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Baitings Bridge - TWA00200
The old stone bridge here was submerged by the Wakefield Corporation Reservoir which was completed in 1956. At the West Riding Quarter Sessions in Pontefract in 1787 a gratuity of £50 was granted towards the bridge and in 1792 it was granted a…
Bilton Pier, Luddenden - TWA00201
BILTON PIER in Luddenden Dene is the wooden bridge higher up the valley from Wade Wood. It was so called from the persistence of a Mr Bilton of Upper Mytholm Farm who objected to the stepping stones, formerly there, as not sufficient for safe…
Black Castle Clough, Blackstone Edge - TWA00202
BLACK CASTLE CLOUGH is crossed by a low culvert which was reconstructed in 1932. On the Ripponden side of the bridge is carved ‘RESTORED 1932 J.H. PRICE.’ The bridge, before its reconstruction, is illustrated opposite page 15 of the book ‘A…
Booth Dean Bridge, Rishworth - TWA00204
BOOTH DEAN BRIDGE, Rishworth, is a single-arch stone bridge in Booth Dean, carrying the road across the valley to Ripponden and Ringstone Reservoir
Brearley Bridge - TWA00111
Bridge over the River Calder at Brearley, circa 1960
BREARLEY BRIDGE - TWA00205
BREARLEY BRIDGE is a single-arch saddle-back stone bridge thought to date from the mid 18th century. An inn, the Mill Inn, later the Clarence Inn, once stood on the Brearley side of the bridge. There was a bridge there in the seventeenth century as…
Bridge at Blake Dean near Hebden Bridge - TWA00203
BLAKE DEAN BRIDGE is a single-arch stone bridge. Just downstream from the present structure there used to be a wooden trestle bridge erected when the three Walshaw Dean reservoirs were being constructed. It was 700 feet long and 105 feet high, and…
Bridge at Hawksclough, Mytholmroyd - TWA00222
HAWKSCLOUGH BRIDGE, Mytholmroyd, is a single-arch stone bridge over the Calder thought to be at least 200 years old. It was built to serve Hawksclough Manor, now known as Hawksclough Farm. The house was extended in 1735 and the bridge may have been…
Bridge at West Vale - TWA00115
Bridge that carried Stainland Branch Railway over the river at West Vale. c1960
Bridge over beck at Siddal - TWA00181
The road over the bridge is called Bottoms, the mill that used to be here was also called Bottoms, if the bridge has a name it will be Bottoms Bridge.
Bridge over M62 - TWA00113
Construction of Scammonden bridge over the M62 in the late 1960s.
Bridge over the Calder at Greetland, Nr Halifax - TWA00207
CALDER BRIDGE near the former Greetland Station spans the Calder and was built in the turnpike days.
Broad Lee Bridge, Dean Head Valley - TWA00195
This bridge is now submerged under Scammonden Dam
Broad Lee Bridge, Dean Head Valley - TWA00199
This bridge is now submerged under Scammonden Dam
Calder Bridge, Brighouse - TWA00206
BRIGHOUSE CALDER BRIDGE. In 1823 an Act of Parliament sanctioned the making and maintenance of a turnpike road from Wibsey Bank Foot through Brighouse to Huddersfield. The stone bridge over the Calder at the site of the ancient ford from Snake Hill…
Calder Hebble - TWA00146
This bridge carries Wakefield Road over Hebble Brook at Calder Hebble (junction).
Catherine House Bridge, Luddenden - TWA00209
CATHERINE HOUSE BRIDGE in the upper Luddenden Dean valley is a picturesque stone footbridge formerly a wooden bridge.
Clark Bridge, Halifax - TWA00210
CLARK BRIDGE crosses the Hebble Brook below Halifax Parish Church. Watson wrote in 1775 that this bridge ‘seems to have been first built by the clergy, or clerks, for the convenience of passing from the church, either to their habitations, or some…