The Piece Hall , Halifax
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The Piece Hall , Halifax
The Piece Hall was opened on 1st January 1779. It was built as a place for handloom weavers to sell their pieces of cloth, hence the name, and was a replacement for an earlier, smaller, Cloth Hall.
It has also been called the Manufacturers' Hall and the Cloth Hall. At one time there were a number of such buildings in the North of England, although none quite like the Piece Hall. Major towns in the West Riding all had Cloth Halls. Leeds Mixed Cloth Hall opened in 1758; Huddersfield was next, opening in 1766, followed by Bradford in 1773, another Cloth Hall in Leeds in 1775, and lastly Wakefield in 1778. None have these have survived.
The courtyard houses a fleamarket on Thursdays and an open market on Fridays and Saturdays. In addition, there are a number of special events held at the Piece Hall. The Piece Hall has also been used in several T.V. programmes and feature films, including the series "Brassed Off" and more recently was visited by Derek Acorah’s ‘Ghost towns Live’ programme.
The Piece Hall is also home to over forty unique shops well worth a visit and also runs a year round events programme.
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Contacts/Booking
By post: Calderdale MBC,
The Piece Hall,
Halifax.
HX1 1RE
By telephone: 01422 358087
By fax: 01422 349310
Email: mail@piecehall.info
Website: www.piecehall.info
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