The building is now a Co-operative supermarket
On June 27th 1852, Bell's London Life & Sporting Chronicle
announced a game of knur & spell with John Jagger.
Stakes were to be sent to Wraggles Inn
In 1995, 2 masked raiders attacked the pub, killing Michael
Briggs
and seriously wounding the licensee, David Baines and a
customer John Paisley.
Two Queensbury men were jailed for the shootings in December 1996.
The pub then closed for a considerable time.
Raggald is a local term – from the Norse word for
a villain or ruffian
See
Bethel Parkinson and
Raggalds Inn Bar
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
This Georgian building was originally a town house.
In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence.
It was a Ramsden pub [1904].
The Station Hotel was lower down Horton Street on Church
Street.
See
Crown Hotel, Halifax and
Janet Currie
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
Stood next to the Blue Ball.
The pub closed in 1905 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It is now a private house.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This was originally a beer house.
This was a Brear & Brown Inn [1904], a Whitaker's [1917].
It was known as The Corner, on account of its position at the
corner of Nursery Lane.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn T. Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
Served Brighouse Station.
Built in 18??.
The Railway Brewery was here.
The pub closed in 1934.
It was later known as Pelico House
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown
It was a Stocks pub [1906].
In 1906, it closed after its licence because it was
It was demolished in 19??.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Clive Whitehead
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It served Walsden Railway Station.
The pub closed in 1969.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
See
Mr Whitworth
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
It was recorded as a beerhouse [1875, 1881].
It was a Webster's pub [1939, 1947].
The Ryburn Brewery is run from the pub [2008].
The pub closed in 2010.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham & Jeffrey Knowles
It was near the entrance to what is now Green Withens Reservoir
This & associated entries use material contributed by Dave Bull
The name is said to have originated in the 18th century when the
landlord informed the excisemen about local illicit stills which were
producing brandy and damaging his trade
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Barron
In 1903, the pub was owned by Webster's.
In 1989, a Monopolies & Mergers Commission ruling forced them
to sell the pub.
It was purchased by Ascot Estates which owned the pub until
its closure in 2000.
The pub closed in 2000, and was converted into offices for
W. T. Knowles & Sons.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell, Jeffrey Knowles, David Smith & Clive Whitehead
It is worthy of notice, that this enterprising and spirited heroine
has had 3 living husbands in the long period of 3 years
!!!
This was originally a beer house.
The name Red Lion appears in 1871.
It was a Whitaker pub [1904].
The pub burned down in 19??.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
A timber building cased in stone.
It was a coaching inn.
Recorded in 1719. , when he married
It was demolished in 19??
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Dave Van De Gevel
Opened in 1853.
The Inn was flooded in
January 1866.
The pub closed in 1883
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & John Needham
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Branwell Brontë drank here when he worked at Luddendenfoot station.
The pub closed in 1877.
In 1879, it was demolished and replaced by the General Rawdon.
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kristina Bedford & David Greaves
Recorded in September 1809, when
an auction of estates in Rastrick was held here.
On Friday evening 10th November 1837, the 25th Annual Concert &
Ball of the Rastrick Musical Society took place at the Red
Lion, Rastrick.
From around 1870, the pub was known as Globe, Rastrick
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andy Eccles
Planning applications show that this was a Ramsden pub [1900].
The pub closed in 1907 following the Licensing Act [1904].
It is mentioned again in 1924.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Clive Whitehead
Aka Old Red Lion.
Owned by Bentley & Shaw of Lockwood.
On 7th February 1923, the licence was revoked
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
It was a Stocks pub,
then it was a Whitaker pub.
A music & dancing licence was granted [1939].
The pub was for sale at an asking price of £225,000 [2010].
The Travellers' Rest, Elland and the Bay Horse, Halifax
were also up for sale after the owners, Deepclear Limited,
went into administration [September 2010].
By 2013, it was painted white and renamed The Pub.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
See
Abraham Haigh
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The original Red Lion Pub stood near the Manor House.
In 1922, it was moved to its present site at the cross roads, in
order to acquire more passing trade.
Later became Ruby's, then the Wyke Lion.
See
Anthony Browne and
Red Lion Viaduct
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Tricia Parry
Until 1983, this was known as The Wharf.
It was closed and boarded-up [2019]
The pub opened in 1890.
This was originally a beer house.
The pub was named for the Redan, the fortifications of the
city of Sebastopol which were attacked by British on 8th September
1855, during the Crimean War.
The pub closed on 29th December 1936.
