House At The Maypole
Illustration of the 'House at the Maypole' as re-erected at Shibden, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: H. Ling Roth
Date: 1906
Location: Shibden
Format: Book Illustration
Document ID: 100855
Library ID: 14313753
Drawing of the 'House at the Maypole' as re-erected at Shibden. It was a late 15th century timber-framed building that stood next to the Turks Head Tavern at the corner of Old Market and Corn Market. In 1890, the site was being redeveloped and was removed by John Lister to be re-erected at Shibden Park, after which it was known as Daisybank.
Image taken from "The Yorkshire Coiners 1767-1783. And Notes on Old and Prehistoric Halifax" by H. Ling Roth, Honorary Curator of Bankfield Museum, Halifax. Published in Halifax in 1906 by F. King & Sons, Ltd.
Henry Raphael Oddy (1852 - 1907) produced landscapes, topographical and architectural pictures in watercolour, pastel and pencil. He was initially a carpet designer, and suffered long periods of paralysis of the limbs. He took up professional painting in 1890 and was a founder member of the Halifax Art Society. Brother-in-law to Halifax painter Richard E. Nicholson.
