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St Michael's, Mytholmroyd - HLS01517
This picture of the interior of Mytholmroyd Parish Church, painted by Mr Joseph Mac Fall, Stationmaster and sometime churchwarden, was presented by the teachers and friends of the Sunday School on Christmas Day 1852 to the Rev. William Baldwin as a…
The Dining Room, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05865
Slide 9: It is a fine apartment, and very characteristic of the period at which it was built, namely the early part of the 18th century. The furniture in the room has a substantial and homely character about it. Over the mantle-piece are the arms…
The Dining Room, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05866
Slide 10: The house is rich in family portraits, one of which is seen over the sideboard at the end of the Dining room, and is a portrait of John Hutton, died 1782. Note also the peculiar weight clock in an upright oak case, standing on three claw…
The Growth of the Cottage Industry. - MOT00118
Handloom weavers, as depicted by the artist A.W. Bayes of Lumbutts.
The Last Supper - KST00243
St Thomas' Church Heptonstall. Copy of the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci
The Library, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05867
Slide 11: Marske owes its splendid library of books to Mr John Hutton, who died in 1863, aged 84. A view of the room in which the books are stored is now shown. Over the mantle-piece hangs a portrait of Matthew Hutton, who formed the destinies of…
The Skew Bridge at Gauxholme, Todmorden - MOT00140
The skew bridge passing over the Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme with a clear span of 101 ft. The castellated abutments of solid masonry were brought from Knowlwood Quarry. Along with Whiteley Arches at Charlestown this was one of the first bow string…
Todmorden viaduct by A. F. Tait - MOT00139
The Todmorden viaduct, laid out on a curve, comprising nine spans. The stone came from Lobb Quarry, near Dobroyd Castle. Drawing by A. F. Tait
View of Holebottom by A. F. Tait - MOT00141
A general view from Holebottom showing the railway cutting across the centre of the town. Clearly visible on the right are Christ Church and its Vicarage. The former Ridgefoot Mill complex can be seen abutting the viaduct.
From a lithograph by…
From a lithograph by…
Whitely Arches, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge - HLS00283
Tinted lithograph of Whitely Arches by A. F. Tait from his book 'Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway' published in 1845. The valley is so narrow at this point with the river, canal and turnpike all squeezed into the valley bottom that with the…
Wilson Bros Bobbin Company Ltd. - MOT00223
Cornholme Bobbin Works, Todmorden.