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Corn Mill on left. During the war they kept a fire engine inside the mill so that if the bridge was bombed or put out of action they would have an engine on that side of the bridge. Cross Stone church is on the skyline.

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The building in the foreground has now gone but the building with Holt on it (which is on Chatham Street itself) is still in existence. The church building is St Mary's Catholic Church on Gibbet Street.

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This scene is almost unrecognisable from the Northgate of today as many of the buildings have since been demolished. The church building on the right appears to be Northgate End Chapel, built in 1871 and demolished in 1982.

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This is the bottom of Woolshops after all the property had been demolished. The road on the right was called Square (just Square) The area of land to the right had numerous buildings on it and was known as Hatter's Fold. King Street starts where the…

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The new bus station can be seen in the centre with the tower of the town Hall behind, and the retained frontage of the old chapel on the right.

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North Bridge Area from Crib Lane Flats 1978. Part of Dean Clough Mill can be seen on the left, as can All Soul's, Haley Hill.

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The church building is Northgate End Chapel. This area was redeveloped in the early 1980s and is now part of the bus station.

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This view is taken from the then new Aachen Way and shows the bottom of Queens Road and its junction with King Cross Street. 1970s.

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This shows the junction where Burnley Road and Rochdale Road meet at King Cross.

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Postcard dated 1918. In November 1996, All Saints' celebrated the 150th anniversary. The infant Church of England parish was one of the new districts resulting from Sir Robert Peel's New Parishes Act of 1843, designed to make pastoral and other…

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The mill chimneys and factories of Halifax can be seen in the background of this photograph. The former home of Colonel Akroyd (after whom the park is named), Bankfield House is now owned by Calderdale Council and houses a library, a museum and the…

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There has been a church on this site for many centuries and it became a Minster in the 2000s. On the left is Dispensary Walk. Postcard dated 1908.

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There has been a church on this site for many centuries and it became a Minster in the 2000s. Postcard dated 1930.

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There has certainly been a church at Halifax for about 900 years. The Minster, formerly a Parish Church until 23 November 2009, was completed by about 1438. It comprises a nave, chancel and full-length aisles, and is thought to be the third church on…

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This church is in the Savile Park area of the town, with Halifax Infirmary at the bottom of this road. The view is much the same today, though the trees have matured considerably.

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This church is on Gibraltar Road at West End.
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