A deep ravine with many early industrial remains. The chimney is virtually all that remains of Lumb Mills. The house on the hillside is Lumb Bank, formerly the home of the poet Ted Hughes, now the home of the Arvon Foundation, a residential centre…
PNH00819.: Kershaw House is an example of an F plan house: two bays projecting from one main structure. In the 1500s it belonged to cloth manufacturer John Beaumont. The house was rebuilt in 1650 by James Murgatroyd." (From Weaver To Web -…
PNH00818. Village scene with Murgatroyd's Oats Royd Mill on the skyline. The Mill was severely damaged by fire in February 1989 and the six storey mill building seen here was totally destroyed.
Rakehead viaduct under construction. 15th January 1970.
The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and originally conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and…