Looking down from about the bottom of Birchcliffe Road. Demolition started on 26th November 1962. The site now Lees Yard and the holly trees remain in 2015. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The hotel in course of demolition in 1962. Above it the Co-op Building, now Carlton Buildings, and clock tower. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The hotel in course of demolition in 1962. Above it the Co-op Building, now Carlton Buildings, and clock tower. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The White Horse Hotel was an inn at least since 1851, although Barry Ledgard tells us that a licensee of the White Horse Inn, William Jackson, was charged with running a stage carriage without a licence, every Market day, to Halifax, and was caught…
There had been an inn on this site since 1851. The White Horse Hotel closed its doors 1960 and was demolished in 1962, the site is now a car park. There are two holly trees and these still remain.
House, initialled and dated "W I R ". Rubble brought to course, dressed quoins, 1 7 3 1 stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 2-cell plan originally with added cell mid C18. All are chamfered mullioned windows lacking some mullions. 4-light window…
House, initialled and dated "W I R ". Rubble brought to course, dressed quoins, 1 7 3 1 stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 2-cell plan originally with added cell mid C18. All are chamfered mullioned windows lacking some mullions. 4-light window…
House, initialled and dated "W I R ". Rubble brought to course, dressed quoins, 1 7 3 1 stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 2-cell plan originally with added cell mid C18. All are chamfered mullioned windows lacking some mullions. 4-light window…
House, initialled and dated "W I R ". Rubble brought to course, dressed quoins, 1 7 3 1 stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 2-cell plan originally with added cell mid C18. All are chamfered mullioned windows lacking some mullions. 4-light window…
The building featured here was demolished and a bank built on the site. Later that was demolished and another bank built, which in its turn was demolished.
St Mary's Church can be seen on the left, and the coal merchant's was run by author Billy…