Halifax; West View Park
View of the old quarry and gardens, West View Park, Halifax. West Yorkshire.
Author: Unknown
Date: 1896
Location: Halifax
Format: Photograph - Mono
Document ID: 102047
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West View Park is situated high on the hillside on Highroad Well Moor, with views over Calderdale. Previously the land had been part of the Manor of Skircoat, with mineral rights and quarries owned by Lord Saville and common land rights for the locals.
The land was given to the Halifax Corporation by local mill-owners and magistrates Henry Charles McCrea (Mayor of Halifax 1869-1871) and Enoch Robinson (Mayor of Halifax 1904-1905). The park was opened in 1897.
