This is a collection of photographs of items of historical interest which may be found in the
township of Hebden. I would like to thank Chris Foster in particular for devoting so much of his
time and his photographic expertise to the project.
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Mounting block outside Town Head
Date: 19th C? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Remnants of a dove cote and alighting ledge on a converted barn at Town Head.
Date: 18th C? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Regency garden building at Saxelby House, with Methodist Chapel behind
Date: circa 1800. Photographer: "Nick".
The bell from Hebden Mill
Date: 1792. Photographer: .
Lightening conductor on the
Powder House in Powder House Field
Date: Last half of 19th C. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Sheep wash in High Green, restored in the 1995 by Geoff Lund
Date: Last half of 19th C. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Wrought iron gates with inital 'B' near New Dike Lathes
Date: 19th C? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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A Bamford's Lion Trip Action Rake, patented in 1919, near Longholme Lathe
Date: 1920s? Photographer: Chris Foster.
Bench mark on north parapet of Hebden Bridge cut for the survey for 1st edition of six inch OS map
Date: c. 1848. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Bench mark on west wall of the church tower cut for the survey for 1st edition of six inch OS map
Date: c. 1848. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Inscription on wall of Hebden Hall barn - 'M', possibly for 'Metcalfe'
Date: late 19th C? Photographer: John Gardner.
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Inscription 'W F' in gate post at the entrance of Whitaker's Field at Bank Top Farm
Date: unknown. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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A section of wall on High Green which enclosed the Manorial N-W common field
Date: early medieval. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Parish Boundary wall sections in Bolton Gill, with masons' marks on each one chain-long section
Date: circa 1600. Photographer: John Gardner.
An
enclosure wall built to rigid specification marching across Mossy Moor
Date: circa 1860. Photographer: John Gardner.
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A bield near Mossy Moor.
Date: circa 1860. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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A bield on Great Black Hill.
Date: late 19th C. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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A walled trough on Great Black Hill (adjacent to a bield),
Date: late 19th C. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Stone men on Bolton Haw Crags
Date: 19th C? Photographer: John Gardner.
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A small carved head (c. 15 cm high) on Bolton Haw Crags
Date: 19th C? Photographer: John Gardner.
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A Bronze Age stone circle on Dumpit Hill Moss above Scar Top House.
Date: circa 2400-1000 BC. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Remnants of a
lime kiln near Tinkers Lane. It is the pile of boulders just above the bend in the wall.
Date: 18th Century? Photographer: John Gardner.
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A
lime kiln on Knowles Land - one of three in Hebden
Date: 18th Century? Photographer: John Gardner.
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Remnants of a
lime kiln on Knowles Land above Scala Falls.
Date: 18th Century? Photographer: John Gardner.
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Remnants of the Scuff Road
lime kiln. It is the shallow depression to the left of the quarry.
Date: 18th Century? Photographer: John Gardner.
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A pump house that originally fed water to Grassington Hospital
Date: circa 1919. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Water management chamber at Dukes Level
Date: 1920? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Tag Bail Level below Tag Bail Hill near Gateup Gill
Date: 1803. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Tag Bail Level building below Tag Bail Hill near Gateup Gill
Date: 1803. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Entrance of Old Prosperous Level in Gate Up Gill
Date: c. 1830. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Mine building associated with Old Prosperous Level in Gate Up Gill
Date: c. 1830. Photographer: John Gardner.
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Cast iron boot scraper incorporated into wall of Rosanne Cottage
Date: circa 1877? Photographer: Chris Foster.
Cast iron lantern bracket on the corner of Angle House. There also used to be one on the corner of the Post Office
Date: circa 1900s? Photographer: Chris Foster.
Wrought iron sheep marker found in the barn at Town Head - K for Kitching.
Date: circa 1900s? From the collection of: Jonathan Jowett. Photographer: Chris Foster.
Cast iron coal shute door cast by Fred Manby, & Bro Eng. & Ironfounders, of Skipton at Town Hill
Date: early 20th Century? Photographer: Chris Foster.
Cast iron coal shute door for the Methodist Chapel in Garth Croft, cast by Varley's of Skipton
Date: early 20th Century? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Cast iron coal shute door cast by Fred Manby, & Bro Eng. & Ironfounders, in the wall of the churchyard
Date: early 20th Century? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Cast iron coal shute door in the wall of the churchyard, after painting in 2021
Date: early 20th Century? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Cast iron coal shute door cast by Varley's of Skipton outside Green Cottage
Date: early 20th Century? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Earthenware flagon from
Ralph Bowdin, Grocer of Hebden, made by Kilburn of Burton in Lonsdale
Date: 1890s? From the collection of: Gareth Bedford.
Earthenware flagon from T. & A. Stockdale, Grocers of Hebden
Date: 1910s? Photographer: Ben McKenzie.
Earthenware flagon from T. & A. Stockdale, Grocers of Hebden
Date: 1910s? Photographer: Ben McKenzie.
Earthenware flagon from T. & A. Stockdale, Grocers of Hebden
Date: 1910s? Photographer: Barbara Stokes.
Milk churn label from T. & A. Stockdale, Grocers of Hebden found at Holesbeck.
Date: 1920s? Photographer: Alan Stockdale.
Milk bottle from John Longthorn's Flatts Farm
Date: 1960s. Photographer: Chris Foster.
Milk bottle from John Herd's Saxelby Farm
Date: 1960s. From the collection of: Gavin Herd.
The gold-painted George V Type E wall post box, ex Hebden P.O., exhibited at the Postal Museum.
Date: 2019. Photographer: Jane Ringrose.
Trade sign made of slate for Thomas Probert Perks (1860-1949) who lived in Hebden from about 1912
Date: 1880s. From the collection of: Chris Foster.
A 60cm fragment of cable used to carry mechanical power across Bolton Hawside to Bolton Engine Shaft
Date: 1850s. From the collection of: Peter Hodge.
The Ibbotson Institute wall clock, made by Hamburg-Amerikanische Uhrenfabrik.
Date: before 1930. From the collection of: Trustees of the Ibbotson Institute.
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Victorian offertory box in the Ibbotson Institute, probably from the Wesleyan Chapel.
Date: ?. From the collection of: Trustees of the Ibbotson Institute.
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Graffiti found inscribed on the lead in
St. Peter's Church in 2003. The church was consecrated in 1841.
Date: 1845. Photographer: Peter Hodge.
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Methodist Chapel organ.
Date: Unknown. Photographer: Chris Foster.
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Methodist Chapel organ - manufacturers labels.
Date: 1876? Photographer: Chris Foster.
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