Question:
Does anyone know whether this was connected to A. L. Waddington & Son?
Named for Mr Wade who had a house and grocery shop here
[19th century].
Much of the street was lost when the area was redeveloped.
See
Nettleton's Court, Halifax and
Wade Place, Halifax
See
Manor House, Hebden Bridge
The road goes from
Halifax,
Stump Cross,
Hipperholme Crossroads,
Hipperholme Toll Bar,
Hipperholme,
the Whitehall Hotel, Hipperholme,
Lightcliffe,
the Horse Shoe, Lightcliffe,
the Sun, Lightcliffe,
Bailiff Bridge,
and
on to Wakefield
Thomas Blackburn built housing here primarily for his
workers at Phoenix Mill.
See
Abattoir, Brighouse and
Clifton Bridge, Brighouse
Listed buildings in Wakefield Road, Lightcliffe
See
Grange Terrace, Lightcliffe,
Greenhouses, Lightcliffe,
Holme House, Lightcliffe and
Old Vicarage, Lightcliffe
Recorded in 1916
Paton & Baldwin Limited had a factory here [1960s].
The street was lost when the area was redeveloped in the 1960s
See
West End Dye Works, Halifax
Ran north-east between St Thomas Street, Claremount and Parsonage Street, Claremount.
The street and its houses were lost when Claremount Road and
New Bank were redeveloped in the 1960s
The property was demolished and Halifax Fire Station built on the
land.
The through-houses at the bottom of Walton Street had back yards in
China Street
The name may because it was situated at the end of a night watchman's
ward at the south end of Southgate and the top of Horton Street.
Ward's End Hall stood on the site of the Regal Cinema here.
Number 6 Wards End was later known as Holly House.
See
Grove House Estate, Halifax,
Prescott Fountain and
Prince Albert Statue, Halifax
Some of the buildings here are listed
See
Thomas Milne
Some of the buildings here are listed
A house here – called Washer Lane – is discussed in the book
Sketches of Old Halifax.