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  • Collection: William Henwood collection

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Undated postcard. A former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted into an ‘entertainment emporium’…

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Postcard date stamped December 1929. A former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted into an…

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Undated postcard. A former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted into an ‘entertainment emporium’…

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Postcard with illegible date stamp but prior to the cottages becoming the Lord Holme Restaurant. The former mill workers' cottages are in the yard of Gibson Mill, officially Lord Holme Mill, a water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle…

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Undated postcard addressed to "Little Percy Walters" exhorting him to be a good boy.

The Greenwood's ‘Lord Holme Restaurant’ in one the Lord Holme Cottages in the yard of Gibson Mill, officially Lord Holme Mill, a former water powered cotton mill…

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Undated postcard. Gibson Mill is a former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted into an…

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Postcard date stamped July 1909. Gibson Mill is a former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags, it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted…

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Undated postcard. The path seen here drops down from the Drive a few hundred metres beyond Gibson Mill to a bridge over Hebden Water and the river path back to Gibson Mill.

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Undated postcard. View looking in the direction the Gate Lodge and Midgehole.

The Drive, built by Lord Savile in the mid-19th century, runs the length of the Crags from the Lodge at Midgehole, past Gibson Mill, to Lord Savile's shooting lodge at…

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Undated postcard. This water wheel obviously had a function, but from the picture it is not clear what that was.

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Undated postcard. This farm was in Crimsworth Dean below Pecket Well, and the occupiers were obviously taking advantage of the large numbers of visitors to the area to earn some extra money from refreshments, as did many others.

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Undated postcard. Wheat Ing Farm in Crimsworth Dean with Wheat Ing bridge across the beck.

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Postcard with April 1958 postmark. Wheat Ing Farm, originally three farm workers cottages, has since been renovated.

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They say you can't believe everything you read in the papers, the same applies to postcards! A similar view is captioned Colden Valley, but even that is not right, this is looking up the Crimsworth Valley, with Hollin Hall Farm right of centre.

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Undated postcard. Lee Mill, demolished 1970s, bottom left and Heptonstall Church a landmark on the skyline.

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Postcard with August 1925 postmark. Looking over New Bridge, Midgehole, up to Crimsworth Dean. Bottom left the roof of New Bridge Mill, a former water powered cotton mill, and centre right the entrance to the Crags.

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Undated postcard. Looking across Hebden Dale with Peckett Well top left and Midgehole Upper Mill or Dyeworks in the centre of the picture.

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Undated postcard. Looking up Crimsworth Dean with Midgehole and New Bridge Mill bottom centre of the picture and the Lodge and gates to Hardcastle Crags above.
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