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The home of the Hinchcliffes. The building was destroyed by fire in 1921.

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August 11th, 1921 a fire broke out which destroyed the Hall.

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Cragg Hall, seen here in its short lived hey-day, was the home of the Hinchliffe family.

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Cragg Hall was the centre for many social events. It is interesting to note that Miss Clara Butt stayed at Cragg Hall when she sung at the Victoria Hall in Halifax. Henry Ainley the actor stayed there more than once. Melbourne Inman the billiard…

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Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale, was the home of the Hinchliffe family. It burnt down in 1921.

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William Algenon Simpson-Hinchcliffe and Mrs Helen Simpson-Hinchcliffe with staff and workers gathered in the grounds of Cragg Hall to celebrate the re-modelling of Cragg Hall.

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Cragg Hall in its prime before the disastrous fire of 1921. Old Cragg Hall can be seen top left.

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Cragg Hall was the centre for many social events. It is interesting to note that Miss Clara Butt stayed at Cragg Hall when she sung at the Victoria Hall in Halifax. Henry Ainley the actor stayed there more than once. Melbourne Inman the billiard…

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Photograph of Cragg Hall, the grounds and mill employees, taken in 1907 after the Hall had been rebuilt and enlarged and the grounds laid out as shown.

Thanks to Sam Hellowell we are fortunate indeed to have nearly all 180 people named.


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Cragg Vale and Mytholmroyd Public Subscription Band - First appearance in uniform September 1935.

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The hall was the centre for many social events. It is interesting to note that Miss Clara Butt stayed at Cragg Hall when she sung at the Victoria Hall in Halifax. Henry Ainley the actor stayed there more than once. Melbourne Inman the billiard…

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Old Cragg Hall still exists whereas new Cragg Hall shown here was destroyed by fire in August 1921.

The hall was the centre for many social events. It is interesting to note that Miss Clara Butt stayed at Cragg Hall when she sung at the Victoria…

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Undated postcard but the photos appear to date from early 20th century; bottom left image shows the tram lines and the tramway, which reached Mytholmroyd in 1901.
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