The White Lion, Hebden Bridge - JNB00634
Hebden Bridge, White Lion
Postcard purchased in 1993, information on the reverse states: The White Lion was built in 1657, eight years before the Great fire of London, at this time the only other building of importance in Hebden Bridge was Bannister's Farm, on the site of the former White Horse Hotel.
In the early days the White Lion was known as Kings Farm, due to its occupation by Susan King, widow of James King of Willow Hall, Skircoat. Before her marriage Susan's name was Naylor, she lived at Sowerby, and it is presumed that her family owned the White Lion earlier in the century. She lived at the White Lion until her death in 1690.
The stables across the road, together with a "horse Miln" for grinding corn, two packhouses - later converted to cottages - and a barn, situated about 100 yards away in Bridge Gate, later the warehouse of Messrs Cleggs, Provision Merchants - then served the main building of the White Lion.
Since Susan's day the White Lion has undergone many chages, the first storey lost its 17th century character due to certain embellishments in the 18th century, but the bottom portion and the rear of the premises retain the original entrance and mullion windows similar to those of other farmhouses of the same period in the district.
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the White Lion became a hostelery of increasing importance, situated within a short distance of the Old Hebden Bridge it became a handy place for travellers to stay when proceeding between Lancashire and Yorkshire. When the turnpike road was built its importance increased as it was on the only regular route of the stage coaches plying on the valley route between Halifax and Rochdale.
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Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge - BBS00116
Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge, Steps, Street Names, Top and bottom houses, White Lion
1962 newspaper cutting.
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Environmental Improvements, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd - DEF00165
Calder Civic Trust, Garden, Garden feature, Gardens, Mytholmroyd, People at Work, Places, Public Houses, Pubs Inns & Hotels, Royal Oak, Taverns, White Lion
The former Royal Oak on the right, now residential, and the White lion on the left as of 2015 vacant and for sale.
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Hebden Bridge
Hebden Bridge View - WSC00214
General View, Hebden Bridge, Shepherds Garage, Stubbings School, White Lion
Top centre Stubbings School then dropping down to the White Lion Yard and Shepherd's Garage.
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Hebden Bridge from Birchcliffe road - ALC05850
Birchcliffe Road, Bridge Gate, Buildings, Council Offices, Named, People, Public Houses, Pubs Inns & Hotels, Shoulder of Mutton, Street Names, Taverns, White Lion
Over the wall from the mini-bus is the White Lion Hotel with Bridge Mill behind it. To the left of the mill the Shoulder of Mutton faces St Georges Square.
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Pismire Hill, Mytholmroyd, 1961 - HBC00799
Clough Mill, Mytholmroyd, Pismire Hill, Places, Pub, Royal Oak, White Lion
With the Royal Oak on one side of the road and the White Lion on the other, drinkers had a choice!
Pismire Hill is said to have got its name from the smell of the soiled straw from the stables of the Royal Oak Hotel.
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1960
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White Lion Inn, Mytholmroyd, 1961 - HBC00798
Mytholmroyd, Pismire Hill, Places, Pub, Public Houses, Pubs Inns & Hotels, Taverns, White Lion
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White Lion, Hebden Bridge, 1963. - HBC00718
Hebden Bridge, St John's Church, White Lion
Above the houses the roof of St John's Church. The Church was consecrated in 1932 but became redundant and closed in1984. To the right of the church is Stubbings School.
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1930s
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White Lion, Hebden Bridge (2013) - DMC00516
Hebden Bridge, Pub, Public Houses, Pubs Inns & Hotels, Taverns, White Lion
Erected in 1657 as King's Farm, this Grade II listed building, which backs onto the River Hebden and its weir, is the oldest hotel in Hebden Bridge.
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The White Lion, Hebden Bridge (2013) - DMC00513
Hebden Bridge, Lights, Nighttime, Pub, Public Houses, Pubs Inns & Hotels, Taverns, White Lion
Hebden Bridge
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