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The first station here opened in October 1840 when the section of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was inaugurated. The station was re-buikt in 1891/2 seen here looking up the line towards Todmorden in Lancashire &…

The station opened here when the section of the Manchester and Leeds Railway between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge was inaugurated in December 1840. The station closed in 1951 but the coal drops remained in use until the mid-1960s.

Photo David N…

The original Pike was constructed to commemorate the end of the Napoleonic Wars with the 1814 Treaty of Paris but then Bonaparte escaped from Elba and the war started again. That pike collapsed and the current one replaced it opening to commemorate…

The original Pike was constructed to commemorate the end of the Napoleonic Wars with the 1814 Treaty of Paris but then Bonaparte escaped from Elba and the war started again. That pike collapsed and the current one replaced it opening to commemorate…

The site of Park Fold Wood, Mytholmroyd

Undated postcard of Brearley in the valley bottom and Midgley on the hillside above. Brearley House can be seen amongst the trees in the centre but the mills have now gone.

Undated between the wars postcard looking down the Calder Valley in the Halifax direction. Scout Road School can be seen left of centre, and to the left of that Scout Bottom Farm and cottages.