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  • Collection: Ann Peters collection

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The part on the right hand end has now been demolished.

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Originally workers cottages for Oats Royd Mill

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Looking towards Sowerby Bridge prior to restoration of the canal and tow path in the 1980s.

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It was built by Gregory Patchett whose initials are on the gable window dripstone. The Inn was frequented by Bramwell Bronte during his time working at Luddendenfoot Station (1840/42) and it had a lending library at that time.

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Oats Royd Mill is in the background and below it to the let is Church Hill.

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Oats Royd Mill is in the background and below it to the left is Church Hill.

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The former worsted mill was severely damaged by fire in February 1989 with the six storey mill on the right beyond the first bridge totally gutted. This has been sympathetically replaced by an apartment block and the whole mill complex is now…

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The Murgatroyd’s Oats Royd Mill before the fire in February 1989 which totally gutted the centre six storey building. This has been sympathetically replaced by an apartment block and the whole mill complex is now residential. At its peak the mill…

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The building on the left is known locally as ‘Parkin’ and on the right is ‘The Bungalow’.

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Known locally as ‘Parkin’ and seen here from the rear.

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Hathershelf Scout is in the far distance

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St Mary's church, now demolished, is just visible on the right. In the foreground is the aqueduct taking the Rochdale Canal over the River Lud. The building on the left, the former Mechanic's Institute, now Barley Wine; the building beyond this has…

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Diamond House (Aldersons Plumbers) with Duke Street going off to the left.

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The rear of buildings on High Street, between Halifax Lane and Stocks Lane. The building left of centre was formerly the Murgatroyd Arms, later Church House and now residential.

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Possibly Thorney Lane Midgley.

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Building on the left hand side of the river bridge in the centre of the village.

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Building on St Ann’s Square in the centre of the village viewed from across the river.

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Building to the right of the bridge in the centre of the village viewed from across the river.

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Cottage at the back of Patrick’s Yard in the centre of the village.

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House and shop on the river bank near the bridge in the centre of the village.

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At the far end is the old C of E School with the old ‘lock-ups’ in the basement, now residential.
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