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After many years of time standing still, the iconic Carlton Buildings clock is ticking once more above Hebden Bridge.

The developers of the flats, Carlton Chambers, removed the original public clock machinery which was maintained by Hebden Royd…

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The parish church of St James is in the centre of the picture. In the middle distance is Lumb Bank, the former home of Ted Hughes, with the houses of Slack on the skyline.

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The mill is Calder Mill, owned at one Abraham Robertshaw. Queens Terrace on Heptonstall Road can be seen top right.

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Many of the "over and under" houses or "double decker" or “top and bottom” houses in Hebden Bridge are legally referred to as "flying freeholds". Wikipedia describes them as:
Flying freehold is an English legal term to describe a freehold which…

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The "White Lion" was orginally built as a private residence for the King family around 1657, and was known as Kings Farm. It became a pub and posting house in the mid 1700's. It is reported that the composer F Liszt stayed there in 1840. The pub had…
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