Halifax Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located in the county of West Yorkshire, and around 7 miles southwest of Bradford, is the town of Halifax.
Geographically Halifax lies just north of the River Calder, and is largest town in the Calderdale borough, the westernmost borough of Yorkshire. The town's name was first recorded in 1091 as 'Halyfax', deriving from the Old English 'halh-gefeaxe', meaning 'area of coarse grass in the nook of land. By the 15th century Halifax had become a key wool-manufacturing town.
Since the 13th century Halifax was notorious for its use of the Halifax Gibbet - an early form of guillotine. The Lord of the Manor at the time had the authority to summarily execute any thief caught with stolen goods to the value of 13½d or more. It was eventually outlawed in 1650 by Oliver Cromwell, having claimed nearly 100 victims.
Halifax is home to several notable pieces of centuries-old architecture. Halifax Minster, visible at the start of the video, was built between the 12th and 15th century. In 1779 Piece Hall was built as a cloth hall for handloom weavers to sell the woollen cloth pieces they had produced. Occupying an impressive 10,000 square yards, it currently houses history exhibits, shops, cafes and restaurants. Halifax Town Hall was built between 1861 and 1863 during the height of Queen Victoria's reign.
The Industrial Revolution brought about a natural continuation of Halifax's textile industry having already established itself as one of the leading wool producing towns in the country. The goods produced were transported at greater volumes with the introduction of the Calder and Hebble Navigation - a waterway connecting the River Calder and River Hebble which was opened in 1770. In the 19th century cotton and carpet industries were introduced in the town. In 1844 the railway arrived in Halifax.
In 1853 The Halifax Building Society was opened. The first twelve branches were all local to the town. Nine years later, in 1862, the first branch outside of Halifax opened in Huddersfield. By 1913 it had developed into the largest building society in the UK. The company went through several changes throughout the decades including a stint between 2001 and 2009 when it merged with Bank of Scotland, becoming HBOS, before being bought out by Lloyds. The company's high street presence remains to this day. We even pass by a branch of the Halifax during the walk itself. Whether it's one of the flagships or not I'm not sure!
Cat's eyes were invented by Percy Shaw from Halifax in 1934. These are the studs in the middle of the road that reflect off the headlights of the cars, making the roads easier to navigate at night. Shaw was inspired by tram tracks reflecting his car's headlights on a foggy evening.
Other famous people from Halifax include English wrestling legend Shirley Crabtree (a.k.a. Big Daddy), John Kettley and Ed Sheeran.
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Filmed: 12th June 2021
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/idkjXutPbirLnTEw6
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Woolshops
2:40 Market Street
4:33 Union Street
5:18 Horton Street
6:15 Ward's End
7:24 Commercial Street
8:21 King Edward Street
9:14 Corn Market
10:04 Old Cock Yard
11:10 Commercial Street
11:23 Rawson Street
12:01 George Square
12:36 Commercial Street
12:43 Cheapside
13:43 Corn Market
14:29 Halifax Town Hall
14:32 Princess Street
15:23 Crossley Street
16:00 Waterhouse Street
16:42 Crown Street
17:43 Old Market
19:06 Wade Street

[@user-hd8yx3jf7o]

Thank you for sharing a nice walking video. from Japan.

[@4KExplorer]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@ShakeelAhmed-pr7gn]

Nice town walk. Thank you for the video. Keep it up.

[@Nataly01010]

Wonderful video! Great architecture! Nice sunny summer day. Thank you!

[@4KExplorer]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@shirleyellis9708]

Another sunny, warm day.😎

[@callumimeson7370]

Great video in the sunshine. I really love Halifax with its quaint cobbled streets and nice buildings. There is also a lot of nice eating places for a town. It's somewhere I go frequently and is a happy place for me and my family.

[@Shrek4ever630]

There are some nice places there like “el pizzeto” and “Anatolia”

[@louie2450]

funny seeing this cause i go there everyday

[@Shrek4ever630]

Same

[@bugleboy4645]

Nice to see you back in Calderdale 👍👍

[@4KExplorer]

Well you know, God's own country and all that!

