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Little Burlees, Hebden Bridge, 1949 - HLS00143
The Grade II listed house dates from about 1640.
Hebden Bridge Agricultural Show, 1900 - HLS00144
Agricultural Show, 1900 on Calder Holmes. In the background are Crossley's Houses and Crossley Mill.
Hannah Riley and Daniel Jones Crossley, c1858 - HLS00147
They moved into the newly built Fallingroyd House, Hebden Bridge, with their two sons in 1873.
Daniel and Hannah were both born in 1824. A descendant of these two people, Mrs Duly, sent the photograph to Diana Monahan. The family believed the…
Daniel and Hannah were both born in 1824. A descendant of these two people, Mrs Duly, sent the photograph to Diana Monahan. The family believed the…
Robin Hood Inn, Cragg Vale - HLS00148
Ref: 010GreenKC Lit & Sci.
Robin Hood Inn, Cragg Vale - HLS00149
Ref: 010KSL Lit & Sci.
Great Burlees, Hebden Bridge - HLS00150
The Grade II house dates from the late 16th century.
Old Birchcliffe Chapel, Sandy Gate, Hebden Bridge - HLS00153
The first General Baptist's meetings were held in a house on Wadsworth Lane but requiring bigger premises the congregation built the first Birchcliffe Chapel in 1764 on Sandy Gate.
This was re-built and enlarged in 1825 and then replaced in 1898 by…
This was re-built and enlarged in 1825 and then replaced in 1898 by…
The Hole in the Wall Hotel, Hebden Bridge - HLS00156
The opening of the new Hole in the Wall in 1899. This replaced an earlier Inn which had been demolished a few years earlier and temperance groups unsuccessfully fought to prevent it being replaced.
Bridges at Mytholmroyd, 1960 - HLS00159
Showing the rear of the 'up' Manchester Platform across the viaduct. The platforms not only extended across the viaduct but overhung it supported by massive brackets as seen here. This was not without incident and on more than one occasion flags and…
Greenwood Lee, Heptonstall. - HLS00165
Greenwood Lee was the home of several generations of the Gibson family, but Abraham Gibson, a bachelor, was the last of the line. The property was left to the National Trust, but was sold in 1961 to raise money for the upkeep of Hardcastle Crags. On…
Old Map of Birchcliffe Area - HLS00167
The plan was drawn in relation to litigation over water rights on the Birchcliffe hillside late circa 1775.
Hebden Bridge Station c.1845 - HLS00169
Tinted lithograph of the station by A. F. Tait from his book 'Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway, published in 1845. This section of the line had opened in October 1840.
Edward Binney Gibson plaque - HLS00170
The plaque was located in the memorial gardens, Hebden Bridge.
Made at Acre Mill, Old Town, Wadsworth. - HLS00171
The mill became notorious for asbestos related diseases amongst its workforce many of whom died from their illnesses. The mill closed and was demolished in 1979.
Mytholm & Stubbing Holme, Hebden Bridge. - HLS00172
Looking up the valley with the chimney of Calderside Mill next to Whiteley Arches top centre. On the left houses on Stubbing Holme under construction and to their right Stubbing Holme Dyeworks.
Heptonstall Old Church - HLS00173
The old church dedicated to St Thomas a Becket was damaged by a gale in 1847 and replaced by a new church on the same site dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle. Much of the stone and roof was subsequently pillaged but its ruins remain.
Memorial Gardens Hebden Bridge. - HLS00174
St Thomas' RC Church and Fairfield in the background.
Stoodley Pike - HLS00175
This eye-catching monument on the Pennine Way stands 1,310 feet above sea level and some 120 feet high on the crest of a windswept hill. It was erected to commemorate the surrender of Paris to the Allied Armies in March 1814: during the Napoleonic…
St James Church, Hebden Bridge - HLS00176
The Parish Church but at Mytholm, well out of the town centre.
Little Burlees, Hebden Bridge. - HLS00177
The Grade II listed house dates from about 1640.
Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall - HLS00178
White Lion Hotel is on the right.
Grave of Rev N. Daniel Towne, - HLS00179
Grave of Rev N. Daniel Towne, Vicar of Heptonstall for 44 years, died 1712.