Dates of some local buildings
This Foldout lists
some
local buildings and the date in which they – or parts of them – were
constructed ... according to the datestone or other evidence
Some of the buildings have been demolished or rebuilt since the dates
shown
The list only shows those buildings for which there is a photograph
- 1100s:
Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, Halifax
- 1100s:
Saint Peter's Church, Hartshead
- 1200s:
Parish Church of Saint Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall
- 1250:
Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland
- 1400s:
Brighouse Low Mills
- 1429:
Mayroyd Mill, Hebden Bridge
- 1440:
Dean Mills, Midgley
- 1458:
Royds Hall, Low Moor
- 1500:
Thymeley Bent, Sowerby
- 1503:
Shaw, Mankinholes
- 1510:
Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge
- 1513:
Cinder Hill, Coley
- 1517:
County Bridge, Sowerby Bridge
- 1529:
Coley Chapel
- 1529:
Eastfield Chapel, Lightcliffe
- 1529:
Saint John the Baptist, Coley
- 1533:
Rokeby Chapel, Halifax Parish Church
- 1544:
Holdsworth Chapel
- 1573:
Ox Heys Mill, Shelf
- 1577:
Bradley Hall, Holywell Green
- 1580:
Wood Hall, Skircoat
- 1581:
Old Cock, Halifax
- 1589:
Nether House, Hove Edge
- 1589:
Upper Rookes, Norwood Green
- 1590:
Town House, Norland
- 1598:
Croft Gate, Lumbutts
- 1598:
Peel House, Luddenden
- 1599:
Little Manor, Heptonstall Slack
- 1599:
Lower Crimsworth Farm, Pecket Well
- 1600:
Low Bentley Farm, Shelf
- 1600:
Old Town Hall, Wadsworth
- 1601:
Cliffe Hill, Midgley
- 1603:
Grindlestone Bank, Ovenden
- 1603:
Todmorden Hall
- 1604:
Brackenbed House, Ovenden
- 1604:
Ellistones Farm, Elland
- 1604:
Grain Farm, Pecket Well
- 1606:
High House Farm, Midgley
- 1607:
Lower White Lee, Mytholmroyd
- 1607:
Upper Stubbing, Warley
- 1607:
Upper Cockroft Farm, Rishworth
- 1610:
Lower Ashes, Cross Stone
- 1610:
Lower East Lee, Todmorden
- 1615:
Lower White Lee, Mytholmroyd
- 1616:
Fields Farm, Norland
- 1617:
Chiserley Hall, Wadsworth
- 1617:
Old Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale
- 1618:
Carr House Farm, Todmorden
- 1618:
Park View House, Barkisland
- 1620:
Lower Crow Nest Hall, Lightcliffe
- 1621:
Lower Han Royd, Midgley
- 1622:
Great House, Soyland
- 1622:
Shoulder of Mutton, Northowram
- 1623:
Lower Snape Farm, Sowerby
- 1624:
Great House, Ripponden
- 1624:
Upper Goat House, Rishworth
- 1626:
Marsh Hall, Northowram
- 1626:
Paddock Nook, Ripponden
- 1626:
Swift Place, Soyland
- 1627:
Raw End Farm, Luddendenfoot
- 1628:
Lane Ends Farm, Norland
- 1629:
High Hurst, Hebden Royd
- 1629:
Stannery End, Sowerby
- 1630:
Higher Eastwood, Todmorden
- 1630:
Old Haugh End, Sowerby
- 1630:
Sisters' House, Priestley Green
- 1630:
Trough Farm, Priestley Green
- 1630: Barn at
White Hart, Soyland
- 1631:
Crawstone Hall, Greetland
- 1631:
Haigh House, Warley
- 1631:
Inchfield Fold Farm, Walsden
- 1631:
Low Cote, Ripponden
- 1631:
Sowood House, Hipperholme
- 1631:
Till Carr House, Lightcliffe
- 1632:
Highley Hall, Clifton
- 1632:
Murgatroyd, Warley
- 1632:
The Royd, Sowerby
- 1633:
