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Blake Dean - ALC09017
Graining Water and Alcomden Water meet to become Hebden Beck, or Hebden Water, shown here. The Widdop Road is on the left of the picture and the building in the bend of the road is Blake Dean Chapel. Probably taken around 1900 before the…
Carlton Buildings - ALC09016
This was once the main building of the former Hebden Bridge Industrial Co-operative Society. The first floor at one time housed a large reception room, popular for dancing. Later it became the Carlton Hotel but now the the top two floors have been…
Mount Zion Chapel, Mytholmroyd - ALC09015
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel once stood proudly near the bottom of Midgley Road. Built in 1887, sadly dry rot caused the chapel to be closed in August 1960 and it was demolished in 1970 and flats now occupy the site.
After closure the…
After closure the…
West End , Hebden Bridge - ALC09014
Relaying the setts at West End. Westbourne House is on the left with the end of Bridge Gate beyond, before the end property was removed to widen the road. Crossley Westerman's, later Alice Longstaff's studio was on the right
Vintage Car - ALC09013
Possibly pictured on Keighley Road.
Victorian Sitting Room - ALC09012
Possibly Cragg Hall
Horses in Lee Wood - ALC09007
These horses are pulling an engine up to Dawson City
View over Mytholmroyd - ALC09006
Situated centre left are "Scout Rocks" mainly covered in woodland. This former quarry was later the refuse tip for Hebden Royd UDC. On the left hand edge of the photo below Scout rocks is "Scout Road Primary School", now called "Scout Road Academy".…
Hebden Bridge Station - ALC09004
At the bottom centre of the photo is an open top tram which ran from Halifax to Hebden Bridge. The road going into the picture leads to the station. Note of large warehouse on the right hand side of the photograph. The houses across the top of the…
Greenwood Lee, Heptonstall - ALC09002
Greenwood Lee House is a large yeoman clothiers’ house, Grade II* listed and perhaps one of the finest vernacular buildings in West Yorkshire. Although the porch bears the date 1712, it is recorded as having been sold twice in 1650. For a time it was…
Horse Drawn Ambulance, Hebden Bridge, 1896 - ALC08288
Horse Drawn Ambulance in front of Macpelah Works, at the junction of A646 and Station Road, Hebden Bridge.
From the 1897 Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Historical Almanack -
p57 "The first of February 1896, will long be remembered by the residents…
From the 1897 Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Historical Almanack -
p57 "The first of February 1896, will long be remembered by the residents…
Cross Lanes Chapel - ALC08287
The Cross Lanes Society was formed from two Methodist groups from Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge and Weaver’s Square, Heptonstall. They decided to join together and build a new chapel at a half way site, at the top of the Buttress. The land cost…
Slack Top - ALC08285
Looking generally east towards Heptonstall.
Back of Unity Street, Hebden Bridge - ALC08284
At the left hand end of the closest row of houses is the "Tin Tabernacle".
Foster Mill - ALC08282
Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel is in the top left hand corner of the photo, with the Manse being in the top centre at the top of the photo. From the Manse Moss Lane runs down the hill, the house with the smoke and the gardens is Slater Bank.
Foster…
Foster…
Buttress and Hole in the Wall - ALC08281
On the right of the photo is the original "Hole in the Wall". The wedge shaped building is the end of Royd Terrace. The buildings on the left formed "Buttress Brink", with Old Gate passing in front of the shops.
In 1899 the Hole in the Wall was…
In 1899 the Hole in the Wall was…
Ashley House and Masonic Hall, Hebden Bridge- ALC08278
In the bottom centre is Ashley House, at one time a care home, now as Angel Dale offering Bed & Breakfast. The road winding up the hill is Moss Lane with Slater Bank to the right of it and on the left hand edge of the picture Cross Lanes Chapel. Note…