Looking over the Colden Valley with Strines Clough in the distance. Field Head is on the right, just below the horizon. The valley in the foreground is Colden Clough (Ragley Wood).
On a packhorse route to Hurstwood and Colne this medieval wayside cross stands in magnificent moorland above the Gorple reservoirs. In the drought of 1976 the receding water revealed an ancient paved trackway, part of the original medieval causeway…
Narrow stone bridge over the Colden Beck. The buildings behind the bridge and slightly to the left are Higher Colden, with beyond that to the right Old Edge.
Grade II* listed building.
Substantial remains of an early C16 timber-framed open hall, encased in stone in the
early C17 with added porch dated 1676, restored with some rebuilding c.1975.
3-room through passage plan with rear kitchen wing. Double…
Grade II* listed building.
Substantial remains of an early C16 timber-framed open hall, encased in stone in the
early C17 with added porch dated 1676, restored with some rebuilding c.1975.
3-room through passage plan with rear kitchen wing. Double…
This once was Higher School Land but after 1920's at least it was known as Higher Colden. The Barn is now a separate dwelling. For details of the sale in the mid 1920's see WYAC Miss 383/16
Grade II listed building. A fine example of a yeoman clothiers house. The original house was built in the second half of C16 with early C17 new front to west wing.
Hall-and-cross-wings plan with rear kitchen wing rebuilt early C19.
The housebody and…
Mytholm, looking up the Colden Valley. Mytholm Hall can be seen to the right of the photo, behind it stands the Parish Church of St James the Great. Eaves Mills can be seen beyond the church. On the left of the picture is Mytholm Mill.
Engraving by J Shore c.1855. Looking up from Stubbing Holme where the Colden Water joins the River Calder, the 'mytholm'. Above is Mytholm Hall, St James Parish Church and above that Eaves Lower and Upper Mills and to the right Bankfoot Mill, now the…
HLS05081. Right of centre is Stubbing Holme Dyeworks between the Rochdale Canal and the River Calder. Above it Adelaide Street and above that Bankfoot Mill. In the centre Mytholm Hall, St James Parish Church and Eaves Mills. The Hall and all the…