Halifax Post Offices

The earliest recorded post office in the town was in 1770, however, a letter with a Halifax post mark dated

19th April 1751

indicates that there was a post office in Halifax some time before this date.

In 1759, deliveries arrived in Halifax on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday. A letter took around 3 days to travel between Halifax and London.

There were post offices at:

• Well Lane, Halifax
• The office at Windy Row, Bowling Green in Winding Road [opened 1790]
• 6 Westgate [1822, 1823]
• 10 Cheapside [1830 to 1849] – see Tabitha Bagnold and William B. Akers
• In 1845, a Stamp Office is recorded at 1 Old Market, Halifax. The sub-distributor was Joseph Hartley
• Over the bank at Royds' House, George Street – [1850-1857].

  In September 1857, it was announced that the town would have 3 deliveries every day, instead of 2. The last delivery was to be at 5:00 pm

• In November 1865, a meeting of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce addressed

  the great necessity of a new Post Office in Halifax

  and appointed a subcommittee – comprising Colonel Edward Akroyd, Major Samuel Waterhouse, John Crossley, James Bowman, R. Hartley, and J. W. Ward – to take steps in the matter

• The present Halifax General Post Office, on Commercial Street, opened in 1887
• On 20th August 1915, the first female telegraph officers were employed at Halifax Post Office
• There is a sorting office at Gaol Lane

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  See William Bagnold Akers, Charlotte Bagnold, Tabitha Dewhirst and Halifax Post Office Memorials

  

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