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Organ and Choir Stalls of St Mary's Church, Todmorden - TAS00405
Taken prior to the re-ordering of the church which took place in the early 1990s.
Old Riding Farm, Luddenden - RAC1957.079.6
Farmhouse, Interior, Timber-frame, Furniture
Old Riding Farm, Luddenden - RAC1957.079.5
Agricultural buildings, Interior, Timber-frame, Furniture
Old Riding Farm, Luddenden - RAC1957.079.4
Agricultural buildings, Interior, Timber-frame, Furniture
Old Riding Farm, Luddenden - RAC1957.079.2
Farmhouse, Fireplace, Timber Frame, Bressumer, Interior, Furniture
Old Haugh End, Sowerby - HLS05813
Slide 1 - Haugh End is rendered famous as the birthplace of Archbishop Tillotson. The room in which tradition says John Tillotson was born is on the ground floor, and is beautifully paneled in black oak. Over the fireplace is a representation in…
Oakwell Hall, view from the Gallery - HLS05984
Slide 6. Ascending the Staircase we reach the Gallery on the upper floor. The Oaken Balusters and handrail of the gallery front are seen, also a portion of the large Hall Window.
Oakwell Hall, the Great Hall, Looking North West - HLS05982
Slide 4. Entering the Hall through the open porch which is protected inside with a stout oaken door, we enter a passage which extends through the building from front to back. On the left of the passage is a screen. Passing through one of the arched…
Oakwell Hall, the Great Hall Looking North West - HLS05985
Slide 7. The Oakwell property passed out of the hands of the Batt's early in the eighteenth century, and afterwards came into the possession of another celebrity, Fairfax Fearnely, Esq., a sessions Lawyer of great repute and indomitable spirit. In…
Oakwell Hall, The Drawing Room - HLS05990
Slide 12. Quoting again from 'Shirley' . . . . . .. She continues - 'And I cannot but secretly applaud the benevolent barbarian who had painted another and larger apartment - the Drawing Room to wit, formerly also an oak room - of a delicately pinky…
Oakwell Hall, Plaster Work to Windows - HLS05991
Slide 13. The sides of the mullioned windows in the same room are ornamented with some quaintly designed decoration plaster panels.
Oakwell Hall, Great Hall Looking West - HLS05989
Slide 11. Very somber it was; long, vast, and dark; one latticed window lit it dimly - the wide old chimney contained now no fire, for the present warm weather needed it not; it was filled with willow boughs. The gallery on high opposite the entrance…
Oakwell Hall, Framed Placard in Hall - HLS05986
Slide 8. The accompanying photograph shows a copy of this placard. Revisiting the Hall, a short time after, I found the framed placard had mysteriously disappeared, also one of the stag's horns had been broken off, and these, and also the placard…
Oakwell Hall, Dog Gate to Staircase - HLS05983
Slide 5. At the foot of the Staircase leading out of the Great Hall are folding dog-gates. These were used in olden times to prevent the dogs belonging to the household gaining access to the Rooms on the first floor.
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00142
Tom Southwell, seated. Percy Atherton standing.
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00137
Far side of table: Marion Helliwell, S.G. Hellowell. Near side of table, left to right: Len Barrett, Lewis Barker.
Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1930 - CWS00130
Continuing machine stiffening, drying and strengthening.
Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge - PNH01948
This is a drying machine. After cloth was dyed or washed, it passed through this machine which consisted of cylinders, which were about 1.5 meters long and made of copper or brass. The cylinders were heated by steam and rotated thus drying the…
Nutclough Mill Workers, c1914 - CWS00107
There are various names on the back of this picture, but it is not clear to whom they refer: Lloyd G.M. Hampton, Sam Green, Miss Kitchen, James Cockcroft, Fleta Barnes, Craven, mary Greenwood. At the front: William Hartley, John Greenwood.
