Shibden Hall From the South West
Photograph of Shibden Hall, near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: Unknown
Date: not dated
Location: Shibden
Format: Postcard - Mono
Document ID: 100326
Library ID: 34562036
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, thirteen different spellings of Shibden have been recorded, all deriving from mispronunciations of Sheep Dene (Valley of Sheep).
