Photograph - Mono (Document ID: 101580)
Exterior of Walt Royd Farm and outbuildings, Crag Road, Wheatley, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: Jack Townsend
Date: 1989
Location: Wheatley
Format: Photograph - Mono
Document ID: 101580
Library ID: 067274(43 15-84-2/2A
An example of an "aisled house" or "aisled hall".
It was home to Cornelius Ashworth, one of the last to make a living from the dual economy of smallholding and weaving. He was also overseer of the parish and a diarist recording the changes from a rural to an industrial economy in the 1780s. (See F. Atkinson, "Some Aspects of the 18th Century Textile Trades in Halifax" 1956)
This photo is by Jack Townsend of the Halifax Photographic Society.
