Haworth Old Hall in its days as a farm
HAWORTH Old Hall, one of the village's oldest surviving buildings, is seen here in its more mundane guise as a farm.
It is sometimes called Emmot Hall, having been bought in the 18th century by the Emmot family from over the Lancashire border, who however never lived in it but rented it out. In 1884 oatbread baker James Greenwood was living there.
The hall's history remains obscure. "It is as though a sponge has been drawn across the records of Haworth Old Hall," comments an earlier local guide, "leaving its story empty."
The poster on the wooden hut on the left is advertising a sale of quarry plant – a reminder of one of Haworth's former industries.
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