Possibly Mr Collins of Heptonstall by the Old Bridge in Hebden Bridge, taken from Old Gate, March 1970. Stubbings School is in the centre of the picture, and St john's Church on the left.
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.
Slide 15 - On taking our stand at the end of the bridge the ornamental stone parapets on each side forms a notable feature, and beyond it seen a fine avenue of trees on the road leading in the direction of Conisbrough.
Slide 14 - Leaving the Church we descend the hill leading to the village, and note the elegant bridges which span the canal and River Don at this point. These bridges were erected about the year 1845 by the Copley family, and took the place of an…
Under the arch you can just make out the chimney of Land Mill. Photo probably dates from about 1920 as the stonework was repointed in, or around, 1928.
View down the Hebden Water passed the Council Offices, built 1897, St Georges Bridge, 1893, Old Bridge 1510, West End Bridge 1771. The open land bottom right is now Valley Road and Market Place.
Old Gate was constructed probably in the 1760s as part of the Halifax - Todmorden Turnpike which entered the town on Commercial Street to the front of the White Lion then left to continue over the Old Bridge and then left again. It ceased to be part…