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The timber bridge which gave its name to the town probably stood a little further upstream than the present stone structure which dates from about 1510. Legacies financed the construction: for example, James Grenewode of Wadsworth left 3s. 4d to the…

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Mr Bird ran the carpet discount shop in Bridge Mill, he moved there from premises further down Bridge Gate.

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Looking up towards the Old Bridge. The buildings on the right are on Bridge Gate.

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The white building on the left has been demolished and has been replaced by a courtyard area.

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The lean to structures on the right have all gone. The Council Offices are on the left and the big chimney is for Bridge Mill.

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The Old Bridge onto Bridge Gate. The buildings seen either side have now gone. The house on the left of the bridge used to store their coal under the arch at this end of the bridge.

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People's Park is one of the finest surviving examples of a "Joseph Paxton" Park. Created in 1857, the Park was donated to the people of Halifax by Sir Francis Crossley, to be maintained by the then Halifax Corporation for all time.

Situated at the…

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People's Park is one of the finest surviving examples of a "Joseph Paxton" Park. Created in 1857, the Park was donated to the people of Halifax by Sir Francis Crossley, to be maintained by the then Halifax Corporation for all time.

Situated at the…

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Looking towards Mytholmroyd. Princes Bridge carries traffic to Hebden Bridge Station over the Rochdale Canal at Machpelah.

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Looking down Hebden Water towards its confluence with the Calder. The buildings immediate right have been replaced by purpose built shops and offices and above them the former Council Offices. The chimney of Bridge Mill on the left.

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The timber bridge which gave its name to the town probably stood a little further upstream than the present stone structure which dates from about 1510. Legacies financed the construction: for example, James Grenewode of Wadsworth left 3s. 4d to the…

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Shows how the bridge had been widened and rebuilt. The building on the right is the former Neptune Inn.

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Looking down Hebble Bridge towards Market Street, and the end of Hangingroyd Road. Queens Terrace is on the hillside above.

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Old Gate is to the left. Nickies Cafe was a popular haunt for young people in the 1950s. It was pulled down in the 1960s as part of the West End Improvement Area.

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The rear of Nickies Cafe, which was pulled down in the 1960s as part of the West End Improvement Area.

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The improved junction of old Gate and West End. The mill on Bridge Gate can be seen to the right hand edge of the picture, just to the left of it is Zion Chapel, and to the left of that is the parish church of St Johns.

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The little building to the left of the picture was an abattoir To the right is the rear of Westbourne House.

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The bridge over the Rochdale Canal links the Memorial Gardens to Calder Holmes Park. Situated behind the Picture House, it was constructed preparatory to the opening of the gardens in 1938.
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