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Yoke Syke on the highway to Colne – EWW00109
Looking from Lancashire into Yorkshire. Widdop Reservoir is on the right and Widdop Cross formerly stood on the grassy bank in the left foreground. September 1950
Woodland Glade, Newburgh Priory - HLS05884
Slide 14 - The waving woods and fair glades of the park are there in glorious contrast to the more artificial parts of the park.
Wood Top, Hebden Bridge - DEP00424
The long dis-used mill dam for Wood Top Dye works.
Winters, Blackshaw Head - HLS01362
The gable end shown here was accessed in the 1950s and 60s via the lean-to on the road side. An old lady lived there, Mrs Greenwood, who was mother to Walter Greenwood who lived at No. 3 Winters Cottages. Below her cottage was a derelict building…
Wind Farm on Warcock Hill – DMC00186
Seen here from Kebs, Coal Clough Wind Farm is situated just off the Long Causeway between Blackshaw Head and Cliviger. Hawks Stones are in the foreground.
Widdop Reservoir. - KEC00186
Gorple Gate track dropping down on the far side. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Widdop Reservoir. - KEC00185
Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Widdop Reservoir - DTA00154
The reservoir was designed by J. F. Bateman for Halifax Corporation to provide a water supply from Widdop to Halifax, 8 miles away.
It was constructed under an Act of Parliament passed in 1868. The first sod was cut on 26th July 1871 by Mayor H. C.…
It was constructed under an Act of Parliament passed in 1868. The first sod was cut on 26th July 1871 by Mayor H. C.…
Widdop Reservoir - BIM00242
The provision of public water supplies for the Halifax district was of great concern in the second half of the 19th century. As the town grew and the population increased the Victoria Reservoir created in 1848 in Gibbet Lane proved inadequate to the…
Widdop Gate - DTA00120
The Widdop Road starts at Slack above Heptonstall and goes to Colne and Burnley.
Widdop Gate - ALC00784
Think this is Widdop Gate looking over to Blake Dean hill. The building in foreground is now Widdop Gate Hostel.
