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Greetland - TWA00127
Bridge over Saddleworth Road, Greetland
Greetland, Nr Halifax - TWA00130
Railway arch on Stainland Road, near former Greetland station
HEBBLE BRIDGE, Wheatley - TWA00224
This is crosses the Hebble Brook at the foot of Brackenbed Lane, midway between Wheatley and Mount Pellon, and carries the road between these two places. Neptune Hotel is o n the right.
Hebble End Bridge, Hebden Bridge - TWA00223
HEBBLE END BRIDGE is a single-arch stone bridge on the west side of Hebden Bridge. In the sixteenth century it was known as Litthouse Bridge from the dye¬house near at hand, referred to in the Heptonstall Parish Register as Litte-house. On April…
Hebble Hole, Colden Valley - TWA00225
HEBBLE HOLE BRIDGE lies in the Colden valley in the deep clough below Hudson Mill. W. B. Crump thought that this hollow became known as Hebble-hole from the presence of the hebble or bridge there. When the meaning of the hebble passed out of common…
Holme House Bridge, Luddenden - TWA00227
HOLME HOUSE BRIDGE at Booth in Luddenden Dean was originally a pack-horse bridge but it was widened to the eastward. In 1776 Isaac Patchet, a carpenter, was paid 13s 7d on September 30th, 1795 for further repairs. The following resolution is…
Hoo Hole Bridge, Cragg Vale - TWA00228
HOO HOLE BRIDGE in Cragg Vale is recorded in the 1752 Bridges Book as “Houghhoyl.” A private bridge, repairable by W. Sutcliffe. It is a single-arch stone bridge with parapet. Hoo Hole was formerly the site of a corn mill and a wool fulling mill. The…
Horse Bridge, Crimsworth Dean - TWA00229
HORSE BRIDGE lies in Horse Bridge Clough in Crimsworth Dean and from its name it would appear that it was originally a pack-horse bridge. The present single-arch stone bridge was probably built when Lord Savile had the road made
Jack Bridge, Colden - TWA00230
JACK BRIDGE is a stone bridge of one arch towards the upper end of the Colden Valley carrying the Burnley Road over the Colden, the old road to Burnley via Blackshawhead
Jumples Bridge, Mixenden - TWA00232
JUMPLES BRIDGE Mixenden. There has been a bridge at Jumples for centuries. A deed dated 1494 refers to “between a house late held by Richard Burnley on the south and Jompyll brigg on the north . . . “ In 1595 William Lister had a mill at Jumples…
Lane House Bridge, Luddenden - TWA00233
LANE HOUSE BRIDGE is a narrow stone foot-bridge near Lane House between Kershaw House and Luddenden village, over the Lud Brook. It was repairable by Luddenden and Midgley. In 1768, in December, 1s 0d was paid for mending the “wood bridge” at Lane…
Lily Bridge - TWA00234
At Lily Bridge in close proximity to the railway station there used to be open air baths, “the most extensive suite of baths in Yorkshire.” There is now an iron bridge over the railway lines, and a stone bridge of two arches over the brook. A.…
Low Bridge, Luddenden - TWA00235
LOW BRIDGE or Hebble Bridge at the head of the Luddenden Dean Valley, near Castle Carr Lower Lodge, Saltenstall. It is a stone bridge of one arch. According to John Longbottom it was in former days “one of the most used ‘cross-country’ bridges for…
Luddenden Bridge - TWA00236
LUDDENDEN BRIDGE in Luddenden Village is mentioned in the will of Richard Stanclyffe of Halifax who in 1518 bequeathed “to the byldyng of Luddenden brige Xli (£10) if so be they take upon hand to bilde the brigge of stone.” This bridge and the…
Luddendenfoot - TWA00142
Luddendenfoot Bridge
Luddendenfoot - TWA00147
Bridge over Canal, Luddendenfoot
Luddendenfoot Bridge - TWA00237
LUDDENDEN FOOT BRIDGE was erected in 1882 by the Luddenden Foot board of Health to replace an earlier bridge washed away in the flood of December 23rd, 1880. This bridge, known as the “currie” bridge, was built between 1790 and 1795, Sowerby paying…
Lum Bridge, Soyland - TWA00238
LUM BRIDGE is the bridge crossed on the way from the Alma Inn to Soyland. It is a single-arch stone bridge with the date 1866 carved on a stone above the arch on the Sowerby side. An earlier bridge was repaired for 1s 8d according to the accounts of…
Lumb Bridge, Crimsworth - TWA00239
LUMB BRIDGE is the fine single-arch stone pack-horse bridge in Crimsworth Dean at Lumb Falls. W.B. Crump expressed his opinion that the bridge “can hardly be later than 17th century and is not earlier than the 16th".
M62 - TWA00260
The start of the construction of the M62
Marshaw Bridge, Cragg Vale - TWA00240
MARSHAW BRIDGE is situated in Cragg Vale near St. John's in the Wilderness Church. It is a stone bridge of one arch. Its former name was Marschagh and the spelling has varied since then. In the Manor Court Rolls it is mentioned with "the Baytinges"…
Mereclough Bridge, near Sowerby Bridge - TWA00241
MEARCLOUGH BRIDGE is a double-arch stone bridge over the river Calder at the foot of Fall Lane. As far back as 1300 there was a corn mill here run by water, and for nearly 500 years this mill was owned by the Waterhouse family of Skircoat. Mearclough…
Milking Bridge, Colden Valley - TWA00242
MILKING BRIDGE is a very narrow stone footbridge of one arch in a dell at the lower end of the Colden Valley. According to W. B. Crump it was the subject of two drawings by J. Horner.