Shibden Hall Halifax
Shibden Hall Halifax
Author: H.P.Kendall
Date: not dated
Location: Shibden
Format: Photograph - Mono
Document ID: 102316
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This photograph was amongst those taken in 1937 by local photographer and antiquarian Hugh Percy Kendall, as part of a series capturing old halls and homesteads from across the Parish of Halifax.
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).