The building has been demolished
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Clay, Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Clive Whitehead
Planning applications show that this was a Ramsden pub [1926].
It was a Halifax Brewery Company pub [1903, 1906],
then it was an Alderson pub.
The pub closed with the extinction of licence [29th December 1928]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham & Clive Whitehead
Recorded on 7th October 1869,
when there was a meeting of Halifax beersellers here
This was originally a beer house
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Roger Beasley, Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead
The pub closed in 1870.
There is no evidence that Richard Oastler had any connections with
the Chapel
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe
Recorded in 1922
See
Horton Street Temperance Hotels
See
James Howarth
26th August 1902,
Charles Baxter [aged 40], a blacksmith, was found unconscious
on the floor of a barn adjoining the pub.
He died the following day.
In 19??, the name was changed to the Pack Horse
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
The pub was originally called the Staff of Life.
The name was changed when a new peal of bells was installed
at the St Martin's Parish Church in 1874.
The pub stood near the Wellington and closed in the 1960s
when the area was redeveloped as a shopping precinct, Wellington
Arcade.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown & Derrick Habergham
Built in the 13th or 15th century.
It was previously known as the Sign of the Church
It is said that, during the 1600s, the cover of the Parish Church font was hidden in the pub in order to escape the
depredations of Oliver Cromwell's men who strongly opposed any
sign of decoration or ornamentation or statues and had removed the
font itself.
In a corner of the cellar nearest the church, there is gravestone of
1635 cemented into a hollow.
The inscription commemorates members of the Priestley family.
It was rebuilt in 1720.
Waterhouse's Almshouses stood immediately west next to the
pub.
The inn is said to be haunted by a ghost – Walter
or Wally – who has been seen by regulars at the pub.
He stands by fire and there is the smell of a pipe being lit and
smoked.
A number of other strange incidents have been reported including
The cellars beneath the pub are said to lead to Halifax Parish Church.
The pub was up for sale [June 2010]
This is discussed in the book
Sketches of Old Halifax
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Opened in 18??.
The pub only sold ale, no spirits were served.
Women were not allowed in the bar, and regulars were allowed to sit
in the kitchen.
It was one of the last pubs to sell beer drawn straight from the
wood.
The pub closed on 31st March 1961.
Along with neighbouring properties, it was demolished shortly
afterwards.
See
Albert Muir and
The Fiddler
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown & Paul Hartley
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
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 Jeffrey Knowles
The building was originally 2 cottages occupied by the minister and
the caretaker of Jepson Lane Baptist Church.
The property became a public house between 1851 and 1861,
In 1902, the Inn was owned by Bentley & Shaw.
The original building was demolished around 1914 when the road was
straightened for the new tram service, and a new pub was built – at a
cost of £3,000 – using stone from Jepson Lane Baptist Church which had been demolished at the same time.
The pub closed in 2009.
It is now [2010] a private dwelling
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
The pub closed in 1895
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
The pub stood in the middle of Bramston Street and opposite
the Star.
It was known as a place for secret drinking!
The pub closed in 1907/8 following the Licensing Act [1904].
It was demolished in 1913.
Stone from the demolished pub was used to build
Coronation Terrace in Bailiff Bridge
and
the boundary wall at Cooper Bridge Sewage Works.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown & Andy Eccles
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This was originally a beer house.
On
4th July 1873,
the road and houses in the vicinity of the pub were damaged by the
bursting of a water main which had recently been installed.
The pub closed in 20??.
It and the adjoining Lodge were demolished to make
way for a Lidl Supermarket [2017]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead
On 27th June 1869, the landlord, Joseph Barrett, hit David Wilcock with a poker.
Wilcock died from the head injuries, and Barrett was
imprisoned for manslaughter.
In February 1909, compensation was paid to the pub under the terms of the Licensing Act [1904].
The pub closed in 199?.
It reopened in 2001 when a group of locals – Merrymen
Limited – banded together
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Janet DiMaria & Derrick Habergham
Renovated in the mid-19th century.
The doorway has carvings of 2 men in Lincoln Green and is
inscribed
On
30th October 1920,
customers of the pub were injured in a charabanc accident at Oxenhope.
In 1830, the body of Thomas Townsend was displayed here.
See
Pecket Well Leek & Onion Club and
Widdop Reservoir
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jennifer Holding
This was originally a beer house.
After Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, the name was changed
to the Jubilee Hotel.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Elaine Hodkinson, Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead
Owners and tenants have included
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell, Lee Holroyd & Paul Whiteley
Closed on 3rd September 2014.
