Gibbet Street, Halifax

Contents:

General Points
Property in Gibbet Street
Beerhouses & Pubs in Gibbet Street

General Points

The street – aka Gibbet Hill and Gibbet Lane - leads westwards from Swine Market.

In 1903, the gradient of the street was reported to be 1 in 12.32. This was significant for the growing tramway system.

The Gibbet stands here

Property in Gibbet Street

The occupants of the properties here have included

Unknown Address:
- Elland Steel, Halifax
- Gibbet Street Economic Stores
- Birch Tree House School, Halifax [1800s]
- George Binns, cotton merchant & silk spinner [1822]
- George Broomhead, baker [1822]
- William Hoyland [1822]
- Joseph Jackson, currier and leather cutter [1822]
- John Poole, merchant [1822]
- Sunderland & Guy [1822]
- John Walton, auctioneer and appraiser [1822]
- William Barraclough, coarse woollen cloth manufacturer & general merchant [1834]
- John Best [1834]
- John Bolton, boot & shoe maker [1834]
- Richard Dearden, brazier & tin plate worker [1834]
- John Hoadley, screw cutter & damask engine maker [1834]
- Henry Brierley, joiner [1837]
- John William Cadney [1841]
- Rev John Rigby [1845]
- Victoria Reservoir, Halifax [1847]
- William Wilkinson [1850]
- Emily Pye [1857]
- Henry Barber [1861]
- Rev Alfred Charles Hall [1865]
- Hartley & Sugden Limited [1873]
- Hydropathic & Turkish Baths, Halifax [1874]
- Henry Standeven [1874]
- John Riley [1875]
- J. Patchett [1890]
- Newstead Co-Op, Halifax [1898]
- Newstead House, Halifax [1900]
- William Asquith Limited [1905]
- Highroad Well Foundry [1907]
- Highroad Well Works [1907]
- Victoria Constitutional Club, Halifax [1917]
Number 2:
- Benjamin Robertshaw, clog & patten maker [1837]
Number 3:
- Frederick Thomas Coyle [1905]
- Fischer (F.A.G.) Bearings Company [1937]
Number 4:
- Sarah Scarbrough, shopkeeper [1837]
Number 5:
- Edgar Pearson [1927]
Number 6:
- Thomas Hoadley, designer [1837]
- Priestley & Company [1900]
Number 8:
- Samuel Blagbrough, linen draper [1837]
Number 11:
- Thomas Carr [1880]
Number 17:
- Robinson Kitching Patchett [1861]
Number 18:
- Samuel Green [1837]
Number 20:
- John Pool & Company [1829]
- Pool & Harrison, trunk maker [1837]
- C Pool, pocket book maker [1837]
Number 23:
- Elizabeth Smith [1837]
- William Henry Scott [1878]
Number 29:
- Richard Dearden, fireman [1837]
Number 30:
- Samuel Gath [1837]
Number 36:
- John W. Clayton [1900]
Number 38:
- Henry William Pohlmann [1871]
- Marburg House, Halifax [1874]
- Rechabites [1917]
Number 41:
- Frederick Workman [1881]
- George Workman [1881]
Number 44:
- Thomas Illingworth [1865]
Number 48:
- Henry Ashton [1874]
Number 62:
- Thomas Fleming [1871]
Number 64:
- Tom Barker [1901]
Number 69:
- Joseph Vickerman [1871]
Number 74:
- Gibbet Street Post Office [1905]
Number 81:
- Arthur Sutcliffe & Company [1888]
Number 99:
- Thomas Walter Wood [1901]
Number 109:
- Lyric Press, Halifax [1927]
Number 117:
- Cash Supply Stores Limited
Number 117a:
- W. Hudson [1905]
Number 122:
- Matilda Gledhill [1890s]
- The Funeral Home, Halifax [1960]
Number 150:
- Dr Thomas Taylor Smith [1905]
Number 158:
- Dr Edward Kennedy [1905]
Number 164:
- William Workman [1881]
Number 166:
- Gibbet Street Turkish Baths, Halifax [1870]
Number 183:
- J. Sunderland & Company [1905]
Number 185:
- George Allott
- Jonathan Allott
Number 188:
- John Naylor [1874]
Number 199:
- Asa Farnell [1905]
Number 233:
- Maud & Turner [1905]
Number 278:
- Joseph Arthur Binns [1891]
Number 297:
- Richard Turner [1907]
Number 314:
- George Augustus Spain [1901]
Number 318:
- John Henry Stancliffe Asquith [1901]
Number 324:
- Reuben Calvert [1910]
Number 334:
- T. Valentine [1946]
Number 406:
- Dr Arthur Knowles [1905]
Number 440:
- Highroad Well Post Office [1905]
Number 529:
- Friends Meeting House, Highroad Well [1693]
Number 565:
- Brown Cow Buildings, Halifax

Other features

Bedford Street North Saw Mills, Halifax [1874]
British Workman House, Halifax [1860s]
Cavalry Field, Halifax [1854]
Central Madni Mosque [1984]
The Gibbet
Gibbet Street Chapel of Rest, Halifax
Halifax Bonding Warehouse [1862]
Halifax Fire Station [1940]
Halifax Moor [1700s]
Halifax Poor Law Institution [1840]
Halifax Union Workhouse, Gibbet Street [1840]
Halifax Winter Cattle Fair [1856]
Mile Cross Works, Halifax
Mile Thorn Mills, Halifax
Queens Road Mills, Halifax [1866]
Saint John's Hospital [1891]
Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Halifax [1836]
Saint Mary's Catholic School [1846]
Standard Works, Halifax [1850]
Victoria Cocoa House, Halifax
Victoria Works, Halifax [1890]
Wellesley Barracks, Halifax [1875]
Wellesley Barracks, Halifax [1875]

Beerhouses & Pubs in Gibbet Street, Halifax

Several beerhouses and public houses have been recorded in and around Gibbet Street, Halifax, including

The Gibbet stands here.

See Brown Cow Buildings / Chapeltown / Abbotts Terrace, Aked's Yard, Birch Square, Bromley's Court, Eton Street, Fielden Street, Harrow Street, Leafland Street, Ramsden Court, Swift Court and Upper Ramsden's Yard

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