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Heptonstall - Interior Bent Head, Widdop Road, 1956. - HLS05186
An early 17th century yeomen clothiers house. Grade ll listed since 1984. In the housebody of Bent Head is preserved possibly the finest inglenook fireplace in Calderdale. A door is set against a stud partition which is fixed into an upright post…
Heptonstall - Smithwell Lane. - HLS05146
HLS05146. Wesleyan Sunday School Procession, carrying their banner down Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall, which is bedecked with flags. Note the little girls in pinafore dresses, ladies in boaters, and men in cloth caps. Date unknown.
Heptonstall - Smithwell Lane. - HLS05146
Wesleyan Sunday School Procession, carrying their banner down Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall, which is bedecked with flags. Note the little girls in pinafore dresses, ladies in boaters, and men in cloth caps. Date unknown.
Heptonstall - Archway Entrance to Churchyard Bottom. - HLS05149
HLS05149. Entrance from off Smithwell Lane.
Heptonstall - Church Street Repairs. - HLS05139
Date unknown but probably late 1890s.
Heptonstall - Line of Cans on Smithwell Lane. - HLS05137
HLS05137. Heptonstall people relied on four pumps for their water supply. The pumps were locked on a Saturday night until Monday and residents put their cans or buckets out ready to fill when the water came back on.
Heptonstall - Northwell Cottage - HLS05144
The cottage is on the steep packhorse road from Heptonstall to Haworth via Midgehole and Pecket Well.
Heptonstall - Northwell Lane. - HLS05145
Part of the old packhorse road which dropped down to Midgehole then up to Pecket Well where it joined the Hebden Bridge - Haworth old road.
Heptonstall - Old Archway to Whitehall Farm, Northgate. - HLS05142
The old archway is dated 1578.
Heptonstall - Pinnacle from the New Church - HLS05152
The 'new' Church, replacing the old medieval one, opened in 1854 but was struck by lightning in 1875 causing a pinnacle to come crashing down onto the graves below. The pinnacle now sits by the church wall and the inscription reads:
"This pinnacle…
"This pinnacle…
Heptonstall - Plaque on Northgate. - HLS05140
The plaque bearing the date 1736 is on a building which used to be part of the Cross Inn. The initials are for Henry and Elizabeth Foster, who had the house built.
Heptonstall - Plaque on Northgate. - HLS05141
The plaque bearing the date 1736 is on a building which used to be part of the Cross Inn. The initials are for Henry and Elizabeth Foster, who had the house built.
Heptonstall - The Old Grammar School. - HLS05150
The plaque above the doorway is dated 1642. The building now houses Heptonstall Museum operated by Calderdale Council.
Heptonstall - Towngate c.1895. - HLS05138
Looking up towards the Cross Inn. Taken from a lantern slide.
Heptonstall - Wesleyan Chapel. - HLS05148
The unusual octagonal Grade ll Listed Chapel which was built in 1764 and was one of the earliest Wesleyan Chapels in the country. It was built following one of John Wesley's many visits to Heptonstall where he had a large following.
Heptonstall and Church. - KEC00162
Viewed from Horsehold Road. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Heptonstall Bell ringers - HLS00425
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Heptonstall Churches - HLS00244
St Thomas the Apostle seen through an arch of St Thomas a Becket.
Heptonstall Churches - HLS00255
Heptonstall, churches and village. Towards the left of the picture is the church hall.
Heptonstall Churches - HLS00291
In 1909 the old church was repaired from July to October, after £600 was raised by subscription.
Heptonstall Churches, Old & New. - HLS01183
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900. PH86.