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Outside the Hinchcliffe Arms, Cragg Vale - CWS00166
Carriages await the mourners at Hinchliffe Hinchliffe's funeral.
L&YR Horse Drawn Parcels Van. - JCA00363
A rhree ton converted dray.
Stoodley Pike. - DTA00216
The Pike and Horsehold from the opposite side of the valley.
View from Woodtop, Hebden Bridge - DEP00436
Mitchell's Mill at Old Town is on the skyline.
Working Horse in Mytholmroyd, 1957 - HBC00866
Pictured outside the Dusty Miller this is reputed to be the last working horse on the streets of Hebden Royd, although horses were worked on some farms in the area for several more years.
Haymaking, 1977 - HBC00972
Beatrice Wilkinson turning or rowing up with a horse drawn side delivery machine, at Brink Top, Lumbutts. Beatrice preferred to use traditional horse-power for haymaking.
Hebden Bridge Parish Church - HLS01093
Dedicated to St James the Great and consecrated in 1833. Built on land donated by the Armytages of Mytholm it is unusually well out of the town centre.
Hebden Bridge - Hope Street - HLS05058
Donkey cart on Albert Street crossing Hope Street; Hope Chapel to the right. Bank doorway behind (The plate is labelled "possibly with Dan Wilcock in 1920s" but the absence of tram cables visible on New Road would date it pre1901/2) Another caption…
Hebden Bridge - St Georges Bridge about 1895 - HLS05070
Looking across St Georges Bridge, built 1893, to the Square and the large Co-op building with its clock tower. The building on the right on Blackwater Street was demolished to make way for the Council Offices which were built in 1897.
Distant view of Sprotbrough Hall - HLS06028
Slide 20 - ...and take our leave by showing a distant view of the Hall, the Church and the wooded landscape of 'Sprotbro's fair domains' past' which the silver
'Stream of Don winds its meandering course.'
'Stream of Don winds its meandering course.'
Heben Bridge - L&YR Parcels Van. - GEE00104
‘L&YR Parcels & Luggage Collection & Delivery Van N0. 130’ at the junction of Albert Street and New Road, Hebden Bridge. The man by the horse and the boy on the wagon are wearing L&YR porter’s cap badges and the policeman is holding his white point…
Sowerby Bridge Goods Depot. - GEE00108
L&YR Goods Wagon No. 026.
Hebden Bridge - Circus comes to Town. - GEE00110
Wild West Circus wagons driving down Commercial Street.
A Pack-horse Train - MOT00124
A painting by Alfred Bayes, the Lumbutts-born artist, depicts a packhorse train travelling along the moorland causey stones, which still exist in many places today. The horses, led by a drover, were disciplined to follow the sound of bells fastened…
A Local Carter and his Team - MOT00127
A local carter and his team hauling a load towards the upland; this often required the assistance of one or more chain horses, as illustrated here.
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening…
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening…
Stuttard's Wagon - MOT00233
Stuttard's Wagon 1906 - This wagon carrying cotton goods is photographed at the corner of Blind Lane where it joins Victoria Road. The date is 7th July 1906. The wagon had been in the mile-long Lifeboat Saturday parade, in which most of the town's…
Lifeboat Saturday Parade - MOT00290
Aston and Barker's wagon is paraded through the town in the Lifeboat Saturday procession on 7th July 1906