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Hebden Bridge, the bottom of The Buttress - HLS00225
The part building on the left is the 'Hole-in-the-wall' pub. The other buildings were demolished in the 1960s.
Picnic at Hawden Hall, Hardcastle Crags - HLS00227
Originally Hawden Hole it was developed after the First World War for camping and tea rooms. The white building has long been demolished and the other building extended and re-named Hawden Hall.
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge - HLS00232
A warren of tenements at the bottom of the Buttress opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall pub they were demolished in the 1960s as unfit for human habitation.
Hebden Bridge Parish Church - HLS00233
Dedicated to St James the Great
Hebden Bridge Parish Church - HLS00234
Dedicated to St James the Great
Mytholm from Stubbing - HLS00235
In the foreground Mytholm Hall which was demolished in the 1960s to make way for sheltered accommodation
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge - HLS00237
Date unknown but probably pre-First World War. In the centre is St James Parish Church, below it is Mytholm Hall, and above them the two Eaves Mills which were demolished after the First World War. Bottom right Stubbing Holme Dyeworks, above it…
The Old Grammar School, Heptonstall - HLS00238
In 1626 Charles Greenwood, Rector of Thornhill Church, purchased the sub-manor of Heptonstall from Sir Arthur Ingram for £500. He founded Heptonstall Grammar School in 1642 to be maintained by rents from property in Colden (still known as School…
St Thomas a Becket Old Church, Heptonstall - HLS00239
An early print showing the church before it was damaged by a gale in 1847 resulting in the building of a new church shortly after.
Heptonstall, the Old Archway to Whitehall Farm - HLS00242
The lintel bears the initials J.B. (John Bentley) and the date 1578. The house beyond the arch on the left is Whitehall, a farmhouse, once the home of the Bentley family, hence its former name of 'Bentley's' The family lived here before 1578, when…
Heptonstall Churches - HLS00244
St Thomas the Apostle seen through an arch of St Thomas a Becket.
Fallen Pinnacle, Heptonstall - HLS00247
On 5th April, 1875, the southwest pinnacle of the church was struck by lightening, and fell, causing considerable damage to the roof and nearby tombstones. The damage was repaired at a cost of £200, which was raised by public subscription. The pieces…
Heptonstall Old Church, the Piscina - HLS00248
A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, used for washing the communion vessels. PH12 HBS07