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Luddendenfoot - TWA00147
Bridge over Canal, Luddendenfoot
Luddendenfoot - TWA00142
Luddendenfoot Bridge
Luddenden Bridge - TWA00236
LUDDENDEN BRIDGE in Luddenden Village is mentioned in the will of Richard Stanclyffe of Halifax who in 1518 bequeathed “to the byldyng of Luddenden brige Xli (£10) if so be they take upon hand to bilde the brigge of stone.” This bridge and the…
Low Bridge, Luddenden - TWA00235
LOW BRIDGE or Hebble Bridge at the head of the Luddenden Dean Valley, near Castle Carr Lower Lodge, Saltenstall. It is a stone bridge of one arch. According to John Longbottom it was in former days “one of the most used ‘cross-country’ bridges for…
Lily Bridge - TWA00234
At Lily Bridge in close proximity to the railway station there used to be open air baths, “the most extensive suite of baths in Yorkshire.” There is now an iron bridge over the railway lines, and a stone bridge of two arches over the brook. A.…
Lane House Bridge, Luddenden - TWA00233
LANE HOUSE BRIDGE is a narrow stone foot-bridge near Lane House between Kershaw House and Luddenden village, over the Lud Brook. It was repairable by Luddenden and Midgley. In 1768, in December, 1s 0d was paid for mending the “wood bridge” at Lane…
Jumples Bridge, Mixenden - TWA00232
JUMPLES BRIDGE Mixenden. There has been a bridge at Jumples for centuries. A deed dated 1494 refers to “between a house late held by Richard Burnley on the south and Jompyll brigg on the north . . . “ In 1595 William Lister had a mill at Jumples…
Judy Brigg, Sowden Lane, Norwood Green - TWA00231
“JUDY BRIG” or HORSE CLOSE BRIDGE, is a one-arch stone bridge in Royds Hall Woods. It was named after a woman called Judy North colloquially known from her size as “Gurt Judy.” At one time there were pleasure gardens at this place.
Royds Hall Beck…
Royds Hall Beck…
Jack Bridge, Colden - TWA00230
JACK BRIDGE is a stone bridge of one arch towards the upper end of the Colden Valley carrying the Burnley Road over the Colden, the old road to Burnley via Blackshawhead
Horse Bridge, Crimsworth Dean - TWA00229
HORSE BRIDGE lies in Horse Bridge Clough in Crimsworth Dean and from its name it would appear that it was originally a pack-horse bridge. The present single-arch stone bridge was probably built when Lord Savile had the road made
Hoo Hole Bridge, Cragg Vale - TWA00228
HOO HOLE BRIDGE in Cragg Vale is recorded in the 1752 Bridges Book as “Houghhoyl.” A private bridge, repairable by W. Sutcliffe. It is a single-arch stone bridge with parapet. Hoo Hole was formerly the site of a corn mill and a wool fulling mill. The…
Holme House Bridge, Luddenden - TWA00227
HOLME HOUSE BRIDGE at Booth in Luddenden Dean was originally a pack-horse bridge but it was widened to the eastward. In 1776 Isaac Patchet, a carpenter, was paid 13s 7d on September 30th, 1795 for further repairs. The following resolution is…
Hebble Hole, Colden Valley - TWA00225
HEBBLE HOLE BRIDGE lies in the Colden valley in the deep clough below Hudson Mill. W. B. Crump thought that this hollow became known as Hebble-hole from the presence of the hebble or bridge there. When the meaning of the hebble passed out of common…
Hebble End Bridge, Hebden Bridge - TWA00223
HEBBLE END BRIDGE is a single-arch stone bridge on the west side of Hebden Bridge. In the sixteenth century it was known as Litthouse Bridge from the dye¬house near at hand, referred to in the Heptonstall Parish Register as Litte-house. On April…
HEBBLE BRIDGE, Wheatley - TWA00224
This is crosses the Hebble Brook at the foot of Brackenbed Lane, midway between Wheatley and Mount Pellon, and carries the road between these two places. Neptune Hotel is o n the right.
Greetland, Nr Halifax - TWA00130
Railway arch on Stainland Road, near former Greetland station
Greetland - TWA00127
Bridge over Saddleworth Road, Greetland
Grainwater Bridge - TWA00219
Grainwater Bridge, at the top end of Crimsworth Dean, accessed from Haworth Old Road.
Godley Brook, Halifax - TWA00221
GODLEY BROOK BRIDGE spanned the Red Beck at Stump Cross and part of it still exists in the bridge or culvert under which the brook flows. The following resolution appertains to this bridge. "At a vestry meeting of the in¬habitants of the township of…
Godley Bridge - TWA00220
GODLEY BRIDGE dates from 1900, the designer being E.R.S. Escott, Borough Engineer of that time. The iron skew bridge was opened on January 27th, 1900, replacing a narrow stone bridge which had probably been erected at the time Godley Cutting was made…
Foster Mill Bridge, Hebden Bridge - TWA00218
FOSTER MILL BRIDGE is situated in the Hebden Valley. It was described by W.B. Crump as “a private pack-horse bridge built probably in the 17th century to serve the fulling mill there.”
