J.H. Whitley (1866-1935) was Liberal MP for Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1900 to 1928 and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1921 to 1928. He presided over the transition to democracy in Britain and the emergence of Labour as a…
Looking across to High Street from the bottom of Stocks Lane. Top left the Methodist chapel, closed 2011, and bottom left the Wolf Inn, demolished 1950s. Photo Christopher Cawkwell Collection.
Interior of St Mary's Church pre 1950s. The west and north galleries were removed in the 1950s and the pulpit in the 1990s. The chandelier has also now gone and some memorials have gone or been resited.
St. James, Parish Church of Hebden Bridge School. Angels from L to R: John Buckley, Joan Crabtree, Kathleen Hey, Beryl Stocks, June Fielding, Lily Bolton, not known, Gillian Uttley, Derek McMahon. Three Kings L to R: Kenneth Hawks, Gordon Smith,…
Mytholm Church School, Hebden Bridge, also known as Hebden Bridge National School, St James Day School and St James School, Hebden Bridge. The need for a school was prompted by Rev George Sowden. It was built by subscription. The corner-stone was…