Horton Street, Halifax

Contents:

General Points
Property in Horton Street
Other Property in Horton Street
Beerhouses & Pubs in Horton Street

General Points

Horton Street is the 1 in 5 incline road leading from Halifax railway station up to Ward's End.

It was named after Sir Watts Horton who owned land there, including that where Halifax railway station stands.

Many of the shops and other buildings on the street were built around 1903 and are listed

Numbers 8 to 12
Bracken's Warehouse, Halifax
Numbers 14 to 28

A horse trough stood outside the Crown, Halifax at the approach to Halifax Railway Station.

Property in Horton Street

The occupants of the properties here have included

Unknown Address:
- Warehouse of Jonathan Bracken & Sons Limited
- Wilson's hardware shop
- John Oldfield Bates [1809]
- Job Aspinall & Company [1809]
- John Milner & Company [1809]
- Sharp Brearley & Sons [1809]
- Samuel Stead [1816]
- Joseph Brierley, grocer [1822]
- James Hastie, grocer [1822]
- James Hastie, linen draper [1822]
- Ingham's School, Halifax [1822]
- Milner & Bray [1822]
- William Sykes [1822]
- William Hatton & Company [1822]
- George Brown [1829]
- William Casson, land surveyor [1829]
- James Keighley, card maker [1829]
- Cockroft & Ramsden, woolstapler [1829]
- Cockcroft & Ramsden, woolstapler [1834]
- William Barnes Thompson [1834]
- Hartnett's Boarding & Day School, Halifax [1836]
- John Edwards [1837]
- Mrs Elizabeth Farrar [1837]
- S Johnson, woolstapler [1837]
- D Mallinson, clerk of taxes [1837]
- Misses Sarah & Grace Medley [1837]
- Richard Willis, shopman [1837]
- W. & R. Hartley & Company [1845]
- Addison's School, Halifax [1850]
- Ross's School, Halifax [1850]
- Rudd & Kenny [1850]
- Mr Shaw [1860]
- De Warren Rooms, Horton Street [1872]
- Bedworth & Sons [1873]
- David Porter [1875]
- Abraham Lister [1881]
- Luke Holt [1887]
- Halifax Association in Aid of the Deaf & Dumb [1888]
- Harrison & Singleton [1907]
- Thomas Greenwood's Sons Limited [1936]
- RDM Closures Limited [1950s]
- Jewson's gunsmiths [1999]
Number 1:
- Edward Wainhouse [1840s]
Number 3:
- J. Hamer [1900]
- W. H. Atkinson & Company [1905]
Number 4:
- Miss Grace Patchett [1837]
- G. F. Smith [1881]
Number 5:
- Woodall Nicholson & Company Limited [1886]
Number 6:
- N. H. Wotton [1851]
Number 7:
- Misses Elizabeth & Sarah Knight [1837]
Number 8:
- George Nelson, woolstapler [1822]
- Jeremiah Alexander [1868]
- Samuel Tweedale Worsnip [1891]
Number 9:
- Stansfield Thompson, attorney [1829]
- J. Mackie [1881]
Number 11:
- John Cronhelm [1874]
Number 12:
- Brailsford's School, Halifax [1845]
- Bracken's Warehouse, Halifax [1902]
Number 13:
- John Rhodes [1870]
Number 15:
- Condivex Limited [1937]
Number 16:
- M. Scholes & Company [1905]
Number 18:
- Henryk Sroczynski
- A. Graham & Son [1915]
- Allied Newspapers Limited [1936]
Number 20:
- The Gath Electrical Engineering Company [1905]
Number 21:
- Hemingway's School, Halifax [1830]
- Hay's School, Halifax [1835]
- James Ward [1861]
- Robinson Brothers Cork Growers Limited [1902]
Number 22:
- John Howard, hardware & toys [1822]
- Dean & Dawson Limited [1937]
Number 24:
- Arthur Ellis [1937]
Number 27:
- Thomas Wayman & Company [1905]
Number 28:
- Watson Samuel Scatcherd [1822]
Number 32:
- Abram Pulman & Sons Limited [1905]
Number 35:
- John Lewthwaite [1874]
Number 68:
- William L. Pawson & Son [1936]

Other features

Albert Works, Halifax [18??]
Greece House, Halifax [1800]
Halifax Mechanics' Institute [1832]
Halifax Police Station: Horton Street [1845]
Horse Trough, Horton Street [1884]
Horton House, Halifax [1819]
India Buildings, Halifax [1861]
Northumberland House, Halifax [1861]
Railway Cocoa House, Halifax [1891]
Transport House, Halifax [1936]
Ward's End, Halifax
Wards End Chambers, Halifax
Woolshops House, Halifax [1822]

Beerhouses & Pubs in Horton Street, Halifax

Several beerhouses and public houses have been recorded in and around Horton Street, Halifax, including

See Cross Street, Halifax

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