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Colden Valley Mills - ALC00793
Higher and Lower Lumb Mills, Lumb Bank in foreground
Jack Bridge Mill, in the Colden Valley - ALC00787
Jean Forrest Recalls
Jack Bridge Mill was built in 1861 as a steam powered spinning mill with twin Lancashire boilers and a beam engine, all buildings being on one level. In 1862 a large weaving shed was added, at that time the largest in the valley…
Jack Bridge Mill was built in 1861 as a steam powered spinning mill with twin Lancashire boilers and a beam engine, all buildings being on one level. In 1862 a large weaving shed was added, at that time the largest in the valley…
Painting of Mill - ALC00627
Calderside Mill and Whiteley Arches. When it was built in 1842, at 300 feet the chimney was said to be the tallest in the area.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC00504
Viewed from West End Bridge, Old Gate is to the left, the chimney of Bridge Mill is in the centre of the picture.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge, c1870 - ALC00503
Viewed from West End Bridge, Old Gate is to the left, the chimney of Bridge Mill is in the centre of the picture. The bridge was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1932
St Georges Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC00498
Shows the old property on Old Gate where the Council Offices now stand.
View over Hebden Bridge Station and Canal - ALC00465
Probably about 1900. Bottom right the 'new' station built in 1891/2 and to its left the large station goods warehouse. Across Calder Holmes from it the extensive Crossley's mill.
Charlestown General View. - ALC00461
Re-aligned tracks and line of the notorious Charlestown Curve to its left. The curve was built as a temporary detour in 1840 and remained for over 80 years and was the cause of several derailments including a serious accident in 1912 killing four…
Mytholmroyd - West bound train c1908 - ALC00457
A westbound train, headed by an Aspinall 4-4-2, departing from Mytholmroyd Station pre-First World War. It is running on the 'slow' lines which would have been unusual for an express train, possibly due to the 'fast' line being recently…
Luddendenfoot General View - ALC00456
View from the north hillside across Station Road to the coal drops and the goods yard. Date unknown but the station closed in 1962 and the goods yard in 1965. The only evidence there once was a station here is in the name 'Station Road'.
The parish…
The parish…
Hebden Bridge - Generl View Birchcliffe - ALC00398
ALC00398. c. 1880. Looking across to Birchcliffe with Foster Mill and Foster Lane on the left. On the left hillside is the 'old' Birchcliffe Chapel and graveyard on Sandy Gate. Wadsworth Lane climbs the hill and to its right are the houses on Cliff…
View over Hebden Bridge - ALC00250
View over Hebden Bridge to Old Town. St John's church can be seen next to Stubbings School on the far right. c1964
Hebden Bridge from Fairfield. c.1912. - ALC00229
Palace House is in the right foreground and to the left is the Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas of Canterbury adjoining which is the school, now demolished. Beyond Palace House is Calder Holmes and the original canal basin and New road. An open top…
Hebden Bridge Railway Station, c1910 - ALC00228
To the left of the picture is the site of the Fairfield Estate which was built on Hebden Bridge Co-op land. The houses adjoining this land were built for the carters employed by the Co-op. On the right stands Victoria Mill which was occupied for many…
Hebden Bridge from Fairfield - ALC00216
As we come down the hillside and along Heptonstall Road we pass Cross Lane Chapel (United Methodists) on the right of the picture. Further down the road we approach Queens Terrace and Albion Terrace.
On the left of the picture, beyond the three…
On the left of the picture, beyond the three…
Hebden Bridge, general view - ALC00110
Hebden Bridge from above Fairfield. The building bottom right was for many years an aberttoir. Behind it can be seen goods wagons in the station sidings. The Grammar School on Home Street can be seen so the photo is after 1908.
Lee Mill, Hebden Bridge - ALC00108
Lee Mill, a cotton mill in the Hebden Valley and Dog Bottom, c1910. Seen here looking up towards hardcastle Crags. The mill was demolished in the 1960s by which time it was disused,
Market Street, Hebden Bridge c1905 - ALC00104
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