From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900. This picture shows a very new looking Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel, it opened in 1898. PH86.
The low white building in the foreground is Palace House, after which the road is named. The large building in the foreground on the left is the Roman Catholic Church which was built 1896 and closed in 1991.
Dedicated to St James the Great and consecrated in 1833. Built on land donated by the Armytages of Mytholm it is unusually well out of the town centre.
Back Row, 4th from left, Mr L Lord. 7th from left Mrs E Spencer. Middle Row, 6th from left, Mary Leedham, 8th from left Mrs E Thomas, 11th from left (Polka Dot dress) Lilliam Milner.
This picture was presented to Hebden Bridge Local History Society by Mr D Thomas of Wyke. 4th February 1988. For details of the memorial stone see HLS01044.
The chapel was built in 1777. Seen here in use as the premises of the Hebden Bridge Times. This photo therefore predates its move to a new location in Crown Street in1979.
The following text is taken from Looking Back at Hebden Bridge by Frankā¦