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Salem Methodist Church, Hebden Bridge - HBC00560
Situated on Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge.
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge - KEC00101
Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel on the hill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Walking down the Buttress, Hebden Bridge - KEC00102
Buildings of Buttress Brink which were demolished in the 1960s on the right. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Buttress, Hebden Bridge - KEC00103
Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel in the distance. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Hebden Bridge - Bottom of the Buttress - KEC00104
The bottom of the old route up to Heptonstall. The Hole in the Wall is on the left, and on the far side of the Old Bridge is the White Swan. The road to the right is old Gate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
St Michaels, Mytholmroyd c1950 - ALC05129
The church was built in 1848 in an Early English Style; it was a Million Pound church. The Sunday school, which can be seen on the left, was reduced to one story in the 1970s; this is now the church hall.
Hebden Bridge - General View - ALC00412
Date unknown but probably late 1940s/early 1950s as the first steel pre-fabricated houses at Dodnaze on Wadsworth Lane can be seen. Central Street and Riverside Schools feature prominently
Blake Dean, Near. Hebden Bridge. - WAO00212
Postcard with postmark July 1956. Shows Widdop Road coming down from Heptonstall Slack to the bridge over Alcomden Water.
Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00224
Postcard with July 1959 postmark. Looking down Cragg Road towards Mytholmroyd. The Methodist Chapel, now a private house, is on the left.
Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00230
Postcard with January 1951 postmark. The two farms in the centre of the picture are Lower and Upper Clough Foot.
Hebden Bridge General View. - WAO00211
Postcard with July 1954 postmark. Bottom left is the Hangingroyd area and above it the Birchcliffe Hillside. Right of centre is the station area with the large station warehouse, Victoria Mill and the gas works, all now demolished.
Weir and New Bridge, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00229
Postcard with July 1957 postmark.
St Michael's Church and Graveyard, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00115
Postcard with 1953 postmark. The foundation stone was laid in 1847 and the church was consecrated in 1848, was enlarged in 1887 and the following year the foundation stone was laid for a new chancel. Distinctively it has a small octagonal spire on…
Hebden Bridge, Birchcliffe Road, 1952. - HBC00700
Hollins Cottage at the junction of Birchcliffe Road and Commercial Street during demolition in 1952.
Hollins Place, Hebden Bridge, 1952. - HBC00701
The buildings at the bottom of Birchcliffe Road at its junction with Commercial Street during demolition in 1952.
Construction of New Wall in Cragg Vale, 1958 - HBC00814
The road was widened using land from Thornber's Hatchery. Mr Kenyon seen working here.
Construction of New Wall in Cragg Vale, 1958 - HBC00815
The road was widened using land from Thornber's Hatchery. Mr K. Hirst seen working here.
Working Horse in Mytholmroyd, 1957 - HBC00866
Pictured outside the Dusty Miller this is reputed to be the last working horse on the streets of Hebden Royd, although horses were worked on some farms in the area for several more years.
Floods at Mytholmroyd, September 1954 - HBC01106
View across the main road at approx 9 am when the water had just covered the road. The car was abandoned by the gentleman who took refuge on the house steps of the house, the car was eventually swept along as far as the New Road bridge.
Floods at Mytholmroyd, September 1954 - HBC01107
View from Caldene Bridge. Properties in Mytholmroyd, including the Dusty Miller Inn have suffered many times from flooding.
Floods at Mytholmroyd, September 1954 - HBC01108
View across the main road from Caldene Avenue at approx 9 am when the water had just covered the road. The car was abandoned by the gentleman who took refuge on the house steps of the house, the car was eventually swept along as far as the New Road…
High Bentley, Shelf - HLS01422
PH11/4. c1950.