Shibden Hall, The Lowther State Chariot
Picture of carriage and horses at Shibden Folk Museum, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: Folk Museum of the West Riding
Date: not dated
Location: Shibden
Format: Postcard - Mono
Document ID: 100040
Library ID: 34561965
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, 13 different spellings of Shibden have been recorded, all deriving from mispronunciations of Sheep Dene (The Valley of Sheep).