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Gargoyle at Heptonstall - The Cat. - HLS00180
Gargoyle at Heptonstall old church known as the cat.
Heptonstall Old Church - HLS00184
Ref: 177 Lit & Sci.
Heptonstall Old Church - HLS00194
The chancel and nave of the 'new' church can be seen above on the left.
Hebden Bridge c.1912 - HLS00195
In the foreground the station warehouse and sidings and above them across Calder Holmes is Crossley Mill.
Piece Hall, Halifax - HLS00199
During the course of the 18th century Halifax came to occupy a prominent place in West Yorkshire as a cloth market, and the Piece Hall, opened in 1779, is a striking monument to the pre-factory age. ‘Pieces’ or lengths of cloth, handwoven in Pennine…
The Original Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge - HLS00205
The original Nutclough Mill building was built in the late 1700s.
Farm at Heptonstall Slack - HLS00206
Circa 1920.
Upperfoot Farm - HLS00212
This is a ‘Hall-and-Cross Wing’ house built around 1659, later encased in stone, situated between the Burnley Road and the Rochdale Canal just outside Luddendenfoot. It bears a date stone ‘E.S.S. 1659’ which probably refers to Edward Sutcliffe.
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Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge - HLS00213
Bottom of Birchcliffe Road c1947. The buildings to the left of the picture were later pulled down to enable the road junction with the Keighley Road to be widened.
Haugh End, Sowerby - HLS00216
This is Haugh End, Sowerby, built c1526, sometimes refered to as Old Haugh End. John Tillotson was born here in 1630 he went on to be Archbishop of Canturbury.
Midgehole & Lane Ends, c1950 - HLS00219
The building in the foreground is New Bridge Mill which was demolished in the 1950s. Above it is the Lodge at the gates into Hardcastle Crags. At the top of the picture is the war memorial on Smeakin Hill at Pecket Well.