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  • Collection: David's Own Pictures

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Photograph of Crimsworth Dean taken from Haworth Old Road looking towards Hebden Bridge (2000)

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Also known as Lord Holme Mill, it was built about 1800 to produce cloth from cotton.
The mill ceased operation in 1890, and was used as a dance hall, and roller skating rink, among other facilities. The mill was largely derelict following WWII, but…

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More correctly 'Midgehole Workingmen's Club' - it is over 100 years old and is known locally as 'The Blue Pig'.

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Once an incredibly popular & busy pub - it has now been converted into a private dwelling.

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Midgehole WMC - January 1999. The club was run on a voluntary basis - this is David Martin on Bar duty.

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This was the home of John Fielden MP who bought the Centre Vale estate in 1842 from local cotton mill owner, Thomas Ramsbottom, who built the original house. The mansion was used as a hospital during the First World War and later opened as a museum.…

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It is thought this was an old wash-house, located on the Keighley Road near Pecket, for the cottages opposite.

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This restaurant actually materialised - opened for a while - then there was a fire and it closed.

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Moored at Warland, Walsden, this restaurant actually materialised - opened for a while - then there was a fire and it closed.

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This restaurant actually materialised - opened for a while - then there was a fire and it closed.

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Leeds to Manchester line - approach to Todmorden from Hallroyd bridge.

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Junction of Hurst Road & Keighley Road, Hebden Bridge. Possibly a boundary stone marking the start of the Savile Estate.

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Woodhouse Mill was built in 1832 and spun cotton for a century until the Depression halted production. It remained empty for 50 years until it was bought by an enthusiast who planned an industrial heritage centre, but restoration was halted by the…

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Window in Hole in the Wall Pub, Hebden Bridge announcing Music and Dancing were available.

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Erected in 1657 as King's Farm, this Grade II listed building, which backs onto the River Hebden and its weir, is the oldest hotel in Hebden Bridge.

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A Grade II Listed building - it was constructed by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Co.
c.1840 to replace Weasel Hall which was demolished in the construction of the
railway line.
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