The parish church of St James is in the centre of the picture. In the middle distance is Lumb Bank, the former home of Ted Hughes, with the houses of Slack on the skyline.
Foundation Stone Ceremony for Salem Sunday School, Hebden Bridge. The gentleman far right is Maurice Morgan, who was a lay preacher. Clerical gentleman R to L: Rev Ted Matkovitch, Rev Brian Holt, a previous minister at Salem; Rev Abraham Hall…
The former Ebenezer Chapel on Market Street, Hebden Bridge. The Latin inscription on the sun dial reads "What thou seekest is a shadow". The Hebden Bridge Times moved out many years ago to Crown Street and now no longer have an office in the town!
Market Street, Hebden Bridge. The former Ebenezer Chapel. Now a gallery and the Hebden Bridge Times no longer has a presence in the town! See it now. The following text is taken from Looking Back at Hebden Bridge by Frank Horsfall & Terry Wyke…
The foundation stone for this church was laid on 26th June 1929. The church opened on 6th May 1931. Those who gave money for the building included Mary Sowden.
The church became redundant in 1984 and is now private dwellings.
Mount Zion Chapel and Stubbings School can be seen on the hillside with the Hole in the Wall public house at the foot of The Buttress, and the Council Offices (now the Town Hall) on the left.
Above the barge is the Picture House and opposite Hope Baptist Chapel. The timber structures have been replaced with a building providing appartments on the upper floor and various facilities on the ground floor including Visitor Information Centre.
Above the barge is the Picture House and opposite Hope Baptist Chapel. The timber structures have been replaced with a building providing appartments on the upper floor and various facilities on the ground floor including Visitor Information Centre.
Above the barge is the Picture House and opposite Hope Baptist Chapel. The timber structures have been replaced with a building providing appartments on the upper floor and various facilities on the ground floor including Visitor Information Centre.
Above the barge is the Picture House and opposite Hope Baptist Chapel. The timber structures have been replaced with a building providing appartments on the upper floor and various facilities on the ground floor including Visitor Information Centre.
Stubbings School is to the right of centre, Keighley Road is at the bottom. To the School's right Osborne Street, then going up Balmoral Street, Garden Terrace, Stephen Street, Marlborogh Terrace, Blenheim Street and Birchcliffe Road/Wadsworth Lane.…
Looking down from Hell hole Rocks on to the road going up Mytholm Steeps. The parish church of St James is in the foreground and with the sheltered housing of Mytholm Court to the left of it, and then Brown's engineering works.