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Douglas Houghton, M.P. for the Sowerby Constituency - DEF00296
Douglas Houghton, M.P., at the opening of Park Fold Wood.
Douglas Houghton, (11 August 1898 – 2 May 1996) was a British Labour politician. He was the last British Cabinet minister born in the 19th century.
Houghton was a great believer in…
Douglas Houghton, (11 August 1898 – 2 May 1996) was a British Labour politician. He was the last British Cabinet minister born in the 19th century.
Houghton was a great believer in…
Spion Kop - ATC00109
Spion Kop, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.
Named after the battle of Ladysmith in the Boer war, South Africa. Known locally as The Delph.
The gradient is about 1 in 4 it was still open to traffic up to about the mid the late 70's. It is now…
Named after the battle of Ladysmith in the Boer war, South Africa. Known locally as The Delph.
The gradient is about 1 in 4 it was still open to traffic up to about the mid the late 70's. It is now…
Asquith Bottom House, Sowerby Bridge - HLS01287
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The long, rambling and oddly-shaped old building occupies a somewhat obscure site directly beneath St George’s Church at Quarry Hill. No connected story…
The long, rambling and oddly-shaped old building occupies a somewhat obscure site directly beneath St George’s Church at Quarry Hill. No connected story…
Underbank, Sowerby Bridge - HLS01288
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Underbank is on the upper side of the tram track where the Pye Nest route runs into Bolton Brow. Earliest records go back to about 1454, when Robert…
Underbank is on the upper side of the tram track where the Pye Nest route runs into Bolton Brow. Earliest records go back to about 1454, when Robert…
The Canal, Sowerby Bridge - BIM01038
The end of the Calder & Hebble Navigation at the entrance to the massive lock under Rochdale Road and Tuel Lane wher it joins onto the Rochdale Canal.
The Moorings, Sowerby Bridge - DMC00510
The Moorings, Sowerby Bridge (2000)
West Yorkshire Heritage, Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin - JNB00538
The former salt warehouse. Postcard dated 1993.
West Yorkshire Heritage, Sowerby Bridge Rush Bearing - JNB00539
Postcard dated 1993.
West Yorkshire Heritage, Sowerby Bridge, and Surroundings - JNB00541
County Bridge, St Peter's Church Sowerby, Canal Basin Sowerby Bridge, River Calder Mytholmroyd. Postcard dated 1993.
Sowerby Bridge, and Surroundings - JNB00544
Canal Basin Sowerby Bridge, River Calder Mytholmroyd, St Peter's Church Sowerby, Canal and Christ Church Sowerby Bridge. Postcard dated 1992.
Prince Charles visits Sowerby Bridge, 1987 - CBC06142
The Prince discusses things with one of the workmen whilst the Lord Lieutenant and Chief Constable look on with local councillors. 2nd from left is Jeff Fielden
Sowerby Bridge, the Canal Basin, - JNB00543
Postcard dated 1992.
Sowerby Bridge Parish Church - JNB00545
Postcard dated 1992
Sowerby Bridge, the Moorings Bar and Restaurant - JNB00547
Postcard dated 1992
Sowerby Bridge - JNB00548
Part of the old packhorse route, known as the Old Cawsey. Postcard dated 1992.
Sowerby Bridge Mill, built 1792. - JNB00549
The joining of the River Ryburn and the Calder, there is evidence of a mill on this site in 1274. Postcard dated 1992.
Canal Basin, Sowerby Bridge - KST00116
Canal Basin on the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
rochdale Canal, Sowerby Bridge - KST00118
This is Waylon, the 1st broadbeam barge to pass through the new deep lock at Sowerby Bridge on 5.5.96 for the official opening. It took a party of vips to a civic reception in Hebden Bridge. It is here passing Corporation Mill in Sowerby Bridge.