The group was influenced by the Italian Mannaia ( or Mannaja ), the Scottish Maiden and the Halifax Gibbet, which was fitted with an axe head weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces ( 3. 5 kg ).

The Halifax Gibbet was certainly substantial, but no date of first use has been made certain as of yet.

The first recorded execution in Halifax dates from 1280, but that execution may have been by sword, axe, or by use of the Gibbet.

The Scottish Maiden ( supposedly based on the Halifax Gibbet ) was introduced to Edinburgh by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton in the 16th century and remained in use until 1708.

* Halifax Gibbet

It is said that Morton borrowed the design from the Halifax Gibbet and carried a model of it from Halifax to Edinburgh.

* Halifax Gibbet

Among the curious customs of Halifax was the Gibbet Law, which was probably established by a prescriptive right to protect the wool trade, and gave the inhabitants the power of executing any one taken within their liberty, who, when tried by a jury of sixteen of the frith-burgesses, was found guilty of the theft of any goods of the value of more than 13d.

The Granville Street Baptist Church ( now First Baptist Church ( Halifax )) was an instrumental and determining factor in the founding of the University.

The establishment of the bank was devised by Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, in 1694, to the plan which had been proposed by William Paterson three years before, but had not been acted upon.

From 1763 to 1784 the island was administratively part of the colony of Nova Scotia and governed from Halifax.

Carrington argued that a warrant from a Government minister, the Earl of Halifax was valid authority, even though there was no statutory provision or court order for it.

Conservatives typically see Richard Hooker as the founding father of conservatism, the Marquess of Halifax as important for his pragmatism, David Hume articulated conservative mistrust of rationalism in politics, and Edmund Burke was the leading early theorist.

There is a debate in the historiography, because Hooker lived too early, Halifax did not belong to any party, Hume was not involved in politics, and Burke was a Whig.

In 1749, to counter the rising threat of Louisbourg, Halifax was founded and the Royal Navy established a major naval base and citadel.

The fort was partially overrun after a month-long siege, but the attackers were ultimately repelled after the arrival of British reinforcements from Halifax.

The most significant incident from this war which occurred in the Maritimes was the British capture and detention of the American frigate USS Chesapeake in Halifax.

Although an amphibious invasion was never in question, blockading by Union naval forces was common, particularly at Halifax, where Confederate navy ships sought refuge and reprovisioning.

The Halifax metropolitan area has come to dominate peninsular Nova Scotia as a retail and service centre, but that province's industries were spread out from the coal and steel industries of industrial Cape Breton and Pictou counties, the mixed farming of the North Shore and Annapolis Valley, and the fishing industry was primarily focused on the South Shore and Eastern Shore.

The carnage resulted in Schrader and Earnhardt, Jr. rushing to Earnhardt, Sr. Earnhardt was extricated from his car and taken to Halifax Medical Center.

Dalhousie was founded as a result of the desires of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to establish a non-denominational college in Halifax.

The college was allowed to falter however after Ramsay left Halifax shortly after its establishment to serve as the Governor General of British North America.

Through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation however, King's College was able to relocate to Halifax and entered into a partnership with Dalhousie University which continues to this day.

A number of songs are commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic contests, including the Carmina Dalhousiana, which was first created in Halifax in 1882.

In August 1776, Allen and other prisoners were temporarily put ashore in Halifax, owing to extremely poor conditions aboard ship ; due to food scarcity, both crew and prisoners were on short rations, and scurvy was rampant.

This action was somewhat surprising, as Levi had not only attempted to purchase Ethan's release while he was in Halifax, but he had also traveled to New York while Ethan was on parole there, and furnished him with goods and money.

Emily became a teacher at Law Hill School in Halifax beginning in September 1838, when she was twenty.

Based on Haliburton's writings, there have been claims that modern hockey originated in Windsor, Nova Scotia, by King's College students and was named after an individual, as in “ Colonel Hockey's game .” Others claim that the origins of hockey come from games played in the area of Dartmouth and Halifax in Nova Scotia.

The Fort Halifax blockhouse, formerly the nation's oldest wooden structure of its type, was rebuilt after the original was swept down the Kennebec River by raging flood waters on April 1, 1987.

