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  • Collection: Hebden Bridge Local History Society

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The mill at Chiserley, Old Town gained notoriety as 'The Killer Mill, as many of its worker contracted asbestosis through breathing in asbestos dust. The mill closed in 1970 but wasn't largely demolished until 1978/9. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local…

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Cape Asbestos, Old Town near Hebden Bridge Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Old Town Mill and chimney top centre. The building in the foreground is Snow, or Snay Booth before alterations. Date - early eighties at the latest.

Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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On the left Fairfield and Palace House Road and to its right Wadsworth Lane and Dodd Naze Estate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Looking over from on or near Sandy Gate. Heptonstall on the left and Old Town on the right. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Centre left Moss Lane climbing up to Lee Wood Road with Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel, destroyed by fire mid 1960s, to the left. Heptonstall above it. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Left of centre Dodd Naze estate. Construction of the estate started in 1947 with 20 steel fabricated houses. Top right Heptonstall. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Construction of the estate started in 1947 with 20 steel fabricated houses seen here fronting onto Wadsworth Lane. Heptonstall Church top right on the skyline. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The house and adjoning barn were left derelict for many years but restored c.2013. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Probably Hebden Bridge area 1960s. Can you identify? Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The rear of the estate on the right with Wadsworth Lane climbing up. On the sky line Mount Skip, a pub at the time this photo was taken but no longer so. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Stubbing School is at the bottom of the street. The bottom terrace on the left is no longer there. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The houses on the left front onto Cliffe Street and above the wall on the right the roof of Stubbings School. The path is the remains of the old packhorse road between Heptonstall and Halifax from which a branch ran up to Old Town and on to Haworth.…

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The bottom of Birchcliffe Road with its junction with Commercial Street. The buildings on the left have been demolished. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Looking down on to Commercial Street. The road has now been widened and the buildings across Commercial Street all demolished, only those on the left remain. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Houses on Commercial Street above Garden Street in course of demolition in the mid 1960s. Botton left the widened Birchcliffe Road. The building on the left has also gone. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Looking over Hebden Bridge from Wood Top area. Bottom centre gas holder on Station Road and Crossley Mill above it. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1964. On the hill below Heptonstall Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel destroyed mid 1960s. Part of the…

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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In the centre Hope Baptist Chapel, and above the buildings the large storeyed Foster Mill, far right the chimney of Crossley Mill. Top left Cross Lanes Chapel at the top of The Buttress Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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At the bottom Pallis House and above it Hope Baptist Chapel. The large storeyed mill more or less in the centre is Foster Mill. Top left Heptonstall Road and Cross Lanes Chapel. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Taken prior to construction of the Co-Op (now Carlton Building) in 1876. At the bottom Hope Baptist Chapel on New Road and centre of the photo the large storeyed Foster Mill. top right below the quarry scar Keighley Road, or at the time this photo…
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