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Christ Church built in1830-32 was one of the 'Million Pound’, or Commissioner’s, churches and came to replace St Mary’s as the Parish Church, although the town remained in Rochdale Parish until 1866. By the 1980s it was accepted that the parish could…

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Back row L to R

Kenneth Jacques, Billy Jacques, Norman Stansfield, ? Greenwood?, Raymond Bairstow, Lyra Bairstow, Florence Dean, Eileen Beevers, Wilfred Beevers, Margaret Crowther, Jacqueline Marshall, unknown, Jonathan Stansfield

6th…

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Undated postcard. Bottom centre is Scout Road leading to its junction with Cragg Road. Bottom left are the railings of the Weslyan Chapel. Running above the top of the buildings is the railway viaduct.

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In 1926 the wall along Church Street was moved back two or three feet to provide extra road width, and a footpath was constructed between White Hart Fold and Rise Lane. A number of graves had to be moved in the process and screens were erected…

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Near St Mary's Church after the demolition of the Barclays Bank branch. This work improved the look of the gateway to the town considerably.

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Back row - L to R

Reginald Norton (trainer), B. Smythe, G. Crowther, A. Norton, F. Smythe, I. Holt, Rev. E. Verrill.

Middle row - L to R

B. Hilton, N. Pickles, J.H. Hindle (press), P. Redmond, D. Eastwood.

Front - J. Gore, R. Dixon.

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"Bed of Roses".

L to R

F. Nuttall (seated), M. Wilson, J. Davies, F. Dean, Bernard Crowther (on settee, Margaret's dad), W. Hindle, R. Bairstow, M. J. Crowther (seated), J. Lightburn

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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.

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Looking down Cragg Road towards Mytholmroyd. The Methodist Chapel, now a private house, is on the left.

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On the left is the church of St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness and far right the Hinchliffe Arms with the road up to Withens Clough Reservoir. Note the tennis court at the rear of the church.

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Grade II

Chapel dated 1834. Dressed stone, ashlar quoins and dressings, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Front at right angles to road. 3-bay symmetrical facade with pediment gable. Doorcase has stone pilasters cornice and triangular pediment flanked…

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Grade II

Chapel dated 1834. Dressed stone, ashlar quoins and dressings, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Front at right angles to road. 3-bay symmetrical facade with pediment gable. Doorcase has stone pilasters cornice and triangular pediment flanked…

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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

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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
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