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Title: Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags - ALC06323
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Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags - ALC06323
Description
Gibson Mill began its life around 1803 as a water-powered spinning mill. Less than a hundred years later, it was called Lord Holme Mill, and part of a major tourist attraction. It was eventually left to and restored by the National Trust by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee when he died in 1956.
It was powered by a 5hp water wheel. Work had stopped by the end of the century. It then took on a new role as a Roller Skating Rink and Dance Hall with boating on the mill ponds, and became very popular with day trippers.
Passing Lord Holme Mill [Gibson's Mill], in a few minutes the tourist reaches Hardcastle Crags. These crags are simply the debris of a landslip many years ago.
Extracts from "Guide to Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge & Neighbourhood including Cragg Valley, Colden Valley and Heptonstall".
It was powered by a 5hp water wheel. Work had stopped by the end of the century. It then took on a new role as a Roller Skating Rink and Dance Hall with boating on the mill ponds, and became very popular with day trippers.
Passing Lord Holme Mill [Gibson's Mill], in a few minutes the tourist reaches Hardcastle Crags. These crags are simply the debris of a landslip many years ago.
Extracts from "Guide to Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge & Neighbourhood including Cragg Valley, Colden Valley and Heptonstall".
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
ALC06323.tif
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Citation
“Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags - ALC06323,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 20, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/17896.
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