Aka Bacchus Arms.
Opened in 1769.
In the 18th century, the inn was the meeting place for gangs of
coiners.
Some coiners were (possibly) members of the Bacchus Lodge which
was established here [1769].
This was disbanded in 1783.
In 1794, the Harmony Masonic Lodge, Halifax moved from the Angel, Halifax to the Bacchus.
The inn sign consisted of an iron framework on which hung a barrel
with a figure of Bacchus astride it.
It was a Whitaker pub [around 1890].
On 4th June 1928, the Bacchus Tavern, the King of Belgium,
and the Waterhouse Arms were referred for closure.
The pub closed in 1928.
In 1935, the building was sold to Halifax Corporation for slum
clearance for £100.
It was demolished in 1937.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Roger Beasley, Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead
in connection with meetings relating to
This was originally a beer house.
Leased by Websters from around 1875.
The pub closed in 1971.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Anna Graham
A drinking place which stood opposite what is now The Dusty Miller Inn, Mytholmroyd, and where the coiners plotted the murder of the
exciseman William Deighton who was looking into their activities.
At the time of the incidents, the licensee was Thomas Broadbent and his wife, Barbara; the inn was named for his
wife
This & associated entries use material contributed by Robert Wade
The former Comet store at Barum Top became a pub, known successively as the Barcentro, Halifax, the Barracuda [February 2002], and the Salvation [2013]
See
Barge & Barrel Brewing Company
Formerly known as
the New Tavern,
the Victoria Beerhouse, Brighouse,
and the Victoria Tavern
This was a beer house
[1889].
The pub closed on 20th October 1898.
It was owned by John Naylor, Victoria Brewery, Cote Hill, then Halifax Brewing Company, then Windmill Hill Brewery.
It closed on 20th October 1898 after being refused a licence on
account of its being
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence.
From the licensing report, it is not clear whether the Inn was in
Halifax or whether it could have been the Barley Mow, Elland
Aka Barrack Tavern.
When the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary moved to Harrison Road, the
building was used as a barracks for a time before becoming an inn
and lodging house, the Barrack Tavern Lodge.
Recorded in January 1857.
A newspaper notice in April 1897 announced
The pub closed on 20th May 1897
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead
The former Comet store at Barum Top became a pub, known successively as the Barcentro, Halifax, the Barracuda [February 2002], and the Salvation [2013]
Purpose-built pub opened on the site formerly occupied by Olympia Garage, of former shops: a dry cleaners, and Millman's carpet store.
Opened in 2000
The name came from the springs at nearby Canker Dyke
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Derrick Habergham
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Colin Newbitt
Built around 1790.
The pub stood near Lilly Lane Baths.
In 1795, it was the meeting place for the Lodge of Probity.
The 1851 census suggests that it was a lodging house, rather than an
Inn at that time.
One of the lodgers was Rachel Jones who was injured in the
explosion at Firth's Mill
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence.
The pub closed in 1901 and the licence was transferred to the Brown Cow Hotel.
See
Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Roger Beasley, Jeffrey Knowles, Colin Newbitt & Clive Whitehead
This was originally a beer house.
Question:
In 1881, the address of the Bay Horse Inn was shown as
Could John Scott have built the property?
On 3rd March 1924, this was one of 3 public houses which were
referred for compensation at Halifax Brewster Sessions.
The others were the Delver Arms, Boothtown and Pineberry Hill Tavern, Southowram Bank.
The pub closed in 1925
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
In 1765, the licence was transferred here from the Pack Horse, Todmorden.
When James Sutcliffe was landlord, he rented out part of the
premises as lock-up cells for a term of 14 years at an annual rent
of £1 12/-.
These cells were used to house offenders from the Yorkshire side of
the border.
In 1987, it was renamed Berghof Brandstatter and became an hotel
and Austrian restaurant
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Recorded in 1897,
when Holdsworth Haigh, butcher, of the Bay Horse Inn,
Catherine Slack, Halifax was mentioned in the List of Local Wills
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
This was originally a beer house.
The pub closed in 1905 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
This was originally a beer house.
The Halifax Guardian [3rd April 1869] announced
All that well built INN, PUBLIC HOUSE or BEER HOUSE called or
commonly known as THE BAY HORSE INN of Causeway Head in Warley,
Halifax, together with a plot of land belonging to same as now in the
occupation of Mr William Riley.
Further information from Mr Garside, Auctioneer, Paradise
Street, Halifax or
Messrs Adam, Emmet, Emmet & Kenny, Solicitors, Halifax
The pub closed in 1905 following the Licensing Act [1904].
Reopened by 1911.
The pub was for sale at an asking price of £125,000 [2010].
