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This is a ‘Hall-and-Cross Wing’ house built around 1659, later encased in stone, situated between the Burnley Road and the Rochdale Canal just outside Luddendenfoot. It bears a date stone ‘E.S.S. 1659’ which probably refers to Edward Sutcliffe.

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In 1626 Charles Greenwood, Rector of Thornhill Church, purchased the sub-manor of Heptonstall from Sir Arthur Ingram for £500. He founded Heptonstall Grammar School in 1642 to be maintained by rents from property in Colden (still known as School…

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The lintel bears the initials J.B. (John Bentley) and the date 1578. The house beyond the arch on the left is Whitehall, a farmhouse, once the home of the Bentley family, hence its former name of 'Bentley's' The family lived here before 1578, when…

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Looking from the churchyard towards Towngate, c 1930.

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Seen from the churchyard. The building on the right of the arch was once the Bull Inn and later housed the Heptonstall Working Men's Club until 1972.

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The ginnel and steps up into Buttress Brink, a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress, off Old Gate opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn. Occupants had to walk through a gloomy ground floor tunnel lit by gas lamps, climb…

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Built in 1909 as a secondary school, it has also been a Grammar School and is now Riverside Junior & Infants School.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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A manor house built around 1600 and demolished 1951. Believed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.

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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.
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