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Looking down on the back of Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge - AGW00126
The mill is Calder Mill, owned at one Abraham Robertshaw. Queens Terrace on Heptonstall Road can be seen top right.
Hebden Bridge Houses - AGW00128
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…
Flying freehold is an English legal term to describe a freehold which…
White Lion, Hebden Bridge - AGW00133
The "White Lion" was orginally built as a private residence for the King family around 1657, and was known as Kings Farm. It became a pub and posting house in the mid 1700's. It is reported that the composer F Liszt stayed there in 1840. The pub had…
St George Sq, Hebden Bridge - AGW00144
Looking towards St Georges Bridge.
Hebden Bridge Railway Station - AGW00148
The Manchester and Leeds Railway (later the Lancashire and Yorkshire) opened the Normanton to Hebden Bridge section of a line to Manchester in 1840. This station building dates from 1893 but was renovated in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway style…
Hope Chapel, Hebden Bridge - AGW00149
Opened in 1858
Little Theatre, Hebden Bridge - AGW00150
The theatre company started in 1924 as the Dramatic Section of the Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Society. For the first four years they performed at the Co-operative Hall in the Carlton Buildings. They have also performed at the Picture…