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The supposed situation of Wuthering Heights. Empty since 1926, the ruins were capped with concrete in 1983 to prevent further deterioration.

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The ruined farmhouse on the moors above Haworth is believed to have been the setting for Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'. Postcard,

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Postcard of a print drawn by Joseph Rideal Smith and printed by Stott Brothers, lithographers of Halifax, from Smith's series of a dozen views, "Old Halifax", the set selling for 50 shillings. So commercially successful were Smith's drawings that he…

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A view looking towards Todmorden from Cliviger. The A646 is on the right of the picture. The railway running from the right to Chatham Bridge in the centre is the Burnley Branch from Todmorden or the Copy Pit Line as it is usually known after the…

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Todmorden has had a market since 1802.

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Looking over Centre Vale Mansion, which was demolished in the 1950s, to Stoodley Pike on the far hillside. To the right is the tower of Christ Church and on the skyline to the left the tower of Cross Stone Church.

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Celebration of the creation of the Borough.

Coun. B. Crowther at back, Coun. Donald Rigg, Coun. Frank Mills (Mayor), Mrs Mills, J.D. Moys (Town Clerk)

Group at end: Councillors Albert Marshall, Henry Iveson, Harry Wilson, Leo Cockcroft

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View across Christ Church and the town to Cross Stone Church on the far hillside. Just discernible below the hillside on the left are the platforms of Stansfield Hall Station on the Todmorden - Burnley line. The station closed in 1944. Stansfield…

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St Michael's, Mytholmroyd: St John's, Cragg Vale, St James, Hebden Bridge Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The station on the section of the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Skipton and Colne opened 1848 but up to 1937 was simply known as Thornton. The station was closed in 1970 at the same time as the line between Skipton and Colne but there is…

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Thieveleys Farm, on the west side of the Cliviger Gorge, was a favourite picnic place in Victorian times but the farm was demolished in 1976.

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At the summit of the road between Ripponden and Littleborough. The notice on the board reads "Teas and Refreshments. Catering for public and private parties".

Dr Katrina Navickas in her 2009 article Northern History writes:

"Blackstone Edge was…
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