The gardens seen here and the buildings at the end demolished when New Road was widened in the mid-1930s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The hall occupies – or rather occupied – a prominent site on the spur of the hill overlooking Sterne Bridge. In the summer of 1912 lightning struck the…
Slide 14. Such is the central point of the scenery in which walk the dauntless 'Shirley', the gentle Caroline, the Rectors, the inimitable Curates, and all the dramatis personae who take part in this perfect West Riding Drama.
A carrier by trade, William Holt was a well-known character in Victorian Hebden Bridge. His job took him all over the country and he is known to have visited the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851. In 1850 Holt was at the centre of the…
The first General Baptist's meetings were held in a house on Wadsworth Lane but requiring bigger premises the congregation built the first Birchcliffe Chapel in 1764 on Sandy Gate.
This was re-built and enlarged in 1825 and then replaced in 1898 by…
The Old Bridge taken from St George's Bridge looking downstream. The large building in the centre was on Bridge Gate but long demolished. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The history of the original homestead is not available. Towards the close of the thirties, Mr Christopher Rawson obtained possession and as the structure…
Looking along Old Gate and the Hebden Water in the centre of the town towards Bridge Mill. Taken prior to the construction of the Council Offices and St Georges Bridge mid-1890s.