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Shibden Hall, home of Anne Lister.

Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, Halifax, was a remarkable woman; a landowner, business woman, diarist, mountaineer, traveller and lesbian. Throughout her life she kept diaries running to around five million words – three times the length of Samuel Pepys’. According to her diary, Anne was tall, with a boyish figure. Her hair was arranged in tight curls on either side of her face. Anne chose to wear a black dress trimmed with a neck ruff, stout boots and in her black coat and round hat (rather than a feminine bonnet) she presented an unusual sight around Halifax. How she dressed and conducted herself led to her pejorative nickname “Gentleman Jack”. Anne’s diary entries chronicle her daily life, including thoughts on the weather, social events, national events and her business interests. Approximately one sixth of the diaries are written in code. This clever combination of Greek letters and algebraic symbols, self-invented by Anne from her teenage years onwards, is referred to by Anne as her ‘crypt hand’ Anne Lister's story is being brought to our screens in a new eight part BBC production 'Gentleman Jack', starring Suranne Jones, written by Sally Wainwright and partially filmed on location at Shibden Hall.