Roebucks, Warley
- 1633:
Stock Lane House, Warley
- 1633:
Warley Edge Farm, Warley
- 1634:
Ball Green, Sowerby
- 1634:
Bean Hole Head, Cross Stone
- 1634:
Lightcliffe Curate's House
- 1634:
Lord Nelson, Luddenden
- 1635:
Oats Royd, Midgley
- 1636:
Lower Winsley Farm, Todmorden
- 1636:
Union Cross, Heptonstall
- 1636:
Slead Hall, Brighouse
- 1637:
Long Can, Ovenden
- 1637:
Middle Harper Royd, Norland
- 1637:
Upper Harper Royd, Norland
- 1638:
Barkisland Hall
- 1638:
Brearley Old Hall, Luddendenfoot
- 1638:
Upper Wat Ing, Norland
- 1640:
Hand Carr Farm, Luddendenfoot
- 1641:
Upper Longbottom Farm, Sowerby Bridge
- 1642:
Howroyd Hall, Barkisland
- 1642:
Little Burlees, Wadsworth
- 1642:
Upper Cockroft Hall, Rishworth
- 1643:
Shibden Mill Inn
- 1643:
Yew Trees, Ovenden
- 1644:
Fallingworth Hall, Norland
- 1645:
Dean House, Skircoat Green
- 1646:
Sowerby Hall
- 1647:
Hall Stones Farm, Todmorden
- 1647:
Upper Birkhouse Farm, Bailiff Bridge
- 1648:
Learings, Heptonstall
- 1649:
Cockroft Farm, Rishworth
- 1649:
Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby
- 1650:
Hippings, Heptonstall
- 1650:
Kershaw House, Luddendenfoot
- 1654:
White Birch, Warley
- 1655:
Warland Farm, Walsden
- 1656:
Small Lees, Soyland
- 1658:
Holroyd House, Priestley Green
- 1659:
Upper Foot Farm, Luddendenfoot
- 1661:
Lower Scout, Shibden
- 1661:
Sun Longley, Norland
- 1662:
Castle Hill Farm, Sowerby
- 1662:
Slode, Wainstalls
- 1663:
Swallowshaw Farm, Cross Stone
- 1664:
Lower Wat Ing, Norland
- 1664:
Lower Birks Farm, Todmorden
- 1664:
Pickwood House, Norland
- 1666:
Higher House, Mytholmroyd
- 1666:
Scaitcliffe Hall, Todmorden
- 1668:
Rishworth Stott Hall
- 1670:
Strait Hey Farm, Todmorden
- 1670:
Woolshops, Halifax (The Building)
- 1672:
Delfs Farm, Cottonstones
- 1673:
Bloomergate House, Midgley
- 1675:
The Shaw West, Todmorden
- 1675:
Woodhead Well, Clifton
- 1677:
Hullen Edge Farm, Sowerby
- 1677:
Hullen Edge, Norland
- 1677:
Northowram House
- 1677:
Upper Snape Farm, Sowerby
- 1677: Barn at
Bin Royd, Norland
- 1680:
Jaque Royd, Shelf
- 1681:
Scout Hall, Shibden
- 1682:
Baitings Farm, Ripponden
- 1682:
Higher Ashes, Cross Stone
- 1682:
Rose & Crown, Elland
- 1683:
Oldfield House, Warley
- 1684:
Potball, Charlestown
- 1684:
Staups House, Shibden
- 1687:
Middle Harper Royd, Norland
- 1687:
Upper Hathershelf Farm, Boulderclough
- 1688: House at
Robbers' Cave, Shelf
- 1689:
Lower Horse Wood, Todmorden
- 1691:
Great Burlees, Wadsworth
- 1692:
Coldwell Hill, Southowram
- 1693:
Holdsworth House Farm, Holmfield
- 1693:
Hargreaves Head, Shelf
- 1693:
Bell School, Northowram
- 1693:
Wormald Farm, Barkisland
- 1693:
West End, Hipperholme
- 1693: House at
Shibden Fold, Halifax
- 1694:
Scout Hall Farm, Shibden
- 1695:
Kirkcliffe, Soyland
- 1697:
Illingworth stocks
- 1697:
Todmorden Edge South
- 1698:
Hill House, Mytholmroyd
- 1699:
Lower North Royd, Northowram
- 1700:
Addersgate Farm, Northowram
- 1700:
Addersgate Farm, Sowerby Bridge
- 1700:
Calf Hey Farm, Barkisland
- 1700:
Lower Green Edge, Warley
- 1700:
Middle Longfield House, Todmorden
