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Pack Horse, HalifaxRef 17-1326
Charlestown Road


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Pack Horse, SouthowramRef 17-158
Cain Lane.

Recorded in 1822.

The Southowram Annual Subscription Concert was held here [1825]

Planning applications show that this was a Ramsden pub [June 1897].

Since 2011, there have been proposals to convert the building into housing, a tapas bar, and an indian restaurant.

In 2021, it was back to the Pack Horse again.

See Ancient Order of Foresters and Southowram stocks


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1822: Samuel Rhodes
  • 1829: Harriet Rhodes
  • 1834: Charles Fox
  • 1845: George Fox
  • 1861: George Wood
  • 1864: George Wood
  • 1871: Samuel Greenwood
  • 1891: Samuel Greenwood
  • 1894: Fred Baines
  • 1896: George Hartley
  • 1897: George Hartley
  • 1897: Priestley Ingham
  • 1898: Priestley Ingham
  • 1898: Fred Bedford
  • 1899: Fred Bedford
  • 1899: George Charlesworth
  • 1901: George Charlesworth
  • 1901: Mary Whitley Walker – aged 46
  • 1910: Mary Whitley Walker
  • 1910: William Haigh
  • 1935: William Haigh
  • 1935: Walter Verney Cockroft

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead

Pack Horse, TodmordenRef 17-892
Established in a house at Whirlaw.

In 1765, the licence was transferred to the Bay Horse Inn, Cross Stone

Pack Horse, WadsworthRef 17-1185
Aka The Ridge, Wadsworth


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Pack Horse, WiddopRef 17-467
Colne Road.

Originally called The Ridge.

It claims to be the highest and most isolated pub in the Upper Calder Valley.

In January 2004, the pub won the National Civic Pride gold standard award, as the most scenic pub in Britain, beating 200 other pubs


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Painters' Arms, HalifaxRef 17-1417
St James's Road


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Park Hotel Beerhouse, HalifaxRef 17-1309
West Parade. Recorded in 1869 & 1877.

See Joseph Baxendale

Parker's Hotel, BrighouseRef 17-474
Bradford Road. Recorded in 1922.

See Parker's Café, Brighouse

Patmos, TodmordenRef 17-901
Burnley Road.

The pub closed and the licence was transferred to the Black Swan, Todmorden [1790s].

It was demolished by John Buckley in 18?? to build a weaving shed.

Peacock, HalifaxRef 17-160
2 Union Street / 42 Market Street / Albion Street.

This was originally a beer house.

It was granted a licence in 1835.

The pub was demolished after 1894.

A new pub opened in 1898 as a part of the south-east corner of Halifax Borough Market.

The pub closed in 1961.

The premises were subsequently occupied by


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1837: James Nicholls
  • 1841: Edward Jenkinson
  • 1845: Edward Jenkinson
  • 1850: Sarah Jenkinson
  • 1851: Sarah Jenkinson
  • 1864: Lawrence Howarth
  • 1874: David Denton
  • 1887: David Denton
  • 1894: Patrick Toole
  • 1894: Mr J. H. Shaw – he was the last licensee before the pub was demolished
  • 1905: Greenwood Dawson
  • 1911: Charlie Greenwood
  • 1917: Charlie Greenwood
  • 1935: John Hodgson
  • 1937: John Hodgson
  • 1937: Harry Augustus Sewell
  • 1941: Harry Augustus Sewell
  • 1941: Henry Bottomley
  • 1949: Henry Bottomley
  • 1949: John Bancroft Wilson
  • 1950: John Bancroft Wilson
  • 1950: Leslie William Merchant
  • 1953: [Leslie William Merchant]
  • 1953: Samuel Slinnor
  • 1955: Samuel Slinnor
  • 1955: Alfred Smith
  • 1955: Alfred Smith
  • 1955: Joseph Woodford
  • 1956: Joseph Woodford
  • 1957: George Arthur Connolly
  • 1959: George Arthur Connolly
  • 1959: Eric George Burberry
  • 1961: Eric George Burberry

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Clive Whitehead

Peacock Hotel, WarleyRef 17-159
46 Windle Royd Lane, Cote Hill.

