Slead Hall, Brighouse

Halifax Road, Slead Syke.

A house is recorded on the site in 1316.

The property was owned by Robert Eland. He sold it to James and Richard Waterhouse.

In 1571, James and Richard Waterhouse sold the house – and a close called Slade – to John Beaumont, for £60.

Subsequent owners and tenants have included

• William Hoyle [1590]
• the Gibson family – including
• Robert Gibson
• Michael Gibson
• William Gibson – [from 1669]
• Elizabeth Gibson and her husband, Abraham Firth
• the Firth family
• Rev Robert Harrison [from 1747 to 1761]
• William Holland and the Holland family [from 1785]
• The Ashworth family [1802]
• Abraham Firth Macaulay and the MaCaulay family [1809]
• William Macaulay [1841]
• Henry Armitage [1840?]
• Henry Byrne [1861] when the address was Laverock  Lane
• Rev Edward Barton Toase [1895]
• Farquhar Forbes-Robertson [1880s]
• Mrs Farquhar Forbes-Robertson [1890s]
• Charlotte Byrne [1901]
• William Rushworth [1901]
• Albert Clifford Robinson [1924]
• Major H. G. P. Miles [1940]
• the Fisher-Robertson family

The present building is dated 1636.

Around 1910, the Hall was divided into 2 separate dwellings, and has since been occupied by Misses Byrne [1911-1921], the Blackburn family [1952], and the Miller family [1952].

This is discussed in the book Our Home & Country.

Oak panelling and some stained glass in the house was brought here from New Hall, Elland.

During World War II, Italian prisoners-of-war were held here.

During renovation in the 1960s/1970s, a mummified cat was found in the walls of the house.

The hall now comprises two private dwellings

Page Ref: MMS132

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