Row of cottages forming house-over-house dwellings, mid C19. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. 6 bays. 1st 2 bays to street are 3-storey with basement, the rest are 2 storeys with basement. Bays 1 to 4 under a different roof line from bays…
Row of cottages forming house-over-house dwellings, mid C19. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. 6 bays. 1st 2 bays to street are 3-storey with basement, the rest are 2 storeys with basement. Bays 1 to 4 under a different roof line from bays…
Also known as Nos. 2 to 20 (even) River Street. Row of single bay cottages, early C19. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys to road, 4 and 5 storeys to rear (River Street): over dwellings. Single-bay dwellings with 2-light sashes…
The timber bridge which gave its name to the town probably stood a little further upstream than the present stone structure which dates from about 1510. Legacies financed the construction: for example, James Grenewode of Wadsworth left 3s. 4d to the…
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.
One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.
One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.
Old Bridge with the 'New' Hole in the Wall Hotel on the right.
The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…
The Old Bridge looking downstream towards West End. The plaques on the abutment record it was repaired in 1602 and 1657. The building on the left on Bridge Gate was Thomas Marshall, coal merchant, that building and the mill beyond have long been…
The 1843 extension to Bridge Mill does not show in this picture, therefore this picture was taken before that date. The road is now wider and has been raised. This is one of the oldest photos of Hebden Bridge.
Looking along Old Gate and the Hebden Water in the centre of the town towards Bridge Mill. Taken prior to the construction of the Council Offices and St Georges Bridge mid-1890s.
View down the Hebden Water passed the Council Offices, built 1897, St Georges Bridge, 1893, Old Bridge 1510, West End Bridge 1771. The open land bottom right is now Valley Road and Market Place.