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The building in the centre of the picture is the rear of the shops fronting onto Bridge Gate that were demolished, the space is now occupied by a car park. The foreground is the river wall.

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Built around 1800 by Abraham Gibson, this was one of the earliest mills in the area and was water powered producing cotton cloth, until it ceased production in 1890.

In the early part of the 20th century it was an entertainment centre for visitors…

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An east bound train leaving the town. Date unknown but before the track was quadrupled in 1906. Victoria Mill can be seen above the smoke.

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c. 1880. In the foreground the railway sidings which were constructed in 1877 and just visible to their right part of the station warehouse before it was extended in 1884. In the centre Crossley Mill and behind it Stubbings School (1878) and housing…

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Hebden Royd U.D. Leeds-Halifax-Preston Trunk Road A646, Caldene Bridge-Bridge Gate Reconstruction Scheme. Improvement at Memorial Gardens, Hebden Bridge. 1951/52 Estimates. The bridge across New Road connected the two parts of Crossley Mill.

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Junction between Commercial Street and the Leeds to Preston Trunk Road, at Hebden Bridge. Photo taken 18/3/53 for Hebden Royd U.D.C. to show the condition of the road before/during reconstruction work. Looking down New Road is the bridge connecting…

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Junction between Commercial Street and the Leeds to Preston Trunk Road, at Hebden Bridge. Photo taken 18/3/53 for Hebden Royd U.D.C. to show the condition of the road before/during reconstruction work. In the centre the bridge connecting the two…

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Date unknown but probably pre-First World War. In the centre is St James Parish Church, below it is Mytholm Hall, and above them the two Eaves Mills which were demolished after the First World War. Bottom right Stubbing Holme Dyeworks, above it…

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The original Nutclough Mill building was built in the late 1700s.

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In the foreground the station warehouse and sidings and above them across Calder Holmes is Crossley Mill.

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Looking up the valley with the chimney of Calderside Mill next to Whiteley Arches top centre. On the left houses on Stubbing Holme under construction and to their right Stubbing Holme Dyeworks.

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c.1912. In the foreground the large station warehouse which had been extended in 1884 and the sidings. The warehouse was demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1966.

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Possibly early 1940s as the tennis courts have been given over to chickens.

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Cornelius Giblin, Warp Twister at Greenwood Stell & Sons Ltd.

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Partial demolition of the mill is taking place. A firm of Blenders and Slitherers oppupied the smaller premises for a number of years. The mill was finally demolished in 2013 and the site developed for housing.

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Partial demolition of the mill is taking place. A firm of Blenders and Slitherers occupied the smaller premises for a number of years. The mill was finally demolished in 2013 and the site developed for housing.
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