Bankfield Museum
Bankfield Museum is a grade II listed historic house museum, incorporating a regimental museum and textiles gallery in Boothtown, Halifax, England. It is notable for its past ownership and development by Colonel Edward Akroyd, MP, and its grand interior.Photo: Storye book, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include All Souls’ Church, Halifax and Sacred Heart and St Bernard, Halifax.
All Souls’ Church, Halifax
Church
Photo: Plucas58, Public domain.
All Souls Church, Halifax, is a redundant Anglican church in Haley Hill, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. All Souls’ Church, Halifax is situated 750 feet south of Bankfield Museum.
Sacred Heart and St Bernard, Halifax
Church
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sacred Heart and St Bernard, Halifax is a church, which is situated 920 feet southeast of Bankfield Museum.
North Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
North Bridge is a Victorian iron and stone bridge at Halifax, West Yorkshire, in northern England. It crosses the valley of the River Hebble, connecting the town to roads to Bradford and Leeds. North Bridge is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Bankfield Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boothtown and Akroydon.
Boothtown
Suburb
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boothtown is a suburb of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, which falls within Town Ward, one of the 17 wards of Calderdale. Its history was dominated by the mills of the textile industry.
Akroydon
Hamlet
Photo: Declanbowley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Akroydon model housing scheme is a Victorian-era model village at Boothtown, Halifax, in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.
Halifax
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Halifax is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 90,000 in 2021. It is well known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, which dealt through the Halifax Piece Hall.
Bankfield Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: textiles gallery, historic house museum, regimental museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Categories: textile museum, local museum, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.73253° or 53° 43′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.86333° or 1° 51′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C5WP4MP+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 183981646OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q4856277
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Bankfield Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “班克菲尔德博物馆”
- French: “musèe Bankfield”
- French: “Musèe Bankfield”
- German: “Bankfield Museum”
- Japanese: “バンクフィールド美術館”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Duke of Wellington’s Regiment Museum and Akroyd Park.
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