1879 and 1880 - Former Market Hall - Castleford, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 43.594 W 001° 21.033
30U E 608823 N 5954362
This market hall has two large stone tablets on the wall flanking the entrance to the hall.
Waymark Code: WM167H1
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/26/2022
Views: 1
The market hall originally opened in 1880 to replace open air market stalls. A large stone tablet on the external wall records this and the building also has a foundation tablet dated 1879.
It closed as a market in 1991 when larger, more modern premises were opened on the other side of the road but still provides a covered walk way to a car park.
As part of the Millennium celebrations a clock was erected on the front of the building to replace a clock that used to hang outside the market.
Year of construction: 1880
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
The foundation stone
THIS MEMORIAL STONE
WAS LAID BY GEORGE HAMPSON
CHAIRMAN OF THE CASTLEFORD
LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH
MARCH 24th 1879
- MEMBERS OF THE BOARD -
WM Wn MACVAY - GEORGE PERFECT
JOHN RHODES - JAMES HOLT
JOSEPH BREWERTON - JOHN SIMPSON
JOHN CLEGG - JOSEPH ALLEN
H. H. BROADBENT CLERK
| MALCOLM PATERSON | ! | |
| ! | ENGINEERS |
| WILLIAM WHEATER | ! | |
The building's opening stone
THIS MARKET HALL
WAS OPENED BY THE
RIGHT HONBLE LORD HOUGHTON
JULY 12TH 1880
ON WHICH OCCASION ALSO WAS
CELEBRATED THE
CENTENARY
OF
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
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