[@sinansn6499]

I’m very interesting this video walking tour thank you for sharing

[@4KExplorer]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@huhu6255]

Thank you for sharing. From Thailand.

[@4KExplorer]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Such nice cobbled streets.

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Love the hills above the town.

[@Ram_comic]

It's a very quiet town but a nice building culture.

[@robertwratten9509]

I used to live there 30 odd years ago, went clare Hall school , oppositetheswimmingpool. I don't recognise the place .

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Such pretty wooden shops

[@crispinalanrobinson4515]

I like taking photos would you say it's a good place to do that

[@ShakeelAhmed-pr7gn]

Thank the one who is pretty consistent in giving a dislike every time since he waits very impatiently for your video. ;)

[@4KExplorer]

Haha, you noticed that too? Every video like clockwork! I admire their dedication!

[@MikeGreenwood51]

TY for the tour. Watched most of it twice. I was looking to try to find what could be identified with the very center. I am not saying there is one as some towns morph over the centuries or ancient centers change. I would appriciate any help on this. I guess the center is a little way north of Horton Street. My Grand Parents lived and were born there. My father was called up in 1943 and never really returned as was continously posted with his sevice job. I do some amature cartography enjoy sometimes viewing videos of the area or reading classics centered in the area. Halifax Borough Market looks about as central as any thing. Some towns as I said have no absolute clear center. I used to live in one. You were kind of central when you turned in to westgate street. But developments over the centuries had resulted in no clear center. It looks like at one time Southgate street may have neen the central north south through fare. But it all seems a bit unclear to me just viewing on KZbin and maps from afar. TY again.

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

So pretty.

[@shirleyellis9708]

Love the tour.🇬🇧🇦🇺

[@4KExplorer]

Much appreciated, thanks!

[@clivesilk3501]

i just been to Halifax we were on holiday in Yorkshire.. we went to eureka activity center for the kids .. i had a quick look round the town and it was full of druggies and drunks quite a filthy scummy place ! but i liked the old buildings

[@Shrek4ever630]

Haha I love Eurika

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Halifax is the happiest town in the UK.

[@Matt-vx4eh]

Halifax is defiantly not a happy town. The town center is amazing and architecturally beautiful but the housing in Halifax is some of the worst out of anywhere. It's also the most dangerous town in West Yorkshire.

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Halifax bank in Halifax!

[@4KExplorer]

Inception - the Halifax version!

[@shirleyellis9708]

👍

[@darlene5216]

Are there many people of color that live in Halifax?

[@MikeGreenwood51]

It's a multi-coloured town. Not a hugh mega metropolice with lots of people in. So there are not a lot of any colour.

[@hellobd4424]

My name is Raid Roshid from Bangladesh thanks

[@4KExplorer]

Hey Raid, thanks for watching!

[@SimonMartinForPrimeMinister]

Thinking of visiting although concerned in case Scottish people would not be welcome?

[@CharpyTheHedgehog]

Of course Scottish people are welcome! Why would you assume otherwise?

[@SimonMartinForPrimeMinister]

@@CharpyTheHedgehog That’s great! I love Yorkshire

[@Shrek4ever630]

I’m from Halifax and I mean it when I tell you most people don’t really care we’re your from, as long as your nice to us you will be all good.

[@noeysun8780]

Was able to walk through briefly today. What a beautiful town! But I felt slightly unwelcomed... I was taking a few pictures and recorded a video (mainly because a bar was playing a very, very obscure song that would've made someone I know happy) and this random couple starts shouting something at me from across the street. Thinking they were con artists, I ignored them. But then the woman literally follows me into a restaurant and reprimands me for "taking videos including her child" and demands that I delete them. Then she tells me that what I'm doing is disgusting and that I should be deleting any photo containing any children. Like wtf is her problem. Is this level of crazy the norm in Halifax?

[@4KExplorer]

Wow, that sucks. I can't really speak for Halifax, but in some town centres there's always the odd unhinged individual who thinks there's some sort of law against filming in public... which there isn't! Don't let them put you off.