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Water Power - MOT00163
Lumbutts Mill 1900s - In addition to the parent mill at Waterside, Fielden Bros owned several smaller mills in the valleys around Todmorden, almost all of which were used for spinning purposes. Two of these were situated in the Lumbutts Clough - the…
Water Power - MOT00162
Lumbutts in the 1900s.
Water Keeper's House, Walshaw Reservoir - ALC04463
Originally described as a cottage, this was rather a controversial building due to its size and grandeur. The foundation stone was laid in May 1903.
Walshaw Dean Lodge. - EIL00127
Originally termed a cottage, the size and elegance of this water keeper's house became a bit controversial during the latter stages of construction of the reservoirs. The foundation stone for the building was laid in May 1903. The large room on the…
Walsden, Todmorden - RDA00101
A west bound goods train approaching Walsden Station. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1961.
A new station with ‘bus stop’ style shelters was opened in 1990 but slightly to the east of the footbridge seen here to the right.
A new station with ‘bus stop’ style shelters was opened in 1990 but slightly to the east of the footbridge seen here to the right.
Wainhouse Tower and Rocks Road, Halifax - DPC00190
Postcard dated August 1906.
View overlooking Springside, about 1900. - MOT00420
Springside 1910 - This view overlooking Springside provides a splendid record of the mills, which once dominated this part of the valley. In the foreground, lying between the river and the Rochdale canal is Nanholme Mill, which was used primarily for…
View over Todmorden - MOT00146
General view of Todmorden from Sunnyside in the early 1900s, with the main Manchester to Leeds railway lines arcing away to the left. The triangle not yet developed here.
View over Salford area of Todmorden - MOT00147
A view of the station goods yard overlooking the Salford area. Caleb Hoyle's private coal wagons can be seen in the siding. On the hillside can be seen the Unitarian Church built by the Fieldens.
View over Mytholmroyd - HCC00302
Taken before the construction of Caldene Bridge in 1908. St Michael's Church and Sunday School can be seen towards the centre of the picture, and Broadbottom farm in the distance on the left. Along the bottom is the station and goods shed but before…
View over Mytholm, c1900 - ALC05184
The house in the lower centre of the photo was a Lock Keeper's House on the Rochdale Canal. To the right-hand side of the Photo is Mytholm Hall with behind it the Parish Church of Hebden Bridge - St. James the Great, and behind that the two Eaves…
View over Hebden Bridge Station and Canal - ALC00465
Probably about 1900. Bottom right the 'new' station built in 1891/2 and to its left the large station goods warehouse. Across Calder Holmes from it the extensive Crossley's mill.
View over Hebden Bridge Station - ALC04554
Postcard addressed to Miss Eliza Stott, postmarked October 15 1908, with the message 'Many happy returns of your birthday, with love'.
F & H Sutcliffe Mill and offices is centre right of picture, with the awning to the railway platform to the…
F & H Sutcliffe Mill and offices is centre right of picture, with the awning to the railway platform to the…
View over Hebden Bridge from Fairfield - HLS01110
Taken before the Grammar School was built in 1908.
View on the Don at Sprotbrough - HLS06027
Slide 19 - Choice bits of landscape and river scenery meets ones eyes in every direction in this sequestered vale but we cannot stay longer to enjoy its beauties,...
View of Swale Dale from Whitcliffe Scar - HLS05857
Slide 1: Swale Dale proper may be said to start from Richmond. In romantic beauty it can hold its own with any other Yorkshire dale. The river being more confined between steep banks, rushes through rocky ravines and over high precipices and thus…
View of lower garden, Kildwick Hall - HLS05922
Slide 7 - Across the road which divides the grounds, and passing through a pair of massive gate piers, we reach a lower garden.
A circular fountain is a central object where the water plays over a bed of water lilies. As seen from the south porch…
A circular fountain is a central object where the water plays over a bed of water lilies. As seen from the south porch…
View of Kirklees Park on the Nun Brook - HLS05934
Slide 7 - Leaving the Gatehouse and following the carriage drive, we have a view of the park, which also includes a peep of the stream called Nun Brook, which flows past the Gatehouse previously referred to.
View Near Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags - HLS01185
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900.
View in Cliviger Pass - HLS05904
Slide 3 - The scenery of the Cliviger Pass is often majestic and grand. Rugged and scarred are the ranges of the hills with their strange and fantastic outlines, adding much to the picturesque character of the scenery.
Victoria Hall, Halifax - DPC00168
Postcard dated September 1906.
Upper Story of the Gatehouse, Kirklees Priory - HLS05931
Slide 4a - This the outlaw forbade, and only asked that he should once more draw his bow, and from the window of this room it is narrated he shot his last arrow to denote --
'That where the arrow down should fall,
There buried should he be.'
How…
'That where the arrow down should fall,
There buried should he be.'
How…
Union Mills, Halifax - HLS01408
1969 calendar. Situated on Pellon Lane it is a fine example of the substantial and impressive nature of the portals of many 19th Century industrial premises. Union Mills of S Highley & Company , worsted manufacturers, was largely rebuilt after a…