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Blake Dean Chapel - PNH00322
Built in 1820 and closed in March 1959. finally demolished in 1971. It was an off-shoot of Slack Chapel. The chapel was unique in that the entrance to the gallery was down 2 steps and the entrance to the body of the church was up 2 steps, thus you…
The Bridge at Blake Dean - WMH00741
Undated postcard.The moorland road between Heptonstall and Colne looking in the Heptonstall direction with Blake Dean Bridge over Alcomden Water at the bottom.
The River at Blake Dean - WMH00732
Undated postcard. Looking upstream, the remains of the supports for the trestle bridge can be seen.
Pennine Farm - HCC00611
Overwood, Hebden Dean, between Gibson Mill and Blake Dean
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean - JNB00506
Used during the construction of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs.
The Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Hebden Bridge - MCH00141
The bridge carried a narrow gauge railway across the steep valley during the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Postcard dated 1905.
Right of Way Walk, from Blake Dean, 1907 - MOS00100
When Halifax Corporation built Walshaw Dean Reservoir, they wanted to close the footpath across the moor. A group of people from the Scientific Society carried out an Opposition Ramble, called at the time a walk over, from Blakedean to Oxenhope. It…
Blake Dean and Chapel. - RDA00289
An offshoot of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack built in 1820 to serve the community at Alcomden. The Church closed in 1959 and was demolished in 1971. The nearby cottages were converted into a scout hostel.
Supports of the Trestle Bridge at Blakedean - DEF00108
These supports are all that remains of the bridge that carried the rail or tramway used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Washaw Dean Reservoirs.
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - EIL00118
This Post Card, one in the Valentine's Series, is quite a well known photo. In the 1950's local teenagers would gather to swim in the Green Lady pool which formed around the remains of the stone foundations used to support the structure (which was…
Blake Dean Baptist Chapel. - ALC05171
Built in 1820 and closed in March 1959. demolished in1971. Off-shoot of Slack Chapel. Ref: 039a
Blake Dean Baptist Chapel - ALC05170
Built in 1820 and closed in March 1959. demolished in1971. It was an off-shoot of Slack Chapel.
Blake Dean Chapel and Cottages - ALC05163
Blake Dean Chapel stood at the head of the Hebden Valley . Near by Trestle Bridge was built to enable the reservoir at Walshaw Dean to be constructed.
This chapel was unique in that entrance to the gallery was down two steps and the entrance to the…
This chapel was unique in that entrance to the gallery was down two steps and the entrance to the…
Trestle Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC01491
Postcard date stamped June 20 1905 sent to Mr J. Mr J. Mitchell in Whitworth from Lill.
Blake Dean - ALC00844
Postcard. 1960s.
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, c1902 - ALC00842
"But hark! What sound is that which startles him (the tourist) with its shrill shriek, almost making him forget that he is 'far away from the madding crowd?' On the opposite side of the valley he descries a railway engine with a train of trucks just…
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean - ALC00812
"But hark! What sound is that which startles him (the tourist) with its shrill shriek, almost making him forget that he is 'far away from the madding crowd?' On the opposite side of the valley he descries a railway engine with a train of trucks just…
Hebden Dale - Blake Dean Bridge. - HLS05189
The bridge carrying Widdop Road over Graining Water just before its confluence with Alcomden Water to form Hebden water. Historical OS maps refer to the area as Black Dean and today it is a famous local beauty spot and picnic site..
Hebden Dale - Blake Dean Bridge - HLS05188
The underside of the bridge carrying Widdop Road over Graining Water. Historical OS maps call the whole area Black Dean.
