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  • Collection: Hebden Bridge Local History Society

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

This hall, standing on the hillside above Holywell Green and approached by road from Holywell Brook, is now divided into a farmhouse and three cottages. …

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

Once in a secluded situation and surrounded by woods, but now hedged in by buildings and the railway. The hall itself has been scheduled in the 1913 L & Y…

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

Old Town is the ancient village on Wadsworth hillside above Hebden Bridge. The hall is at the south west corner of the village green and at the extreme…

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

In past years the home was solely occupied by a wealthy and influential clothier or yeoman, but today the building is split up into a farmhouse and a number…

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

A handsome structure which, occupied for the most part by men of culture and substance, has changed little since it was built. It was erected in 1769, the…

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

In Warley Township but more intimately associated with the Luddenden valley, for it lies to the right of the steep, long road between Mount Tabor and…

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PH/28. The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

A castle-like building with a fine Norman tower. It is known that there have been three buildings on the site; the present one was erected short of…

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Barber Gledhill papers found for removal. See also HLS01055 and 6 for full story.

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Bob Gledhill (left) and Mr Taylor, Geography Master at Todmorden Grammar School with papers found for removal. See also HLS01054 and 6 for full story.

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The original plans for this aqueduct over the River Calder, near its confluence with Hebden Water, were drawn by John Rennie, and modified by William Jessop. William Crossley of Brighouse supervised the work. Photo taken 1973.

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Note windows at all corners to enable lock keeper to keep a watchful eye on both sides from bedroom too!

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Looking east, the Birchcliffe hillside is to the left of the picture.

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Fred Brown's Mill can be seen and the houses of Royd terrace.

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Built in 1909 as a secondary school, it has also been a Grammar School and is now Riverside Junior & Infants School.

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Shows how the bridge had been widened and rebuilt. The building on the right is the former Neptune Inn.
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