Gibbet Street, Halifax

Contents:

General Points
Property in Gibbet Street
Beerhouses & Pubs in Gibbet Street

General Points

The street – aka Gibbet Hill and Gibbet Lane - leads westwards from Swine Market.

In 1903, the gradient of the street was reported to be 1 in 12.32. This was significant for the growing tramway system.

The Gibbet stands here

Property in Gibbet Street

The occupants of the properties here have included

Unknown Address:
- Elland Steel, Halifax
- Gibbet Street Economic Stores
- Birch Tree House School, Halifax [1800s]
- George Binns, cotton merchant & silk spinner [1822]
- George Broomhead, baker [1822]
- William Hoyland [1822]
- Joseph Jackson, currier and leather cutter [1822]
- John Poole, merchant [1822]
- Sunderland & Guy [1822]
- John Walton, auctioneer and appraiser [1822]
- William Barraclough, coarse woollen cloth manufacturer & general merchant [1834]
- John Best [1834]
- John Bolton, boot & shoe maker [1834]
- Richard Dearden, brazier & tin plate worker [1834]
- John Hoadley, screw cutter & damask engine maker [1834]
- Henry Brierley, joiner [1837]
- John William Cadney [1841]
- Rev John Rigby [1845]
- Victoria Reservoir, Halifax [1847]
- William Wilkinson [1850]
- Emily Pye [1857]
- Henry Barber [1861]
- Rev Alfred Charles Hall [1865]
- Hartley & Sugden Limited [1873]
- Hydropathic & Turkish Baths, Halifax [1874]
- Henry Standeven [1874]
- John Riley [1875]
- J. Patchett [1890]
- Newstead Co-Op, Halifax [1898]
- Newstead House, Halifax [1900]
- William Asquith Limited [1905]
- Highroad Well Foundry [1907]
- Highroad Well Works [1907]
- Victoria Constitutional Club, Halifax [1917]
Number 2:
- Benjamin Robertshaw, clog & patten maker [1837]
Number 3:
- Frederick Thomas Coyle [1905]
- Fischer (F.A.G.) Bearings Company [1937]
Number 4:
- Sarah Scarbrough, shopkeeper [1837]
Number 5:
- Edgar Pearson [1927]
Number 6:
- Thomas Hoadley, designer [1837]
- Priestley & Company [1900]
Number 8:
- Samuel Blagbrough, linen draper [1837]
Number 11:
- Thomas Carr [1880]
Number 17:
- Robinson Kitching Patchett [1861]
Number 18:
- Samuel Green [1837]
Number 20:
- John Pool & Company [1829]
- Pool & Harrison, trunk maker [1837]
- C Pool, pocket book maker [1837]
Number 23:
- Elizabeth Smith [1837]
- William Henry Scott [1878]
Number 29:
- Richard Dearden, fireman [1837]
Number 30:
- Samuel Gath [1837]
Number 36:
- John W. Clayton [1900]
Number 38:
- Henry William Pohlmann [1871]
- Marburg House, Halifax [1874]
- Rechabites [1917]
Number 41:
- Frederick Workman [1881]
- George Workman [1881]
Number 44:
- Thomas Illingworth [1865]
Number 48:
- Henry Ashton [1874]
Number 62:
- Thomas Fleming [1871]
Number 64:
- Tom Barker [1901]
Number 69:
- Joseph Vickerman [1871]
Number 74:
- Gibbet Street Post Office [1905]
Number 81:
- Arthur Sutcliffe & Company [1888]
Number 99:
- Thomas Walter Wood [1901]
Number 109:
- Lyric Press, Halifax [1927]
Number 117:
- Cash Supply Stores Limited
Number 117a:
- W. Hudson [1905]
Number 122:
- Matilda Gledhill [1890s]
- The Funeral Home, Halifax [1960]
Number 150:
- Dr Thomas Taylor Smith [1905]
Number 158:
- Dr Edward Kennedy [1905]
Number 164:
- William Workman [1881]
Number 166:
- Gibbet Street Turkish Baths, Halifax [1870]
Number 183:
- J. Sunderland & Company [1905]
Number 185:
- George Allott
- Jonathan Allott
Number 188:
- John Naylor [1874]
Number 199:
- Asa Farnell [1905]
Number 233:
- Maud & Turner [1905]
Number 278:
- Joseph Arthur Binns [1891]
Number 297:
- Richard Turner [1907]
Number 314:
- George Augustus Spain [1901]
Number 318:
- John Henry Stancliffe Asquith [1901]
Number 324:
- Reuben Calvert [1910]
Number 334:
- T. Valentine [1946]
Number 406:
- Dr Arthur Knowles [1905]
Number 440:
- Highroad Well Post Office [1905]
Number 529:
- Friends Meeting House, Highroad Well [1693]
Number 565:
- Brown Cow Buildings, Halifax

Other features

Bedford Street North Saw Mills, Halifax [1874]
British Workman House, Halifax [1860s]
Cavalry Field, Halifax [1854]
Central Madni Mosque [1984]
The Gibbet
Gibbet Street Chapel of Rest, Halifax
Halifax Bonding Warehouse [1862]
Halifax Fire Station [1940]
Halifax Moor [1700s]
Halifax Poor Law Institution [1840]
Halifax Union Workhouse, Gibbet Street [1840]
Halifax Winter Cattle Fair [1856]
Mile Cross Works, Halifax
Mile Thorn Mills, Halifax
Queens Road Mills, Halifax [1866]
Saint John's Hospital [1891]
Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Halifax [1836]
Saint Mary's Catholic School [1846]
Standard Works, Halifax [1850]
Victoria Cocoa House, Halifax
Victoria Works, Halifax [1890]
Wellesley Barracks, Halifax [1875]
Wellesley Barracks, Halifax [1875]

Beerhouses & Pubs in Gibbet Street, Halifax

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

The Gibbet stands here.

See Brown Cow Buildings, Chapeltown, Abbotts Terrace, Aked's Yard, Birch Square, Bromley's Court, Eton Street, Fielden Street, Harrow Street, Leafland Street, Ramsden Court, Swift Court and Upper Ramsden's Yard

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