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 company Crossley Carpets.
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
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near the east Pennine foothills. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In 2011, it had a population of 88,134. It is also the administrative centre of the wider Calderdale Metropolitan Borough.
Image: Halifax, from Beacon Hill (44152354954)
Image: Piece Hall, Halifax Feb 2023
Image: Halifax Minster (geograph 6407158)
Image: Halifax Town Hall Flickr 3 April 2022