Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout
Bank Top, Southowram
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Bank Top
is the area at the top of Southowram Bank on the southern
ridge of Beacon Hill, to the east of, and overlooking, Halifax.
It is the main route from Halifax to Southowram village.
By 1893, much of the area which is now the main road from Southowram
Bank on towards Higgin Lane was excavated and levelled to enable the
trams to reach the terminus by the Cock & Bottle.
This section of Route Number 7 was opened on
19th September 1901.
In 1932, plans were announced to build 32 houses at the junction of
Marsh Lane, Southowram and Bank Top.
The houses built for/by Mrs Ruth Hannah Sutcliffe, were to be
stone-built in 8 blocks of 4 houses each.
| Houses and Property at Bank Top |
The occupants of the properties here have included
- Unknown Address:
- Bank Top Library, Southowram
- Bank Top, Southowram
- Francis Haigh
- Bank Top School, Southowram [18??]
- James Haigh [1755]
- Isaac Thwaite [1841]
- Joseph Thwaite [1851]
- Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Southowram [1857]
- William Laycock [1859]
- Sion Branch Congregational Sunday School, Bank Top [1861]
- Colburn Farm, Southowram [1871]
- Henry Holdsworth [1871]
- Pit House, Southowram [1871]
- Delf Hill Chapel, Southowram [1881]
- Higgin Lane Sunday School, Southowram [1898]
- Bank Top Post Office, Southowram [1936]
- Blagbrough & Hebblethwaite Limited [1936]
- Mr Dobby, cobbler [1940s]
- A Garage [1940s]
- Mrs Hudson, general store [1940s]
- Jack Rushton, newsagent [1940s]
- Number 1:
- Number 2:
- George Haigh, a grocer's warehouse man [1861]
- Number 3:
- Rebecca & William Firth [1861]
- James Gill, a stone delver [1871]
- Number 4:
- Mrs Ellen Green [1861]
- Mary & Joseph Robertshaw, a stone worker [1871]
- Number 5:
- Mary & Thomas Nicholl [1861]
- Number 6:
- Eunice & Abraham Haigh, a silk hatter [1861]
- Mary Ann & William Horsfall, a coal miner [1871]
- Prof Fairbairn [1905]
- Number 7:
- Nanney & Joseph Appleyard, a flag facer [1861]
- Number 8:
- Mary & John Appleyard, a drying machine tenter [1861]
- Number 9:
- Number 10:
- Mrs Elizabeth Holdsworth [1861]
- Number 11:
- Harriet & Samuel Clegg, a stone driver [1861]
- Number 12:
- Number 13:
- Mary & John Jacobs, a dye house man [1861]
- Number 14:
- Number 15:
- Elizabeth & John Womersley, a carpet dresser [1861]
- Number 16:
- Martha & Job Haigh, a stone mason & grocer [1861]
- Number 17:
- Number 18:
- Number 19:
- Ann & Abraham Earnshaw, a shoe maker [1861]
- Number 20:
- Ann & Henry Earnshaw, a stone driver [1861]
- Number 21:
- Betty & John L?, a farm labourer [1861]
- Number 22:
- Susannah & Joseph Nicholl, a stone cutter [1861]
- Number 23:
- Mary Ann & Allen Ainley, a coal miner [1861]
- Number 24:
- Sarah Ann & John Stuttard, a labourer at coal pit [1861]
- Number 213:
- Alice & Walter Crossley, a butcher [1901]
- Number 215:
- Sarah & John Crossley, a farmer [1901]
- Number 217:
- Mary & John H. Crossley, a butcher [1901]
| Beerhouses & Pubs in Bank Top, Southowram |
Several beerhouses and public houses have been recorded in and
around Bank Top, Southowram, including
- Bank Top Cricket Field, Southowram
- Bankfield Gardens, Halifax
- Battinson Street, Southowram
- Battinson Place, Southowram
- Belle Vue Terrace, Bank Top
- Broadway, Southowram
- Common Lane, Southowram
- The Crescent, Southowram
- Dog Kennel Lane, Southowram
- Higgin Lane, Southowram
- Marsh Delves, Southowram
- Marsh Lane, Southowram
- Merrion Crescent, Southowram
- Merrion Street, Southowram
- Slater's Quarry, Southowram
- Southcliffe, Southowram
- Sunway, Southowram
- Trooper Lane, Halifax
See
Isaac Thwaite
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