On the right of the photo is the original "Hole in the Wall". The wedge shaped building is the end of Royd Terrace. The buildings on the left formed "Buttress Brink", with Old Gate passing in front of the shops.
The hotel on the left is the former Nutclough House pub and above it the double-decker Eiffel Buildings on the road which runs down to join Keighley Road where vehicles can be seen.
Sign reads: "Ye Bowmen and ye Archers good, Come in and drink with Robin Hood. If Robin to that fate has gone, Then take a glass with Little John" 1834 A.D.
The Cross In Hepstonstall was built in 1617 on the site of an older hostelry. The Grade 2 listed building has also been known as the Union Cross. The facade on Town Gate is from the Victorian era.
In the middle of the 18th century it was called The White Swan and renamed The Lord Nelson after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) It is in Luddenden Village opposite the church.