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Heath Old Hall, from the South - HLS05898
Slide 3: The exterior is better described in picture than it can be in words. The elevated position of the house adds to its distinction, as well as its picturesqueness, as may be seen in the curious terraces and stairway on the south frontage, the…
Heath Old Hall, Stairway to Terrace - HLS05899
Slide 4: This shows the nearer view of the stairway leading to the terrace, just alluded to. It is noteworthy that a house that has passed through so many hands should have remained so little spoiled externally in its main features as this house has…
Heath Old Hall, Inner Hall and Staircase - HLS05900
Slide 5: The central hall as shown on slide, was formerly open to the sky to give light to the gallery on the first floor.
This well was afterwards roofed in, covered with glass by the Right honourable John Smythe, the owner of the Mansion. A…
This well was afterwards roofed in, covered with glass by the Right honourable John Smythe, the owner of the Mansion. A…
Heath Old Hall, Chimney Piece in Long Gallery - HLS05901
Slide 6: Mr John Wombwell, an East Indian Nabob (a person, especially a European, who has made a large fortune in India or another country of the East), who lived here towards the end of the eighteenth century, is said to have spent a large sum of…
Kirklees Hall, Showing Old Mullioned Windows to South Side - HLS05939
Slide 12 - This view shows some of the old mullioned windows of the late Elizabethan period, which have, unlike the northern front, escaped mutilation.
Oakwell Hall, Plaster Work to Windows - HLS05991
Slide 13. The sides of the mullioned windows in the same room are ornamented with some quaintly designed decoration plaster panels.
Oakwell Hall, View from South Edge of Moat - HLS05992
Slide 14. Such is the central point of the scenery in which walk the dauntless 'Shirley', the gentle Caroline, the Rectors, the inimitable Curates, and all the dramatis personae who take part in this perfect West Riding Drama.
As it is around this…
As it is around this…
Camping in Hardcastle Crags - HLS06081
Thornton's Tea Rooms at Hebden Hey, also known as Cosy Corner
Old Gate and Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge - HLS06082
Looking along Old Gate and the Hebden Water in the centre of the town towards Bridge Mill. Taken prior to the construction of the Council Offices and St Georges Bridge mid-1890s.
Bell House, Cragg Vale - HLS06083
Home of the notorious Cragg coiner David "King" Hartley.
Bell House, Cragg Vale - HLS06087
Home of the notorious Cragg coiner David "King" Hartley.
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge - KEC00101
Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel on the hill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Walking down the Buttress, Hebden Bridge - KEC00102
Buildings of Buttress Brink which were demolished in the 1960s on the right. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Buttress, Hebden Bridge - KEC00103
Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel in the distance. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Hebden Bridge - Bottom of the Buttress - KEC00104
The bottom of the old route up to Heptonstall. The Hole in the Wall is on the left, and on the far side of the Old Bridge is the White Swan. The road to the right is old Gate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The Footbridge and Railway Viaduct at Mytholmroyd - KEC00105
1960. 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 and…