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Ripponden, Soyland, Porch, Mullion and transom window, Finial, Waterspout, Barn

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Farm, Ripponden, Porch, Mullion, Finial, Barn, Car, Standard, Vanguard, Dovecote

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Farm, Ripponden, Porch, Mullion, Finial, Kneeler, Kettlesnout

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The Old Bridge Inn, St Bartholemews Church, Oldham Road, Ryburn Reservoir. Postcard dated 1993.

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Ripponden Free Brewery Co. Ltd, Hanging Lee Mill, Hanging Lane, Ripponden, West Yorkshire.

Registered March 1900 as the Sowerby Bridge & District United Clubs Brewery Co. Ltd.

Wound up 17th November 1923 and a new company was registered as above in…

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Baitings and Ryburn reservoirs were built for Wakefield Corporation. Baitings was opened on 14 November 1956 after eight years work and a cost of £1.4 million. It covers 64 acres with a volume of 775 million gallons, reaching a depth of 155 feet (47…

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Baitings and Ryburn reservoirs were built between 1948 and 1956 for Wakefield Corporation. Baitings was opened on 14 November 1956 after eight years work and a cost of £1.4 million. It covers 64 acres with a volume of 775 million gallons, reaching a…

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Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built to supply Wakefield with water. Started in 1925 it was completed in 1933 and has…

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RIPPONDEN OLD BRIDGE was written about by a former President of the Halifax Antiquairans, the late J. H. Priestley, and his paper appeared in the 1935 Transactions.

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LYRS 6111 - 1965. Ripponden - iron girder overbridge. The branch had closed to all traffic in 1958.

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LYRS 2584 - Ripponden Station - general view of Goods Shed & Yard. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and then on to Rishworth in 1881. Although double track only one had ever been commercially used. The original intention…

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LYRS 2583 - Ripponden Station - general view looking towards Sowerby Bridge. Although double track only one had ever been commercially used. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and then on to Rishworth in 1881. The original…

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LYRS 2581 - Railmotor Hughes 0-4-0RM at Ripponden Station looking towards Rishworth. Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, were introduced on the Rishworth Branch in 1907 in response to competition from electric trams. As a result…

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LOCATION: Oldham Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 15
GRID REF: 035 191
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Now known as Excelsior Mill, there has been a mill on…

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NAME: COMMERCIAL MILLS

LOCATION: Oldham Road, Ripponden

REF: RY 16

GRID REF: 035 192

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Mostly used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mostly 20C (site earlier)

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Most of this…

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NAME: SMALL LEES MILL

LOCATION: Oldham Road, Ripponden

REF: RY 18

GRID REF: 037 196

CLASSIFICATION: B

CONDITION: Mostly used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early – mid 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This was another cotton…
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