Day 19 – August 30th – Halifax and Shibden Hall
Our main interest in stopping here in West Yorkshire was visiting Shibden Hall. However, being a Sunday, we noted that the Hall does not open until 11:00AM so our first stop was at Kirkstall Abby, a ruined Cistercian monastery in the north-west of Leeds City center. Built in the 12th century, the monastery was abandoned …