
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is likely to be a mis-identification of the Hawk, Barkisland
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Whiteley 
 
Aka the Round House, Brighouse
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley 
 
In 1903, the pub was owned by Benjamin Iredale of Elland.
 
On his death, the pub was left to Albert Kaye, John Thomas Jagger, and John Frederick Hinchcliffe, to carry on
the business as Hinchcliffe, Kaye & Jagger at Owlett Hall Mills,
Elland.
 
It was later acquired by Thomas Ramsden & Sons.
 
Now known as The Drop
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell 
 It was a Ramsden pub. 
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy & David Greaves Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
Inquests were held at the pub.
 
In the 1880s, it became The Cunning Corner
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Graham Wadsworth 
 Planning applications show that this was a Whitaker pub [February 1901]. 
 
It closed in 1938.
 This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
 
See
Sowerby Bridge Brass Band and
The Greeasy Chin Club
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Clive Whitehead 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
Opened in 1883.
 
The pub closed in 1962.
 
See
Oddfellows' Tap, Halifax and
Royal Hotel & Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax
 
See
Oddfellows' Hall Vaults, Halifax
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
The pub closed in 1928.
 
It is now a private house
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell 
It is now [2015] a pharmacy
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Adrian Hanson 
It became a popular award-winning restaurant [2011].
 
In January 2012, amidst rumours that the business was about to wind
up, the owners Scott and Lisa Hessel disappeared and
the pub was locked, leaving customers and suppliers in an uncertain
position.
 
In May 2012, it was bought by John Oates and the name reverted
to the Booth Wood Inn.
 
See
Luddendenfoot Working Men's Club & Institute
 
The pub is said to be one of the oldest inns in Yorkshire and is
recorded in the 1307 when it was the home of Robert Brigge of
Soyland.
 
This was originally a timber-framed building and encased in
stone later.
The internal cruck structure can clearly be seen.
The outside of the building is mid-18th century.
Inside the pub, there is a 16th century octagonal font which was
discovered during excavations between the pub and St Bartholomew's Church.
 
The building was once used as a religious meeting house.
 
Around 1653, the Inn and adjoining cottages were bequeathed to the
church by Richard Firth of Ripponden.
The rents from the Inn supplementing the Vicar's stipend.
The Inn remained church property until 1897, when it was sold to
Ramsden's for £1,775.
 
The Inn is mentioned in Phyllis Bentley's novel Manhold.
 
In 1963, Ian and Daisy Beaumont bought the inn and
restored the building to its present state.
 
It was known as the Old Waterloo for a time after the Battle of Waterloo
 
In 1994, Calderdale Council caused a minor stir when [without
listed building consent] they erected a blue plaque claiming the
pub was
 
This has been disputed.
 This is discussed in the books
Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions and
Halifax Pubs
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles 
The original pub opened in 1738.
 
It was demolished in 1940 when George Street was widened.
 
The new Bull's Head was built on almost the same site.
 
See
Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Jeffrey Knowles, Clive Whitehead & Paul Withers 
The pub closed about 1830.
A mill was built on the site
 
Around 1580, this was a town-house built by William Savile.
 
It became an inn in 1668.
 
It has played an important part in local life
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles 
 
Construction of a new hotel was started next door, but this was
halted around 1996 after a legal dispute.
 
The refurbished pub opened in 2003 as the Old Mill
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kai Roberts 
Opened in 1844 on the site of the St Crispin, Halifax.
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, and was granted, a music and dancing licence. 
The pub closed on 6th May 1959
 
After the Inn was demolished, the interior and fittings were moved to
the Shibden Hall folk museum.
 
See
Crispin, Halifax,
Mary German,
St Crispin, Halifax and
Upper Crispin, Halifax
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kevin Sheard & Clive Whitehead Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
Near Fly Flatts Reservoir.
 
Aka The Loose Pulley
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
See
Shelf Pinfold and
Shelf Tide
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Clive Whitehead 
Opened in 1853.
 
It served the valley section of Wakefield Gate road.
 
The pub closed in 1946/1948
 
See
Dumb Mill, Hipperholme and
New Dumb Mill, Hipperholme
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown, Chris Helme & Jeffrey Knowles 
This was originally a beer house.
 
 
Recorded on 12th August 1866,
when a newspaper notice announced
 
 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles 
 
Built by
James Charnock
and
Mr Holmes.
 
