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Waterside - MOT00181
A view across the 'New' shed at Waterside in 1912. Interior of the large weaving shed at Waterside in 1912. It is now the site of the Morrisons Supermarket.
Robinwood Mill and Nott Wood Viaduct, Lydgate. - MOT00174
Robinwood c1910, a panorama of industry and communications with the 13 arch Nott Wood Viaduct on the Todmorden-Burnley line, the so called Copy Pit Line. Robinwood Mill, built in 1834, and purchased by Fielden Bros. in 1844, became the centre of…
Oldroyd Mill, about 1912. - MOT00152
Water powered mills on the line of Lumbutts Clough in Causey Wood. Oldroyd Mill, about 1912, the last mill to be powered by water from Lumbutts Clough. The manager's house is attached to the left of the building. The mill chimney in the far…
Proclamation of King George, 1910 - GEE00117
Edward V11 died 6 May 1910, George V became king
Sowerby Bridge Carriage Cleaners. - GEE00107
Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 women were recruited to do many jobs previously done by men. Seen here a team of carriage cleaners posing for the camera at Sowerby Bridge Depot.
Gravestone in unknown location - LLG00156
Engraving"In Loving Memory of James Arthur Walton, Fairfield, Hebden Bridge Who Died August 30th 1913? Aged 52 years. Also of Betsy, Beloved Wife of the above Died January 22nd 1921 Aged 52 years. Sweet Remembrance of a Dear Husband & Father,…
Gravestone in unknown location - LLG00152
Inscription: In Loving Memory of AMELIA. BELOVED WIFE OF JAMES WALTON OF HANGINIGROYD, HEBDEN BRIDGE WHO DIED FEBY 19TH 1915 AGED 50 YEARS. ALSO OF THE ABOVE JAMES WALTON WHO DIED JULY 30TH 1918, AGED 48 YEARS. "At Rest". ALSO WILLIAM WALTON WHO…
Gravestone in unknown location - LLG00143
Inscription: In Loving Memory of EVERTON INGHAM, DEARLY BELOVED SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH ANN UTTLEY, Br????ton?, Heptonstall, WHO DIED OCT 17TH 1911, AGED 19 YEARS. ALSO OF SARAH, THE DEARLY BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED SEPT 12TH…
Memorial to Crossley Westerman at Slack Cemetery - LLG00142
Inscription: Sacred to the memory of CROSSLY WESTERMAN Osborne House, Hebden Bridge BORN JULY 6TH 1861, DIED AUGUST 25TH 1918 ALSO OF ???? DAUGHTER OF SYDNEY (REDMAN?) DIED JUNE 12 1(9?? ??????) ALSO SYDNEY REDMAN DIED (DEC?)EMBER 2ND (1886?)…
Charlestown - Train at Thistle Bottom. - LLG00134
The track to left of train is the site of the infamous curve. It was the cause of many accidents over the years including a serious derailment in 1912 with several casualities including three fatalities. The detached house in the foreground is called…
Gladys, Claude and Mary Monica Longbottom. - HOL00143
Claude Served with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps in the first world war. He is in uniform here so this was possibly taken in about 1915. He would have been 18 in 1915 and Gladys would have been 21 and Monica 15.
Back of Postcard - HOL00138
Postcard from Clarance Holt, June 1917
Note on letter - HOL00137
Derrick's handwriting, the envelope contained the last letter he received from his father. Derrick was 8 years old on 1st July 1917 and his father, Clarance, was killed at Passchendaele 9th October that year.
Letter from Clarance Holt - HOL00135
Letter from Clarance Holt to his youngest son, Derrick, on his 8th Birthday 1st July 1917.
John Mahony (Jack), 1878 Bradford. c1915 - HOL00124
John with Margaret Mahony nee O'Rourke, 1873 - 1944, with daughter Margaret (Peggy) 1914 – 1993.
Postcard from Clarance Holt, dated June 1917 - HOL00123
He was killed 9th October 1917
Clarance Holt's Regiment – HOL00121
22nd Manchester Regiment. Clarance is 4th from right on next to back row. Probably dated 1916 outside army hut before leaving with B.E.F. for France
Clarance Hebblethwaite Holt – HOL00110
Born in Leeds 22/3/1882, died 9/10/1919 at Passchendaele.
Clarance Hebblethwaite Holt – HOL00109
Born in Leeds 22/3/1882, died 9/10/1919 at Passchendaele.
Weston Hall, the parish Stocks - HLS06047
Slide 11 - Weston, though historically speaking, a parish, has now the appearance of a diminutive but scattered hamlet. Few buildings are visible, and a the top of the village, beneath the shadow of a magnificent old elm tree, are the old village…
Weston Hall, East front from the Lawn - HLS06038
Slide 2 - In 1284 Weston Hall was held by William de Stopham, and afterwards it came into the family of Vavasour. For more than five centuries the house has been the ancestral home of the Vavasours, and was retained in the male line until 1883 when…
Nunnington Hall from South West - HLS05972
Slide 3 - Nunnington Hall is built on the site of the ancient Nunnery, after that place was dissolved. The old Hall and estate were, about the year 1580, the property of John Hickes, who was Lord of the Manor. It afterwards passed to the Grahams of…
Kildwick Hall from the Terrace - HLS05917
Slide 2 - After the Dissolution of the monasteries at the time of Henry V111, the Kildwick estates and Manor passed into the hands of the Currer family who built the Hall about 1673 and lived there for several generations. It now (1916) belongs to…
Portrait of Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell, Newburgh Priory - HLS05887
Slide 17 - In the same room ia a presentation picture of Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell, given by the Tenantry of the estate on the occasion of their 'Golden Wedding' in 1911.
Ledston Hall, from the North West - HLS05834
Slide 10 - Passing along the terrace path another view is taken in the opposite direction, showing one of the corner Towers and a portion of the building front facing west.
Sir John Lewis, who died in 1671, left no son to inherit his properties, but…