Radical meetings, including those of the Chartists, were
held here in the early 19th century
The pub closed in 1927
In 2001, it was refurbished and renamed Casa del Lago
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Stood on the corner of Bridge Street / Clark Bridge.
In September 1843, the pub was reported to be
and was deprived of its licence.
In 1859, it was recorded as a beerhouse.
It was demolished in 19??.
The name may have been passed on to The Lamb on Halifax Station
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It may have taken its name from the demolished Lamb
which stood in Bridge Street.
The pub closed on 1st March 1950.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Recorded on
21st August 1850,
when Samuel Speight was one of a number of local innkeepers who
were fined £2 and costs at the Brewster Sessions for knowingly
permitting prostitutes and those of notorious character to be
drinking in their house, contrary to the spirit of their licence
See
Lambert House and
Shears, West Vale
It was a Ramsden pub.
The pub closed in 1955.
It is now a private house.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was the first public house acquired by Samuel Webster's Fountain Head Brewery [1845].
The pub closed in February 1966 when the license was transferred from
here to the new Sporting Life.
It is now a private house.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was a Ramsden pub.
It was popularly known as the Horse & Jockey on account of the
picture of a horse and a jockey which stood behind the bar.
The pub closed in 1946
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This was originally a beer house.
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the Spinners applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence.
It was a Ramsden pub.
The pub closed in 1954.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Built in 1769.
Originally known as the Hare & Hounds, it was
renamed Lewin's in the 1960s.
The Lewin family took over the pub in 1881.
The family –
Elizabeth Lewin
and
Septimus Lewin
- ran the business for 60 years.
The ground floor section on the left (facing the pub), was originally
a separate wine and spirit business – 2 windows and a central door.
This was incorporated into the pub and is now 3 windows.
Rooms at the pub were the Royal Room and the Calcutta
Room.
Because of the beer shortage during World War I, women were barred
from the pub.
Men-only drinking continued until 1969.
In 1996, it was renamed O'Neill's.
In 2000, the named reverted to Lewin's.
In 2011, the premises were refurbished and returned to a traditional
market town tavern and renamed Lewin's Ale House.
It was known as The Last Drop [2014]
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Question:
Is this the same place as
the Nag's Head, Halifax and/or the Stag's Head, Shibden?
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 19??
Formerly the Commercial Inn.
It was renamed for Tuel Lane Lock,
It became The Wharf
Arrol Booth is recorded as residing here [1936]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1911 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Formerly the New Inn.
It was renamed for the Brockwell Lane Chimney and Long Chimney, Sowerby Bridge.
The pub closed for refurbishment, and is to open as the Loose Goose [2016]
The pub closed in 19??
It was converted into business premises
The pub closed in 1911 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Aka Old Delver's Arms ??
On 28th September 1872, Samuel Webster bought the pub
from Elizabeth Hainsworth
The pub closed in 1919.
This and other buildings in the area were demolished for
redevelopment in 1971.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Originally a house dated 1634 GCP for Gregory Patchett, when
it was known as Newhouse.
An inscription Dairy over a window suggests that there was a
farm here at some point.
In the mid-18th century, it was a pub called the White Swan.
It was renamed the Lord Nelson after the Battle of
Trafalgar [1805].
The inn had its own Luddenden Library – established in 1776 – with
a collection of 1000 books donated by the local minister.
Branwell Brontë was a regular when he worked at Luddendenfoot station, and he had his favourite chair here.
Other regulars included
William Dearden,
William Heaton,
and
J. B. Leyland.
It is said that ...
When St Mary's Church was being rebuilt [1804-1816],
baptisms were held at the pub.
This is discussed in the books
Halifax Pubs and
Our Home & Country
See
Luddenden Working Men's Club Roll of Honour
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was renamed after the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805.
The pub closed as an Inn 27th December 1932.
It is now a private house.
The Foldout
summarising the history of the Inn, was contributed by Neil
Hubbard
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Planning applications show that this was a Webster pub [1911].
The pub closed in 1937
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Named for Lord Raglan of the Crimean War.
This was originally a beer house
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, and was granted, a music and dancing licence
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
An inn is recorded here in 1704 when George Wilkinson paid
2/4d for one pound of anchovies.
On April 7th 1850, Bell's London Life & Sporting Chronicle
announced a game of knur & spell with
Henry Newell of Halifax,
Johnny Sutcliffe of Northowram,
and
George Dyson of Southowram.
Stakes were to be sent to J. Whitaker's Lower George
Tap.
This was one of the closest inns to the Piece Hall, and was a
meeting place for textile manufacturers and merchants who had come to
Halifax to do business.
The inn was able to accommodate a large number of coaches, wagons,
and around 60 horses.
The stables were demolished in 1955.
The Yard and the inn were demolished in 1972
This is discussed in the book
Sketches of Old Halifax
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed on 26th December 1926 on grounds of
non-necessity – see
Empress of India, Brighouse
and
Freemasons' Arms, Brighouse.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
David Kelly and Derrick Habergham have collected
records for 3 pubs –
The George,
The Upper George,
and
The Lower George
- the first 2 of which would appear to be the same hostelry.
Their contributions are used in the following list of licensees,
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
In the 1861 census for Rastrick, they appear in the sequence
Question:
Please
email me
if you can correct any mistakes in this list
Opened in 1???
The pub closed in 1949.
It was demolished in the 1960s.
Public toilets now stand on the site
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
the resort of notoriously bad characters
there is (or was?) a chair in the pub known as the Mayor's
Chair;
If anyone should sit upon it – by accident or deliberately – they are
obliged to buy the whole pub a round of drinks
©
Malcolm Bull 2017 /
[email protected]
Revised 18:40 on 26th November 2017 / p200_l / 56