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Hebden Water at Hardcastle Crags - HLS01187
From a booklet "Views of Hebden Bridge & District'. Believed to be around 1900's.
Stepping Stones, Hardcastle Crags - HLS01189
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District' which is undated bur believed to be around 1900's.
Lumb Falls, Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Bridge - HLS01190
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900.
Near Lumb Falls, Hebden Bridge - HLS01191
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900.
Stoodley Pike - HLS01192
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900.
Hope Chapel, Hebden Bridge - HLS01194
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900. Hope chapel opened in 1857.
Ryding's Park, Brighouse - HLS01341
PH/25. The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
The Rydings (original name of the building) was built in 1821 as a mansion for Mr John Brooke who was in…
The Rydings (original name of the building) was built in 1821 as a mansion for Mr John Brooke who was in…
Theatre Royal, Halifax - HLS01389
1979 Halifax Calendar. The Theatre Royal was constructed in the early 1900s to a design by Horsfall. PH16.
Union Mills, Halifax - HLS01408
1969 calendar. Situated on Pellon Lane it is a fine example of the substantial and impressive nature of the portals of many 19th Century industrial premises. Union Mills of S Highley & Company , worsted manufacturers, was largely rebuilt after a…
Hebden Bridge from Weasel Hall - HLS05034
View across the town late 19th or early 20th century prior to the building of Riverside School in 1908. Bottom right is Central School following enlargement in 1895. Looking up the river beyond the second bridge the Council Offices built in 1897/8.…
Children at Dawson City, Heptonstall - HLS05248
Many of the navvies who came to Dawson City to work on the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs brought their families with them.
Historic Homes of Yorkshire
The opening lantern slide used by George Hepworth when he gave his lecture on the Historic Homes of Yorkshire to the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society in 1916.
Barkisland Hall - HLS05702
Slide 1 - This Hall stands about midway between the villages of Ripponden and Stainland and is unique in the Parish of Halifax, in that it has three floors, and its porch is carried up to the height of the building.
Barkisland Hall, the Entrance Porch - HLS05703
Slide 2 - Barkisland Hall belongs to the style of architecture fashionable in the days of the unfortunate Charles, and is a fine example of the period. It is a three storied, three gabled building, and consisted originally of a centre 'House Body',…
Burton Agnes Hall, the South Front - HLS05706
Slide 1 - Burton Agnes, the ancient seat of the Boyntons, is one of the most beautiful Tudor and Jacobean houses in Yorkshire.
Lying in pleasant country between Driffield and Bridlington, it is surrounded by woodland and standing upon a slight…
Lying in pleasant country between Driffield and Bridlington, it is surrounded by woodland and standing upon a slight…
Burton Agnes Hall, South Front from Cross Path - HLS05707
Slide 2 - Burton Agnes came to the Boyntons through the marriage of Sir Matthew Boynton of Barmston with the daughter of Sir Henry Griffiths of Burton Agnes.
Sir Francis Boynton of Barmston, son and successor of Sir Matthew Boynton succeeded to…
Sir Francis Boynton of Barmston, son and successor of Sir Matthew Boynton succeeded to…
Burton Agnes Hall, Twelfth Century Crypt Adjoining Hall - HLS05708
Slide 3 - The earliest remains of domestic architecture here are in a building immediately to the west of the Hall, the basement of which is vaulted on cylindrical piers, with volute Capitals, of the Transitional Period (about C. 1170), and is…
Burton Agnes Hall, Wooden Wheel for Pumping Water - HLS05709
Slide 4 - In the outbuilding facing the Kitchen Court is an interesting relic of bygone days - an old wheel some fourteen feet in diameter, made of wood, and formally used for pumping water, by man-power, from a draw well.
As will be noticed, the…
As will be noticed, the…
Burton Agnes Hall, The Gate House - HLS05710
Slide 5 - The picturesque Gate House to the mansion consists of the embattled edifice with four octagonal towers finished with lead domes at each angle. The centre has an arched entrance and above it are the Royal arms of James I, and the date 1610.
Burton Agnes Hall, Entrance Porch - HLS05711
Slide 6 - The Entrance Porch with its Ionic and Corinthian columns and its achievements of arms, bespeaks the care and skill of some master architect.
The Hall was built by Sir Henry Griffiths, whose initials appear over the porch door together with…
The Hall was built by Sir Henry Griffiths, whose initials appear over the porch door together with…
Burton Agnes Hall, South East Angle of Home - HLS05712
Slide 7 - Here we have the three storied bay windows of the south east angle of the building. These windows are good examples and very characteristic of the architecture prevailing at the period when that portion of the mansion was built.
Burton Agnes Hall, the East Front - HLS05713
Slide 8 - Sir Griffiths Boynton, the third Baronet, born in 1654, added to the mansion of Burton Agnes, and traces of his work may be seen in the East Front.
To bring it into harmony with the prevailing taste of the period he situated in or about…
To bring it into harmony with the prevailing taste of the period he situated in or about…
Burton Agnes Hall, the North Front - HLS05714
Slide 9 - The North Front of the house also shows where the alteration from the old mullioned windows to the square sash ones has been made, but on the whole this front has not been spoiled in general architectural effect as the east side of the…