Halifax Piece Hall
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - markets
Commodity market trading
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
Notes:
Erected 1779 to provide market premises for the sale by woollen handloom weavers of their manufactures to merchants. Cotton introduced alongside wool in c1815. Notable for its size and costs of construction. Still stands
Publications:
- Architecture of the Halifax Piece Hall, 1775-1779 by Smithies, Philip
- Halifax Piece Hall by Innes, R A
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - markets Commodity market trading
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
Notes:
Erected 1779 to provide market premises for the sale by woollen handloom weavers of their manufactures to merchants. Cotton introduced alongside wool in c1815. Notable for its size and costs of construction. Still standsPublications:
- Architecture of the Halifax Piece Hall, 1775-1779 by Smithies, Philip
- Halifax Piece Hall by Innes, R A