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Mitchell Bros Mill Dam, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00104
The wooden hut contained the large valve which controlled the flow of water in the 9” (225 mm) pipe flowing to the turbine, near Sandy Gate.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00103
The Mitchell Mill reservoir on Wadsworth Moor. The water was used to power the turbine near Sandy Gate. The turbine was stopped or started by a large valve situated in a wooden hut over the mill dam.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00102
Percy Pollard and his son Derek inside the Lancashire Boiler; they are sitting on the two tubes. The bioler had to be descaled and inspected every year.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00101
Percy Pollard, mill Engineer, born 12/5/1908, and the fixed water level indicator between the two glass water gauges, the pipes and valves on the left werefor the water injector that put water into the boiler under pressure.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00100
Percy Pollard, Mill Engineer, born 12/5/1908, the engine was made by Woodhouse & Mitchell in Brighouse
View over Old Town, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00104
Centre left is Acre Mill of Cape Asbestos which was demolished in 1979 by which time it was disused. Postcard.
Far Nook, Old Town, Wadsworth - JSB00141
Grade II listed building. Early C17 stone encasing of earlier timber-framed building.
Looking down on Hebden Bridge from Horsehold - JSB00122
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.
Pecket Well - JSB00111
Mr Collins of Heptonstall at the junction of Keighley Road and Old Town Road at Pecket Well, 1972
Looking down Hebden Dale towards Old Town, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00144
Undated postcard. Although the postcard is captioned ‘Old Bridge’ it is in fact New Bridge at Midgehole below the entrance to Hardcastle Crags; the angle of the camera has hidden from view the buildings on the right of the river bank. Old Town Mill…
Interior of Wainsgate Baptist Church - MCH00152
Wainsgate Baptist Church is a redundant chapel standing in an elevated position above the town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The chapel and its attached school are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade…
Interior of Wainsgate Baptist Church - MCH00151
Wainsgate Baptist Church is a redundant chapel standing in an elevated position above the town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The chapel and its attached school are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade…
Hebden Bridge Landscape. - KEC00449
Looking across from Horsehold Road over to Old Town with Acre Mill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Chiserley, Old Town - KEC00357
The impressive gate posts of the former Boston Hill house are in the centre of the picture, with Heptonstall in the distance. Old Town cricket ground can be seen through the trees on the left. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Looking towards Old Town - KEC00330
Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Looking over from on or near Sandy Gate. Heptonstall on the left and Old Town on the right. - KEC00325
SONY DSC Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Cape Asbestos - KEC00322
Cape Asbestos, Old Town near Hebden Bridge Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Cape Asbestos, Acre Mill, Hebden Bridge. - KEC00322
The mill at Chiserley, Old Town gained notoriety as 'The Killer Mill, as many of its worker contracted asbestosis through breathing in asbestos dust. The mill closed in 1970 but wasn't largely demolished until 1978/9. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local…
Old Town, Hebden Bridge - MCH00153
The building on the left hand edge of the photo is Acre Mill, most recently used by Cape Asbestos Company before its demolition. It was associated with many people suffering from asbestosis. The building under construction on the left is coronation…
