Browse Items (1509 total)
Sort by:
Cragg Vale Church and School, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00236
In the centre, below the Board School, i.e. Council School, is Church Bank Mill with its very tall chimney. At the bottom of the picture is the church of St John the Baptist. The postcard has an intriguing title.
Hebden Bridge, 1979 - JNB00516
Featured in Remains of Elmet, which contained poems by Ted Hughes.
An excellent view of Foster Mill
An excellent view of Foster Mill
Pennine Magazine Reunion, 2009 - FJW00199
Among those present are Diana and Paul monahan, David and Hilary Fletcher, David and Margaret Shutt, David Storr. More identification would be welcome.
Pennine Magazine Reunion, 2009 - FJW00200
Hilary Darby, Lord & Lady Shutt
Queen Street Mill near Burnley - FJW00295
This is the last surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill.
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
Hebden Bridge - General View. - ALC00411
General view from above the town, date unknown but pre-1960.
The Hebden Valley - STW00110
Right of centre the chimneys of Midgehole Upper and Lower Mills just discernible. Right of centre on the hilltop is Pecket Well.
School, work and play at Hebden Bridge - HLS01202
From left to right across the picture, Calder Holmes Park, Riverside School, Blackpit Aqueduct, Melbourne Mill, and the former Neptune Inn. From a Geoff Boswell calendar, 2004. PH84.
Luddenden Village, Calderdale - JNB00553
Postcard dated 1987
Walsden - RDA00109
Townscape of the small town dominated by its mills. Date unknown.
Hebble End Canal Bridge, Hebden Bridge - HBC00557
Taken probably in the 1960s before the canal was culverted at Hebble End Bridge.
Caldervale Mill, Cornholme - HPC00106
NAME: CALDERVALE MILL
LOCATION: Cornholme
REF: CD 55
GRID REF: 907 264
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid to late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Probably built soon after 1850, this site was originally…
LOCATION: Cornholme
REF: CD 55
GRID REF: 907 264
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid to late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Probably built soon after 1850, this site was originally…
Acre Mill, Chisley - HPC00109
CD118
Photo taken c1985.
Photo taken c1985.
Ruins of Banks Mill, Midgelden Clough - HPC00110
NAME: BANKS MILL
LOCATION: Midgelden Clough
REF: CD17
GRID REF: 903 237
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Ruins
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 18C/early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Situated in the upper part of Midgelden Clough, this was the…
LOCATION: Midgelden Clough
REF: CD17
GRID REF: 903 237
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Ruins
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 18C/early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Situated in the upper part of Midgelden Clough, this was the…
Victoria Mills, Ripponden - HPC00111
NAME: VICTORIA MILLS
LOCATION: Halifax Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 21
GRID REF: 043 203
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid to late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This is a large six storey, stone built mill…
LOCATION: Halifax Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 21
GRID REF: 043 203
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid to late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This is a large six storey, stone built mill…
Lumbutts, Todmorden - HPC00112
In about 1830 a series of four dams was constructed above the Fieldens’ Lumbutts Mill to feed a new water-wheel tower. This striking industrial monument housed three wheels, one vertically above the other, in an ingenious piece of engineering that…
Salem Mill, Hebden Bridge - HPC00113
CD95
Photo taken c1985.
Photo taken c1985.
Ford Mill - HPC00123
NAME: FORD MILL
LOCATION: Near Totties, Holmfirth
REF: HU 36
GRID REF: 155 095
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/20C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A large mill site to be found, unusually, on an upland…
LOCATION: Near Totties, Holmfirth
REF: HU 36
GRID REF: 155 095
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/20C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A large mill site to be found, unusually, on an upland…
Lumb - HPC00125
NAME: LUMB MILL
LOCATION: Lumb, Ryburn Valley
REF: RY 27
GRID REF: 031 215
CLASSIFICATION: B
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early 19C onwards
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: It is hard to envisage this site as a mill from its…
LOCATION: Lumb, Ryburn Valley
REF: RY 27
GRID REF: 031 215
CLASSIFICATION: B
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early 19C onwards
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: It is hard to envisage this site as a mill from its…