The reservoir was designed by J. F. Bateman for Halifax Corporation to provide a water supply from Widdop to Halifax, 8 miles away.
It was constructed under an Act of Parliament passed in 1868. The first sod was cut on 26th July 1871 by Mayor H. C.…
The provision of public water supplies for the Halifax district was of great concern in the second half of the 19th century. As the town grew and the population increased the Victoria Reservoir created in 1848 in Gibbet Lane proved inadequate to the…
House, 1st half C18 with early C19 addition. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 2 cells, originally with doorway with chamfered surround forming a direct entry into the 2nd cell. To either side single chamfered mullioned…
House, early C18, linked to late C18 barn by added porch re-using late C17 doorway; now forms a single dwelling. Thin coursed rubble stone with large roughly dressed quoins, tile roof. 3-room plan with left hand projecting wing under…
House, early C18, linked to late C18 barn by added porch re-using late C17 doorway; now forms a single dwelling. Thin coursed rubble stone with large roughly dressed quoins, tile roof. 3-room plan with left hand projecting wing under…
House, early C18, linked to late C18 barn by added porch re-using late C17 doorway; now forms a single dwelling. Thin coursed rubble stone with large roughly dressed quoins, tile roof. 3-room plan with left hand projecting wing under…
The building on the right is Parrock, and on the left is Mitchell's canteen. the gentleman in black at the front will be a clergyman, possibly an important one from away as this is such a large gathering from various local chapels.
John Willie Bentley and his son, John Bentley, at Blind Lane, about 1890. The Man on the right is the roadman employed by the Holebottom Trust who used to bring his pick heads and chisels to the smithy to be sharpened.