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Hepton R.D. Pecket and Luddendenfoot C.R. C.42. Improvement at Junction with Walker Lane, Chiserley Looking West at junction with Estate Road. "After" photo taken 1/10/54. Their Ref: 32/3(6a). Highways and Bridges Department, County Hall, Wakefield.…

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Hepton R.D. Walker Lane C.R. (Unclas), Reconstruction works at Chiserley. "After" photo taken 1/10/54. Their Ref: 32/3(4a). Highways and Bridges Department, County Hall, Wakefield. On the left the Old Town Co-op building, and the gable end of Green…

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Hepton R.D. Walker Lane C.R. (Unclas), Reconstruction works at Chiserley. Looking North at "Green End". "After" photo taken 1/10/54. Their Ref: 32/3(4). Highways and Bridges Department, County Hall, Wakefield. On the left the former Old Town Co-op…

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Hepton R.D. Pecket and Luddendenfoot C.R. C.42. Improvement at Junction with Walker Lane, Chiserley Looking West at junction. "Before" photo taken 10/4/53. Their Ref: 32/3(7). On the left is Mitchell's Mill.

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Hepton R.D. Walker Lane C.R. (Unclas), Reconstruction works at Chiserley. Looking North at Methodist Church. "Before" photo taken 10/4/53. Although individual workers were rarely in a position to buy their own cottages, friendly societies and…

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Hepton R.D. Pecket and Luddendenfoot C.R. C.42. Improvement at Junction with Walker Lane, Chiserley Looking East. "Before" photo taken 10/4/53. Their Ref: 32/3(5). Highways and Bridges Department, County Hall, Wakefield. Acre Mill asbestos works is…

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Hepton R.D. Pecket and Luddendenfoot C.R. C.42. Improvement at Junction with Walker Lane, Chiserley Looking East. "After" photo taken 1/10/54 Their Ref: 32/3(5a). Highways and Bridges Department, County Hall, Wakefield.

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The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

Old Town is the ancient village on Wadsworth hillside above Hebden Bridge. The hall is at the south west corner of the village green and at the extreme…

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Mr Collins of Heptonstall at the junction of Keighley Road and Old Town Road at Pecket Well, 1972

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The Methodist Church hall on Market Street is on the left of the picture and opposite it is Hangingroyd Road. St Johns Church and the lower Birchcliffe houses are on the right.

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Grade II listed building. Early C17 stone encasing of earlier timber-framed building.

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Situated above Hebden Bridge. Mitchell's Mill is prominent on the left of the picture.

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Across the centre is Acre Mill of Cape Asbestos. Known as 'The Killer Mill' after the asbestosis suffered by its workers due to breathing in asbestos dust. It closed in 1970 and was demolished in 1979 apart from the building seen down the centre of…

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View over Hebden Bridge to Old Town. St John's church can be seen next to Stubbings School on the far right. c1964

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ALC00407. General town view c.1900. The new Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel (1899) just visible on the righthand hillside above Stubbings School but Riverside School (1908/9) being built on the land above the houses in the foreground. The Council Offices…

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ALC00415. Looking across to Nursery Nook and Spring Wood Terrace at the junction of Midgehole Road and Keighley Road with Hurst Road going off diagonally left. Early 20th century pre First World War.

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The Methodist chapel centre right and above it by the terraced houses the co-op. Lilywhite Postcard

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View over Hebden Bridge towards Old Town. Formerly BT551.

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Old Town Cricket Club now has what was once the grounds for this splendid house.

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Towards the right the gabled building is Walker Lane Methodist Chapel, and to the left can be seen part of Acre Mill. Coronation Terrace is under construction.

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Many changes have transformed the scene at Old Town, viewed here in the early years of the last century. The big mill an the right is Acre Mill, which was a weaving mill, later owned by Cape Asbestos; the smaller mill on the left of it was the…
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