Browse Items (11 total)

  • Tags: Stainland

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/HLS01290.jpg
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

Under the hills on the Stainland side and overlooking the Blackburn Valley. It is said that Bradley Hall was the cradle of the Saviles. Originally the…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/HLS01291.jpg
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.

This hall, standing on the hillside above Holywell Green and approached by road from Holywell Brook, is now divided into a farmhouse and three cottages. …

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/HLS01342.jpg
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

The tower of St Andrews, the parish church of Stainland, can be seen for miles around. Worship in the village has a…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/HPC00346.jpg
NAME: GATE HEAD MILL
LOCATION: Gate Head
REF: BB 13
GRID REF: 077 205
CLASSIFICATION: B
CONDITION: Semi used/derelict
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A simply designed three storey, stone built mill with one or…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/HPC00347.jpg
NAME: UPPER FIRTH HOUSE MILLS

LOCATION: Wood Head

REF: BB 4

GRID REF: 060 177

CLASSIFICATION: C

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mainly late 19C/early 20C (site earlier).

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Built on the site…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/HPC00351.jpg
NAME: FIRTH HOUSE MILLS

LOCATION: Penny Hill

REF: BB 5

GRID REF: 064 184

CLASSIFICATION: A and C

CONDITION: Semi-used/derelict/ruins

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid – late 19C (site earlier).

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This old site…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/HPC00352.jpg
NAME: TOWN ING MILL

LOCATION: Stainland Road, Stainland

REF: BB 18

GRID REF: 080 195

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Semi used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Located in the old hill top settlement of…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/LYR00147.jpg
LYRS 2597 - Stainland Station general view. The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the Shaws, had influenced the line’s construction. Although…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/LYR00148.jpg
LYRS 1818 - Railmotor Coach No 3 at Stainland & Holywell Green Station. The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the Shaws, had influenced the…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/LYR00149.jpg
LYRS 2599 - Stainland Station & Goods Shed with Railmotor No 10614 (LMS) in the later 1920s.

The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/TWA00141.jpg
This bridge carried the branch line, from Greetland up to Holywell Green and Stainland, over the Saddleworth Road. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.
Output Formats

atom, csv, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2