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The White House, Blackstone Edge. - RDA00305
At the summit of the road between Ripponden and Littleborough. The notice on the board reads "Teas and Refreshments. Catering for public and private parties".
Dr Katrina Navickas in her 2009 article Northern History writes:
"Blackstone Edge was…
Dr Katrina Navickas in her 2009 article Northern History writes:
"Blackstone Edge was…
Holme, Cliviger, near Burnley - RDA00304
The Todmorden - Burnley Road (now A646) in the centre of the village. On the left is the lychgate to the church.
Holme Church, Cliviger, near Burnley. - RDA00303
Dedicated to St John the Divine the church dates fro the late 1790s.
Interior of Holme Church, Cliviger, Near Burnley. - RDA00302
Dedicated to St John the Divine it is a fine Georgian Church dating from the late 18th century.
Holme, near Burnley. - RDA00301
The village is on the Todmorden - Burnley road and railway line and once had a station.
Holme Station Accident. - RDA00300
Holme Station Cliviger on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line. On 27th October 1907 some wagons on a coal train became detached at Copy Pit and rolled back down and leaving the track demolished the Booking Office killing the Booking Clerk.
Jumble Hole Clough. - RDA00299
Jumble Hole Clough runs north westerly up from the Upper Calder Valley between Charlestown and Eastwood.
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge. - RDA00298
RDA00298. Postcard looking over Mytholm to Heptonstall Church. The text says it was taken from the top of Horsehold Scout by Mr Lord of King Street. Formerly 184RD.
Hebden Bridge. - RDA00297
View over the town from Fairfield looking up Hebden Dale about 1900. Bottom centre St Thomas' Catholic Church and next to it Pallis House.
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge. - RDA00296
Looking up Colden Clough. Above St James' Church Upper and Lower Eaves Mills, below the church Mytholm Hall and to the left Pickles, which became Brown's, engineering works.
Hardcastle Hebden Valley. - RDA00295
Looking up Hebden Dale to Hardcastle Crags. In the foreground Midgehole Lower Mill and on the right Midgehole Upper Mill.
Hebden Bridge - King Street. - RDA00294
Looking up the valley from above St James' Church. In the distance Calderside Mill and Whiteley Arches.
Hebden Bridge - Cosy Corner, Hardcastle Crags. - RDA00293
Cosy Corner Guest House, Kiosk and camp site on the south side of the valley. Originally a farm then opened as Thornton's Tea Rooms before being converted to a guest house as seen here. Now the site of Hebden Hey scout hostel.
Heptonstall Slack and Chapel, c1900 - RDA00292
Mount Zion Baptist Church was built in 1808 by a breakaway group from Birchcliffe Chapel in Hebden Bridge but the present building dates from 1878.
Hebden Bridge from Horsehold Hillside. - RDA00291
Looking across to Wadsworth with Calder Mill prominent in the foreground.
Blake Dean and Chapel. - RDA00289
An offshoot of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack built in 1820 to serve the community at Alcomden. The Church closed in 1959 and was demolished in 1971. The nearby cottages were converted into a scout hostel.
River Hebden, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - RDA00288
The river up above Gibson Mill with the actual Crags to the right.
Hebden Bridge from Wood Top. - RDA00287
View over the railway station to the town and Heptonstall hillside. Bottom right the municipal gas works at Crow Nest. The station wedged between the railway warehouse and Victoria Mill.
Shepherds Rest, Hey Head, Todmorden. - RDA00286
Situated on Lumbutts Road it is now a traditional country pub.
Causey Wood, Todmorden. - RDA00285
Causey, or Causeway, Wood Dam in Lumbutts Clough with Causeywood Mill, or Folly Mill.
Blarney Castle, Langfield, Todmorden. - RDA00284
Off the road from Todmorden at Knowl Wood to Lumbutts. Between Shepherds Rest and Swineshead. There used to be a fair held here.
Stansfield View, Todmorden. - RDA00283
Built in the late 1870s as Todmorden's Workhouse but after 1948 it became a hospital for the mentally handicapped. The building was demolished in 1996.
Oldroyd Mill, Todmorden. - RDA00282
Oldroyd in Lumbutts Clough, demolished in the 1920s.
Folly, Todmorden. - RDA00281
Folly Mill, in Lumbutts Clough. Seen here in a derelict condition and it was demolished in the 1920s. The row of houses was known locally as Mouse Nest.