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Fred Akroyd, knur and spell champion, shows John Kitson how to play, at the Spring Rock Inn, Greenland.

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The station on the M&LR’s Calder Valley Main Line was originally known as North Dean. It was opened in July 1844 on completion of the M&LR’s Halifax Branch which ran from a junction at North Dean up to a terminus station at Shaw Syke, south of…

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CALDER BRIDGE near the former Greetland Station spans the Calder and was built in the turnpike days.

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Railway arch on Stainland Road, near former Greetland station

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NAME: ELLISTONES MILL

LOCATION: Ellistones Lane, Greetland

REF: BB 14

GRID REF: 084 207

CLASSIFICATION: n/a

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A quite large, four and five storey,…

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NAME: SCAR BOTTOM DYEWORKS

LOCATION: Scar Bottom

REF: BB 15

GRID REF: 077 213

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Empty

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mostly 20C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Located high on the valley side just below the B6113…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Ale has been drunk for centuries in some of the ancient moorland and country inns round Elland and although the age of…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Old Sunnybank, as it is now known, has given its name to quite an area of the Greetland hillside facing across the…

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

Sunnybank is one of the few remaining timber-built houses in the parish. It presents a quaint sight and a decaying one, especially on the north side. …

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913. The sketch gives the north view of the hall.

With its old-fashioned gateway and courtyard it has still on this side much the same appearance it had when…

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913. There is uncertainty as to the date of this picturesque hall

There is uncertainty as to the date of this picturesque hall – now divided into two…

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Seen here sometime after closure of the station in September 1962.

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The Stainland Branch going off to the right with the east end of Greetland Station up platform; the main line continuing towards Elland Tunnel. Greetland Station itself closed in 1962 and the Stainland Branch had closed to passenger traffic in 1929…
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