Description
In the bottom centre is Ashley House, at one time a care home, now as Angel Dale offering Bed & Breakfast. The road winding up the hill is Moss Lane with Slater Bank to the right of it and on the left hand edge of the picture Cross Lanes Chapel. Note how few trees there are on the hillside leading to Heptonstall.
The building in the bottom left hand corner is the Hebden Bridge Masonic Lodge. The first meeting was on 28th January 1796 when the warrant was issued. Meetings were held in the "Ring of Bells". In July 1809, the Lodge moved to Heptonstall and held its meetings at the Stag Hotel. In 1822, the Lodge moved to the White Horse Inn, Hebden Bridge, then to Hope Street in 1890 and finally on 23rd October 1911, Prince Frederick Lodge No. 307 moved into its present building in Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge. In January 1996, The Lodge received its Bicentenary Certificate from the United Grand Lodge.