Graptolite writes
 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Hall & Paul Hitchings 
 
 It was a Whitaker pub [1905]. 
 
In July 1940, an application is recorded for the provisional removal
of the licence from the Old Hand & Tankard to premises in the
course of erection at Denfield Lane, to be known as the Denfield Arms.
It was later recorded that the new premises were to be known as the
Ovenden Way Hotel
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy 
  
This was originally a beer house.
 
A newspaper notice in April 1894 announced
 
 
 
Free Beerhouse called OLD HOUSE AT HOME with about 10 acres of
land at Upper Knight Royd, Northowram
 
Apply to P. Speak, Mountain, Queensbury
or J. T. Ramsden, Brewers, Halifax
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Sandra Wilson 
 
On
10th September 1867,
about 10 or 12 people were injured, one boy died a few days later,
when iron railings outside the pub collapsed under the weight of
spectators watching a donkey race after the rush-bearing procession.
 
An advertisement for the business in January 1875 announced
 
 
 
The pub closed in 1975 and was demolished for road-widening.
 The Inn is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
 
See
John Ackroyd
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Clive Whitehead 
A stream [the Hebble Brook?] ran through the cellar.
 
This was originally a beer house [1870s].
Opened in 1892.
 It was a Webster's pub [1905]. 
The pub closed in 1962.
 
It reopened in 1982.
 
It was derelict for a time.
 
It was put up for sale in 1994.
 
It was subsequently vandalised.
 
It was demolished in October 2011.
 This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Darrell Prest Recorded in 1876, when
Elizabeth Ingham was in charge
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles 
 
It was demolished in the 1830s when the railway came to the district.
 
Some of the stone was used to build houses in Lock Street and
Shade Street – see Physic Street.
 
The Viaduct Tavern was built to replace it
 
Aka Masons' Arms, Halifax.
 
Opened in 1869.
 
This was originally a beer house.
 
 It was a Whitaker pub. 
The pub closed 28th December 1937.
 This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell 
 It was a Whitaker pub [1898]
who leased it from Sir George Armytage
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown & Sheena Spencer 
 
This is said to be the oldest pub in Brighouse
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy & David Brown Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Casey Harris 
 
 This is discussed in the book
Sketches of Old Halifax 
 
See
Three Pigeons
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 This is discussed in the book
Our Home & Country
 
There was a packhorse inn on the site in 1533.
 
The building was destroyed by fire in 1???.
 
The present building dates from 1742, and is named after the White
Bear, an English ship in the fleet which fought against
the Spanish Armada in 1588.
The main beam of the building comes from the ship.
A door in the snug of the pub is said to come from the
captain's cabin on the ship.
 
The pub was owned by the Low Moor Company.
 It was a Whitaker pub [1892]. 
There was a brewhouse attached to the pub.
Some of the equipment from here was taken to the Brewhouse at Shibden Hall.
The brewhouse is now a restaurant.
 This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
See
Coach & Horses, Blackstone Edge and
White House, Blackstone Edge
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
In 1861, Mitchell Walton was a grocer at this address.
He was innkeeper at this address on the following census [1871].
 It was a Whitaker pub [1905]. 
 
The pub closed in 1912 following the Licensing Act [1904]
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
It now stands below the flyover for the road to Lee Mount.
 
The pub is said to be haunted by a ghost called Mary.
 
The pub was recently [2013] renamed
 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham 
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles 
 
This was originally a beer house.
 
It was granted a licence in 1835.
 It was a Stocks pub [1906]. 
 It was up for sale [November 2010]
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead 
 
From 1818, meetings and rehearsals of the Halifax Quarterly Choral Society were held here and at other local Inns.
 It was a Stocks pub. 
 
In 2012, the pub was closed and put up for sale.
 
In December 2012, it was badly damaged by fire.
 
It is now [2015] a nursery.
 
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
 
See
Samuel Blagborough Bancroft and
Charles Bartey
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead 
Designed by Walsh, Maddock & Wilkinson in 1938 for
Webster's.
 
In July 1940, an application is recorded for the provisional removal
of the licence from the Old Hand & Tankard, Wheatley to
premises in the course of erection at Denfield Lane, to be known as
the Denfield Arms.
It was later recorded that the new premises were to be known as
the Ovenden Way Hotel.
 
