William Henwood collection
Title
William Henwood collection
Description
William Henwood is a retired local authority manager. He lives in Staffordshire but has known and loved Upper Calderdale since the 1970s and is a regular visitor. Encouraged by a friend in Halifax who was volunteering with the National Trust, he started collecting old postcards and photographs of Hardcastle Crags and the surrounding area in the 1990s, and is still doing so.
Creator
Various
Rights
Copyright (c) 2006-2017 Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
WMH-xxxxx
Collection Items
Lumb Falls, Crimsworth Dean, Nr. Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, c1900 - WMH01224
Undated postcard. Still a popular spot for both locals and visitors bathing in the pool created by the falls.
Lumb Falls, Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01176
A promotional postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) but unusually it was posted in Ghent, Belgium, to a Ghent address in November 1913. On the reverse as well as their usual discreet promotional message there is a red…
Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH01131
Undated postcard. Looking down the path between Hawden Hole and New Bridge, Midgehole, with New Bridge Mill in the centre.
Saucy Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH01125
Undated postcard but the sender writes that "there was a railway accident here last Friday" which would have been the Charlestown Curve disaster of 21st June 1912. Another card with the same image is postmarked 17 July 1912.
Meeting in Hardcastle Crags - WMH01119
This is at Blake Dean, just on the Widdop side of the bridge. It is possibly an organised walk in protest at Halifax Corporation's actions to close footpaths following the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs, or against plans to build another…
An Outing to Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01117
This postcard is annotated "Bank Holiday Mon Aug 2nd 1920" on address side.
Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01115
Undated postcard. A church group outing to the Crags. Just visible behind the trees top left is the Pavilion Tearoom.
Hawden Hole, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01110
Undated postcard. Hawden Hole, sub-titled 'The Better Hole' here, is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally…
The Tennis Court, Hawden Hall Holiday Camp, Hardcastle Crags, He - WMH01102
Undated postcard. Hawden Hole is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
Hawden Hole, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01099
Postcard with April 1949 postmark. Hawden Hole is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of…
Hawden Hole, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH01068
Hawden Hole on today's Lee Wood Road is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside between Midge Hole and Hebden Hey above Hebden Water and the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
Cosy Corner and Camp Site, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01061
Undated postcard. Cosy Corner, on the south hillside above Hardcastle Crags, started life as Hebden Farm but by the 1890s the occupiers had, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, started providing refreshments for the thousands who…
Thorntons Tea Rooms, above Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01055
Undated Postcard. Originally Hebden Farm but by the 1890s the occupiers, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, had started providing refreshments for the thousands who visited the ‘Beauty Spots of Hebden Bridge’ and it then became known…
Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH01053
Undated postcard but the image is probably 1920s. Cosy Corner on the south hillside above Hardcastle Crags started life as Hebden Farm and by the 1890s the occupiers had, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, started providing…
Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH01050
Undated postcard but the image is probably 1920s. Cosy Corner on the south hillside above Hardcastle Crags started life as Hebden Farm and by the 1890s the occupiers had, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, started providing…
Mitchell's Pavilion, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01029
Undated postcard. The name Mitchell on the imgae presumably refers to the proprietor although other photos from about the same time show the proprietor as Ernest Greenwood.
The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the…
The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the…
The Pavilion and Stepping Stones, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridg - WMH01019
Undated postcard. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags three of which are still useable when the river is low. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river, was one of…
Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH01010
Postcard with August 1913 postmark. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river, was one of several refreshment facilities in and around Hardcastle Crags catering for the thousands of visitors…
The Pavilion, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01006
Postcard with August 1913 postmark. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river, was one of several refreshment facilities in and around Hardcastle Crags catering for the thousands of visitors…
Collection Tree
- William Henwood collection
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