The Travellers' Rest, Elland and the Red Lion, Stainland were also up for sale after the owners Deepclear
Limited went into administration [September 2010]
It was renamed The Brothers Grimm in the early 1990s when
the Beardow brothers bought it.
The name changed back when the pub company acquired it
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anna Graham, Derrick Habergham & Clive Whitehead
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
In records, it is frequently described as
The pub was built around 1837 by William Earnshaw of the Old Banks, Dulesgate.
On 10th May 1888, the Inn was sold to John Bulcock at auction.
The pub closed in 1937 and is now a private house
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
2 St Thomas Street / 3 Horley Green Road.
It stood opposite the Albion Hotel.
Recorded in 1861 & 1936.
The pub closed on 2nd December 1968.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
See
John Briggs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Christopher Ambler, Roger Beasley, Anna Graham & Clive Whitehead
The New Inn, Brighouse became the Beck, Brighouse [2013]
Question:
There are so many similarities and differences between this pub and
the Beehive & Cross Keys, Halifax.
Does anyone know if the entries for the two pubs can be combined?
The Swift family ran this pub and the Cross Keys and
the Beehive Inn.
This and the Cross Keys were both demolished in 1932 when the
road was widened and the Beehive & Cross Keys was
built some yards further from the road
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
Question:
There are so many similarities and differences between this pub and
the Bee-hive, Halifax.
Does anyone know if the entries for the two pubs can be combined?
Designed by Walsh & Maddock.
The pub was built in 1932 when the earlier Cross Keys and the
Bee Hive Inn – both owned by the Swift family – were
demolished for road widening.
The pub was granted a licence on the 5th July 1933.
It was a Whitaker pub.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
This was originally a beer house.
It was owned by Victoria Brewery, Cote Hill, then Halifax Brewing Company, then Windmill Hill Brewery
The inquest on the body of Betty Hellowell was held here
[1862]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
Originally the Woodcock, Walsden.
It is said that the pub was named for Bell Parkin.
The pub closed in the 1930s and was demolished by 1980
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ian Law
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The hotel was run by Walter Bentley.
The building is now known as Wards End Chambers.
It was frequented by the workers at Ripponden & District Motors.
There was a collection of company memoribilia in the pub.
In the 1980s, it was refurbished and called The Besom Brush.
It subsequently reverted to The Besom.
It is currently [Autumn 2010] closed
Opened in 1???.
Closed around 1825.
It was superseded by the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Opened around 1825.
It superseded the earlier Bird-i-th-Hand, Calf Holes.
In 1898, it was sold to Whitaker's.
During World War II, a bomb fell behind the pub.
The only casualties were a burst water main ... and 2 ducks.
Currently [2011] up for sale.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
It was a Brear & Brown pub [1881].
The licence was transferred from here to the new George & Dragon, and the pub became a beerhouse known as The Forester's Arms.
It subsequently reverted to the original name.
The pub closed in 1908 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & John Needham
This was originally a beer house.
A popular pub with the local stone workers.
The pub closed in 1894 after it had been condemned as
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Clive Whitehead
This was originally a beer house.
It was owned by Victoria Brewery, Cote Hill, then Halifax Brewing Company, then Windmill Hill Brewery.
The pub closed in 1908 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
The pub closed in 1908 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Aka Black Boy House, Claremount
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Built in 1740.
There was a cricket ground at the back of the pub in the mid-19th
century.
In 1821, this,
the Black Swan,
the Wellington and
the Anchor
were the only pubs in Brighouse.
In 1936, the pub retained its licence when it was one of several
local pubs whose licences were reviewed on grounds of
non-necessity.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
See
Brighouse rush-bearing and
Lodge of Shepherdesses
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, David Brown & Derrick Habergham
It was a Whitaker pub [1898]
who leased it from Sir George Armytage.
The pub closed in 1933 and became Black Bull Farm.
This is discussed in the books
Down the Acres and
Halifax Pubs.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, David Brown & Clive Whitehead
The pub is also listed as
The pub gave its name to Bull Lane, Elland.
The pub closed in 1909 following the Licensing Act [1904].
It was converted into 2 houses, and is now the Pinfold Guest
House.
Kai Roberts tells the story of
They also experienced poltergeist activity such as
footsteps on the stairs,
a knocking from a wall of the sitting room,
and
objects hurtling across the room.
In a dream, Mrs Parker saw a fair-haired woman who took her to the
cellar and indicated a loose stone in the wall.
When she woke, Mr and Mrs Parker went into the cellar and found a
loose stone, exactly as in the dream.
The position of the stone was directly beneath the source of the
knocking in the wall.
They removed the stone and the knocking grew louder
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Ann Coleman & Kai Roberts
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Jeffrey Knowles
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence.