- 1700:
Old Earth Farm, Elland
- 1701:
Oakes Farmhouse, Charlestown
- 1701:
Oaks Farm, Charlestown
- 1702:
Lench House, Rishworth
- 1703:
Jagger Green Hall, Stainland
- 1703:
Manor House, Stainland
- 1704:
The Grange, Lightcliffe
- 1704:
Washington House, Greetland
- 1705:
Warley Congregational Church
- 1708:
Sunny Bank Farm, Mount Tabor
- 1708:
Sunny Bank, Ovenden
- 1708:
Whitwell Place, Elland
- 1709:
Friendly Fold, Ovenden
- 1709:
Lower Cockcroft Hall, Rishworth
- 1709:
Sundial House, Friendly Fold
- 1711:
Causeway Farm, Lumbutts
- 1711:
Greenhill, Lower Saltonstall
- 1712:
The Breck, Triangle
- 1713:
Ivy House Farm, Hove Edge
- 1713:
Clegg Endowed School, Todmorden
- 1715:
Gibb Farm, Mount Tabor
- 1715:
Lower Allescholes, Walsden
- 1717:
The Royde, Soyland
- 1718:
New House, Mytholmroyd
- 1721:
Frieldhurst Farm, Cornholme
- 1722:
Lower Green House, Brighouse
- 1722:
Mereclough Bottom
- 1722:
Navigation, Sowerby Bridge
- 1725:
Rose & Crown, Greetland
- 1727:
Lower White Lee, Mytholmroyd
- 1727:
Lane Head Farm, Ripponden
- 1730:
East Lee, Todmorden
- 1731:
Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden
- 1732:
Upper Jack Royd, Wheatley
- 1733:
Boothroyd Farm, Hebden Bridge
- 1734:
Belle Royd Farm, Blackshawhead
- 1734:
Pepper Hill Hall, Shelf
- 1735:
Hawksclough Bridge, Mytholmroyd
- 1735:
Longley Farm, Norland
- 1736:
Beestonhirst Mill, Ripponden
- 1740:
North Scausby Farm, Bradshaw
- 1741:
German House, Lightcliffe
- 1741:
Lillands Farm, Rastrick
- 1742:
Spring Hill, Sowerby
- 1743:
Friends Meeting House, Halifax
- 1743:
Lower Hathershelf Farm, Boulderclough
- 1743:
Royds Hall Dam
- 1743:
Stones Farm, Todmorden
- 1744:
Blackley House, Elland
- 1744:
Higher Stoodley Farm, Langfield
- 1744:
Higher Stoodley Cottage, Langfield
- 1745:
Shepherd House, Lower Warley
- 1748:
Broad Fold, Mytholmroyd
- 1748:
Clough House, Soyland
- 1753:
Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge
- 1755:
Holly House, Halifax
- 1760:
Mytholm Farmhouse, Hipperholme
- 1762:
Well Royd, Stainland
- 1764:
New Inn, Soyland
- 1765:
Hope Hall, Halifax
- 1765:
Lower Beestonhirst, Ripponden
- 1766:
Brockwell, Sowerby Bridge
- 1766:
Royds' House, Halifax
- 1769:
Denmark Farm, Shibden
- 1770:
Brow Bridge, West Vale
- 1770:
Saint Mary's Parish Church, Todmorden
- 1770:
Hamer Cottage, Blackshawhead
- 1770:
Upper Merry Bent, Soyland
- 1771:
Dry Carr Farm, Midgley
- 1771: Houses at
Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme
- 1772:
Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
- 1772:
Denton Bridge, Kebroyd
- 1772:
West End Bridge, Hebden Bridge
- 1773:
Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden
- 1773:
Upper Brockholes Methodist Chapel
- 1773:
Mixenden Bridge
- 1777:
Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth
- 1777:
Horsfall House, Todmorden
- 1778:
Bridge End Congregational Church, Rastrick
- 1779:
Chantry House, Heptonstall
- 1779:
Calder House, Sowerby Bridge
- 1779:
Piece Hall, Halifax
- 1779: Houses at
Catherine Slack, Queensbury
- 1780:
Slackfield Farm, Causeway Foot
