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St Georges Bridge and the Council Offices, Hebden Bridge - ALC05853
To the left of the photo the building adjoining the Hebden Bridge Council Offices at one time housed the Hebden Bridge Library, it was removed as part of the Town Hall development, with the official opening of the new Waterfront Hall taking place on…
Hardcastle Crags, c1900 - ALC06319
Sunday afternoon in Hardcastle Crags
Boys by the River - ALC06322
The stepping stones, Hardcastle Crags
Blake Dean - ALC09017
Graining Water and Alcomden Water meet to become Hebden Beck, or Hebden Water, shown here. The Widdop Road is on the left of the picture and the building in the bend of the road is Blake Dean Chapel. Probably taken around 1900 before the…
Gibson Mill - ALC09029
Gibson Mill, built in around 1800, is situated within Hardcastle Crags woodland beside Hebden Water. It was one of the first mills of the Industrial Revolution. The mill was driven by a water wheel and produced cotton cloth up until 1890. In 1833,…
St Georges Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC09048
Bridge dated 1892. Cast Iron by "De Bergue & Co. Ltd. Manchester." A 2 span slightly skewed bridge with triangular stone breakwaters which rise into elaborately decorated piers. East pier is inscribed "E. Riley - Architect" and the west pier is…
West End Bridge, Hebden Bridge. - KEC00385
The bridge was built about 1771/2 to carry the new Halifax - Todmorden turnpike road. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Three Bridges, Hebden Bridge. - KEC00439
Bridges over Hebden Water in the town centre. In the foreground St Georges Bridge, then Old Bridge and above that West End Bridge . The buildings on the right have been demolished and replaced by a block of offices and shops. Part of the Hebden…
Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00142
Looking from West End Bridge towards Old Bridge with Old Gate on the left and the rear of buildings on Bridge Gate on the right.
Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00145
On the left is the wall of the Hole in the Wall pub, over the bridge is Bridge Gate. In the centre is the Co-op building but this view cannot be seen today as as a new building has been constructed in the gap on Crown Street.
Nutclough from Keighley Road, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00100
Hebden Water below the huge retaining wall supporting Keighley Road. When the turnpike was built c.1815 a shelf was cut out of the cliff to accommodate it.
Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00107
Looking upstream from West End Bridge with Old Gate on the left and on the right the rear of now demolished buildings on Bridge Gate. Above these is St John's Church now replaced by housing. Only the cottages in the centre on the left have been…
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00110
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation. The houses to the right of the bridge were demolished and replaced by a riverside walk.
Hebden Bridge from Keighley Road - WSC00158
The tree bridges, St Georges Bridge, Old Bridge and West End Bridge. The buildings on the right of the river bank this side of the bridge have all been replaced with a purpose built office and shop block. On the hillside to the left of the chimney is…
Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00166
The Hebden Water flowing below the mill.
Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00181
Believed to be one of the oldest images of Hebden Bridge but date unknown.
Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00187
Viewed from West End Bridge looking upstream towards the Old Bridge. All the buildings on the right-hand river bank have now gone making way for the riverside path and car park on Bridge Gate.
Co-op Weaving Shed, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00195
The weaving shed with its north lights roof and Hebden Water taken from Nutclough Mill. Victoria Road top centre going off to the left; top left part of Hangingroyd Mill, long demolished, and the single storey building in front of it is now the…
Nutclough mill and Weaving Shed, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00202
Built by the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Society a commercially successful co-operative. It was taken over by the Co-operative Wholesale Society after the First World War. Production of fustians ceased in the 1960s. Today it is once again…