On the GNR line between Keighley and Queensbury where it connected with lines to Bradford and Halifax. The station opened in 1886, two years after the line, and closed in 1955 at the same time as the line closed to passenger traffic, closing to all…
In the bottom the Manchester & Leeds Railway which has just crossed Whiteley Arches. Above Oakville Road coming down to King Street. Savile bowling green can be seen at the top of the picture. Just below the centre is the electricity sub-station.…
Looking down from about the bottom of Birchcliffe Road. Demolition started on 26th November 1962. The site now Lees Yard and the holly trees remain in 2015. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
On the branch from Greetland on the Calder Valley Main Line upto Holywell Green and Stainland. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.
NEW or WEST END BRIDGE, Hebden Bridge, was built about 1772 and has two arches of stone. It takes the main Lancashire road over the Hebden tributary of the Calder. An entry in the Todmorden Turnpike Trustees' records shows that on July 30th, 1835 the…