- 1783:
Lower Willow Hall Mills, Sowerby Bridge
- 1783:
Sundial Cottage, Clifton
- 1784:
Bottomley Farm, Walsden
- 1784:
Middle Bottomley Farm, Walsden
- 1785:
Little John Mill, Clifton Common
- 1787:
Brookfoot School
- 1788:
Underbank Hall, Hebden Bridge
- 1790:
Knowlwood Bottom Mill, Walsden
- 1791: Barn at
Crimsworth Cottage, Pecket Well
- 1792:
Bogden Mill, Rishworth
- 1792:
Edmondson's Mill, Mytholmroyd
- 1793:
Lacy House, Hebden Bridge
- 1795:
Black Pit Aqueduct, Hebden Bridge
- 1795:
Park Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Brighouse
- 1796:
Higher Wormald, Rishworth
- 1797:
Hebble End River Bridge, Hebden Bridge
- 1797:
Holmfield Mills, Ovenden
- 1797:
New Longley, Norland
- 1798:
Blackley Particular Baptist Church
- 1799:
Throstle Nest, Mytholmroyd
- 1803:
Jumb Mill, Langfield
- 1805:
Warley Congregational Church
- 1805:
Land Mill, Blackshawhead
- 1805:
Cross Stone Sunday School, Stansfield
- 1807:
Elland Wesleyan Chapel
- 1811:
New House Farm, Midgley
- 1813:
Elland Bridge
- 1813:
Southcliffe House, Hebden Bridge
- 1813:
Methodist Sunday School, Heptonstall
- 1815:
Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale
- 1817:
Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden
- 1818:
Coley Chapel
- 1818:
Providence Methodist Chapel, Midgley
- 1818:
Albion Street British School
- 1818:
Ovenden Sunday School
- 1819:
Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
- 1819:
Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram
- 1819:
North Dean Lodge, West Vale
- 1820:
Christ Church, Barkisland
- 1820:
Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
- 1821:
Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
- 1821:
Bridge End Sunday School, Rastrick
- 1823:
Boulderclough United Methodist Chapel
- 1823:
General Baptist Chapel, Queensbury
- 1823:
Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe
- 1823:
Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden
- 1823:
Illingworth Gaol
- 1824:
Gaddings Dam, Todmorden
- 1824:
Steanor Bottom Toll House, Walsden
- 1825:
Birks Bar, Walsden
- 1825:
Scout Road Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd
- 1825:
Todmorden Vicarage
- 1827:
Rishworth School
- 1828:
Ebenezer Chapel, Booth
- 1828:
Farrar Mill Lane Aqueduct, Siddal
- 1830:
Christ Church, Todmorden
- 1830:
Parish Church of Saint Martin, Brighouse
- 1830:
Heath School House, Halifax
- 1830:
Pecket Bar, Pecket Well
- 1831:
Copley River Bridge
- 1832:
Robinwood Mill, Todmorden
- 1833:
Saint James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge
- 1835:
Hanover Methodist Chapel, Halifax
- 1835:
Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone
- 1835:
Hebble End Bar, Hebden Bridge
- 1835:
Halifax National School
- 1836:
Four Day Work Mill, Mytholmroyd
- 1837:
Mytholmroyd Primitive Methodist Chapel
- 1837:
Providence United Reformed Church, Illingworth
- 1837:
Horsehold Hall, Erringden
- 1838:
Bridge Street (Central) Methodist Church, Todmorden
- 1838:
Illingworth Vicarage
- 1838:
Clough Mill, Midgley
- 1838: Barn at
Ibbotroyd, Stansfield
