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Sally of Heptonstall - HLS05120
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The Rev John Foster, Essayist - HLS05119
HLS05119. Born in 1770 to a farmer and weaver near Halifax and at about 17 he attended the Rev John Fawcett's Particular Baptist Academy at Brearley Hall. From there he went to the Baptist College but after several positions as a Baptist Minister…
The Rev John Fawcett. Baptist Minister at Wainsgate and Ebenezer - HLS05118
HLS05118. John Fawcett from Bradford became minister to the Particular Baptists at Wainsgate in 1764. Whislt still minister there he moved to Brearley Hall and opened a college there for young men. Then in 1777 he opened Ebenezer Chapel down in…
The Rev Dan Taylor. Founder General Baptist Chapel, Birchcliffe. - HLS05117
Born in Northowram, Halifax, in 1738 the Rev Dan Taylor came to Hebden Bridge and held meetings in a room at Higher Needless near the top of Wadsworth Lane. As his congregation grew larger premises were required and a Chapel on Sandy Gate was opened…
Old Bill Holt. - HLS05116
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…
Jack Somerton Violinist. - HLS05111
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Hebden Bridge - Mayroyd Lock and Lock House. - HLS05110
HLS05110. Looking east along the Rochdale Canal from just past Mayroyd Mill. To the right of the house the gable end of the Crow Nest Gas Works manager's house with some railway wagons. To the left more wagons and a railway signal. Date unknown but…
Hebden Bridge - Rochdale Canal and Man With Donkey. - HLS05109
Man with a donkey on the tow path where it inclines up to the bridge at the top of Holme Street. The river is below the wall which today is replaced by railings around the children's playground. The tow path has now been re-aligned at this point.…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05107
HLS05107. Wholesale Clothing Shop warehouse pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other heavy fustians such as…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade. - HLS05106
Hand finishing in a Sewing Shop pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other heavy fustians such as moleskins for…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade. - HLS05105
HLS05105. Cutters and hand sewers pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other heavy fustians such as moleskins…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05104
HLS05104. Finishers and special cutters in a Clothing Shop pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other heavy…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade. - HLS05103
HLS05103. Button sewing machinists in a Machine Room with treadle Singer sewing machines pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade. - HLS05102
Sewing machinists in a large Machine Room working on sewing machines pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05101
Sewing machinists at Nutclough Mill c.1910 with treadle Singer sewing machines. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other heavy…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade. - HLS05100
HLS05100. Sewing machinists at treadle sewing machines in a large Machine Room pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05098
Cutting room pre- First World War with sewing machinists in the background with treadle Singer sewing machines. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05097
HLS05097. Band knife cutters. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other heavy fustians such as moleskins for heavy work wear but in…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05096
HLS05096. Working a band knife at Nutclough Mill c.1890. The machinists behind working treadle sewing machines. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made…
Hebden Bridge - View up the Calder Valley from Eaves Wood.. - HLS05095
A snow covered view up the Calder Valley over Adelaide Street, Stubbing Holme and dye works and along King Street to Calderside Mill with the railway over Whiteley Arches next to it and onto Charlestown. Far right the terraced houses of Saville…
Hebden Bridge - Whiteley Arches, Charlestown. - HLS05092
HLS05092. Constructed by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and named after the Whitleys whose Calderside Mill was adjacent. When built the bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal along with that at Gauxholme were about the first such bridges…
Hebden Bridge - Whitley Arches, Charlestown. - HLS05091
HLS05091. Constructed by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and named after the Whitleys whose Calderside Mill was adjacent. When built the bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal along with that at Gauxholme were about the first such bridges…
Hebden Bridge - Mill Goit at Mytholm. - HLS05090
The goit at the bottom of Colden Clough for Bankfoot Mill.
Hebden Bridge - Mill Goit at Mytholm. - HLS05089
The goit for Bankfoot Mill at the bottom of Colden Clough.
Hebden Bridge - Mill Goit, Mytholm. - HLS05088
The goit at the bottom of Colden Clough for Bankfoot Mill.