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Halifax Pubs Past and Present B
Alphabetical list of
Pubs 1A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R- Ro- S- Sn- T UV W XYZ
Baileys - George's Square
see Cats Bar
Bailiff Bridge Inn - Bailiff Bridge
See Punch Bowl
Bandsman - Field Lane, Rastrick
See (The)Bramble
Bank Top Inn - 2 Ovenden Road, Lee Mount (Closed in 1971)
Where? Left hand side of this picture
Bar 5 - off Winding Road
Bar 11 - 11-11a Harrison Road, Halifax
(See Harrison Social)
Bar 15 - Bull Green, Halifax
(now closed)
Fact - previously known as WC's due to the fact that these premises were once actually public toilets
Where? At the top of Bull Green and down the steps infront of Bull Green house.
Barbados - Elland
(See Barge and Barrel)
Barbary's - Mytholmroyd
Barbary's was a drinking place which stood opposite what is now The Dusty Miller Inn, Mytholmroyd, and where the coiners plotted the murder of the exciseman William Deighton who was looking into their activities.
Barbarella's - Halifax - aka Talk of the Town
(See Nut House)
Bar Centro - Bull Green, Halifax
(See Salvation)
Now called McCaffertys
Bar Francisca - 1 Wharfe Street, Sowerby Bridge HX6 2LA
Where? Corner of Wharfe Street and Tower Hill
Barge - Mill Lane, Brighouse HD6 1PA
Phone: 01484716138
Where? Just off the roundabout into Sainsburys
Fact - Previously Victoria Tavern
Barge and Barrel - Park Road, Elland HX5 9HP Phone: 01422371770
Fact - aka Barbados, Station Hotel
Barley Mow - Westgate, Elland
(Closed in 1898 and had a facelift and became a shop which was demolished in 1964).
Barley Mow - Smithy Stake, Halifax
Licensee, James Butler was refused his beerhouse license in 1869. Reason given was 'insufficient value (only £11 10s)
Barley Moor - Pellon
Licensee, Thomas Greenwood was refused his beerhouse license in 1869. Reason given was 'sub-letting of premises.
Barracks Tavern - Charles Street, Halifax
Edward Rawnsley and premises was refused a license 29/08/1869, for harbouring prostitutes and drunken persons.
Barracuda - Bull Green, Halifax
(See Salvation)
Now McCaffertys
Barracuda - Huddersfield Road, Brighouse
(See (The) Calder)
Bar Rouge - 16 Silver Street, Halifax HX1 1HS
Fact - Also consists of Fusion Nightclub used to be Coiners amongst other names.
On the site of the old Globe which was demolished
Barum Top - Rawson Street
Halifax HX1 1NH Phone: 01422300488
Fact - A Wetherspoons pub
Bar Up - Union Cross Yard Halifax HX1 1SZ
Where? Opposite White Swan Hotel in yard. Bar Up (up the steps) and Cookies Bar (below)
Bar with no name - Halifax
(See Cookies Bar)
Bass House - Wards End, Halifax
(See The Courtyard) aka Carringtons
Bath - Bath Parade (Closed 1901)
Bath Tavern - Ainley Road
(now Huddersfield Road, Elland)
(Closed in 1910s)
Bath Street Tavern - Lilly Lane, Dean Clough
(Bottom of Lilly Lane, aka Bath Tavern aka Bath Parade Tavern)
Battleship - Brighouse (See 'The Ship' aka 'Prince of Wales')
Bay Horse - Boothtown
Bay Horse- 17 Burnley Road
(Closed 1905)
Bay Horse Inn - Lee Bridge
Bay Horse - Northowram
Bay Horse - Bacup Road, Todmorden
(Closed in 1937)
Bay Horse - Cross Stone, Todmorden
Beacon Tavern - Horley Green Road, Horley Green (right on pic)
Fact - aka 'Beaconsfield' and 'The Three Horseshoes'
Where? End of Claremount Road, opposite Godley Bridge
Bears Head - Carr House
(The)Beck -157 Bradford Road, Brighouse
HD6 4AS Phone: 01484723745
Beehive - Soyland
Beehive - King Cross Lane
Fact - was knocked down, as was the 'Cross Keys' and the 'Beehive and Cross Keys' replaced them
Beehive and Cross Keys - 31 King Cross Street, Halifax HX1 2SH
Phone: 01422329057
Fact - Once local separate pubs 'Beehive' and 'Cross Keys' but demolished for Burdock Way
Bees Knees - 11 - 11a Harrison Road, Halifax
(aka Bar 11 aka Borough Club aka Flashmans aka Harrison Social)
Belgrave Social Club - Claremount Road, Claremount
Bell Hotel - Sowerby
Bentley's Commercial - Wards End Chambers, Horton Street, Halifax
(right of picture)
Berghof Brandstatter, Cross Stone
(See Bay Horse, Todmorden)
Bernie Inns - Southgate, Halifax (see Boars Head)
Fact - downstairs was 'Vaults'
Besom Brush - Oldham Road, Ripponden
(See Silk Mill)
Big 6 - (King Cross)
10 Horsfall Street, Halifax HX1 3HG
Phone: 01422350169
The Big Six Inn is a beloved local institution which represents authentic Halifax pub culture. Located on Horsfall Street, this traditional pub features a charming beer garden and maintains its classic "old school" atmosphere. Opening hours: 3 PM-11:30 PM.