The Halifax Courier [Saturday 18th August 1877] advertised
The pub closed in 1904 following the Licensing Act [1904].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anthony Buckless & Jeffrey Knowles
The pub closed in the 1920s.
It was subsequently used as Heptonstall Working Men's Club [until
1972].
It is now a private house.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub closed in 1903
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
The inn was a meeting place for Luddites and was used by Clifton
villagers to debate land rentals.
It was a Whitaker pub [1898]
who leased it from Sir George Armytage.
It is now a popular pub and hotel incorporating 3 mid-16th century
cottages – number 196, 198 and 200 Towngate.
The brew house is now the restaurant.
This is discussed in the book
Down the Acres
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, David Brown, Steven Hill & Dave Squires
On 3rd March 1930, this, the Engineers Inn, Cross Hills, the Junction Inn, the Bishop Blaize Inn, Charlestown Road and the Victoria & Albert Inn, Haley Hill were referred for closure.
It was a Ramsden pub [1933].
The pub closed on payment of compensation [27th January 1933].
See
Ann Walker
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It is said to have been named for the 17th century
highwayman, Nevinson, who is said to have stayed – and
hidden – at the inn
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kai Roberts
The pub closed in 1913.
A shop now stands on the site
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown
The pub was owned by Joseph Shaw [1890-1903]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
It was owned by Benjamin Jackson & Sons [1914].
The pub closed [24th December 1927] – extinction of licence.
It was later used as a garage
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Roger Beasley & Derrick Habergham
Around 1831, James Dawson bought the building and opened it
as a beerhouse known as the Black Horse.
The building was demolished in 19??
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda Briggs & Derrick Habergham
The pub closed in 1920.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Opened in January 1858.
It was a Webster's pub [1895].
It is now [2015] a private house called Black Lion House.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by James Ashworth, Roger Beasley, David Greaves, Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
One of a number of cottages built here in the late 1700s by Richard Jackson.
Tim Bobbin was a regular here.
It was demolished in 19??
After the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805, it was renamed the
Lord Nelson.
The Foldout presents
summarising the history of the Inn was contributed by Neil
Hubbard
In 1821, this,
the Black Bull,
the Wellington and
the Anchor
were the only pubs in Brighouse.
Around 1850, there was a bowling green here.
In 1884, the stables burnt down.
The pub appears to have been used for several auctions and other
meetings, including
Brighouse Cow Club [1805],
the Trustees of the proposed Elland & Obelisk Turnpike [1815],
and
Brighouse Cage Bird Association.
In 19??, the building, which was originally 3-storeys, was reduced to
the present 2-storeys when structural problems were found with the
roof.
Kidman's Boxing Academy was held here
The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a maid who committed
suicide there
At the Brewster sessions in 1903, the police objected to renewal of
the licences of this pub,
the Black Swan, Brighouse and
the White Swan, Brighouse,
on account of the publican
The licence was renewed on the understanding that no female vocalists
be employed and that no female pianist under the age of 21 be taken
on.
The pub closed for a time around 2001.
It was subsequently acquired by the Atlas Mill Brewery, Brighouse.
It is now [2016] known as Millers Bar
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anna Best, David Brown & Derrick Habergham
Opened in 1822.
Around 1830, the Ferry Bridge Court Club held their meetings here.
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, and was granted, a music and dancing licence.
In 1895, it was owned by Messrs Noble & Collins.
The pub closed in 1921.
The building was subsequently used by
George Feavers & Sons Limited
and
Yates's Wine Lodge [1990s].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Roger Beasley, Glynn Helliwell, Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead
The building was used as a carriers' warehouse.
The lockup for Todmorden & Walsden was once located in the building.
It became an inn in the 1790s when the licence was transferred from
the Patmos Inn.
It was a Massey's Brewery pub [1932].
It was rebuilt in 1932.
For some reason, the name was The Polished Knob [2010].
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Recorded on Whit Monday, 1845 when The Knights of Malta held
their annual meeting here
Aka Bishop Blaise.
Named after Bishop Blaise, the patron St of woolcombers.
Opened in 1884.
This was originally a beer house.
It was a Whitaker pub.
On 3rd March 1930, this, the Black Horse Inn, Woolshops, the Engineers Inn, Cross Hills, the Junction Inn and the Victoria & Albert Inn, Haley Hill were referred for closure.
