Bankfield Museum Halifax, Model of a room in a Yorkshire Hand-weaver's cottage about 1870
View of a model display at the Bankfield Museum, Boothtown, West Yorkshire.
Author: Gledhill
Date: not dated
Location: Boothtown
Format: Postcard - Mono
Document ID: 100103
Library ID: 34559443
This reconstruction is in Bankfield Museum, Halifax.
Bankfield House was built for Edward Akroyd (1810-1887) who lived there from 1837 to 1856. The grandson of James Akroyd who in 1811 founded the world's largest worsted manufacturers: James Akroyd & Son. Edward was a benevolent employer, supporting many organisations and institutions which enabled his employees to seek better living conditions. He built Ackroyden to house his workers and provided them with low cost allotments. He also founded All Souls Church in 1855, after purchasing a former Baptist church at Haley Hill. It is now a museum, which presents international exhibitions of costume, fabrics, textiles, and toys.
Still standing 2003.
