Enjoy The Anne Lister Birthday Festival throughout Halifax and Calderdale from Monday 27 March until Monday 3 April 2023 featuring 70+ events ranging from walks, talks and lectures to painting workshops. Her incredible life and legacy continues to inspire and fascinate people around the world in 2023, on the 232nd anniversary of her birth. Anne … Read more
Our candid view on THE Shibden hotel, a pub and restaurant that’s great for a treat at any time of the year, come rain or shine: Shibden Mill Inn 2023 Where is Shibden? You may have heard of Shibden from the BBC/HBO series Gentleman Jack, the acclaimed series about the life of Anne Lister of … Read more
Imagine a dramatic long black coat, a confident top hat and a challenging walking cane for the Gentleman Jack fashion silhouette shorthand of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, Halifax, England. Bankfield Gentleman Jack Fashion Exhibition Elinor Camille-Wood Curator and Collections Manager of Bankfield Museum in Halifax, near Shibden Hall, Anne Lister’s historic home, hosts a … Read more
How to build dry stone walls: a complete guide to Shibden Park’s exhibit and Anne Lister’s Monument representing all elements in the craft of dry stone walling shows the variety of skills of the master craftsperson, the styles and features of walling and the variety of indigenous stone found in Yorkshire. The permanent Dry Stone … Read more
Bankfield Museum’s outstanding must-see exhibitions are set in a magnificently decorated Victorian mansion, 1 mile from Shibden Hall and Piece Hall. Bankfield Museum Address Bankfield Museum Address: Bankfield Museum, Akroyd Park, Boothtown Road, Halifax, HX3 6HG Bankfield Museum has Free Entry and a Free Car Park Entrance to Halifax’s Bankfield Museum is free and only … Read more
The Anne Lister House, Shibden Hall, is open to visitors – see here the location, parking and interior which is still the family home Anne Lister would recognise. 300 years (1615–1926) the Shibden estate was owned by the Lister family, the most famous resident being ‘Gentleman Jack’ Anne Lister (1791–1840), who became sole owner of … Read more
Anne Lister Gentleman Jack wrote a 5 million word diary; 16% is encrypted combining Greek alphabet, zodiac, mathematical and punctuation symbols, covering her daily life, travels and lesbian romances. Anne Lister – Born in Halifax At the time Anne Lister was conceived in 1790, her parents were living in Ireland. Her father Captain Jeremy Lister was serving … Read more
Use our quick Visit Halifax guide, with an interactive UK map including Piece Hall, Shibden Hall, Dean Clough, Things to do with Kids in Halifax, Halifax Pubs, Shops, Victoria Theatre, and much more! Here, we show you places to go in Halifax, with links to click to our more in-depth posts and other sources should … Read more
Things to Do in Halifax: our top choices of what to see and do in the beautiful and hip town of Halifax, the principal town of Calderdale, the most southerly of the Yorkshire Dales. Located outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Calderdale and Halifax are able to have 21st-century amenities easily at hand for you … Read more
The Piece Hall Halifax is one of England’s most elegant structures, the dramatic Italian Piazza-like beating heart of Yorkshire’s Calderdale, in Northern England. It’s a British architectural and cultural phenomenon and is a must to experience. From 2017 to 2022, The Piece Hall Halifax has attracted over 8 million visitors. Opened in 1779 in the … Read more