It was a Webster's pub [1905].

The front of the building was altered in 1954.

In November 2011, there were reports of the pub being converted into a wine bar and beauty salon.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1834: Leah Crossley
  • 1845: Henry Webb
  • 1859: Henry Webb
  • 1860: John Hellewell – who was also a butcher
  • 1864: John Hellewell
  • 1874: George Hesselden
  • 1899: George Hesselden
  • 1899: William Hesselden
  • 1904: William Hesselden
  • 1904: Thomas Frost
  • 1910: Thomas Frost
  • 1910: Ben Riley
  • 1911: Ben Riley
  • 1911: Richard Taylor
  • 1912: Richard Taylor
  • 1912: Walter Smith
  • 1913: Walter Smith
  • 1913: James Townend
  • 1915: James Townend
  • 1915: William East
  • 1920: William East
  • 1920: Edgar Laycock
  • 1929: Edgar Laycock
  • 1929: George Herbert Turner
  • 1934: George Herbert Turner
  • 1934: George Smith
  • 1936: George Smith
  • 1935: Herbert Morrison
  • 1945: Herbert Morrison
  • 1945: Leonard Ambler
  • 1949: Leonard Ambler
  • 1949: Lancelot Combes Rositer
  • 1951: Lancelot Combes Rositer
  • 1951: Dominick Madden
  • 1958: Dominick Madden
  • 1958: Thomas Varley
  • 1964: Thomas Varley
  • 1964: Lionel John Richard Barber

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell

Peacock, TodmordenRef 17-934
York Street.

This was originally a beer house.

It was one of a number of cottages owned by John Suthers, and was subsequently run by the Suthers family and others.

On 24th November 1897, the pub was sold at auction to Messrs Greenwood Brothers of Bradford for £2,750.

In February 1908, compensation was paid to the pub under the terms of the Licensing Act [1904]


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Pear Tree Inn, Sowerby BridgeRef 17-369
22 Sowerby Street.

Aka Pear Inn.

This was originally a beer house.

Branwell Brontë stayed here with the Bates family when he was working at Sowerby Bridge railway station.

In 1886, The Pear Inn, Sowerby Bridge was tied to Stocks & Company, Northowram. It was a Stocks pub [1898].

The pub closed in 1927 when the Bogden area was cleared.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs Volume Two


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Clive Whitehead

Pear Tree, Norwood GreenRef 17-1060


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1905: George Booth

 

Peat Pitts, BradshawRef 17-713
Keighley Road. Recorded in 1789.

In 1895, the pub is recorded as The Peach Pitts Inn.

It was a Whitaker pub [1923].

In 1984, it became a free house.

It became the Moorlands, Halifax.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs Volume Two


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Clive Whitehead

Peeping Tom, CornholmeRef 17-895
550 Burnley Road / Knotts Grove, Lydgate.

This was originally a beer house.

Built in the 1840s by Thomas Crossley.

See Peeping Tom of Coventry, Todmorden and Staff of Life, Cornholme


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1840s: Thomas Crossley
  • 1861: Robert Crossley
  • 1866: Robert Crossley
  • 1891: Margaret Capstick
  • 1891: Arthur Taylor
  • 1891: Greenwood Barker
  • 1891: Margaret Heywood
  • 1896: Hartley Holden
  • 1900: James Marshall
  • 1901: James Marshall
  • 1901: Mrs Ann Crabtree
  • 1905: Mrs Ann Crabtree

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Colin Newbitt

Peeping Tom of Coventry, TodmordenRef 17-1376
A beerhouse.

It was kept by Thomas Crossley.

Around 1840, Crossley built a house nearby which he called the Peeping Tom.

The original pub was renamed the Staff of Life

Pheasant Inn, HalifaxRef 17-1406
1 Pellon Lane / Spring Hall Lane.

Recorded in the 16th century.

This was originally a beer house.

At some point, it became the Golden Pheasant, Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Knight & Susan Mackrill

Pig's Eye, HalifaxRef 17-828
Copper Street. Opened in 1838.

