Peep inside Shibden Hall, Halifax
View of interior of Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: Unknown
Date: not dated
Location: Shibden
Format: Postcard - Mono
Document ID: 100044
Library ID: 34561906
Shibden dale has been a popular tourist destination for Halifax people since Victorian times. Shibden Brook becomes the Red Beck at Brookfoot downstream.
Over the years, 13 different spellings of Shibden have been recorded, all deriving from mispronunciations of Sheep Dene (The Valley of Sheep).