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Slide 2 - Burton Agnes came to the Boyntons through the marriage of Sir Matthew Boynton of Barmston with the daughter of Sir Henry Griffiths of Burton Agnes.

Sir Francis Boynton of Barmston, son and successor of Sir Matthew Boynton succeeded to…

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Slide 1 - Burton Agnes, the ancient seat of the Boyntons, is one of the most beautiful Tudor and Jacobean houses in Yorkshire.

Lying in pleasant country between Driffield and Bridlington, it is surrounded by woodland and standing upon a slight…

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The shops on the left of the picture have since been demolished and the area is now a car park, but planted areas being created here are still in use. David Fletcher is pictured wearing a knitted sweater.

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Clay House is a Jacobean building that is a fine example of 17th century vernacular architecture. It was built for John Clay and the Clay family around 1650, although a house owned by Robert Clay on the site is mentioned before in 1296. The grounds…

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Clay House is a Jacobean building that is a fine example of 17th century vernacular architecture. It was built for John Clay and the Clay family around 1650, although a house owned by Robert Clay on the site is mentioned before in 1296. The grounds…

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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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Station staff posing for the camera on the ramp from the entrance building down to the eastbound platform with the footbridge to the westbound platform to the right.

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The bird bath and seat in the Memorial Gardens, Hebden Bridge with the houses of Fairfield and the Catholic Church in the background.

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The completed garden at Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge. Probably 1968/9.

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Young volunteers creating a garden at Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge. Autumn 1968. Chris Greenwood standing left, 2nd girl from left Jane Longbottom now Brook, Susan Parker, Dianne Sayer now Harwood. Organised by Calder Civic Trust.

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The former Royal Oak on the right, now residential, and the White lion on the left as of 2015 vacant and for sale.

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Slide 9 - The gardens at Farnley Hall are very beautiful especially in spring-time, at which time the accompanying photograph was taken. The tall tree on the left is a weeping lime, which I was informed by the head gardener is the finest and best…

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This was the home of Ben Stansfield who had a sheet metal business in Hebden Bridge and designed poultry equipment for Thornbers. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
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