Sign reads: "Ye Bowmen and ye Archers good, Come in and drink with Robin Hood. If Robin to that fate has gone, Then take a glass with Little John" 1834 A.D.
The lodge, at the entrance to New Cragg Hall. The hall was enlarged in 1904 by Helen and William Simpson-Hinchliffe, but destroyed by fire in 1921. The lodge is shown here with its original archway. This archway was later widened by them to allow…
In the centre, below the Board School, i.e. Council School, is Church Bank Mill with its very tall chimney. At the bottom of the picture is the church of St John the Baptist. The postcard has an intriguing title.
Postcard with pencil note on the reverse: ' July 8th 1908. Student's Association Ramble'. The image shows the old clapper bridge in Turvin Clough, Cragg Vale.
Postcard with January 1906 postmark. Cragg Post Office is on the left and further along Cragg Vale Co-operative store with the Working Men's Club next door to that.
The people on the right are ascending steps which lead up the Green Bank ( a short terrace of houses) on the B6318. At the left hand end of the bridge there are steps ascending to Higher House, Cragg Vale or a foot path along the lower part of the…
"Bull Fall" is the name given to the woodland behind the Primary School, built high above the road. Across the road from the school is Church Bank Mill. St John in the Wilderness - Cragg Vale's Parish Church being in the foreground.
Prof David Baker gave a final organ recital in February 2014 at St John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale, before the organ was dismantled and shipped to France. The organ was removed as the first phase of the work prior to the church being…