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Nutclough from Keighley Road, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00100
Hebden Water below the huge retaining wall supporting Keighley Road. When the turnpike was built c.1815 a shelf was cut out of the cliff to accommodate it.
Hebden Bridge - WSC00102
To the left of the right hand tree is Nutclough Mill with the Birchcliffe hillside behind, and centre foreground Hangingroyd Mill. Behind the largest chimney can be seen Redman Bros’ Foster Mill with the gantry joining 2 sections of the mill across…
Hebden Bridge - WSC00103
Taken from the church yard of the former St John's church above the Keighley Road, with the Council Offices in the centre and on the left the Shoulder of Mutton on Bridge Gate.
The Buttress, Hebden Bridge c1967. - WSC00104
Taken just before Buttress Brink on the left was demolished. The building far right is now the site of the Hebden Bridge Health Centre, used by Social Services, not to be confused with Valley Medical Centre on Valley Road. The medical centre did move…
Bankside, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00106
This cobbled path, known locally as the Snicket, was part of the Heptonstall – Halifax packhorse route and originally dropped sharply straight down, passing the front of the White Lion to the Old Bridge and on to the Buttress. Houses on the left are…
Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00107
Looking upstream from West End Bridge with Old Gate on the left and on the right the rear of now demolished buildings on Bridge Gate. Above these is St John's Church now replaced by housing. Only the cottages in the centre on the left have been…
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00108
Sketch or pencil drawing showing Buttress in a state of dereliction prior to demolition mid 1960s.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00109
Taken from the Old Bridge looking up to the Buttress with Royd Terrace on the right. The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00110
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation. The houses to the right of the bridge were demolished and replaced by a riverside walk.
Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00111
Viewed from king Street, the hall was demolished c.1969 and replaced by accommodation for the elderly. Behind it is St James Parish Church.
Market Street, Hebden Bridge - WSC00112
At the far end is Breck Mill originally occupied by Sowerby Bridge Flour Society. The mill burnt down as the result of the fire, believed to have been stared deliberately, in 1971. The upper floors of the buildings on the left were demolished after a…
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00113
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation.
Valley Road car park, Hebden Bridge, c1967 - WSC00114
This car park was for many years the site of the market on Wednesdays and Thursdays. During World War II a children's nursery was housed in a wooden building here. Bonsall's ironmongers shop, now residential, can be seen behind the wagon on the…
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00115
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation. The old packhorse bridge was a useful viewing point for watching the proceedings.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00116
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation.
Heptonstall - WSC00117
The 'new' Victorian Church on the left and the tower of the ruined medieval church to the right. The buildings on the left are old people's flats.
Croft Mill, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00119
On the left is Croft Mill with its chimney and behind the chimney is Zion Particular Baptist Chapel. Running down the centre of the photo are the 100 Steps from Marlborough Road to Commercial Street. The houses on the right are the rear of Crossley…
Machpelah Works, Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00120
The Rochdale Canal and towpath prior to restoration in the mid-1980s with Machpelah on the left and Princes Bridge on Station Road.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - WSC00121
Black Pit Lock prior to restoration in the mid-1980s. On the right the Central Dye Works is now apartments with an extra storey added. This shows the aqueduct which carries the Rochdale Canal over the River Calder.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00122
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid-1960s as unfit for human habitation.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00123
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid-1960s as unfit for human habitation.
