Huskar Pit Disaster
Deaths of 26 boys and girls working underground, drowned by an overflowing stream.
Deaths of 26 boys and girls working underground, drowned by an overflowing stream.
Banner made in honour of the victims of the Peterloo Massacre.
Custom associated with Dewsbury Minster in West Yorkshire, England.
Early guillotine, or decapitating machine, used in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was probably installed during the 16th century as an alternative to beheading by axe or sword.
House built in 1660 by William Taylor, whose descendants owned it until 1920. The Taylor family were farmers and clothiers, who developed their business into cloth finishing and became merchants.
Model village developed near Edward Akroyd’s Bankfield mansion in Haley Hill, Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The houses are in blocks of six to ten around the park in streets named after cathedral cities.
Model village built by Colonel Edward Akroyd in the Calder Valley to the south of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Pedestrian underpass in Castleford, England, under a railway line originally built by the York and North Midland Railway between York and Normanton.
Forced rhubarb growing area in West Yorkshire, England between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell.
Usually known as Wakefield Chantry Chapel, part of the medieval bridge over the River Calder in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.