The pub closed in 1920

PigeonsRef 17-1205
See Old Three Pigeons and Three Pigeons

Pine Apple, HalifaxRef 17-P69
2 New Bank / Charlestown Road.

Built by William Baxter. The pub opened in 1772, and was originally the New North Bridge Inn – named for the newly-built North Bridge. Baxter changed its name to Pine Apple in 1779.

The name was usually written as 2 words, Pine Apple, rather than Pineapple.

It was famous for its 6 Venetian windows which looked onto North Bridge.

The pub was bought by Brear & Brown [1897].

The pub closed in 1903.

It reopened in 19??.

In 1911, it is recorded as having 16 rooms.

It was a Whitaker pub [1926].

The pub finally closed in 1968 and was demolished for the Burdock Way development.

This is discussed in the books Halifax Pubs and Halifax Pubs Volume Two.

See Newton


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1796: Henry Watkinson
  • 1822: Henry Watkinson
  • 1829: Joseph Greenwood
  • 1834: Samuel Holdsworth
  • 1837: Sidney Smith
  • 1845: George Murgatroyd
  • 1850: George Murgatroyd
  • 1864: John Robinson
  • 1871: George Emmett Wright Robinson
  • 1887: George Emmett Wright Robinson
  • 1891: Thomas Wadsworth
  • 1894: William Brown
  • 1901: Thomas Wadsworth
  • 1905: William Hutton
  • 1911: John Thomas Walsh
  • 1913: Randolph Overend [from 8th December 1913]
  • 1917: Randolph Overend
  • 1920: Geo Henry Webster [from 5th May 1920]
  • 1921: David R. Anderson
  • 1924: David R. Anderson
  • 1932: Dennis Sullivan [from 7th December 1932]
  • 1936: Dennis Sullivan
  • 1936: David R. Anderson
  • 1936: Fred Lister [from 9th December 1936]
  • 1939: Oliver Whitehouse [from 6th December 1939]
  • 1942: George Henry Bolton [from 26th August 1942]
  • 1944: John Henry Foster [from 7th June 1944]
  • 1949: Adrian Edmund Henry Bannister [from 5th January 1949]
  • 1949: William Henry Fisher [from 12th October 1949]
  • 1952: Arthur Cyril Calvert [from 8th October 1952]
  • 1953: Joseph Milburn Stewart [from 17th June 1953]
  • 1955: James Davies [from 15th June 1955]
  • 1956: Frank Tyas [from 3rd October 1956]
  • 1957: Arthur Brown [from 7th August 1957]
  • 1958: Alfred Edge [from 11th June 1958]
  • 1960: Henry Joseph Scott [from 15th June 1960]
  • 1961: Jack Kettlewell [from 3rd May 1961]
  • 1962: Marian Sybil Kettlewell [from 4th July 1962]
  • 1963: Robert Lamb [from 23rd October 1963]

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ruth Bourne, Carole Edwards Caruso & Clive Whitehead

Pineberry Tavern, HalifaxRef 17-384
34 Pineberry Hill / Southowram Bank.

Aka The Pineberry Hill Tavern / The Travellers Inn.

This was originally a beer house.

On 3rd March 1924, this was one of 3 public houses which were referred for compensation at Halifax Brewster Sessions. The others were the Delver Arms, Boothtown and Bay Horse, Pleasant View. The pub closed in 1925 and was demolished

See Travellers' Rest, Southowram


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1851: Jeremiah Jennings
  • 1857: Mrs Jennings
  • 1871: Catherine Burke
  • 1881: Catherine Burke
  • 1891: Frank Shaw – coal merchant
  • 1894: Walter Haigh
  • 1896: Thomas Kelly
  • 1897: John Young
  • 1899: J. Smith
  • 1899: George Carr
  • 1901: Sarah Haigh
  • 1905: Sarah Casson

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead

Pitchers, HalifaxRef 17-554
George Street

Plummet Line, HalifaxRef 17-555
19 Bull Green / 15 Bull Close Lane. The original pub was built in 1???.

In 1897, Bull Close Lane was redeveloped and the pub was rebuilt by William Henry Dodgson Horsfall.

The old pub could not be demolished, because it is said that there

must always be a Plummet Line on the site

so there were 2 pubs for a time until the new one opened in 1898.