Then reopened under the ownership of the Andersen family
[October 2025]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy, Paul Andersen, Glynn Helliwell & Paul Whiteley
Aka The Buck.
Opened in 1735.
The Leeds Intelligencer [Monday 8th September 1794] advertised
with three stables, large warehouse, two cottages, two shops, a
smithy and the remainder of the court yard
In 1864, it was bought by Samuel Webster.
The pub closed 10th September 1966.
See
Coaches
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Jeffrey Knowles
The area was given the name Portsmouth by the son
of landlord Thomas Clegg.
There was a bowling green at the pub in 1897 and this is still in use
today.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Clive Whitehead
Question:
Does anyone know exactly where the pub was located, or anything else
about it?
This was originally a beer house
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
80/86 Roomfield Lane / 132 Halifax Road Todmorden [1901]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy
The pub closed in 1946
The building is dated 1682.
It was originally a U-plan house for the clergy at the Church.
In 1808, the Elland Church & King Society met here.
Records suggest that the pub reopened in 1834.
In 1858, it became a coaching inn.
There is a plaque – TJD 1890 – which commemorates the 21st
birthday of Thomas John Dobson.
It was a Stocks pub [1895].
In 1900, it was advertised as
It closed on 19th December 1914, because it stood close to several
other pubs:
the Savile Arms [which was 66 yards away],
the Mexborough's Arms [100 yards away],
the Blue Barrel [125 yards away],
the New Inn [128 yards away],
the Malt Shovel [150 yards away],
the Wheat Sheaf [166 yards away],
the Royal Hotel [175 yards away],
the White Lion [176 yards away],
and
the Wellington [194 yards away],
and the Rose & Crown was redundant.
The front was rendered over and a loading door was cut into the
frontage so that it could be used as a warehouse by the wine and
spirit merchants J. Townend & Sons.
In 1976, the company applied for permission to convert it into a
single-storey building.
It is a listed building and permission was refused.
The building was refurbished and it was used as a pub or wine bar
with various names including
The Outside Inn,
Benny's,
Fakers,
and
De Lacys.
It is now [2007] empty and boarded up.
This is discussed in the books
Halifax Pubs and
Our Home & Country
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
Built about 1725.
A fireplace is dated IN 1725.
The inn was owned by Elizabeth Townsend of Stones, Fixby
[1895].
In March 1914, the Bridge Hotel, Greetland, the Rose &
Crown and various dwelling houses were up for auction.
The Rose & Crown was withdrawn.
It was an Ainley pub
bought at auction in 1936
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs.
See
Well Head Terrace, Greetland
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Glynn Helliwell & Clive Whitehead
Opened in 1735.
Formerly known as The House at the Nook, the pub stood at the
junction of Southgate and Cheapside.
It is said that Daniel Defoe wrote part of Robinson Crusoe
whilst staying at the Inn.
David Moorhouse was a regular here.
It was a Whitaker pub [1925].
Marks & Spencer bought the pub from Richard Whitaker and it
closed in 1956.
The site was cleared in 1958 for their new larger store.
This is discussed in the books
Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions and
Halifax Pubs Volume Two.
See
Buffalo Bill,
Fanny Lumb and
Fanny Lumb
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Dick Thomas
At the end of the 18th century, the name became the Cooper's Arms,
and finally The Sportsman.
See
Daniel Defoe
The pub has had several names, including
In 1845, there was a news room at the pub.
It was up for sale at £115,000 [November 2010].
In June 2012, there were proposals to convert the building back into
4 cottages.
The building is now [2015] private houses.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anthony Buckless, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
This was originally a store of the Ripponden Co-operative Society Limited.
Opened in 1888.
In 1895, it was owned by Albion Brewery, Warley.
It was acquired by the Halifax Brewing Company before 1903.
The pub closed in 1911 following the Licensing Act [1904]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
This was originally a beer house.
The licence was transferred from the Punch Bowl, Boothtown to
the Rose & Crown [1st May 1957].
It was a Ramsden pub [1905].
The pub closed in 19??.
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Pubs Volume Two
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
See
Abraham Haigh
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
The present mid 18th century building was originally 2 cottages.
Cinderhills Mill stood next door.
It was boarded up [2004].
It later reopened as Big D's.