- 1839:
Bents Farm, Erringden
- 1839:
Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Halifax
- 1839:
Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale
- 1839:
Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland
- 1839:
Southowram National School
- 1840:
Hanson Lane gaol
- 1840:
Sowerby Bridge railway arches
- 1840:
Popples Almshouses, Bradshaw
- 1840:
Whiteley Arches, Mytholm
- 1840s:
Canal Street Works, Todmorden
- 1841:
Town Ing Mill, Elland
- 1841:
The Rydings, Brighouse
- 1842:
Union Croft Chapel, Ambler Thorn
- 1842:
Luddendenfoot Railway Station
- 1842:
Machpelah House, Hebden Bridge
- 1842:
Mayroyd Bar, Hebden Bridge
- 1843:
Holy Well, Holywell Green
- 1843:
Ripponden School
- 1847:
Saint Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd
- 1848:
Saint Peter's Church, Walsden
- 1848:
Hipperholme Tunnel
- 1848:
Inchfield House, Walsden
- 1849:
Barker Royd, Southowram
- 1850:
Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf
- 1850:
Lightcliffe tunnel
- 1850:
Victoria Bridge, Hebden Bridge
- 1852:
Copley Viaduct
- 1854:
Parish Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Heptonstall
- 1855:
Crossley Almshouses, Margaret Street
- 1855:
Bridge End Congregational Church, Rastrick
- 1855:
Stansfield Hall, Luddendenfoot
- 1856:
Ogden Farm, Triangle
- 1857:
Marlborough Hall, Halifax
- 1857:
Mill Royd Mill, Brighouse
- 1858:
Pecket Well Mill
- 1858:
Royal Insurance Company Office, Halifax
- 1859:
Oatland Field Terrace, Greetland
- 1860:
Saint Thomas's Church, Greetland
- 1860:
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme
- 1860:
Wellington Mills, Elland
- 1862:
Stoney Royd Cemetery
- 1863:
Crossley Almshouses, Arden Road
- 1863:
Finkil Chapel, Hove Edge
- 1863:
Calder Mill, Hebden Bridge
- 1863:
Ripleyville
- 1863:
Grove Terrace, Greetland
- 1865:
Parish Church of Saint Stephen the Martyr, Copley
- 1865:
Lightcliffe Curate's House
- 1865:
Savile Lea, Halifax
- 1866:
Lum Bridge, Soyland
- 1866:
Well Head Terrace, Greetland
- 1866:
Lightcliffe Church of England (VA) Primary School
- 1867:
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hove Edge
- 1868:
Clark Bridge, Halifax
- 1868:
Newlands Meeting House, Rastrick
- 1868:
Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden
- 1868:
Greenhouses, Lightcliffe
- 1868:
Stansfield Hall Railway Station
- 1869:
Zion Congregational Church, Ripponden
- 1871:
Lightcliffe Congregational Church
- 1872:
Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon
- 1873:
Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society offices
- 1874:
Coal Drops, Halifax
- 1874:
Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby
- 1874:
Field House, Sowerby
- 1874:
Queensbury Tunnel
- 1874:
Queens Road Board School
- 1874:
Rastrick Board School
- 1874:
Southowram Bank Board School
- 1875:
Saint Mark's Parish Church, Siddal
- 1875:
Grange Terrace, Lightcliffe
- 1875:
Wainstalls Board School
- 1876:
North Dean Mill, West Vale
- 1876:
Upper Han Royd, Midgley
- 1877:
Broadfold House, Luddenden
- 1877:
Bradshaw Board School
- 1877:
Lumbutts School
- 1877:
Mixenden Board School
- 1877:
Northowram Board School
- 1877:
Sowerby Methodist Sunday School
- 1877:
West Air, Halifax
- 1878:
Blackley Particular Baptist Church
- 1878:
Waring Green Congregational Church
- 1878:
Ellwood Lodge, Brighouse
- 1878:
Stubbings Board School, Hebden Bridge
- 1878:
Todmorden Board School
- 1878:
West Vale Board School
- 1879:
Burnley Road Junior, Infant & Nursery School
- 1879:
Heptonstall Junior, Infant & Nursery School
- 1881:
Wall Nook Primitive Methodist Chapel, Greetland
- 1882:
Boy Bridge, Luddendenfoot
- 1882:
Northowram Methodist New Connexion Chapel
- 1882:
Clough Terrace, Greetland
- 1883:
Providence Methodist Chapel, Midgley
- 1883:
Prospect Mill, West Vale
- 1884:
Central Board School, Hebden Bridge
- 1886:
Miall Street Mills, Halifax
- 1886:
Church View, Greetland
- 1887:
Lambert House, Rochdale Road, West Vale
- 1887:
Mount Sion Sunday School, Ogden
- 1888:
Rose Mount, Greetland
- 1889:
Dale Street Co-operative Store, Todmorden
- 1891:
Whitehall, Halifax
- 1892:
Hollins Hey Hospital, Stainland
- 1892:
Saint George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge
- 1893:
Saint John's Mission Church, Rastrick
- 1893:
Warley Town Board School
- 1894:
Sowerby Bridge Police Station
- 1894:
Luddendenfoot Board School
- 1895:
Britannia House, Elland
- 1895:
Brook Cottage, Brighouse
- 1895:
Salterhebble United Methodist Free Chapel
- 1897:
Boulderclough United Methodist Chapel
- 1897:
Hebden Bridge Town Hall
- 1897:
Caddy Field Board School
- 1897:
Warley Road Board School
- 1897:
Vista Bellisimo
- 1898:
Deerstones Farm, Sowerby
- 1898:
Salterlee Board School, Northowram
- 1900:
All Saints' Church, Elland
- 1900:
Brighouse Post Office
- 1900:
Sowerby Well
- 1902:
Crown Bakery, Hebden Bridge
- 1902:
Shakespeare, Halifax
- 1903:
Glenside, Lydgate
- 1904:
Birds Royd Lane Wesleyan Mission Chapel, Rastrick
- 1904:
Longlands, Lightcliffe
- 1905:
Central Methodist Church, Brighouse
- 1906:
Cragg Hall Lodge, Cragg Vale
- 1906:
Saint John's Church, Stubbing
- 1908:
Saint John's Mission Church, Rastrick
- 1911:
Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Outlane
- 1911:
Saint Paul's Church, Queens Road
- 1912:
Blackshawhead Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
- 1920:
Oak Hill, Todmorden
- 1921:
Brown Cow House, Rishworth
- 1922:
Thornton Cottage Homes, Rastrick
- 1926:
Saint John the Divine, Rishworth
- 1926:
Rydings Hall, Brighouse
- 1926:
Fred Wade (Booksellers & Stationers) Limited
- 1926:
Watkinson Almshouses, Lightcliffe
- 1929:
Ebenezer Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Bailiff Bridge
- 1929:
Royal Oak, Halifax
- 1930s:
Golden Pheasant, Halifax
- 1930s:
Pheasant Inn, Halifax
- 1932:
Northowram Police Station
- 1938:
Abraham Ormerod Clinic, Todmorden
- 1950:
Dean Field Primary School
- 1972:
Lüdenscheid Link
- 1984:
Central Street Infant & Nursery School
- 1997:
Barcentro, Halifax
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Malcolm Bull
2025
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