at Heptonstall strangely hold the same aura…