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Looking east along part of the A646 road from Todmorden to Hebden Bridge which follows the Calder Valley floor. This was once the main commercial street in the town.

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Between Bridge Lanes and Heptonstall Road was a busy community, home to so many, yet passed by thousands each year as they travel up or down this busy road and see only a grassy slope with trees and bushes.

This thriving part of Hebden Bridge…

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Part of an ancient packhorse route from Burnley to Halifax, as it descends into Hebden Bridge from the village of Heptonstall.

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Many of the "over and under" houses or "double decker" or “top and bottom” houses in Hebden Bridge are legally referred to as "flying freeholds". Wikipedia describes them as:
Flying freehold is an English legal term to describe a freehold which…

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The former mill on Burnley Road, opposite Station Road, has now been demolished and replaced with a private housing estate.

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At the far end is the old C of E School with the old ‘lock-ups’ in the basement, now residential.

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The rear of buildings on High Street, between Halifax Lane and Stocks Lane. The building left of centre was formerly the Murgatroyd Arms, later Church House and now residential.
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