Front Porch, Shibden Hall
Exterior view of the front porch of Shibden Hall, near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: Folk Museum of the West Riding
Date: not dated
Location: Shibden
Format: Postcard - Mono
Document ID: 100037
Library ID: 34562028
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).
