Browse Items (52 total)
Sort by:
Mytholmroyd House - DBC00120
Ted Hugh's uncle Albert lived in this house with his wife Minnie and daughter Glynis. Albert was a master joiner and in the evenings he would spend time making pull along toy ducks. Albert sadly took his life in the attic. Ted wrote a poem about…
No 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd - DBC00101
The house where the former Poet Laureate, Edward James " Ted" Hughes, (17 August 1930 - 28 October 1998) was born. Ted was only 7 years old when he moved with his family to Mexborough in South Yorkshire, but it is widely believed that his early years…
Pad Laithe, near Noah Dale, Colden, c1960 - DBC00109
Possible inspiration for 'Dead Farms, Dead Leaves'
Pennine Farm - DBC00110
Possible inspiration for 'Dead Farms, Dead Leaves'
Raistrick Greave, nr Gorple, c1970 - DBC00108
Possible inspiration for 'Dead Farms, Dead Leaves'
Sheep Feeding - DBC00134
Ted described the Pennine sheep that he remembered as 'the sluttiest sheep in England'.
Sheep Feeding - DBC00135
Ted described the Pennine sheep that he remembered as 'the sluttiest sheep in England'.
Shooting Butts and Churn Milk Joan on Midgley Moor - DBC00112
Also known as Churn Milk Peg and Savile's Low, this stone is located on Midgley Moor. It is a 6' 9" high stone pillar - probably originally placed as a boundary marker. The stone is claimed to spin round three times on New Year's Eve. It is said to…
Southfield House, Mytholmroyd - DBC00144
Southfield was occupied, up to his death in 1976 by Walter Farrar. Walter was the uncle of poet laureate Ted Hughes and the subject of some of his poetry relating to Walter's service in the Great War. "My Uncle's Wound" and "Under High Wood" told of…
Southfield House, Mytholmroyd - DBC00145
Southfield was occupied, up to his death in 1976 by Walter Farrar. Walter was the uncle of poet laureate Ted Hughes and the subject of some of his poetry relating to Walter's service in the Great War. "My Uncle's Wound" and "Under High Wood" told of…
Stoodley Pike - DBC00139
Image to illustrate Ted's words 'There come days to the hills'.
Ted Hughes Birthplace at Mytholmroyd - DBC00102
The West Yorkshire house in which the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes was born.
Ted Hughes lived at the three-bedroomed end-terrace at 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, from his birth on 17 August 1930 until 1938. At least eight…
Ted Hughes lived at the three-bedroomed end-terrace at 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, from his birth on 17 August 1930 until 1938. At least eight…
Ted Hughes Plaque - BIM00106
Blue plaque on the house in Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, where Ted Hughes was born.
Ted Hughes' brother Gerald with father, Billy Hughes - LLG00108
Photo was used in 'Aspects of Calderdale', edited by John Billingsley. Although the print was captioned by the late Lloyd Greenwood's mother as being Ted Hughes, it is in fact Gerald Hughes, his brother. It has appeared in several publications as…
The 'Hen Pens' behind Mount Zion, Mytholmroyd - DBC00106
Inspiration for 'Cock Crows' by Ted Hughes