In the 1960s, a folk music club – known as the Grass Roots – met in an upper room at the pub. Mike Harding frequently appeared at the club

See J. Thackrah & Son


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Dave Van De Gevel & Jeffrey Knowles

Portman & Pickles, HalifaxRef 17-11
Market Street. The pub was previously known as the Wheatsheaf and the William Deighton.

In 199?, it was renamed in memory of Eric Portman and Wilfred Pickles.

On 1st June 2012, it was renamed The Jubilee to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

This & associated entries use material contributed by Anthony Buckless

Poultry Dealers Arms, StansfieldRef 17-937
Kitson View, Kitson Wood Road, Lydgate. Aka The Poults.

It was a Grove pub, then it was a Whitaker pub [1905].

It is now a private house.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs Volume Two.

See Grove Brewery, Brearley


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1869: Mrs Pickles
  • 1881: Crossley Pickles
  • 1900: Mrs Pickles
  • 1905: Betty Pickles

 

Prescott Arms, HalifaxRef 17-876
13/14 Gaol Lane.

This was originally a beer house.

In August 1868, under the terms of the Halifax Improvements Acts, the pub applied for, but was refused, a music and dancing licence.

The pub closed in 1908 following the Licensing Act [1904]


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1891: Gaetano Rocca
  • 1894: Mrs Susannah Wadsworth
  • 1905: Mrs Susannah Wadsworth

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead

Pressers' Arms, EllandRef 17-556
82 Huddersfield Road, South Lane / 2 South Lane

It was a Ramsden pub [1895].


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Pressers' Arms, HalifaxRef 17-1310
Top of Shaw Hill.

Recorded in 1861, when Henry Helliwell & family were living here.

Recorded in May 1865, when James Flanagan tendered a bad 5/- piece

Prince Albert Beerhouse, BrighouseRef 17-1317
It is not always clear which hostelry is referred to in the newspaper reports where these individuals are mentioned. It could be a distinct beerhouse, or one of

See William Nicholl


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Prince Albert, BrighouseRef 17-352
Waring Green.

The pub closed for a time in 2001

Prince Albert, BrighouseRef 17-417
59 Commercial Street / Zingo Nick.

It was here that one of the Irish Riots began in May 1882. The mob marched to St Joseph's Catholic Church, which they were intent on attacking and burning down. The pub closed in 1906 following the Licensing Act [1904]


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown & Derrick Habergham

Prince Albert Hotel, BrighouseRef 17-1188
5 New Street.

The pub closed in 2001


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Brown

Prince of Blucher, HalifaxRef 17-825
20 Church Street.

Opened in 1785.

If the pub was named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the Prussian general who fought with the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, it must have had a different name between 1785 and 1815.


Question: Does anyone know the earlier name for the pub?

 

During the window-breaking riots of 7th January 1835, the Pub was broken open by the mob, furniture was thrown into the street, windows were broken, and the taps of the spirit casks were opened, letting all the liquor run to waste. The Jury awarded George Metcalfe damages of £133.

After the explosion at Lilly Lane Mill, the bodies of the dead were carried to the Inn.

The pub closed in 1927

See Blücher Passage, Halifax and Blücher Yard, Halifax


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom & Clive Whitehead

Prince of Orange, RippondenRef 17-993
Formerly The Stansfeld Arms, it was known as the Prince of Orange [1819].

In Crabtree's Tour of Calder Dale of 1832, he writes that when he told the host at the inn that he intended to call the inhabitants of Ripponden together to assess their feelings towards the Ten Hours Bill

[the host] gave us no encouragement and seemed to dread us as he would incendiaries, and it was with difficulty that we got consent for a bed there

and the landlady – whose disposition was soured towards Crabtree's party – said that

she durst not let us have a meeting there, for fear the chamber should fall in [on account of the number of people in the upper room]

It was later found that the house belonged to a mill ownerJohn Holroyd.

It eventually became the Queen Hotel


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1822: John Beesley
  • 1834: John Beesley

 

Prince of Orange, ShelfRef 17-164
Carr House Road.

It was a Webster's pub [1895].


