This is likely to be a mis-identification of the Hawk,
Barkisland
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Now known as The Drop
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Ramsden pub.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Inquests were held at the pub.
In the 1880s, it became The Cunning Corner
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Planning applications show that this was a Whitaker pub [February 1901].
It closed in ????.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1962.
See
Royal Hotel & Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax
The pub closed in 1928.
It is now a private house
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It is now [2015] a pharmacy
It became a popular award-winning restaurant [2011].
In January 2012, amidst rumours that the business was about to wind
up, the owners Scott and Lisa Hessel disappeared and
the pub was locked, leaving customers and suppliers in an uncertain
position.
In May 2012, it was bought by John Oates and the name reverted
to the Booth Wood Inn.
See
Luddendenfoot Working Men's Club & Institute
The pub is said to be one of the oldest inns in Yorkshire and is
recorded in the 1307 when it was the home of Robert Brigge of
Soyland.
This was originally a timber-framed building and encased in
stone later.
The internal cruck structure can clearly be seen.
The outside of the building is mid-18th century.
Inside the pub, there is a 16th century octagonal font which was
discovered during excavations between the pub and St Bartholomew's Church.
The building was once used as a religious meeting house.
Around 1653, the Inn and adjoining cottages were bequeathed to the
church by Richard Firth of Ripponden.
The rents from the Inn supplementing the Vicar's stipend.
The Inn remained church property until 1897, when it was sold to
Ramsden's for £1,775.
The Inn is mentioned in Phyllis Bentley's novel Manhold.
In 1963, Ian and Daisy Beaumont bought the inn and
restored the building to its present state.
It was known as the Old Waterloo for a time after the Battle of Waterloo
In 1994, Calderdale Council caused a minor stir when [without
listed building consent] they erected a blue plaque claiming the
pub was
This has been disputed.
This is discussed in the books
Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions and
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The original pub opened in 1738.
It was demolished in 1940 when George Street was widened.
The new Bull's Head was built on almost the same site.
See
Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed about 1830.
A mill was built on the site
It has played an important part in local life
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Construction of a new hotel was started next door, but this was
halted around 1996 after a legal dispute.
The refurbished pub opened in 2003 as the Old Mill
The pub closed on 6th May 1959
After the Inn was demolished, the interior and fittings were moved to
the Shibden Hall folk museum.
See
Crispin, Halifax,
Mary German,
St Crispin, Halifax and
Upper Crispin, Halifax
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Near Fly Flatts Reservoir.
Aka The Loose Pulley
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
See
Shelf Pinfold and
Shelf Tide
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Opened in 1853.
It served the valley section of Wakefield Gate road.
The pub closed in 1946/1948
See
Dumb Mill, Hipperholme and
New Dumb Mill, Hipperholme
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Recorded on 12th August 1866,
when a newspaper notice announced
Built by
James Charnock
and
Mr Holmes.
Graptolite writes
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
A newspaper notice in April 1894 announced
Free Beerhouse called OLD HOUSE AT HOME with about 10 acres of
land at Upper Knight Royd, Northowram
Apply to P. Speak, Mountain, Queensbury
or J. T. Ramsden, Brewers, Halifax
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
On
10th September 1867,
about 10 or 12 people were injured, one boy died a few days later,
when iron railings outside the pub collapsed under the weight of
spectators watching a donkey race after the rush-bearing procession.
An advertisement for the business in January 1875 announced
The pub closed in 1975 and was demolished for road-widening.
The Inn is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
See
John Ackroyd
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
A stream ran through the cellar.
This was originally a beer house [1870s].
Opened in 1892.
It was a Whitaker pub.
The pub closed in 1962.
It reopened in 1982.
It was derelict for a time.
It was put up for sale in 1994.
It was subsequently vandalised.
It was demolished in October 2011.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1937.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
See
Old Queens Head, Queenshead
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Whitaker pub [1898]
who leased it from Sir George Armytage
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This is said to be the oldest pub in Brighouse
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub was demolished in 1899.
See
Old Original Queen's Head, Queenshead
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This is discussed in the book
Sketches of Old Halifax
See
Three Pigeons
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This is discussed in the book
Our Home & Country
The building was destroyed by fire in 1???.
The present building dates from 1742, and is named after the White
Bear, an English ship in the fleet which fought against
the Spanish Armada in 1588.
The main beam of the building comes from the ship.
A door in the snug of the pub is said to come from the
captain's cabin on the ship.
The pub was owned by the Low Moor Company.
It was a Whitaker pub [1892].
There was a brewhouse attached to the pub.
Some of the equipment from here was taken to the Brewhouse at Shibden Hall.
The brewhouse is now a restaurant.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1912 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
See
Old Yew Tree, Northowram and
Yew Tree, Northowram
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Question:
Is this the same pub as
the Yew Tree Inn, Northowram?
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It now stands below the flyover for the road to Lee Mount.
The pub is said to be haunted by a ghost called Mary.
The pub was recently [2013] renamed
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Stocks pub [1906].
It was up for sale [November 2010]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Aka Illingworth Cross.
From 1818, meetings and rehearsals of the Halifax Quarterly Choral Society were held here and at other local Inns.
It was a Stocks pub.
In 2012, the pub was closed and put up for sale.
In December 2012, it was badly damaged by fire.
It is now [2015] a nursery.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
See
Samuel Blagborough Bancroft and
Charles Bartey
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Probably Yorkshire's oldest hostelry – with an earliest recorded date
of 1307
To Let BEER HOUSE called THE OLD FOX INN, Park Road, Charlestown,
Halifax.
Apply to Mr. J. Sykes, Brewer, Boothtown, Halifax
At the [highest point on Soil Hill] is a building known as the Sun Inn.
It was first called The Gin Pit Inn on account of a coal pit
close by which belonged to Mr Lassey
To Let
OLD KING CROSS INN
An AMERICAN BOWLING ALLEY
at this house
SQUIRE GREENWOOD, Proprietor
1904@Dean Clough
©
Malcolm Bull 2017 /
[email protected]
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