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at The Piece Hall
What’s on, at The Piece Hall
Christmas Market
December 6 - December 8
Yorkshires most important secular building
The Grade I listed Piece Hall, Halifax is a rare and precious thing, an architectural and cultural phenomenon which is absolutely unique. It is the sole survivor of the great eighteenth century northern cloth halls, a class of buildings which embodied the vital and dominant importance of the trade in hand woven textiles to the pre-industrial economy of the West Riding of Yorkshire, from the Middle Ages through to the early nineteenth century.
Dating from 1779, when it was built as a Cloth Hall for the trading of ‘pieces’ of cloth (a 30 yard length of woven woollen fabric produced on a handloom), The Piece Hall was the most ambitious and prestigious of its type and now stands in splendid isolation as the only remaining example. It is one of Britain’s most outstanding Georgian buildings.
It is impossible to overstate the scale and importance of this trade, not just to the history of Halifax and the West Riding, but to the nation as a whole over some 800 years between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries.
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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Support us for £37.50 per year and in return you’ll get:
Access to presales for a selection of Piece Hall gigs, shows and workshops, including Live at The Piece Hall
Invites to exclusive club members’ events and previews
Money off vouchers and special offers and deals at The Piece Hall's outlets
A specially designed tote bag and a bespoke badge
A free heritage tour and a chance to ring The Piece Hall Bell