Cow Green, Halifax
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Cow Green is an area of Halifax town centre near to Bull
Green, and Swine Market.
It was formerly as Halifax Green.
This was the original site of the Gibbet before it was moved to the
present position on Gibbet Hill.
The first Methodist preaching room in Halifax was opened
at Cow Green in 1749.
The meetings were popular and in 1752, a small chapel was opened in
Church Lane.
The Halifax Winter Cattle Fair was held at Cow Green until it was
moved to the Victoria Cattle Market in Gibbet Street in 1856/1858.
The road was widened in 1971 when buildings on the west side were
demolished
The occupants of the properties here have included
- Unknown Address:
- Cow Green preaching room [1749]
- Tillotson's Saloon Omnibus [1800s]
- Charles Best, provision dealer [1822]
- Atkinson & Gelson, linen draper [1822]
- John Mitchell, agent & land surveyor [1822]
- Henry Sunderland, perfumer [1822]
- William Sutcliffe, insurance agent [1822]
- William Wilkinson, joiner & builder [1822]
- John Longbottom, cloth dresser [1829]
- John Mitchell, woolstapler [1829]
- William Chapman [1837]
- William Paling, provisions dealer [1837]
- John Skelton, beer house keeper [1837]
- Joseph Ettenfield [1839]
- William Fleming & Son [1844]
- Mrs Mary Abbot [1850]
- Hugh Bakewell Bennett [1850]
- Halifax Working Men's Co-operative & Provident Society [1851]
- Halifax Industrial Society [1860S]
- Greenwood Howarth [1900]
- Christian Science Meeting Room, Halifax [1907]
- Refuge Assurance Buildings, Halifax [1934]
- A. Sutcliffe & Son Limited [1936]
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- Number 2:
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- Number 13:
- George Scholefield, umbrella maker [1834]
- John Scholefield, umbrella maker [1837]
- Number 14:
- Orrett & Dennison, wine & spirit merchant [1834]
- Samuel Taylor, upholsterer [1837]
- Number 15:
- Number 16:
- Joshua Ettenfield, [1837]
- John Mitchell, [1837]
- Number 17:
- Number 19:
- Number 20:
- James Manley, corn & flour dealer [1837]
- Number 21:
- Bradley Featherston, eating house [1837]
- Number 22:
- Number 23:
- Robert Bryar & Company, wine & spirit merchant [1837]
- Number 24:
| Beerhouses & Pubs in Cow Green, Halifax |
Several beerhouses and public houses have been recorded in and
around Cow Green, Halifax, including
- Brown Cow, Halifax
- Cow & Calf, Halifax
- Craven Heifer, Halifax
- Crown & Anchor, Halifax
- Garrick's Head, Halifax
- Globe, Halifax
- Golden Plough, Halifax
- Grand Junction Hotel, Halifax
- Halifax Exchange, Halifax
- King's Head, Halifax
- Lord Nelson, Halifax
- Market Tavern, Halifax
- Old Crown, Halifax
- Prince of Wales Feathers, Halifax
- Queens, Cow Green
- Shoulder of Mutton, Halifax
- Shoulder of Mutton, Southowram
- Stanleys Arms, Halifax
- White Bear, Halifax
The many pubs here catered for the trade of the farmers and dealer
attending the cattle market
©
Malcolm Bull
2021
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