The construction cost £8,000.
 This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
 Innkeepers, licensees and landlords: 
Oak, Barkisland Ref 17-143 Oddfellows Arms, Brighouse Ref 17-1295 
Oddfellows' Arms, Elland Ref 17-3334 
Oddfellows' Arms, Halifax Ref 17-3333 
Oddfellows' Arms, Holywell Green Ref 17-1157 
Oddfellows' Arms, Rishworth Ref 17-1106 
Oddfellows' Arms, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-711 
Oddfellows' Arms, Stainland Ref 17-823 
Oddfellows' Arms, Warley Ref 17-144 
Oddfellows' Hall Vaults, Halifax Ref 17-824 Oddfellows' Tap, Halifax Ref 17-1051 
Odessa House, Soyland Ref 17-822 
Old Bailey, Elland Ref 17-552 Old Banks, Todmorden Ref 17-954 Old Bore, Rishworth Ref 17-1018 Old Brandy Wine, Luddendenfoot Ref 17-985 Old Bridge, Ripponden Ref 17-O19 
Probably Yorkshire's oldest hostelry – with an earliest recorded date
of 1307
Old Bull's Head, Halifax Ref 17-1189 
Old Cant, Ripponden Ref 17-508 Old Canteen, Todmorden Ref 17-896 Old Cock, Halifax Ref 17-146 Old Coley Mill Inn, Norwood Green Ref 17-1062 
Old Corn Mill, Brighouse Ref 17-425 Old Cottage, Ripponden Ref 17-1369 Old Crispin, Halifax Ref 17-1035 
Old Crown, Halifax Ref 17-1069 
Old Delvers' Arms, Halifax Ref 17-658 
Old Dolphin, Queensbury Ref 17-579 
Old Duke William, Shelf Ref 17-147 
Old Dumb Mill, Hipperholme Ref 17-434 
Old Fox, Halifax Ref 17-1289 
To Let BEER HOUSE called THE OLD FOX INN, Park Road, Charlestown,
Halifax.
Apply to Mr. J. Sykes, Brewer, Boothtown, Halifax
 Old Gin Pit, Ovenden Ref 17-148 
At the [highest point on Soil Hill] is a building known as the Sun Inn.
It was first called The Gin Pit Inn on account of a coal pit
close by which belonged to Mr Lassey
Old Hand & Tankard, Wheatley Ref 17-149 
Old House at Home, Halifax Ref 17-1230 
Old House at Home, Northowram Ref 17-712 
To Let
 
Old King Cross Inn, Halifax Ref 17-150 
OLD KING CROSS INN
An AMERICAN BOWLING ALLEY
at this house
SQUIRE GREENWOOD, Proprietor
Old Lane Inn, Boothtown Ref 17-510 
Old Man at Home, Warley Ref 17-1410 Old Masons Arms, Gauxholme Ref 17-927 Old Mill, Brighouse Ref 17-452 Old Oak, Brighouse Ref 17-802 Old Original Masons' Arms, Halifax Ref 17-821 
Old Pack Horse, Clifton Ref 17-1232 
Old Pond, Hove Edge Ref 17-553 
Old Pond Inn, Rastrick Ref 17-1233 
Old Post Office, Halifax Ref 17-1268 Old Red Lion, Sowood Ref 17-153 Old Ship, Brighouse Ref 17-1073 
Old Ship, Halifax Ref 17-987 Old Three Pigeons, Halifax Ref 17-1058 
Old Traveller, Halifax Ref 17-1359 Old Travellers' Rest, Widdop Ref 17-605 
Old Vaults, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-983 Old Waterloo, Ripponden Ref 17-3 Old White Beare, Norwood Green Ref 17-155 
Old White Horse, Blackstone Edge Ref 17-1258 
Old Woodman, Halifax Ref 17-888 
Old Yew Tree, Lower Brea Ref 17-1139 
Old Yew Tree, Towngate, Northowram Ref 17-156 Olde Shears, Halifax Ref 17-580 
1904@Dean Clough
Olive Branch, Ambler Thorn Ref 17-1351 
Omnibus, Ambler Thorn Ref 17-1207 
O'Neill's, Halifax Ref 17-453 Orange Tree, Halifax Ref 17-157 
Ovenden Cross, Ovenden Ref 17-1030 
Ovenden Way Ref 17-479 
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