The steps, which are still there, lead from Bridge Lanes up to the now demolished High Street. There used to be a small stream that ran down the hillside which was also known as the cuckoo.
Buildings on the north side of Bridge Lanes and High Street ready for demolition in 1964. In the foreground Calder Mill destroyed by fire in November 1964. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The large building in the centre of the picture, beyond the shops, is Salem Methodist Church. The building far right is Brecks Mill. Salem was replaced by the present Methodist Churci in the mid-1970s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…
Photo taken at the top of Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge. The road to the left is Heptonstall Road. The houses on the right composed "High Street" which were demolished in the 1960's, being classed as being unfit for habitation.
The town has changed a good deal since this photo was taken. Several of the mills have gone, along with the Bridge Lane houses, running from bottom left to right. Looking at the Birchcliffe area, centre right, a good many more house have been built.…
The original Salem Chapel, built 1885, replaced an earlier chapel built 1824 which only had seating for 750 with a schoolroom underneath. The new chapel had seating 1050. Falling membership after the Second World War meant eventual amalgamation with…
The blocks of flats at Mytholm Close, replaced early 21st with houses. Behind left is Bankfoot Mill which was demolished in 1971 and centre right Bridge Lanes and the bottom of Heptonstall Road.
Clearing the site for flats at Mytholm Close. The near buildings on the right are opposite the bottom of Heptonstall Road. Just visible to their left is the Fox & Goose and to their right the undemolished north side of Bridge Lanes. Adelaide Street…
Looking up Bridge Lanes towards its junction with Heptonstall Road. The large building on the left was Breck Mill, a corn mill, now demolished. On the right the buildings beyond the high gabled building were all demolished in 1964 and the area…
ALC00373. Looking down the Cuckoo Steps, still there, which run from Heptonstall Road, down to Bridge lanes. All of the buildings seen here have been demolished, centre right is High Street.
1962. Salem Methodist Chapel on Market Street opposite Hangingroyd Road. Built in 1885 it was demolished in 1973 and replaced by the present Methodist Church.