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Looking east along part of the A646 road from Todmorden to Hebden Bridge which follows the Calder Valley floor. This was once the main commercial street in the town.

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Many of the "over and under" houses or "double decker" or “top and bottom” houses in Hebden Bridge are legally referred to as "flying freeholds". Wikipedia describes them as:
Flying freehold is an English legal term to describe a freehold which…

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The former Ebenezer Chapel on Market Street, Hebden Bridge. The Latin inscription on the sun dial reads "What thou seekest is a shadow". The Hebden Bridge Times moved out many years ago to Crown Street and now no longer have an office in the town!

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Market Street, Hebden Bridge. The former Ebenezer Chapel. Now a gallery and the Hebden Bridge Times no longer has a presence in the town! See it now. The following text is taken from Looking Back at Hebden Bridge by Frank Horsfall & Terry Wyke…

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In the centre is the large chimney of the former Calder Mill which was largely destroyed by fire in the 1960s.

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Looking down the valley in the Todmorden direction. The tall chimney of the former Calder Mill is in the centre. The Halifax Wireform Company were based in the mill premises until they were forced out by yet another flooding in (2015). In 2018…

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Looking down on Market Street up the valley towards Todmorden. The landmark chimney of Calder Mill in the centre, much of the mill itself was destroyed by fire in November 1964.

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Looking down on Market Street up the valley towards Todmorden. The landmark chimney of Calder Mill in the centre, much of the mill itself was destroyed by fire in November 1964.

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In the centre is the Co-op Car Park. Beehive Mill is bottom left and the former Neptune pub, now two dwellings, bottom right.

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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This was probably to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. From a stereographic photograph.

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Studio One, Market Street, Hebden Bridge. c.2009

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Pictured on Market Street, Hebden Bridge. c.2009

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Owner of P.I. Consultants Ltd, formerly of Market Street, now Tenterfields, Hebden Bridge c.2009

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Beyond the shops on the left is part of Melbourne Mill, now site of the Co-op,
beyond that the Salem Methodist Chapel and beyonf that the large Brecks Mill with the tall chimney of Calder Mill behind it. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History…
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