Big D's - Halifax Road, Todmorden
Fact - was Rose and Crown
Big Daddys - 15/17 Crown Street. Halifax (closed in 1980)
Where? - above 'Dolcis' shoe shop
Fact - became '2+2 Club', 'The Scene' then 'Clarence's', 'Good Mood' and then 'The Mood'. The main 'Roxy Room' was upstairs and disco downstairs.
Bird in Hand - New Street, Elland
(Closed in 1908)
Bird in the Hand - 29 Bank Bottom. Beerhouse.
Innkeepers:- 1861 Joseph Holmes, 1861 William Firth.
Landlord David Shaw was refused a license 20/08/1869 for not producing a certificate of good character
Biscuit Bar - Halifax
Bishop Blaise - Charlestown Road, Claremount
Next to the Pineapple Inn. Closed 1935
Black Boy - King Cross Lane
(Closed 1908)
Black Bull - 9 Copper Street, Halifax
Black Bull - Mount Street, Halifax
(Closed 1904)
Black Bull - Heptonstall
Black Bull - Pinfold Lane, Elland
(Closed in 1909)
Black Dog - King Street, Halifax
(Closed 1903)
Black Horse Inn - 48 Woolshops, Halifax (Closed 1930)
Where? Approx centre of 'M and S' carpark
Black Horse - (Clifton)
Built about 300 years ago, this pub used to brew its own beer in the old brew house, which has been converted into the restaurant. It was used as a meeting place by the Luddites, and it overlooked Kirklees Park and Estate where is to be found Robin Hoods grave.
Many international stars have stayed here including Lulu, Roy Orbison and The New Seekers.
Black Horse, Rastrick
Where? Across road from Sun Inn Rastrick. Became a fish shop
Black Lion - 17 Silver Street, Halifax (Closed 1920)
Where? Silver Street, above Yates's, where 'Women's Centre' now stands
Black Lion - Luddenden Foot
Black Lion - Old Bank, Ripponden
Black Lion - Luddenden Foot
Black Rock - Midgley
Black Swan - 47 Briggate, Brighouse
(Closed 2001 - Re-opened 2015)
(See Millers Bar)
Black Swan - 10 Silver Street, Halifax
(Opened in 1822 and Closed 1921)
Fact - Now the home of 'Yates's Wine Lodge'
The 'Black Swan' is the pointed gable end (far right in the first picture). In the second picture you can see the pointed gable end(central) and the Black Swan Passage by the side of the building above it
Black Swan - 31 Burnley Road, Todmorden
(re-opened)
Open
Blind Pig - Tower Hill, Sowerby Bridge HX6 2EQ
Blucher - Church Lane, Halifax
Straight opposite the top of Bath Street
Read Feature page >>>>>>>
Blue Ball - Jemmy Lane, Old Lane (Closed 1915)
Blue Ball Inn - Blackshaw Head
Blue Ball - Brighouse
Daisy Croft House - Hoyle family. Built in 1570. Demolished 1952
Blue Ball Inn- Norland
Blue Ball - Soyland
Blue Ball - Triangle
At the other end of this row of terraces was the 'White Horse'.
Blue Barrel - Southgate, Elland
(Closed in 1965)
Blue Bell - Gaol Lane
(Closed 1909)
Blue Bell - Towngate, Midgley
Approx position - This was one of a row of 6 houses which stood in Towngate.
A Blew Bell is mentioned here in 1720.
A headstone over the door was dated 1739 and inscribed with a bell which was painted blue.
The property was demolished in the 1890s.
After the houses were demolished, the stone was re-used in a wall nearby.
A row of houses known as Black Rock stood nearby.
Blue Bells - Ripponden
Blue Bell Inn - Southowram
Where? It was where the grass is opposite Sam's off-licence is, Bank Top. Seen here (rear right of the tram)
Fact - Burned down
Blue Bells - Mill Bank
Closed in 1948
drawn by Alan Jones
Board Inn - Shibden
Boars Head - 5 Southgate, Halifax
(Closed 1992)
Where? On precinct top of Borough market where Vodaphone shop is.
