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Pellon, Halifax — Historic Mills, Lost Tram Routes and the Streets of Old Pellon
Pellon, north-west of Halifax town centre, grew from the rural settlement of Mount Pellon into a busy Victorian neighbourhood of mills, chapels, shops and tightly packed streets. When Queen’s Road opened in 1861, it created a major new route through the area, encouraging further housing and businesses.
The district’s industrial past survives in landmarks such as Martin’s Mill on Pellon Lane, a six-storey Victorian textile mill built for worsted spinners James and Josiah Aked, probably during the 1860s. Later occupied by Martin and Sons, the building stood empty for years before being converted into apartments.
Old photographs also reveal a very different Pellon Lane, with tramcars, corner shops, chapels and familiar local pubs. The neighbourhood even had its own cattle market and fairground at Victoria Road, while the high-level railway branch built in the late 1880s helped supply coal to local mills and carry their products towards the main railway network.
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