An historic view of Halifax, England from Beacon Hill, Southowram. Halifax claims to be the birth of Britain's industrial revolution. Halifax's dreaded gallows led to the saying 'From Hull, Hell, and Halifax, Good Lord, Deliver Us' (The Beggars Litany, John Taylor - 1692). Near Beacon Hill is Wainhouse Tower, said to be the tallest folly in the world, built by John Edward Wainhouse to spy on the estate of his industrial competitor Sir Henry Edward.

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