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Hebden Bridge from Horsehold Road c.1885. - HLS05028
This photograph was taken in the closing years of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th. The Rochdale Canal running from the bottom to the top right makes a useful guide to the town as it was then. The road over the narrow bridge at the…
Hebden Bridge - General View Up Hebden Dale - HLS00114
c.1912. In the foreground the large station warehouse which had been extended in 1884 and the sidings. The warehouse was demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1966.
Crossley & Porter Grammar School, Halifax - DPC00147
Crossley and Porter School History
The Crossley Heath school building owes its existence to the philanthropy of the Crossley brothers, Francis, John and Joseph. In 1857 they formulated a scheme for the establishment of a ‘superior College for the…
The Crossley Heath school building owes its existence to the philanthropy of the Crossley brothers, Francis, John and Joseph. In 1857 they formulated a scheme for the establishment of a ‘superior College for the…
Walsden 1981 - TNC00331.tif
View over Gauxholme/Copprashouse with the tower of Dobroyd Castle visible above it. Bottom right Shade School.
Square Church and School, Halifax - DPC00131
Congregationalists had held regular meetings in Halifax since at least 1763 and the Square Chapel, named after the area although it is also square in shape, was opened in 1772 at a cost of over £2,000. The chapel was first preached in on 24th May…
Hebden Bridge - Looking North from Palace House Road - HLS05041
HLS05041. View across the town and up Hebden Dale. Right foreground the old abattoir and top left the tower of Heptonstall Church.
Hebden Bridge - General View - ALC00412
Date unknown but probably late 1940s/early 1950s as the first steel pre-fabricated houses at Dodnaze on Wadsworth Lane can be seen. Central Street and Riverside Schools feature prominently
Bull Fall, Cragg Vale - MCH00114
"Bull Fall" is the name given to the woodland behind the Primary School, built high above the road. Across the road from the school is Church Bank Mill. St John in the Wilderness - Cragg Vale's Parish Church being in the foreground.
Blackpit/Central Street , Hebden Bridge - HLS01120
The playground in the foreground is for Riverside School on Holme Street, and immediately beyond that is the junction between the River Calder and Hebden Water, and beyond that is Central Street School.
Hebden Bridge Townscape - BIM00471
In the centre the aqueduct carrying the Rochdale Canal over the River Calder. To its left Riverside School and to the right Central Dyeworks, now enlarged and converted into appartments. The industrial building top right have now gone and replced…
Hebden Bridge Townscape - BIM00471
In the centre the aqueduct carrying the Rochdale Canal over the River Calder. To its left Riverside School and to the right Central Dyeworks, now enlarged and converted into appartments. The industrial building top right have now gone and replced…