Bridge, 1771/1772 to carry the new turnpike road from Todmorden to Halifax to south west with mid C19 bridge abutting to north east with renewed parapets of that date. 2-spam segmental arches. Oldest portions has pitch faced voussoirs…
The timber bridge which gave its name to the town probably stood a little further upstream than the present stone structure which dates from about 1510. Legacies financed the construction: for example, James Grenewode of Wadsworth left 3s. 4d to the…
Farrar's dress shop at the corner of Market Street and Old Gate. It became a house, then the Inn On The Bridge untill January 2011, then it re-opened as The Old Gate following refurbishment after the floods of 2012.
The gentleman standing in the archway is Hebden Royd UDC Surveyor, Mr Moyse. The tenements on Old Gate at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in 1967 as being unfit for human habitation.
On the left is the Hole in the Wall and next to it the chimney of Hebden Bridge Mill. The building partly visible on the far right has now been demolished. Postcard.
The narrow road at its junction with Market Street. The building on the right, formerly Nickies Cafe, was demolished 1960s to open up the junction. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The narrow junction with Market Street. The building on the left was demolished in order to open up the junction in the 1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The building opposite the photographer has been demolished as has the building at the end to open up the junction with Market Street. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive