1950s. The large station warehouse was built in two stages between 1877 and 1884/5. When goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 it was let for general warehousing but was demolished following serious fire damage in 1969. During the 1960s houses were…
The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway…
The lock on the Rochdale Canal prior to its restoration. It was Grade ll listed in 1984. Where the man and child are walking the canal is carried over the River Calder on an aqueduct.
Close by a large 16th century aisled barn is the latest known F-plan house, built for Robert and Grace Sutcliffe in 1712. The house is entirely 18th century, though in traditional style. The left gable was taken down and the house extended later in…
Weir and Bridge over the River Calder at Brearley. The building on the right of the picture was once the Clarenden Hotel. It was also where the Ewood Estate tenants went to pay their rent once a year.
The Parish Church of Hebden Bridge, was consecrated on 5th October 1833.
The church is dedicated to St James the Great, and was built on land given by the Revd James Armytage Rhodes and his wife Mary, who lived at nearby Mytholm Hall.
The canal is no longer navigable. The rear of Central Street School is on the left, and the terrace of houses towards the top of the picture is Queen's Terrace on Heptonstall Road.
Built around 1800 by Abraham Gibson, this was one of the earliest mills in the area and was water powered producing cotton cloth, until it ceased production in 1890.
In the early part of the 20th century it was an entertainment centre for local…