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Ben Stables

Prince of Wales, BoothtownRef 17-715
1 Wood Street North / Mill Lane.

This was originally a beer house.

In 1881, William Sutcliffe was a beer seller here.

The pub opened in 1899.

The pub closed in 1968


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1901: Albert Slater
  • 1905: Albert Slater
  • 1905: William Crawley
  • 1907: William Crawley
  • 1907: John Uttley
  • 1914: John Uttley
  • 1914: Harold Oldroyd
  • 1917: Harold Oldroyd
  • 1917: Mrs Mary Louisa Oldroyd
  • 1919: Mrs Mary Louisa Oldroyd
  • 1919: Harold Oldroyd
  • 1927: Harold Oldroyd
  • 1927: William Foulds
  • 1928: William Foulds
  • 1928: Henry Bland
  • 1933: Henry Bland
  • 1933: Mrs Kate Bland
  • 1939: Mrs Kate Bland
  • 1939: Joseph Barker
  • 1949: Joseph Barker
  • 1949: Leonard Beedsworth

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Prince of Wales, BoothtownRef 17-826
71 Haley Hill. Opened in 1875.

This was originally a beer house.

The pub closed in 1913.

It was a Stocks pub [until 1914].

See Mount Tavern, Boothtown


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Glynn Helliwell & Clive Whitehead

Prince of Wales, BrighouseRef 17-314
34 Bethel Street.

The pub was bought by Websters from William Harrison on 17th June 1880.

In 1907 and 1919, local magistrates attempted to close the pub.

The pub was a bottle-neck for traffic going from Bethel Street into Briggate. In 1924, the original Tap & Spile pub was demolished and the front realigned. The brewery receive £750 compensation for the work.

It was rebuilt in 1926 using materials taken from the 19th century wooden battleship HMS Donegal, whence the pub was popularly known as The Battleship.

The new pub opened on 1st April 1927

Work on the front of the pub was done by Harry Percy Jackson who carved a set of four brackets in the form of owls representing the Wisdom of the Wise [a business man!], the Fool [a jester], Wine [Bacchus], and Women.

In 200?, the crew working on the TV series about Britain's hardest pubs refused to work there.

In 2006, there was a proposal to convert the building into offices.

In 2007, it reopened as a pub, The Old Ship Inn.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & David Brown

Prince of Wales Feathers, HalifaxRef 17-829
5 Cow Green.

The pub closed in 1920


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Prince of Wales Feathers, HalifaxRef 17-F1
109 King Cross / 263 King Cross Road [1936].

Now known as The Feathers.

This was originally a beer house.

The Prescott Fountain stood outside the pub from 1898 until 1932.

It was a Stocks pub.

The pub was rebuilt in the 1920s. The new buildings was designed by Scott & Bagnall.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Prince of Wales, HalifaxRef 17-714
96 Gibbet Street / Rhodes Street. Built around 1863.

It was a Whitaker pub. It was one of their earliest purpose-built pubs.

It was refurbished in 1946.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs Volume Two

See Prince of Wales Yard, Halifax


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by John S Brown

Prince of Wales, SalterhebbleRef 17-385
33 Salterhebble Hill.

This was a beer house [1881, 1891].

Opened in 1897.

The pub closed 16th February 1962, and was used as business premises.

It demolished in 2022 when the road was widened.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs Volume Two


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

  • 1881: Samuel Crowther
  • 1894: Samuel Crowther
  • 1905: Mark Wilkinson
  • 1916: Mark Wilkinson
  • 1916: Ernest Bates
  • 1926: Ernest Bates
  • 1926: William Arthur Pratt
  • 1928: William Arthur Pratt
  • 1928: Albert Stott
  • 1932: Albert Stott
  • 1931: Walter Bloomer Spencer
  • 1932: Walter Bloomer Spencer
  • 1932: Harry Stead
  • 1934: Harry Stead
  • 1934: Jonathan Harry Whitworth
  • 1936: Jonathan Harry Whitworth
  • 1935: Fred Sheard
  • 1951: Fred Sheard
  • 1951: James McHale
  • 1953: James McHale
  • 1953: Edward Etherington
  • 1955: Edward Etherington
  • 1955: Bernard Francis Riley
  • 1957: Bernard Francis Riley
  • 1957: William Watson
  • 1960: William Watson
  • 1960: Raymond Eastman
  • 1962: Raymond Eastman

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Jeffrey Knowles & Kevin Sheard

Prince of Wales, West ValeRef 17-716
20/22 Stainland Road.

