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The Old Bridge looking downstream towards West End. The plaques on the abutment record it was repaired in 1602 and 1657. The building on the left on Bridge Gate was Thomas Marshall, coal merchant, that building and the mill beyond have long been…

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The great flood of September 20th 1946. Hebden Water and the Old Bridge. Taken from St Georges Bridge, the Council Offices are on the right.

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On the right the Hole-in-theWall pub and on the left the tenements of Buttress Brink, demolished 1960s.

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Old Bridge with the 'New' Hole in the Wall Hotel on the right.

The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
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The Old Bridge looking upstream from Old Gate.. The plaques on the abutment record it was repaired in 1602 and 1657. The building on the right on Bridge Gate was Thomas Marshall, coal merchant, that building and the mill beyond have long been…

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One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.

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One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.

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The bottom of the old route up to Heptonstall. The Hole in the Wall is on the left, and on the far side of the Old Bridge is the White Swan. The road to the right is old Gate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Looking down from Buttress Brink. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Above the bridge the top of St John's C of E Church, now converted into dwellings. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Looking along Old Gate following demolition works to open up the junction. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The Old Bridge taken from St George's Bridge looking downstream. The large building in the centre was on Bridge Gate but long demolished. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Bridges over Hebden Water in the town centre. In the foreground St Georges Bridge, then Old Bridge and above that West End Bridge . The buildings on the right have been demolished and replaced by a block of offices and shops. Part of the Hebden…

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Hebden Bridge's three bridges town centre bridges over Hebden Water. St Georges Bridge (1892), Old Bridge (1510), West End Bridge (1771). To the left the chimney of Bridge Mill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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On the left is the Hole in the Wall and next to it the chimney of Hebden Bridge Mill. The building partly visible on the far right has now been demolished. Postcard.

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Taken from Bridge Gate looking over to the site of the tenements known as Buttress Brink which were demolished in 1967. Both buildings seen here have also been demolished and the area opened up.

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On the right the Council Offices. The timber building on the left and the tall building the other side of the bridge have been demolished and the area opened up.

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Looking from West End Bridge towards Old Bridge with Old Gate on the left and the rear of buildings on Bridge Gate on the right.

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On the left is the wall of the Hole in the Wall pub, over the bridge is Bridge Gate. In the centre is the Co-op building but this view cannot be seen today as as a new building has been constructed in the gap on Crown Street.
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