The Foster Lane chapel opened in 1904 and was closed and demolished in the mid-1960s. On the hillside top left is Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel which had opened in 1840 but that too closed and was demolished in the 1960s. To the right is Foster…
Looking over Centre Vale Mansion, which was demolished in the 1950s, to Stoodley Pike on the far hillside. To the right is the tower of Christ Church and on the skyline to the left the tower of Cross Stone Church.
View over the town from the west. The remains of Fielden’s Waterside Mill, an old spinning mill built in 1800, can be seen on the right after a disastrous fire in 1901. The spire of the Unitarian Church, built by the Fieldens, is in the centre. The…
Clearly visible is the Dean Clough Mill (where the words Crossley Kosset are visible). The bus appears to be a 681, a service to Bradford that still runs today (2017).
Undated postcard. The image is probably early 20th century. Right of centre is Foster Mill and dam with Hebden Water below it. The old Birchcliffe Chapel can be seen on the hillside above town.
Old Gate on the left and in the centre is the chimney of Bridge Mill, above it St John's Church and just visible above that the pediment of Birchcliffe Chapel. The buildings on the right have been demolished and a water side walkway over the…
ALC00408. Centre foreground the Catholic Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, opened 1896 and next to it Pallis or by then Palace House. Above the Church is a tram on New Road. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in 1901.
ALC00407. General town view c.1900. The new Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel (1899) just visible on the righthand hillside above Stubbings School but Riverside School (1908/9) being built on the land above the houses in the foreground. The Council Offices…
ALC00406. View of the town and its mills c.1895. Behind Hope Baptist Chapel the large Co-Op Bulding and clock tower completed 1889 but looking left from it the Council Offices (1896) not yet built. Just visible lower right are railway wagons in the…