Shibden
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Shibden is a small
History
Name and economy
The name of
Halifax's own, chief, highly skilled manufacture of wool products began in 1414 ascribed to the settlement of certain emigrants from the Spanish Netherlands, who sought refuge from the persecutions under the government of the
Under the manor park passes an early 19th century-built regular line rail tunnel. At a similar time parts of the wider manorial land were dug for underlying coal seams, which after some stealing from the owner were successfully tapped by contractors appointed by landowner, entrepreneur and private diarist Anne Lister (1791–1841) of Shibden Hall, after whom a local nickname of the time "Gentleman Jack" arose. Then in the 21st century a prominent book and a BBC six-part drama (Gentleman Jack) of that name were made, after an earlier two-part drama featuring Maxine Peake (The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister), with associated modern folk song.
In 1600 a house with lands straddling Northowram and Shibden passed from Richard Northend to his kinsmen of the same surname (with usual fines being paid to the Crown).[3]
Ecclesiastically in the Church of England it remains an eastern manor (with hamlet) in parishes of Halifax, which Minster church is the place of worship for the northern corners of the park and few adjoining buildings,[4] including petrol service station which proliferate beyond Shibden Brook to the east, but which marks the western limit of Northowram (but not of Southowram to the south, being on the Shibden side of that powerful brook). Most of the buildings are today in the Halifax daughter parish of St Anne-in-the-Grove, Halifax, the church of which is in Southowram.[5] The brook has been dammed and tapped much further north for a reservoir.
Local government
The land was part of the
Landmarks
Scout Hall, a subinfeudated manor house, was built in 1681. Shibden Hall, the parent manor house, was built in the 15th century. The Hall hosts the West Yorkshire Folk Museum[7] and has a lakeside café and miniature railway.
Notes
- ^ "Index: S". British History Online.
- ^ 'Halberton – Hall-Green', in A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. Samuel Lewis (publisher) (London, 1848), pp. 372–379. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp372-379
- ^ "Yorkshire Fines: 1600". British History Online.
- ^ https://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?lat=53.73&lon=-1.84 Church of England parish finder: Halifax Minster
- ^ https://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?lat=53.72&lon=-1.84 Church of England parish finder: St Anne-in-the-Grove, Southowram
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Halifax CB/MB (historic map). Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ Emery pp726
References
- Emery, Anthony (2006) Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Southern England V3 Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0-521-58132-5
External links
Media related to Shibden at Wikimedia Commons