The Shambles, Halifax
The Shambles was the butchery area of the market in Halifax.
It stood near the Market Cross in Old Market, Halifax until 1???
Undressed cloth was sold in the butcher's shambles before the meat
market commenced
The word is found in many parts of the country, and originally meant
a table for displaying meat for sale
and comes from the Old English word scamul meaning
a bench, counter, or stool.
| Butchers in the Shambles [1850] |
- 1) Joseph Akroyd
- 4) Robert Smith
- 6) William Metcalf
- 8) Solomon Priestley
- 9) James Priestley
- 10) James Brear
- 13) William Monks
- 16) Samuel Sunderland
- 18) Eli Akroyd
- 19) William Emmet
- 20) Charles Peel Also at Upper Brunswick Street
- 21) James Roberts
- 22) Joseph Boots
- 23) Jonas Akroyd
- 24) John Patchett
- 24) John Smithies
- 26) William Dean
- 30) William Cockroft
- 32) Jonas Wild
- 33) Samuel Wild Also at Foundry Street
- 35) Thomas Binns
- 36) John Priestley
- 37) Thomas Hanson Also at Norwood Green
- 38) Samuel & Mrs Empsall
- 40) Edward Lister
- 43) William Roberts
- 44) George Wilcock Also at Upper Crib Lane
- 45) Joseph Ogden
- 46) Joseph Sutcliffe
- 47) Isaac Brear
- 48) Samuel Briggs
- 50) John Mallinson
- 56) Joseph Haigh
- 62) Jonas Priestley
- 64) Thomas Lassey
- 65) Richard Crabtree
- 66) William Shoesmith
- 83) Jonas Priestley
- 85) William Priestley
- 88) John Ingham
- James Hebblethwaite
- John Thwaite
- Joseph Mann
- Samuel Hodgson Also at Bridge End
| Game, Fish & Fruit Dealers in the Shambles [1850] |
- 54) Mrs Elizabeth Ashworth Fruiterer
- 56) Sarah Wood
- 58) Greengrocer
- 67-69) Henry Whitaker Also Game Dealer
- 70-71) Richard Whitaker
- 72) Martha Whitaker
- 77) Richard Whitaker
- 78-79) Hannah Swales & Son Also Game Dealers
- Dorothy Hebblethwaite
- James Kershaw
- 50-60) Alfred Brierley Eating House
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anthony Buckless
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Malcolm Bull
2024
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