Francis Crossley
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Sir Francis Crossley, 1st Baronet, of Halifax, known to his contemporaries as Frank Crossley, was a British carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. He was founder of the comp
Bellevue, Hopwood Lane, Halifax, built in the 1850s for Francis Crossley
Somerleyton Hall
Almshouses (1855) in Halifax, built by Francis Crossley
People's Park, Halifax
Dean Clough
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Dean Clough in Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, is a group of large factory buildings built in the 1840s–60s for Crossley's Carpets, becoming one of the world's largest carpet factories.
Francis Crossley
…politician. He was founder of the company Crossley Carpets. His parents were Martha (d. 1854) and John Crossley (d. 1837), who was a carpet manufacturer at Dean Clough Mills, Halifax. He was one of eight children. His older brother, John, was also an MP for Halifax, from 1874 to 1877. The fifth and youngest son, Francis…
Dean Clough
An aluminium sheep by artist Frank Darnley overlooks the mills, next to a similar sculpture representing a phoenix bird
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