Hangingroyd area of the town looking up to new, at the time of this photo, housing on Keighley Road. The large house at the end is Ashley house on Hangingroyd Lane.
The monument is a sandstone wayside cross located near the edge of Shackleton Moor. It comprises the separated halves of a massive tapering socle or cross base, each housing a rectangular section shaft. The bevelled tops of the shafts indicate that…
Location unknown but photo probably taken as part of the Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, to draw attention to squalid places and litter detracting from attractions of the area.
A Particular Baptists Chapel was established here in about 1750 and the present building dates from1859/60 and is Grade ii listed. It closed in 2001 and is now in the hands of the Historic Chapels Trust and is used for various events such as…
When it opened in 1950 it was the first Comprehensive School in the West Riding, not to be confused with West Yorkshire which didn't come into existence until 1974.
Holt's Greengrocers served Hebden Bridge and the Upper Calder Valley for generations. William Holt started the business in the late 1800s with a horse and cart. The first shop was just up from the Bank on the…