The pub closed on grounds of redundancy [25th February 1935]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anna Graham, Jeffrey Knowles & Kevin Sheard
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Bacchus Tavern, Halifax Ref 17-6
Bailiff Bridge Inn Ref 17-1272
the House of Mr James Pollard, the Bailiff Bridge Inn,
in the township of Wike, in the Parish of Birstal
An Act for Inclosing Lands in the Manor and Township of Wike, in the
County of York
Bank Top, Lee Mount Ref 17-777
Bar 15, Halifax Ref 17-1276 Bar Eleven, Halifax Ref 17-522 Bar With No Name, Halifax Ref 17-523 Barbara's Ref 17-1200 Barbary's, Mytholmroyd Ref 17-1202 Barcentro, Halifax Ref 17-3136 Barge & Barrel, Elland Ref 17-288 
Barge, Brighouse Ref 17-638
Barley Mow, Elland Ref 17-374
of a disorderly character
Barley Mow, Halifax Ref 17-1336 Barracks Tavern, Halifax Ref 17-778
Tenders invited for taking down the BARRACK TAVERN in Charles
Street/Causeway and erecting upon the site additions to the premises
of the Automatic Standard Screw Company Limited
Barracuda, Brighouse Ref 17-1080 Barracuda, Halifax Ref 17-364 Barum Top, Halifax Ref 17-1121 Bass House, Halifax Ref 17-290
Bath, Elland Ref 17-7
Bath Hotel, Halifax Ref 17-1338
Bath Street Tavern, Halifax Ref 17-488
Battleship, Brighouse Ref 17-1115 Bay Horse, Boothtown Ref 17-623
John Scotts Houses, New Road Side, Northowram
Bay Horse, Cross Stone Ref 17-8
Bay Horse, Halifax Ref 17-1293
Bay Horse, Halifax Ref 17-866
Bay Horse, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-624
Valuable Public House for Sale by Auction.
Bay Horse, Stainland Ref 17-9
Bay Horse, Todmorden Ref 17-219
between Ouzel Brink and Center Rock
Beacon Tavern, Claremount Ref 17-776
Beaconsfield, Claremount Ref 17-625 Bear's Head, Carr House Ref 17-903 Beck, Brighouse Ref 17-1386 Bee-hive, Halifax Ref 17-10
Beehive & Cross Keys, Halifax Ref 17-291
Beehive, Soyland Ref 17-597
between Platt Head and New Moor, Soyland [1871]
Bell's Arms, Walsden Ref 17-958
Bell Hotel, Sowerby Ref 17-46
Bentley's Commercial Hotel, Halifax Ref 17-1001
Berghof Brandstatter, Cross Stone Ref 17-475 Besom Brush, Ripponden Ref 17-787
Big D's Ref 17-1248
Big Six, Halifax Ref 17-524
Bird-i-th-Hand, Calf Holes Ref 17-1307
Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland Ref 17-294
Bird In Hand, Elland Ref 17-626
Bird in Hand, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-436
Bird in the Hand, Halifax Ref 17-1252
Bird-in-the-Hand, Midgley Ref 17-784
a disorderly place
Black Boy, Halifax Ref 17-379
Black Boy, Halifax Ref 17-881 Black Boy Inn, Claremount Ref 17-1012
Black Bull, Brighouse Ref 17-B290
Black Bull, Clifton Ref 17-433
Black Bull, Elland Ref 17-416
the Black Bull, Fixby, between Ridge End and Ridge Edge [1861]
Mr and Mrs Parker [who] moved into the building in the 1970s, and
reported
a fear of the cellar of the house – their dogs growled at the cellar
door and refused to stay in the house alone.
Black Bull, Gauxholme Ref 17-963
Black Bull, Halifax Ref 17-13
Sale by Auction for Messrs Webster & Sons the
Black Bull Inn, Swine Market, Halifax
on Friday 23rd August, in consequence of the buildings having to come
down
Black Bull, Heptonstall Ref 17-14
Black Dog, Halifax Ref 17-865
Black Horse, Clifton Ref 17-3127
Black Horse, Halifax Ref 17-15
Black Horse, Hebden Bridge Ref 17-499
Black Horse, Hove Edge Ref 17-354 Black Horse, Knowlwood Ref 17-1416 Black Horse, Rastrick Ref 17-326
Black Horse, Ripponden Ref 17-1160
Black Horse, Soyland Ref 17-783
Black Horse, Stainland Ref 17-16
Black Horse, Walsden Ref 17-914
Black Lion, Halifax Ref 17-17
Black Lion, Luddendenfoot Ref 17-470
Black Lion, Ripponden Ref 17-506
Black Rock, Midgley Ref 17-891 
Black Swan, Brighouse Ref 17-20
habitually employing professional female musicians
Black Swan, Halifax Ref 17-18
Black Swan, Todmorden Ref 17-19
Bishop Blaize, Halifax Ref 17-1274 Bishop Blaize, Halifax Ref 17-443
Blazing Rag, Brighouse Ref 17-T1 Blind Pig, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-1380
Blucher, Halifax Ref 17-1070 Blue Ball, Banks Ref 17-1379