Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
In the 18th century, the adjacent New Theatre at the Talbot was a
popular venue.
A group of friends, including Branwell Brontë, met here and at
other local pubs
In July 1804, the local magistrates began to hold Court here, because
there was no proper Court House.
The session began at 10:00 am on Saturday mornings.
Later, the Court moved to a Magistrates' Office established at near
the Theatre Royal.
On
1st March 1814,
several buildings in the yard were damaged by fire.
In 1825, the Mechanics' Institution met here.
The Talbot was attacked by the mob during the window-breaking riots
on 6th January 1835.
The Jury awarded Daniel Holgate Sugden damages of £90.
James Alderson sold the pub Brear & Brown for £7,450
[3/1897].
The pub closed in 1918.
The inn was demolished in 1931 during redevelopment of Woolshops.
The rebuilt New Talbot Inn closed in 1974, and was demolished in
1979 as a part of the redevelopment of Woolshops
It is said that there were cellars beneath the pub which led to
Halifax Parish Church.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
See
Banknotes,
De Warren [No 1302] Masonic Lodge,
Halifax Union Club,
Talbot Square,
Talbot Yard,
The Canterbury, Halifax and
The Square
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It became an inn around 1800.
In 1841, it was badly damaged by fire.
On 7th October 1925, permission to rebuild the Inn was refused by
licensing magistrates.
In the 1930s, it was rebuilt by Glendinning & Hanson.
It was demolished in 2009.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It became the Prince of Wales
The former Royal Oak, Halifax has had a succession of name changes: the Tap & Spile; The Royal Oak again; Dirty Dick's.
Stainland Road.
Josiah Bailey took out a mortgage on the land [1862].
In 1874, he sold it to Webster's Brewery, although it is not clear
whether he sold the land or the pub as a going concern.
Question:
Does anyone know when the pub was built?
The pub closed on 18th April 1959.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Recorded in 1922
Founded as a temperance hotel by David Ward around 1837.
It had 22 bedrooms [1895].
It was a popular meeting place for the Chartists.
The Star of Temperance Oddfellows met here.
The Hotel was demolished when Broad Street was redeveloped in 1957
See
Broad Street Temperance Hotels,
Crossley & Barker and
Mr Etherington
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
19th century building.
Opened in 1858.
It was originally called the Red Lion.
Public concerts were held at the pub.
Mrs Sunderland sang here.
This is discussed in the book
Our Home & Country
where Comfort described the Grandmother's Clock which
was built into the wall of the hostelry.
The pub lost its licence and closed on 31st December 1937.
It became a residential nursing home.
Traces of the original inn sign can still be seen on the wall.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1915.
It is now a private house.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Originally built in 1497, the hostelry was named after the 3 nuns of
Kirklees Priory who started business there when the priory was
dissolved in the 16th century: Katherine Grice, Joan Leverthorpe, and Cecilia Topcliffe.
It has been said the Oliver Cromwell rested at the Inn before the
Battle of Marston Moor.
In 1812, the inn was the venue for Luddite meetings, and in 1920 a
collection of Luddite relics – knives and swords – was found in a
ceiling at the inn.
The site of the original inn is in the car park of the present
building which dates from 1939.
A recent tale tells of a ram's head being found behind an old
fireplace during refurbishment in 1985.
Subsequently, there were stories of icy hands, and of pumps, taps and
equipment turning on without any apparent cause.
The happenings ceased when the ram's head was returned to its resting
place.
The pub was exorcised in 1991.
In 2016, the pub was inexplicably renamed the Miller & Carter
See
Harry Harding,
William Sugden and
Three Nuns Pit, Hartshead
The present building was rebuilt for Webster's in 1932 and
designed by Jackson & Fox.
In 2005, the property was acquired by the Ossett Brewery and
refurbished.
See
James Flannigan and
Old Three Pigeons
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
See
Atlas Mill Brewery, Brighouse
It was formerly known as the Sportsman's Arms and then
the Dog & Partridge
Originally called ?.
Question:
Does anyone know the name of the pub before it was renamed for
Elland Town Hall after 1888?
The pub closed in ?.
It is now [2015] a hair dresser's & beauty parlour.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Grove pub,
then later it was a Whitaker pub [1905].
Planning applications show that this was a Grove Brewery pub [October 1903].
It was demolished when Hollins Mill Lane was redeveloped.
Apartments were built on the site.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, and was granted, a music and dancing licence.
Much of the surrounding property was cleared in the 1970s when
Aachen Way was constructed.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
During a police raid in December 2003, almost half of the 150
revelers were found to be under 18, the youngest was 13 years old,
and a member of the bar staff was 15.
During a raid on 18th November 2005, police found that 420 of the 500
people in the club were under-age drinkers.
Several other raids produced similar results.
They became the first establishments to be closed under the Licensing
Act [2003]
It was a Ramsden pub [1930].
The pub was for sale at an asking price of £180,000 [2010].
The Red Lion, Stainland and the Bay Horse, Halifax
were also up for sale after the owners, Deepclear Limited,
went into administration [September 2010].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1922
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Originally the Traveller's Inn.
Late 18th century building with mid-19th century alterations.
In the mid-19th century, tulip shows were held here.
In 1867, Michael Stocks bought the property for £1,340 as a
part of the Crow Nest Estate.
Around 1915, this was the headquarters of the local Rifle Club.
More recently [2007], the name has reverted to the Traveller's
Inn.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
J. Murgatroyd & Son built a band room next to the pub for their
Oats Royd Mills Brass Band.
The pub closed in 1938
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1915
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed on 17th May 1953
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed on 20th December 1934 with the extinction of the
licence.
See
Thomas George Titterington and
Travellers' Rest, Steep Lane
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1934.
The building is now a restaurant.
In August 2008, on account of the views, it was voted the best place
in West Yorkshire from which to see the sunset, and one of the top 10
in Britain.
See
Travellers' Rest, Boulderclough
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Whitaker pub.
In 1907, the licensing authorities declined to renew the licence at
the pub, but Whitaker's claimed compensation and the
licence was renewed.
It was an Ainley pub [1919].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
See
Horton Street Temperance Hotels
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It is said that, in the 1930s, the tram service from Sowerby Bridge
went as far as the Blue Ball.
It is said that, Thomas Mellor, the landlord of
the Triangle wanted the trams to go as far as his hostelry,
but this was not to be.
When the service terminated, and the line was being dismantled, he
bought the turning pole which carried the wires to the terminus and
erected this outside the pub.
The pub has suffered several accidents involving motor vehicles.
In August 2006, it was badly damaged when a truck ran into the
building.
It reopened in June 2007
In November 2011, there were reports of the pub being converted into
flats.
This is discussed in the books
Halifax Pubs and
Our Home & Country.
See
Oak Hill, Triangle,
Edmond Pickup,
Rose of the Valley Lodge,
Triangle Roll of Honour and
Triangle War Memorial
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This was originally a mediæval house cased in stone in the
17th century.
It was demolished in 1890, together with the House at the Maypole
which stood next door.
See
Turk's head and
Turk's Head Conservative Club
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Recorded in the 1850s.
Planning applications show that this was a Stocks pub [1921].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
See
Turk's head
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
See
Oldham turnpike
It is now a private house once more
It is highly likely that the pub was known as the Beacon Tavern
[some time after 1871]
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
[email protected]
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