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View over Hebden Bridge - ALC00246
General view of Hebden Bridge showing Bridge Lanes, Heptonstall Road and the track leading to Hell Hole Rocks. In the foreground Calder Mill which was largely destroyed by fire in 1968 although by then no longer a cotton mill.
Royal visit in 1989 - ALC00161
Prince Charles visited Calderdale as part of his Business in the Community Initiative, on 14th February 1989. Here he is in New Road. Formerly C14MF
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd - ALC05023
1st September 1960
Birchcliffe, c1910 - ALC05178
A "detached" house on the end of the double-decker houses formed between Eifel Street and Edward Street. Once lived in by Elton Thomas.
Heptonstall Churches - ALC09018
Heptonstall has two churches within one graveyard. Although not unique, there is another instance at Alvingham in Lincolnshire, this is unusual. At the centre of the village are the ruins of the Church of St Thomas à Becket built between 1256 and…
Looking towards Towngate, Heptonstall - ALC09021
The building on the right is Royds Farm.
Lower Briggate, Brighouse, c1904 - ALC04471
Postcard produced by Halifax Courier
Wesleyan Chapel, Heptonstall, 1900 - ALC04783
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…
The Octagonal Methodist Church, Heptonstall - ALC04550
The chapel was built in 1764 by a Methodist Society which had grown steadily since John Wesley’s first visit in 1747. At first it was a perfect octagon, but in 1802 the sides were extended and the gallery reconstructed to increase the capacity. The…
Circus Parade in Hebden Bridge c1897 - ALC05005
The Co-op building is on the left and to the right you can just see the White Horse Hotel, now the site of Lees Yard Car Park.
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd - ALC05021
The church is decked for Harvest Festival.
Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC05859
The junction of Keighley Road and Birchcliffe Road. Originally Keighley Road was much closer to Lees Yard, now the site of Hebden bridge’s weekly markets. A house, Hollins Place, which was also a fish and chip shop, was demolished to improve the…
Hawden Hall Tea Rooms, Hardcastle Crags, c1910 - ALC00107
After the war Billy Holt opened a holiday camp in Hardcastle Crags using army surplus tents.
Station Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC00232
An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901.
Hebden Bridge - Station Road - ALC00321
An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901. This postcard may have been taken to commemorate the inaugural run.
Folly Mill and Cottages, Todmorden - ALC05169
Folly Mill, in Lumbutts Clough. Seen here in a derelict condition, it was demolished in the 1920s. The row of houses was known locally as Mouse Nest.
The Stepping Stones, Mytholmroyd - ALC06326
The building on the left is the rear of the "Shoulder of Mutton" Inn. The remnants of the steps down to the stepping stones had been saved and located outside a house adjacent to the pub but were lost in the flood prevention work in 2018. The…
Heptonstall Slack - ALC08274
Looking west towards Colden and Blackshaw Head. The cottages of Slack Bottom are on the left, Slack House on the right with Mount Zion Baptist Chapel in the distance.
The two people are believed to be the Rev George Thomas, minister at Slack…
The two people are believed to be the Rev George Thomas, minister at Slack…
The Alice Longstaff Gallery Logo - ALC00100
The Alice Longstaff Gallery logo. The idea for the collection’s logo came from a painting by Mr Donald Crossley that he presented to Alice in September 1991 to celebrate her 70 years in business. A few weeks later Alice had a heart attack and died…
Market Street, HebdenBridge - ALC00106
William Barker, credited as the first local manufacturer of ready-made clothing, built most of Market Street. This view, taken around 1910, shows Lello's Dining Rooms with the Post Office next door.
The Post Office in Hebden Bridge occupied many…
The Post Office in Hebden Bridge occupied many…
Lee Mill, Hebden Bridge - ALC00108
Lee Mill, a cotton mill in the Hebden Valley and Dog Bottom, c1910. Seen here looking up towards hardcastle Crags. The mill was demolished in the 1960s by which time it was disused,
Greaves and Chamber's shops Hebden Bridge - ALC00109
Greaves shop c1855, at the corner of Bridge Gate and New Road, now demolished. Chamber’s shop on the right later became Thomas Blackburn, Ironmongers.
Greaves Draper and Hosier later became Zacharias Spencer Florist. Spencer’s later moved to the…
Greaves Draper and Hosier later became Zacharias Spencer Florist. Spencer’s later moved to the…