Blackwall, Halifax

The road known as Blackwall runs westwards from Harrison Road to the junction with Bull Close Lane, Savile Park Road and West Parade.

The name was also given to the parsonage for nearby Holy Trinity Church.

Many of the buildings here are of interest

North Side
- The Halifax Infirmary / Halifax Police Station / Halifax Borough Police Court / Calderdale Magistrates Court
- Number ??: Ephraim Winn lived in a house at Blackwall. It is recorded that the house is dated 1744 with E and E W
- Number 2: Blackwall House The occupants of the properties here have included
  - Unknown Address:
    - Ephraim Winn [1744]
    - Mellin's Boarding School, Halifax [1788]
  - Number 3:
    - Swales's Private School
  - Number 4:
    - Joseph Sugden [1861]
  - Number 6:
    - Bates's School, Halifax [1838]
    - John Mackrell [1936]
  - Number 8:
    - Samuel Griffith [1936]
  - Number 10:
    - E. Akroyd [1936]
  - Number 11:
    - Dr Rupert Alexander O'Brien Drury [1851]
  - Number 12:
    - Edward John Brierley [1871]
    - Alfred Hanson [1936]
  - Number 14:
    - Halifax Girls' Grammar School [1905]
    - Det Sgt S. J. Smith [1936]
  - Number 16:
    - Gooch's School, Halifax [1841]
    - Rev John Gooch [1851]
    - Gooch's School, Halifax [1851]
    - Dr Reginald Gervase Alexander [1901]
    - John Rushworth [1936]
  - Number 18:
    - Watkin Meredith (caretaker) [1936]
- Number 20a: The Hartley family owned the property. R. P. Dowsland Limited occupy the property [2009]
- Number 20: Aka Blackwall Lodge, Halifax
- Blackwall Hall Masonic Lodge
South Side

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