It was again boarded up [August 2011]
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Steve Dobson
R Popps, Halifax Ref 17-988 Raffles Night Club, Mytholmroyd Ref 17-1183 Raggalds, Queensbury Ref 17-168
Railway Hotel, Barkisland Ref 17-833 Railway Hotel, Elland Ref 17-1134 Railway Hotel, Halifax Ref 17-719
Railway Hotel, Halifax Ref 17-870
Railway Hotel, Hebden Bridge Ref 17-581
Railway Hotel, Lydgate Ref 17-339
Railway Hotel, Ovenden Ref 17-1085
Railway Hotel, Rastrick Ref 17-169
Railway Hotel, Ripponden Ref 17-509
in bad repair and its customers were largely tramps and vagrants
Railway Hotel, Todmorden Ref 17-1273
Railway Hotel, Walsden Ref 17-938
Railway, Wheatley Ref 17-1373 Ram's Head, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-558
Ram Inn, Rishworth Ref 17-1407 Ramsden Wood, Todmorden Ref 17-209 Rat, Greetland Ref 17-576 Raven, Krumlin Ref 17-602 Rawson's Arms, Elland Wood Bottom Ref 17-170
Recruiting Serjeant, Halifax Ref 17-111
On [8th July 1805], after a tedious widowhood of 3 months, Mrs
Shaw, of the Recruiting Serjeant, Halifax [married] Mr
Joseph Thwaite, joiner.
Red Lion Beerhouse, Northowram Ref 17-1325
transferred to a newly-built house
Red Lion, Boothtown Ref 17-720
Red Lion, Elland Ref 17-941
Red Lion, Halifax Ref 17-1224 Red Lion, Halifax Ref 17-835
Red Lion, Luddenden Ref 17-959
Red Lion, Luddendenfoot Ref 17-171
Red Lion, Rastrick Ref 17-172
Red Lion, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-721
Red Lion, Stainland Ref 17-1006
Red Lion, Stainland Ref 17-1063
Red Lion, Wyke Ref 17-R1
Red Rooster, Brighouse Ref 17-270
Redan, Soyland Ref 17-834
Reed, Halifax Ref 17-173
Reed, Sowerby Bridge Ref 17-395
Reindeer Beerhouse, Halifax Ref 17-1314 Reindeer Hotel, Halifax Ref 17-1174
Reservoir, Fly Flatts Ref 17-725 Richard Oastler, Brighouse Ref 17-1116
Richard's Temperance Hotel, Halifax Ref 17-1374 Ridge Inn, Alcomden Ref 17-1072 The Ridge, Wadsworth Ref 17-1400 Ridge, Widdop Ref 17-999
Riggin, Hubberton Ref 17-1392 Ring O' Bells, Boothtown Ref 17-1190 Ring O' Bells, Brighouse Ref 17-322
Ring O' Bells, Halifax Ref 17-174
Ring O' Bells, Mytholmroyd Ref 17-1089 Ring O' Bells, Rastrick Ref 17-81
Ring of Bells, Elland Ref 17-729 Ringby House, Northowram Ref 17-1140
Rising Sun, Boothtown Ref 17-872
Rising Sun, Elland Ref 17-588
Rising Sun, Luddenden Dean Ref 17-832
Rising Sun, Rastrick Ref 17-335
Rising Sun, Wainstalls Ref 17-1377 Robin Hood & Little John, Cragg Ref 17-447
Robin Hood, Brighouse Ref 17-464
Robin Hood, Cragg Vale Ref 17-175
Robin Hood, Pecket Well Ref 17-502
If Robin Hood be not at home come take a pot with little John
Rock, Southowram Ref 17-409
Rock Tavern, Elland Ref 17-325
Rock Tavern, Holywell Green Ref 17-722
Roebuck, Halifax Ref 17-177
Sale by Auction the Buck Inn, Northgate, Halifax,
Roebuck, Portsmouth Ref 17-893
Rook Hotel, Halifax Ref 17-591
Rook Tavern, Southowram Ref 17-1210
Rope & Anchor, Langfield Ref 17-897
Ropers, Halifax Ref 17-836 Rose & Crown, Elland Ref 17-180
The Old Football Headquarters
Rose & Crown, Greetland Ref 17-178
Rose & Crown, Halifax Ref 17-179
Rose & Crown, Halifax Ref 17-61 Rose & Crown, Mixenden Ref 17-1029
Rose & Crown, Ripponden Ref 17-406
Rose & Crown, Siddal Ref 17-723
Rose & Crown, Stainland Ref 17-181
Rose & Crown, Stansfield Ref 17-R129
Rose & Crown, Todmorden Ref 17-1153