Recorded in August 1869.

Opened in 1919 [?].

Number 20 was (possibly) a shop.

It was owned by Bentley & Shaw of Lockwood [1926].

It was taken over by Bass Charrington [19??].

The pub closed on 31st December 1937.

The pub, and the small shop attached to it, were converted into private houses


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Matthewson

Prince William, RippondenRef 17-1294
Previously the Prince of Orange, it was known as The Prince William Inn [1825], and eventually the Queen Hotel

Prospect, HalifaxRef 17-1108
Range Bank / 1 Cow Royd Place / Prospect Street, Claremount.

In 1795, this was a part of the Sour Milk Hall estate.

This was originally a beer house - (possibly) called the Hare & Hounds [1839]

It was a Fielding pub.

In 1961, it was transferred from Daniel Fielding's to Samuel Webster & Sons.

The pub is still in existence although the surrounding terraces of houses have long since gone, and have now been replaced – by a new development of terraces of houses.

It is now called the New Prospect Inn.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Wayne Greenhalgh & Glynn Helliwell

Prospect, Sowerby BridgeRef 17-1109
1 Wakefield Road.

This is the distinctive flat-iron building at the junction of Wakefield Road and Bolton Brow.

It was a Brear & Brown pub [1885], then it was a Ramsden pub [1928, 1947].

The pub closed in 19??.

The building is now [2008] a veterinary centre.

This is discussed in the books Halifax Pubs and Halifax Pubs Volume Two


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham, Jeffrey Knowles, Robin Marjoribanks Thomas & Clive Whitehead

Publicans of local pubsRef 17-1284

Pubs to housesRef 17-939

Puff Inn, RastrickRef 17-345
New Hey Road. This name was given to the pub in protest against the ban in smoking in pubs imposed in July 2007.

The pub was later renamed The New Spitfire

Pump Room, HalifaxRef 17-1124
New Road.

Formerly called the Druid's Arms

In April 2014, the pub was boarded up in preparation for demolition and redevelopment of the site

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Punch Bowl, Bailiff BridgeRef 17-351
Recorded in 1813 as The Bailiff Bridge Inn.

It has been shown as in Wike [1861] and in Wyke [1861].

The Bailiff Bridge fountain used to stand immediately in front of the pub.

In 1837, floods damaged ale at the pub.

The estate was owned by Sir Matthew Wilson of Gargrave.

On 26th July 1861, the estate was bought by Sir H. W. Ripley.

The property was sold to Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited.

The pub closed and became the offices for a pest control company [2011].

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

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Punch Bowl, BoothtownRef 17-827
Ploughcroft / Booth Bank.

It was a Ramsden pub [1905].

The pub closed in 1957, and the licence was transferred to the Rose & Crown, Siddal [1st May 1957]


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell, Heather Mulvihill, Dick Thomas & Susan Wiseman

Punch Bowl, CottonstonesRef 17-1186

Punch Bowl, SalterhebbleRef 17-166
Stood on Huddersfield Road, at the bottom of Exley Bank.

It fell into disrepair and was demolished in 2022 when the road was widened.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead

Punch Bowl, Savile GreenRef 17-1361


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

Puzzle Hall, Sowerby BridgeRef 17-341
21 Hollins Mill Lane.

Early 18th century house.

It became a pub in the late 18th century.

It closed in ????.

In 2017, the Friend of the Puzzle Hall Inn crowd-funding initiative set about raising money to buy the pub. This raised £270,000 which, together with £100,000 through a community grant and a loan, enabled the building to be restored – vandals having stripped the roof, the wiring and the plumbing – with a tentative re-opening planned for Christmas 2018.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Pubs

See Puzzle Hall Brewery


Innkeepers, licensees and landlords:

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham



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