Fact - Bernie Inns. ('Vaults' underneath had live bands - often heavy rock)
Bog Trap - Luddenden Foot
Boot and Shoe - Elland
Boot and Shoe - Halifax
Booth Wood - Rishworth
Aka Cunning Corner
Border Rose - Walsden
Open
Bow Legged with Brass - (Town)
21 George Street, Halifax HX1 1HA
Phone: 01422340534
Fact - Still known as Griffs to many as it was called for many years, aka The Griffin.
Bowling Green Inn - Horsfall Street, King Cross
Fact - The license was transferred to a new, nearby premises
Bowling Green - Gibbet Street, Halifax
See 'Woodcock'
Bowling Green - Winding Road, Halifax
(See (The) Old Post Office)
Bradford Hotel - Pellon Lane
Bradshaw Tavern - 14 Bradshaw Lane, Bradshaw
(Closed 2014)
Bramble - Rastrick
(Demolished for new housing)
Fact - Once called (The) Bandsman.
Bramsche - Todmorden
Branch - Wharfe Street, Sowerby Bridge
(Closed in 1949)
Branch Road Inn - Greetland
Brass Cat - Cheapside, Halifax
(See Cat and Fiddle)
Open
Brasserrie at the Bull
5 Bull Green,Halifax, HX1 5AB
Fact - More known now as an eatery. Formerly 'The Bull' for many years. Once had a nightclub upstairs 'Manhattans'/'Royales'
Brewers Arms - Crib Lane, Dean Clough, Halifax
(Closed in 1962)
Brewers Arms - 18/19 Moor End Road / Clough Lane. Mount Tabor
Closed in 1911
Brewers Cellar - 8 Wade Street, Halifax
Brewers Delight - 96 Gibbet Street, Halifax
Brewers Fayre - Ainley Top
Brick Green Inn - Barkisland
Brickmakers Arms - Godley Road, Claremount (Closed 1969)
Fact - nickname 'the coffin' due to it's shape
See Feature on Brickmakers Arms
Open
Bridge - Lower Briggate, Brighouse
(Closed 1974)re-opened
Fact - previously called (Anchor Inn)
Anchor/Bridge top right
Bridge Tavern - Brighouse
Bridge - Elland
Fact - aka The Royal Hotel
Bridge and Coffee Tavern - Elland
Bridge End - Hebden Bridge
Bridge Hotel - Greetland
Bridge Inn - Grove Street, Halifax
Bridge Inn - Ripponden
Bridges - Sowerby Bridge
Bridge Street Hotel - Bridge Street, Sowerby Bridge
(Closed in 1951)
Brighton Hotel - Gaol Lane, Halifax
(Closed 1911)
Britannia Inn - 37 Woolshops
(Closed 1954)
British Queen - Bacup Road, Todmorden
British Workman - Elland
Briton - Sowerby
Broad Door Stones - Midgley
Broad Oak Tavern - Hove Edge
Where? Half way between Hove Edge and Hipperholme on left at bottom of lane. Broad Oak flats
Broad Tree Hotel - Lee Mount
Broadstone Inn - Crown Street, south side of
Brothers Grimm - Burnley Road
Brow Bridge Inn - Greetland
Brown Cow - Burnley Road, King Cross
(Closed 1939)
Brown Cow - 4 Copper Street, Halifax
(Closed 1863)
Brown Cow - Swinemarket, Halifax
(Opened in 1864, Closed in 1968)
Where? End of Cow Green and Bottom of Pellon Lane.
Fact - Changed it's name to (see 'Grand Junction') in1880's
Open
Brown Cow - 567-569 Gibbet Street, Highroad Well, HX2 0AL tel: 01422 361640
Brown Cow - Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
(Closed in 1975)
Brown Cow - Goat House, Ripponden
(Closed in 1955)
Brown Cow - Godly Lane, Rishworth
(Closed in 1955)
Fact - Now a house
Brown Cow - Elland
(Closed in 1934)
Open
Brown Horse - Lanes End, Northowram, Halifax HX3 7SD
The only 'Brown Horse' in the country apparently.
Buccaneer - Hanson Lane, Halifax
Dates back to 1897 when it took the license of Cooper Street's Granby Inn". This was where the farmer's used to drink on market day when it was known as "Castle Inn" then as the "Armada"
Buck - 50 Northgate, Halifax
Buck's Arms - Ogden
Buck Trap - Luddenden Foot
Bull - Hebden Bridge
Bull - Warley
Bull and Butcher - Illingworth
Bull and Dog - Sowerby Bridge
Bull and Dog - Stainland Road, Stainland
Bulls Head - 3 Bull Green, Halifax
(See Brasserie at the Bull Restaurant)
Bull on the Bridge - Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge HX6 2EA
(reopened in December 2015)
Fact - Aka Bulls Head. The Sowerby Taps opened underneath as a separate bar (Ian Horne)
Bull's Tail - Sowerby Bridge
Butcher's Arms - Ripponden
Butcher's Arms - Sowerby Bridge
Butts Green - Rishworth
(Closed in 1910)
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