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Looking up towards the station. The large station warehouse is still there at the top but Local Authority housing not yet built on the land between Palace House Road and the line.

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1920s or '30s. By this time carting had been contracted out by the LMS and here to Robertshaw Bros. A mixture of vehicles and registration plates; with the exception of the second from the right which is a Huddersfield number the rest are all…

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The derelict station building after closure in 1951. Now demolished although the rear wall built into the hillside remains as does the level crossing.

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c1937/8. Constructing the footbridge over the canal from the Memorial Garden to Calder Holmes Park. In the distance beneath the bridge can be seen Victoria Bridge on Station Road over the Calder and centre right semaphore signal on the railway near…

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ALC00431. Date unknown but the land in the foreground not yet levelled for the construction of the railway siding in 1919. Centre right

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Looking from the top of Halifax Road towards the market place and the railway viaduct over Burnley Road. On the right the Town Hall and on the left is the Yorkshire Penny Bank.

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The school which opened in 1875 as a Board School was opposite the railway station, seen here above the school. To the left of the station is Cockden Mill. The school closed in 1946 and was subsequently demolished.

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Cockden was the industrial area of Eastwood and Cockden Mill, known as Dan Crabtree's, was west of the station. The typical L&YR station name board is on the right. The mill was demolished late 1950s/early 60s by when derelict.

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"This photo was taken from the South hillside with Woodland view in the foreground. Beyond the railway line Knott Hall is on the left, Old Charlestown and Stoney Lane are in the centre with Turret Royd just above. Turret Hall (Wood farm) can be seen…

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1933. The bowstring bridge over the Rochdale Canal; when built in 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway it was one of the first such in the country. It was replaced in 1939 with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the left Canalside Mill…

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The steel bow string bridge was designed by George Stephenson and was one of the earliest of its type. He was employed by Manchester & Leeds Railway when the line was built in the late 1830's. The line was opened in October 1840 except for the…

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Bottom centre the passenger station and to its left the large railway warehouse and goods sidings. Above them can be seen Riverside School, originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School which opened 1909. At the top of Station Road by Princes Bridge is…

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View across the railway station to the town. The passenger station, re-built 1891/2, wedged between Victoria Mill to its right and the large railway warehouse to the left and beyond it Crossley Mill. Bottom right the Crow Nest Works of the joint…

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Looking up the valley to Charlestown. The tall chimney is Calderside Mill built in 1824 as a cotton mill but converted to a dyeworks in 1875. It was built by John Whiteley and the neighbouring railway viaduct became known as Whitley Arches. The mill…

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An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901. This postcard may have been taken to commemorate the inaugural run.

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ALC00320. Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking up Keighley Road from the Railway Station early twentieth century. At Whitsuntide and September holiday weekends several thousand people would arrive by train for a day out.

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The station is on a narrow embankment with the 'up', Manchester, platform buildings supported by stilts. The covered structure to the left of the building crossed under the viaduct to the main station building at first floor level. At the time this…

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An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901.

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To the left of the picture is the site of the Fairfield Estate which was built on Hebden Bridge Co-op land. The houses adjoining this land were built for the carters employed by the Co-op. On the right stands Victoria Mill which was occupied for many…

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View from Wood Top across the railway station to the town. The passenger station, re-built 1891/2, is wedged between, on the right Victoria Mill, occupied for many years by F. & H. Sutcliffe who manufactured portable wooden buildings, and on its left…

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LYRS60 The site is now mixed use but the stone gate pillars remain but not in their original position and a distance apart. Note the Victorian postbox in the wall.

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LYRS2741. The Spen Valley Line connecting Mirfield on the Calder Valley Main Line with Low Moor opened in July 1848 and the line between Low Moor and Bradford opened in May 1850. The first station here opened at the same time as the line and was…
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