In about 1830 a series of four dams was constructed above the Fieldens’ Lumbutts Mill to feed a new water-wheel tower. This striking industrial monument housed three wheels, one vertically above the other, in an ingenious piece of engineering that…
The back of Crossley Mill is on the left foreground, next to it are the 3 storey houses of New Road. Opposite them you can just make out the weaver's windows of Machpelah.
The white painted pub is the Shoulder of Mutton, behind which is the decorative end of the Council Offices. The chimney is on Bridge Mill, and behind the shop with the blind, for many years Bonsall's hardware sop, is Linden Mill..
Taken from the Old Bridge. The side of the Council Offices is on the left and the chimney of Bridge Mill centre. Directly upstream can be seen Nutclough Mill.
The Methodist Church hall on Market Street is on the left of the picture and opposite it is Hangingroyd Road. St Johns Church and the lower Birchcliffe houses are on the right.
View of Garden Street in Hebden Bridge, August 1973. The top and bottom houses have been demolished but work to create a carpark not yet undertaken. The chimney of Bridge Mill and roof of the Council Offices are in the foreground.
LLOCATION: Bridge Street, Slaithwaite
REF: CV24
GRID REF: 082 141
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Two large, late 19C spinning mills on either side of Bridge Street. The main…
LOCATION: Brougham Road, Marsden
REF: CV8
GRID REF: 050 117
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19/early20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Another of the Crowther family’s large mill complexes…
LOCATION: Bridge Street, Slaithwaite
REF: CV23
GRID REF: 082 140
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Empty
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early 20C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This is a large, five storey mill built in 1903 – probably a steel frame…
LOCATION: Bridge Street, Slaithwaite
REF: CV23
GRID REF: 082 140
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Empty
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early 20C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This is a large, five storey mill built in 1903 – probably a steel frame…
LOCATION: Bridge Street, Slaithwaite
REF: CV24
GRID REF: 082 141
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Two large, late 19C spinning mills on either side of Bridge Street. The main…