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The foundation stone of this Chapel was laid by John Wesley, and erected in 1764. The shape is octagonal. In the building of this chapel there appears to have been almost an element of romance; women as well as men, coming even from a distance and…

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The foundation stone of this Chapel was laid by John Wesley, and erected in 1764. The shape is octagonal. In the building of this chapel there appears to have been almost an element of romance; women as well as men, coming even from a distance and…

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The foundation stone of this Chapel was laid by John Wesley, and erected in 1764. The shape is octagonal. In the building of this chapel there appears to have been almost an element of romance; women as well as men, coming even from a distance and…

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The foundation stone of this Chapel was laid by John Wesley, and erected in 1764. The shape is octagonal. In the building of this chapel there appears to have been almost an element of romance; women as well as men, coming even from a distance and…

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Old Bridge with the 'New' Hole in the Wall Hotel on the right.

The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…

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The Hall is situated just above the A646 opposite the station and the former Mayroyd Mill.

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Photograph of Cragg Hall, the grounds and mill employees, taken in 1907 after the Hall had been rebuilt and enlarged and the grounds laid out as shown.

Thanks to Sam Hellowell we are fortunate indeed to have nearly all 180 people named.


BACK…

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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…

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Workers in Dawson City, which was situated at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall. The ‘City’ housed many hundreds of men along with their wives and children. It was built in 1900 near Draper Corner, below Heptonstall Slack, as a settlement and depot for…

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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.

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Four public pumps stood in Heptonstall. This is one of the few surviving and best preserved in Yorkshire.

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Recruits lined up near Stubbing Wharf before marching to Eastwood Station for the train to Halifax.

The Stubbing Wharf Hotel was built by the Foster family in 1800 and by 1810 was serving both the canal and the road. In 1900 the hotel was enlarged…

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From Mrs Carol Mosley (nee Astin). Some detail as to the people shown in the photographs might be useful. The four people seated in the 'landau' are my great grandparents on my father's side. On the left are John Astin (then a fustian manufacturer in…

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This is Towngate, Heptonstall around 1900.

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Possibly c1900. Beautifully posed, even to the pieces of fern in the foreground.

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From Pennine Magazine, Vol 2, No 5, June-July 1981:

In 1903 as part of the Keighley Gala a walking match took place. It was a robust occasion with publicans of the vicinity donating something to nearly everybody: H. Town of the Star of Steeton…

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The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the early 1900s.
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