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  • Collection: William Henwood collection

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Postcard with August 1953 postmark, although George VI had died the previous rear the stamps on the card still carry head. The photo shows the rocky outcrop up the Drive above Gibson Mill which gives Hardcastle Crags its name.

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Undated postcard. A church group outing to the Crags. Just visible behind the trees top left is the Pavilion Tearoom.

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Hawden Hole on today's Lee Wood Road is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside between Midge Hole and Hebden Hey above Hebden Water and the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…

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Postcard with April 1949 postmark. Hawden Hole is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of…

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Undated postcard. Hawden Hole, sub-titled 'The Better Hole' here, is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally…

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Postcard with July 1933 postmark. One of four sets of stepping stones in Hardcastle Crags, three of which are still useable when the river is low. The path on the opposite side of the river comes down from Hebden Hey, today site of the scout hostel.…

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Undated postcard. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags, three of which are still passable when the river is low. The man seen here is crossing from the riverside path to the path which comes down from Hebden Hey, today site of the…

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Postcard with June 1906 postmark. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags three of which are still passable when the river is low. The path on the opposite side of the river comes down from Hebden Hey, today site of the scout hostel.…

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Postcard with July 1935 postmark. One of four sets of stepping stones in Hardcastle Crags three of which are still useable when the river is low. The path on the opposite side of the river comes down from Hebden Hey, today site of the scout hostel.

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Undated postcard. Looking down the valley towards Hebden Bridge with Lee Mill and the mill dam, to its left is Lee Mill Road and left of that Midgehole Road. Heptonstall Church is on the skyline. Lee Mill was a former cotton mill and was demolished…

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Undated postcard. To the right of centre is Lee Mill, a former cotton mill demolished in the 1970s, and above it Midgehole Road to Hardcastle Crags. Just discernible to the mill's left amongst the trees is the chimney of Midgehole Upper Mill or…

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Postcard date stamped August 1908. Upstream from Gibson Mill with the people standing on the riverside path. The small weir was to control the flow above the weir for Gibson Mill.

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Undated postcard. Lee Mill, demolished 1970s, bottom left and Heptonstall Church a landmark on the skyline.

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Undated postcard. The house is on the south hillside above Hardcastle Crags.

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Postcard postmarked July 1935. The path is most likely the one which runs from near the top of the Drive down to Hebden Water and the path to Blake Dean below Walshaw.

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Promotional postcard date stamped September 1910. The first in a series using this photo published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. On the reverse there is the Company's crest but no promotional message.


The photo shows the Walshaw Waterfall…

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Postcard date stamped September 1910. First in a series published by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway using this photo promoting cheap fares to Hebden Bridge for trips to its surrounding beauty spots. The promotional message on the reverse…

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Postcard with May 1915 postmark. It was one of a series of cards published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway promoting days out to the Beauty Spots of Hebden Bridge by cheap trains. The promotional message printed on the reverse reads:…

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Postcard with June 1939 postmark. Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking along Midgehole Road past Lee Miil, a former cotton mill demolished in the 1970s. On the skyline is Pecket Well War Memorial.

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Undated postcard. Although the postcard is captioned ‘Old Bridge’ it is in fact New Bridge at Midgehole below the entrance to Hardcastle Crags; the angle of the camera has hidden from view the buildings on the right of the river bank. Old Town Mill…

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Undated postcard. The falls are opposite the mill pond at Gibson Mill.

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Postcard with illegible date stamp but prior to the cottages becoming the Lord Holme Restaurant. The former mill workers' cottages are in the yard of Gibson Mill, officially Lord Holme Mill, a water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle…

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Postcard date stamped July 1909. Gibson Mill is a former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags, it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted…

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Undated postcard. Gibson Mill is a former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted into an…
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