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Horse Drawn Ambulance in King Street, Hebden Bridge, 1912 - HBC00994
Are the onlookers apprehensive or just curious?
The driver of the ambulance is Jimmy Taylor. The three children on the left are from the Williams family.
The pens of the cattle market can just be seen behind the vehicle, with the Stubbing…
The driver of the ambulance is Jimmy Taylor. The three children on the left are from the Williams family.
The pens of the cattle market can just be seen behind the vehicle, with the Stubbing…
Demolition of Melbourne Mill, Hebden Bridge, 1983 - HBC01017
Mytholm flats can be seen on the left.
Grange or Horsfall Mill Chimney, 1897 - HBC01103
Preparations are being made for demolition. Stones at the bottom of the chimney have been knocked out and replaced by timbers, a fire will shortly be lit.
Foster Lane Area, Hebden Bridge - HBC01114
Highfield Crescent has been built, but High Hurst Farm can be seen on the skyline, so possibly about 1925.
Hebden Bridge - General View Up Hebden Dale - HLS00114
c.1912. In the foreground the large station warehouse which had been extended in 1884 and the sidings. The warehouse was demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1966.
Clegg Nook, Mytholmroyd, c1960 - HLS00128
The big chimney is Thornber's, when it was demolished it was taken down brick by brick.
Hebden Bridge Agricultural Show, 1900 - HLS00144
Agricultural Show, 1900 on Calder Holmes. In the background are Crossley's Houses and Crossley Mill.
Mytholm & Stubbing Holme, Hebden Bridge. - HLS00172
Looking up the valley with the chimney of Calderside Mill next to Whiteley Arches top centre. On the left houses on Stubbing Holme under construction and to their right Stubbing Holme Dyeworks.
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge - HLS00237
Date unknown but probably pre-First World War. In the centre is St James Parish Church, below it is Mytholm Hall, and above them the two Eaves Mills which were demolished after the First World War. Bottom right Stubbing Holme Dyeworks, above it…
Hebden Bridge - HLS00342
c. 1880. In the foreground the railway sidings which were constructed in 1877 and just visible to their right part of the station warehouse before it was extended in 1884. In the centre Crossley Mill and behind it Stubbings School (1878) and housing…
Hebden Bridge Eastbound Train - HLS00343
An east bound train leaving the town. Date unknown but before the track was quadrupled in 1906. Victoria Mill can be seen above the smoke.
Gibson Mill and Dam, c1950 - HLS00423
Built around 1800 by Abraham Gibson, this was one of the earliest mills in the area and was water powered producing cotton cloth, until it ceased production in 1890.
In the early part of the 20th century it was an entertainment centre for visitors…
In the early part of the 20th century it was an entertainment centre for visitors…
Dog Bottom, Hebden Bridge - HLS01005
Midgehole Road, looking towards Lee Mill.
Hebble End, Hebden Bridge - HLS01009
This photograph was taken in the closing years of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th. The Rochdale Canal running from the bottom left to the top right makes a useful guide to the town as it was then. The road over the narrow bridge at the…
Neptune Wharf, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge 1974 - HLS01117
Before the bridge was widened
Colden Valley - HLS01193
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1880's, when the Upper and Lower Lumb Mills were working. The road on the left, known as Ragley Road, starts at Mytholm and ends at Jack Bridge.
Mytholmroyd Mill Chimney - HLS01208
The mill burned down in 1895, the chimney was demolished in 1898. It was situated at Midgley Road/Bridge End.