Bank Top, Southowram

Contents:

General Points
Houses and Property at Bank Top
Pubs at Bank Top
Other features

General Points

Bank Top is the area at the top of Southowram Bank on the southern ridge of Beacon Hill, to the east of, and overlooking, Halifax.

It is the main route from Halifax to Southowram village.

By 1893, much of the area which is now the main road from Southowram Bank on towards Higgin Lane was excavated and levelled to enable the trams to reach the terminus by the Cock & Bottle. This section of Route Number 7 was opened on 19th September 1901.

In 1932, plans were announced to build 32 houses at the junction of Marsh Lane, Southowram and Bank Top. The houses built for/by Mrs Ruth Hannah Sutcliffe, were to be stone-built in 8 blocks of 4 houses each.

Houses and Property at Bank Top

The occupants of the properties here have included

Unknown Address:
- Bank Top Library, Southowram
- Bank Top, Southowram
- Francis Haigh
- Bank Top School, Southowram [18??]
- James Haigh [1755]
- Isaac Thwaite [1841]
- Mr Denham [1851]
- Joseph Thwaite [1851]
- Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Southowram [1857]
- William Laycock [1859]
- Sion Branch Congregational Sunday School, Bank Top [1861]
- Colburn Farm, Southowram [1871]
- Henry Holdsworth [1871]
- Pit House, Southowram [1871]
- Delf Hill Chapel, Southowram [1881]
- Higgin Lane Sunday School, Southowram [1898]
- Bank Top Post Office, Southowram [1936]
- Blagbrough & Hebblethwaite Limited [1936]
- Mr Dobby, cobbler [1940s]
- A Garage [1940s]
- Mrs Hudson, general store [1940s]
- Jack Rushton, newsagent [1940s]
Number 1:
- Halifax House, Southowram [1861]
Number 2:
- George Haigh, a grocer's warehouse man [1861]
Number 3:
- Rebecca & William Firth [1861]
- James Gill, a stone delver [1871]
Number 4:
- Mrs Ellen Green [1861]
- Mary & Joseph Robertshaw, a stone worker [1871]
Number 5:
- Mary & Thomas Nicholl [1861]
Number 6:
- Eunice & Abraham Haigh, a silk hatter [1861]
- Mary Ann & William Horsfall, a coal miner [1871]
- Prof Fairbairn [1905]
Number 7:
- Nanney & Joseph Appleyard, a flag facer [1861]
Number 8:
- Mary & John Appleyard, a drying machine tenter [1861]
Number 9:
- William Haigh [1861]
Number 10:
- Mrs Elizabeth Holdsworth [1861]
Number 11:
- Harriet & Samuel Clegg, a stone driver [1861]
Number 12:
- Ellen & Henry Dewbhirst, a farm labourer [1861]
- Henry Dewhirst [1861]
Number 13:
- Mary & John Jacobs, a dye house man [1861]
Number 14:
- William Mallinson [1851]
- Ellen & James Womersley, a stone dresser [1861]
Number 15:
- Elizabeth & John Womersley, a carpet dresser [1861]
Number 16:
- Martha & Job Haigh, a stone mason & grocer [1861]
- Joseph Rushworth [1901]
Number 17:
- Mary Ann Smith [1861]
Number 18:
- Abigail & Samuel Womersley, a carpet weaver [1861]
- Samuel Crossland [1904]
Number 19:
- Ann & Abraham Earnshaw, a shoe maker [1861]
Number 20:
- Ann & Henry Earnshaw, a stone driver [1861]
Number 21:
- Betty & John L?, a farm labourer [1861]
Number 22:
- Susannah & Joseph Nicholl, a stone cutter [1861]
Number 23:
- Mary Ann & Allen Ainley, a coal miner [1861]
Number 24:
- Sarah Ann & John Stuttard, a labourer at coal pit [1861]
Number 213:
- Alice & Walter Crossley, a butcher [1901]
Number 215:
- Sarah & John Crossley, a farmer [1901]
Number 217:
- Mary & John H. Crossley, a butcher [1901]

The Leeds Intelligencer [Saturday 2nd March 1844] advertised

To Capitalists – Important Landed Investments
The Manor or Lordship of Southowram.
Several Capital and other Messuage Tenements called or usually known as, or situate at or near LAW HILL, UPPER MARSH, BANK TOP, THE MARSH, BLAITHROYD, SWAN BANK, CADDY FIELDS, THE MANOR HOUSE INN, THE BEACON FIELDS and SOUTHOWRAM BANK BOTTOM.
Lithographic Plans have been prepared by Messrs. Lister & Ingle of Bradford.
L. & E. N. Alexander, Solicitors, Halifax

Beerhouses & Pubs in Bank Top, Southowram

Several beerhouses and public houses have been recorded in and around Bank Top, Southowram, including

Other features

See F. Broadley and Isaac Thwaite

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso

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