RIPPONDEN OLD BRIDGE was written about by a former President of the Halifax Antiquairans, the late J. H. Priestley, and his paper appeared in the 1935 Transactions.
Bridge that carries Wakefield Road over the Halifax Arm of the Calder & Hebble Navigation at Salterhebble. The arm used to go right into Halifax but now terminates just before the Water Mill public house and Premier Inn.
In his will dated Feb 1st, 1533, John Waterhouse left twelve pence “to the amendying of Salterhebble.” W.B. Crump wrote that for the present this remains the earliest use of the dialect word “hebble”. In 1637 a fine of £40 was imposed on the…
SOYLAND MILL BRIDGE is at Dam Side over the Lumb Clough stream. It is a single-arch, undated, stone bridge. The following entries appear in the accounts for 1741 of John Normanton, the Sowerby Constable:¬
Paid Matthew Nickolson for Soyland Miln…
This is Spa Bridge, Oldham Road, Rishworth where the A672 meets M62 at Windy Hill. The curved front wall of this bridge still exists though Sps Clough is now culveted not bridged.
ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE, Hebden Bridge. was built in 1899, the cost being met by public subscription plus a grant from the West Riding County Council. The bridge had a very steep gradient, and before it was altered a chain horse was needed by loaded…
HEPTON BRIDGE was written about by the late W.B. Crump at p121 in the 1924 HAS Transactions, in Part 111 of “Ancient Highways of the Parish of Halifax.”