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Rastrick Bridge, Brighouse - TWA00254
RASTRICK BRIDGE, Brighouse, The Borough of Brighouse derives its name from this ancient bridge. An ancient house or houses stood near the bridge over the Calder between Brighouse and Rastrick. hence the name Brighouse, or Bridge-house, and for a time…
Ripponden Bridge - TWA00106
Ripponden old Bridge, circa 1960
Ripponden Old Bridge - TWA00255
RIPPONDEN OLD BRIDGE was written about by a former President of the Halifax Antiquairans, the late J. H. Priestley, and his paper appeared in the 1935 Transactions.
Salterhebble - TWA00138
Footbridge at the locks at Salterhebble
Salterhebble - TWA00139
Bridge that carries Wakefield Road over the Halifax Arm of the Calder & Hebble Navigation at Salterhebble. The arm used to go right into Halifax but now terminates just before the Water Mill public house and Premier Inn.
Salterhebble Bridge - TWA00257
In his will dated Feb 1st, 1533, John Waterhouse left twelve pence “to the amendying of Salterhebble.” W.B. Crump wrote that for the present this remains the earliest use of the dialect word “hebble”. In 1637 a fine of £40 was imposed on the…
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00135
Bridge over main road, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00148
Railway bridge, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00258
SOWERBY BRIDGE was the subject of a paper by H. P. Kendall in the 1915 Transactions.
Soyland Mill Bridge - TWA00259
SOYLAND MILL BRIDGE is at Dam Side over the Lumb Clough stream. It is a single-arch, undated, stone bridge. The following entries appear in the accounts for 1741 of John Normanton, the Sowerby Constable:¬
Paid Matthew Nickolson for Soyland Miln…
Paid Matthew Nickolson for Soyland Miln…
St George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge - TWA00256
ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE, Hebden Bridge. was built in 1899, the cost being met by public subscription plus a grant from the West Riding County Council. The bridge had a very steep gradient, and before it was altered a chain horse was needed by loaded…
Stubbing Clough footbridge, Dean Head Valley - TWA00196
This bridge is now submerged under Scammonden Dam
Stubbing Clough footbridge, Dean Head Valley; - TWA00169
This bridge is now submerged under Scammonden reservoir.
Temple Mill Bridge, Rishworth - TWA00103
Temple Mill Bridge, Cunning Corner, Rishworth. Date c 1960
Temple Mill Bridge, Rishworth - TWA00104
Temple Mill Bridge, Cunning Corner, Rishworth. Circa 1960
Temple Mill Bridge, Rishworth - TWA00105
Temple Mill Bridge, Cunning Corner, Rishworth. Circa 1960
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge - TWA00226
HEPTON BRIDGE was written about by the late W.B. Crump at p121 in the 1924 HAS Transactions, in Part 111 of “Ancient Highways of the Parish of Halifax.”
Upper Mill Bridge, Dean Head Valley - TWA00166
Now submerged under Scammonden Dam
Upper Mill Bridge, Dean Head Valley - TWA00198
This bridge is now submerged under Scammonden Dam