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Cantilevered Footpath - Halifax

Abbreviated Caption
A footpath has long connected Lilly Lane and Berry Lane, Halifax, and may originally have served Lilly Mill which is known to pre-date 1608. With the construction of the Halifax branch of the Calder and Hebble Canal in 1828, a secure route for the footpath around the Navigation Company's wharf was required, and it seems that the present dog-leg around the Nestle site and the cantilevered walkway m

Date 13 October 1979

Grid Reference:- SE 09809 24839

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