There appears to be some overlap with this and the
Sportsman which was next door.
Named for the dam which fed the Old Water Mill.
A
was advertised for sale in 1782.
The pub closed in 1927.
It was converted into a house in the 1930s.
It is now [2012] called Homestead Cottage.
See
Damside House
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
and records
John Bottomley [1678]
and
Henry Bamford [1679]
here
See
Mill at Deaf Mill, Hipperholme
It became the Olde Shears Inn in ????
In 1874, the pub was leased for 5 years to Haley and John
Briggs of West Scholes Brewery near Queensbury.
On 3rd March 1924, this was one of 3 public houses which were
referred for compensation at Halifax Brewster Sessions.
The others were the Bay Horse, Pleasant View and Pineberry Hill Tavern, Southowram Bank.
The pub closed in 1925
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1923
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1910 following the Licensing Act [1904].
It is now private houses.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The Brighouse Lark Singing Association held their meetings here.
It was originally owned by Naylor's and was sold to
Ramsden's in 1910.
The pub closed in 1946 or 1948 or December 1949.
It is now 2 separate houses.
The name of the pub can still be seen on the gable end of the Lady Royd buildings at the top of the hill.
See
John Naylor
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Oldham Road.
Opened in 1822.
A coaching inn for the turnpike.
Stands alongside Booth Wood Reservoir with a view of the M62.
It was owned by Lord Savile of Rishworth Lodge.
It was a temperance hotel [1890s].
After Stainland Wesleyan Chapel was demolished in the 1960s, the
pulpit from the chapel was used as a bar at the pub.
During World War I, Lord Savile closed the pub.
He had problems renewing the licence afterwards.
On
26th November 1881,
John Kenworthy, his wife and daughter, drowned in Booth Dean Beck after calling at the Derby Bar.
On
7th April 1906,
there was a fatal accident near the Inn.
The pub been variously named Exit 22 and The Turnpike.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Recorded in April 1868,
when Henry Sharp of the Derby Beerhouse was charged
with stealing a lock and key
It was a Brear & Brown pub [1899],
then later it was a Whitaker pub [1916].
The pub closed in 1937 and was bought by Halifax Corporation
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The former Royal Oak, Halifax has had a succession of name changes: the Tap & Spile; The Royal Oak again; Dirty Dick's.
Named for Richard ? – the master of the frigate HMS
Newcastle – the wood of which was used when the pub was rebuilt
in 1931
Recorded on 3rd April 1875,
when the Halifax Guardian reported that
The pub closed on 26th December 1932
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The Inn became Furley House Tea Rooms [1970s] and then Furley House.
William Clarke died in an incident here [1889].
The licence for the pub was withdrawn on 10th October 1889
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was formerly known as the Sportsman's Arms.
It subsequently became the Top Brink
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Late 18th century building.
The Broadbent family were licensee for about 150 years.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was closed in 2004.
It reopened as the Country Friends
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 2004
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It became
the Overdraught
and
the Pump Room.
In April 2014, the building was boarded up in preparation for
demolition and redevelopment of the site
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1905 following the Licensing Act [1904].
Aka the Waggon & Horses
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in December 1926
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Webster pub [1881]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
In 1845, it was written that
The gaol is kept by F. Scott, bailiff of the Lord of
the Manor
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence.
The pub closed in 1910 following the Licensing Act [1904]
See
Harriet Hemingway and
Duke of Leeds
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Stood at the southern end of the bridge over the Calder.
The pub closed on 24th December 1927.
The building was demolished in 1933 when the road was widened.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
See
John Bottomley
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The cottages were converted to a pub in the early 1800s.
Thomas Brown, of Brear & Brown, owned the pub [18??].
It was a Whitaker pub [1920].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
See
Abraham Haigh
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The West Street Brewery was next to the inn.
It was a Brear & Brown pub [1891, 1902],
then later it was a Whitaker pub [1916].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
See
Harry Percy Jackson and
Stone Chair
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1905 following the Licensing Act [1904].
It was demolished in the 1930s
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub stood next to the railway arch on the south
side of the road at Clark Bridge.
Opened in 1819.
The pub closed on 25th July 1965.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This was the original Dumb Mill Inn
In 1833, the licence was transferred to what is now the Country House, Hipperholme
See
Old Dumb Mill, Hipperholme
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Stocks pub,
then later it was a Whitaker pub.
The pub closed on 8th December 1968 and demolished shortly afterwards.
The Running Man was built on the site.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The local Post Office was here [1845].
In July 1897, Brear & Brown bought the property at auction for
£4,850.
It is often written that the Cragg Vale Coiners plotted the murder
of William Deighton here, but since Deighton died in
1769 – over 10 years before the pub was built – this seems doubtful.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
See
Barbary's and
Mytholmroyd Female Society
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Opened in 1815.
Planning applications show that this was a Webster pub [April 1903].
On 7th February 1906, renewal of the licence was refused because
The pub closed in 1906 following the Licensing Act [1904].
It was converted into 2 cottages.
See
Thomas Whitaker
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Some time between 1851 and 1861, the 2 original cottages were knocked
through, to form one building.
Shortly afterwards, the owner acquired the cottage next door, and
again knocked the 2 properties into one.
In the 1930s, it was converted into private housing.
It is now Number 12 Square Road.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub was demolished some time before World War I.
See
Samuel Charlton
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1900.
The building and other property were demolished to make way for
extensions to the railway
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Public House called Damside at Soyland Mill
Deaf Mill, an alehouse
Priscilla Morris of the Diving Bell was charged with
selling spirits without a licence
Up to within a few years, a public house called The Duke of
Leeds was kept in connection with the gaol; but the union
between the prison and a public house has wisely been dissolved.
the premises were of a disorderly character and have been
ill-conducted in the fact that there have been 2
convictions – permitting drunkenness [15th July 1905] and suffering
gaming [9th October 1905] – since the last Brewster Sessions
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