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Originally Hawden Hole, it is situated on the south Hebden Dale hillside between Midge Hole and Hebden Hey above Hebden Water and the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in February 1817.…

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Bob Mill was a watered powered cotton spinning mill built in 1805 but probably production did not continue after 1809 and the mill subsequently fell into dilapidation. The adjoining house though seems to have been occupied up until the end of the…

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The bridge carrying Widdop Road over Graining Water just before its confluence with Alcomden Water to form Hebden water. Historical OS maps refer to the area as Black Dean and today it is a famous local beauty spot and picnic site..

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The underside of the bridge carrying Widdop Road over Graining Water. Historical OS maps call the whole area Black Dean.

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HLS05085. Looking up Colden Clough. In the left foreground is Stubbing Holme Dyeworks and next to it Trinity Street on Stubbing Holme between the canal and the river. Above St James Parish Church and Bankfoot Mill with the Eaves Mills beyond. Date…

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Engraving by J Shore c.1855. Looking up from Stubbing Holme where the Colden Water joins the River Calder, the 'mytholm'. Above is Mytholm Hall, St James Parish Church and above that Eaves Lower and Upper Mills and to the right Bankfoot Mill, now the…

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Looking across St Georges Bridge, built 1893, to the Square and the large Co-op building with its clock tower. The building on the right on Blackwater Street was demolished to make way for the Council Offices which were built in 1897.

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Looking down Hebden Water to West End Bridge with Old Gate on the right. The building on the left, which is to the rear of Westbourne House, was converted into a dwelling in 2012 and windows added. Beyond the bridge is Central Dyeworks to which an…

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On the left building work has started on the Council Offices. The chimney and part of Bridge Mill are beyond the bridge.

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The buildings on the left, on what was then Blackwater Street, were demolished to make way for the Council Offices which opened in 1897. The chimney and part of Bridge Mill can be seen on the right.

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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.

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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…

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An unusual view looking up the Calder Valley towards Calderside Mill with its tall chimney and the railway crossing Whiteley Arches. The road to the right is Burnley Road into King Street. To the left between the Calder and the Rochdale Canal are the…

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View across the town late 19th or early 20th century prior to the building of Riverside School in 1908. Bottom right is Central School following enlargement in 1895. Looking up the river beyond the second bridge the Council Offices built in 1897/8.…

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General view across to the Stubbings hillside. Centre left the Board School which opened in 1878 and along from it the partially constructed Zion Particular Baptist Chapel which was constructed in 1881 and opened for worship in 1882.

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Victoria Bridge carries Station Road over the Calder; it was built in 1855 replacing a timber trestle bridge built for the station in 1839/40. The weir was to direct water to the wheelhouse for Mayroyd Mill. Just visible in the background Queens…
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