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…
Postcard with February 1909 postmark. 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…
Undated postcard. Looking down the valley towards Hebden Bridge with Lee Mill and the mill dam, to its left is Lee Mill Road and left of that Midgehole Road. Heptonstall Church is on the skyline. Lee Mill was a former cotton mill and was demolished…
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…
Undated postcard. Hawden Hole is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
Looking up Hebden Dale towards Hardcastle Crags. Below the road is Lee Mill, a former cotton mill that was demolished in the 1970s. On the hilltop is Pecket Well War Memorial.
Undated postcard. Although the postcard is captioned ‘Old Bridge’ it is in fact New Bridge at Midgehole below the entrance to Hardcastle Crags; the angle of the camera has hidden from view the buildings on the right of the river bank. Old Town Mill…
Undated postcard. Looking up Crimsworth Dean. Below centre is the Lodge and entrance to Hardcastle Crags with the drive through the Crags going off to the left. Bottom left is New Bridge Mill a former water powered cotton mill part of which became…
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.
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.
Undated postcard. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags, three of which are still useable when the river is low. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river, was one of…
Postcard with June 1939 postmark. Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking along Midgehole Road past Lee Miil, a former cotton mill demolished in the 1970s. On the skyline is Pecket Well War Memorial.
Undated postcard. Visitors walking up Keighley Road to Hardcastle Crags from the railway station early 20th century. All in their Sunday best for a day out in the country! At weekends and particularly at holiday times visitors to Hardcastle Crags and…
Undated postcard. To the right of centre is Lee Mill, a former cotton mill demolished in the 1970s, and above it Midgehole Road to Hardcastle Crags. Just discernible to the mill's left amongst the trees is the chimney of Midgehole Upper Mill or…
Postcard date stamped September 1917. Second of a series published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway using this photo promoting cheap rail fares to Hebden Bridge for Hardcastle Crags. The promotional text on the reverse of the card…
Postcard stamped November 1907. On the right is the lodge at the entrace to Hardcastle Crags. On the left above the houses is New Bridge Mill, originally a water powered cotton mill but in the 1890s part converted into Lello's Tearooms to cater for…
Postcard date stamped June 1906. Looking down the valley in the direction of Hebden Bridge. The entrance to Hardcastle Crags was a short distance to the left. The large lettering on the building on the right would have been visible from the entrance…