Healds Hall Hotel :-
Built in 1764, Healds Hall was the largest house in Spen Valley. The Hall first became famous through links with the Bronte family when it was owned by the Reverend Hammond Roberson, immortalised as the Reverend Matthew Helston in Charlotte Bronte's novel "Shirley". It was also in the centre of the Luddite riots of 1812
Wedding Trivia: The Venetians Popularized the custom during the 15th. century. Since the diamond was the hardest and most enduring substance in nature it followed that the engagement and marriage would endure forever.