Mytholm Hall is centre picture with St James Church behind and the long demolished Bankfoot Mill to its right. Heptonstall Church at the top of the picture. The hall was demolished in 1969 to make way for accommodation for the elderly. Part of the…
Mytholm Hall is centre picture with St James Church behind and the long demolished Bankfoot Mill to its right. You can just see Heptonstall Church at the top of the picture. The hall was demolished in 1969 to make way for accommodation for the…
Photo of the Hartley family taken on Churchyard Bottom, Heptonstall. Lady on the right is Martha Ann and the one holding the baby is Lily Metcalfe (her daughter).
Ladies of Heptonstall Methodist Chapel at a village fete in Weavers Square, at a stall with a nautical theme. L to R: Vera Ingham, Marian Greenwood, Eileen Longbottom, Margaret Harwood, Dorothy Smith, Emma Longbottom.
Named after the town of Dawson City in The Yukon in Canada which experienced the Klondike Gold Rush towards the end of the 19th century, this place, above Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, was well established by the time of the 1901 census.
There were…
In ancient times a cat would sometimes be walled into a house when it was being built, this was supposed to bring good luck to the house - it certainly didn't bring it to the cat.
These gentlemen could no doubt tell a tale or two.
Possibly in the back yard of the Cross Inn at Heptonstall. The Cross Inn has had a lot of changes over the years. The name of the inn may have been taken from the cross above the door.
This church was built at a cost of £7,000. The new church was consecrated on 26th October 1854 by Bishop Longley of Ripon and dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle.
Heptonstall has two churches within one graveyard. Although not unique, there is another instance at Alvingham in Lincolnshire, this is unusual. At the centre of the village are the ruins of the Church of St Thomas à Becket built between 1256 and…
Greenwood Lee House is a large yeoman clothiers’ house, Grade II* listed and perhaps one of the finest vernacular buildings in West Yorkshire. Although the porch bears the date 1712, it is recorded as having been sold twice in 1650. For a time it was…
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.