Row of cottages and attached barn formerly used by fellmongers. Early C19. Cottages of 3 single-cells each with former 3-light flat faced mullioned windows with 2-light windows over to 1st floor, all mullions removed, and doorway with…
Row of cottages and attached barn formerly used by fellmongers. Early C19. Cottages of 3 single-cells each with former 3-light flat faced mullioned windows with 2-light windows over to 1st floor, all mullions removed, and doorway with…
Mayroyd area, Hebden Bridge. The chimney from Mayroyd Mill is just going to miss Victoria Mill. The telepone box is directly opposite the station entrance.
The sorting sidings c.1950. Constructed in 1919 they were used to divide coal trains from the Yorkshire coalfields between those for the Manchester direction and those for the Burnley and north west. They operated 24 hours a day until closure in…
A deep ravine with many early industrial remains. The chimney is virtually all that remains of Lumb Mills. The house on the hillside is Lumb Bank, formerly the home of the poet Ted Hughes, now the home of the Arvon Foundation, a residential centre…
There's been a pottery on this site since 17th century. The last potter, Isaac Button retired in 1965. a video can be seen at http://lakesidepottery.com/Media/Isaac-button/isaac-button-country-potter-part-1x.html
This photograph must be pre 24th March 1974, the date on which the cooling towers were demolished. For more information about the power station see http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/nostalgia/towers-that-refused-to-die-1-1922270
PNH00821 c.1970. Looking across the station and good yards. On the far right at the bottom of Horton Street is the large 1885 double bay entrance building, replaced in the 1980s. The sidings under the footbridge, centre, are in course of being…
PNH00808. c.1893. Looking over the houses to Nutclough Mill. To the left of the mill is Keighley Road before it vast retaining wall was constructed and above is Eiffel Street with 'the Tower' under construction. The two chimnies right of centre are…