It is the tallest building in Halifax at 98 metres and 33 stories, the tallest building in the Maritimes, and the tallest residential structure in Canada east of Quebec City.

After leaving home in Pictou County two years later for Halifax, his early films usually delved into comedic-style violence and complete annihilation of filmatic structure and formula.

Built over the water at the edge of Halifax Harbour and resting on pilings, it consists of two office towers, and a smaller office structure called Purdy's Landing.

Operation Tonga began at 22: 56 on the night of 5 June, when six Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton airfield towing six Horsa gliders carrying the coup-de-main force consisting of D Company, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry reinforced with two extra platoons from B Company and a party of sappers, who were tasked with capturing the bridges over the Caen Canal and the River Orne.

First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above.

Prior to and following amalgamation with the City of Halifax, Armdale developed into a residential neighborhood consisting of single family homes and small apartment buildings.

The Halifax Mainland Common is a large regional recreation area consisting of parkland, trails, and various municipal facilities.

There are two principal roads, Highway AIA ( also known as Ocean Shore Boulevard ), which runs along the Atlantic Ocean, and John Anderson Drive, which runs along the Halifax River.

It is a part of two state senatorial districts: 2nd Plymouth and Bristol ( including all or parts of Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson and Whitman ) and Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth ( including parts of Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater ).

The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of two districts: by Thomas Kennedy in the Second Plymouth and Bristol district, which includes Brockton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Whitman and portions of Easton ; and by Brian Joyce in the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes all or parts of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Easton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater.

Similarly, after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain in 1940 there were two likely successors, Churchill and Halifax, but the latter ruled himself out for the premiership on the grounds that his membership of the House of Lords disqualified him.

In 1751, there were two attacks on blockhouses surrounding Halifax.

The soldiers at Fort George were on alert when Nova Scotia became the site of two international incidents during the American Civil War: the Chesapeake Affair and the escape from Halifax Harbour of Confederate John Taylor Wood on the CSS Tallahassee.

For two years, the regiment spent its time billeted at the Halifax Citadel and at Wellington Barracks.

* Halifax Stanleys and Dartmouth Jubilees play the first recorded game involving two all-black hockey teams leading to the formation of the Coloured Hockey League based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In May 1940, when the Chamberlain government fell and a coalition was to be formed there were two candidates for Prime Minister: Halifax and Winston Churchill.

Churchill retained Halifax as Foreign Secretary for nine months, but the two men had never enjoyed a close relationship.

In March 2007, Halifax Airport earned two first-place finishes in the 2006 Airports Council International ( ACI ) Service Quality Awards held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

By the outbreak of war in September 1939, however, the RCN still had only six River class destroyers, five minesweepers and two small training vessels, bases at Halifax and Victoria, and altogether 145 officers and 1, 674 men.

Six fire crews from Elland and Halifax fought the blaze, which closed two lanes of the westbound carriageway between junctions 22, Ripponden and 23, Outlane, for two hours.

The debate that followed, one of the most famous in the annals of parliament, became a duel of oratory between Halifax and his uncle Shaftesbury, the finest two speakers of the day, watched by the Lords, the Commons at the bar, and the king, who was present.

Her first marriage was to Halifax lawyer, Peter McDonough, with whom she had two sons: Justin and Travis.

The eight Locusts were loaded into separate Hamilcar gliders between 17 – 20 March, and on the morning of 24 March were towed from the airfield by Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers to join the rest of the gliders and transport aircraft carrying the two airborne divisions.

Officials were especially alarmed when natives gathered close to the two principal towns in the province, Halifax and Lunenburg, where there were also large groups of Acadians.

The natives shot one person at Teconnet, took prisoners at Fort Halifax and two prisoners at Fort Shirley ( Dresden ).

Just under two months later, Patterson was sacked after a poor run of form, and was replaced by former Halifax Town manager Chris Wilder.

York also had a local rivalry with Halifax Town and they were the team nearest to York when the two played in the Conference.

The arrangement however only lasted two games, although Merson only played once in the 2 – 1 home loss to Halifax Town.