This 400 yards long cobbled route was originally the packhorse trail between Heptonstall and Hebden Bridge. This in turn was part of the route from Burnley to Halifax.
Photo taken in 1969 following the demolition of Buttress Brink houses on the…
The Cross Lanes Society was formed from two Methodist groups from Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall. They decided to join together and build a new chapel at a half way site. The land cost £289 4s 0d in 1838?. Plans by Mr John Nicholson were accepted. …
The chapel at the top of the Buttress opened in 1840 and closed due to declining attendance in 1958 and was then destroyed by fire in the mid 1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The chapel at the top of the Buttress opened in 1840 and closed due to declining attendance in 1958 and was then destroyed by fire in the mid 1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Taken from the Old Bridge looking up to the Buttress with Royd Terrace on the right. The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation.
The bottom of the old route up to Heptonstall. The Hole in the Wall is on the left, and on the far side of the Old Bridge is the White Swan. The road to the right is old Gate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Looking at the bottom of the Buttress. Date unknown but the building on the right was part of Buttress Brink and demolished 1960s. Across on the hillside is Zion Baptist Chapel ,built 1881, and below that the buildings on Commercial Street and Garden…
The Old Bridge originally built 1510 and repaired in 1602 and 1657 when it was described "in great ruin and decay". Seen here in about 1900 looking over to Buttress Brink, demolished 1960s, with the new 'Hole in the Wall' pub on the right.
Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.
Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.
In the centre Lees Yard Car Park originally the site of the White Horse Hotel, which was demolished 1962. More or less in the centre the Town Hall with Bridge Mill and chimney to its right and to the left of the Town Hall the Hole-in-the-Wall and…