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Hebden Bridge Ref 28-H153

District of Calderdale to the west of Halifax on the Rochdale Canal and at the junction of Hebden Water and the Calder

Hebden Bridge A. F. C Ref 28-11

Association football club recorded around 1914, when Lewis Armstrong was a player

Hebden Bridge Agricultural Show Ref 28-H55

Recorded in 1900, when it was held at Calder Holmes Park.

During World War I, the show was suspended and was revived on 31st May 1919.

See Doc Shire

Hebden Bridge Ambulance Association Ref 28-H3314

Daniel Jones Crossley was the first – and only – President

Hebden Bridge & Calder Valley Agricultural Society Ref 28-H2442

Recorded in 1911, when their 9th Annual Show was held at Calder Holme, Hebden Bridge

See Sir Charles Robertshaw

Hebden Bridge & District Band of Hope Union Ref 28-H1978

Succeeded the Hebden Bridge & Heptonstall Temperance Society. The society was established at Cross Lane Methodist Chapel in 1859.

Closed in March 1952.

See Band of Hope

Hebden Bridge & District Farmers' Association Limited Ref 28-H2719

Recorded in 1917 at Station Yard, Hebden Bridge

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Hebden Bridge & District Jubilee Fund Ref 28-H3100

Established in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

See Hebden Bridge Nursing Institute

Hebden Bridge & District Master Painters Ref 28-H611

The Hebden Bridge & District News Ref 28-H1946

Published by W. Waddington & Sons. Recorded in 1907

Hebden Bridge & Heptonstall Temperance Society Ref 28-H1980

A temperance society formed in 1852.

Elias Hitchen was one of the founder members.

In the local elections of 1894, the Temperance Association put up 7 candidates who wanted the Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge to close. Only 1 was returned.

Evolved into the Hebden Bridge & District Band of Hope Union

Hebden Bridge & Mytholmroyd Gas Board Ref 28-H3317

Recorded on 20th April 1908, when Councillor James Simpson was re-elected Chairman

Hebden Bridge & Mytholmroyd Gas Company Ref 28-H2394

Formed in 1838.

See Hebden Bridge Gas Company

Hebden Bridge & Todmorden Advertiser & General News-letter Ref 28-H1973

Hebden Bridge & Todmorden Historical Almanack Ref 28-H1942

Hebden Bridge Antiques Centre Ref 28-H3306

Dunkley House, Albert Street

Hebden Bridge Arts Centre Ref 28-H56

In the former Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Association Football Club Ref 28-12

Officers of the Club have included

Arthur Gibson Secretary [1915]

See Hebden Bridge AFC Memorial

Hebden Bridge Bachelor Club Ref 28-H2412

Founded in 1927 by Edward Thomas

This & associated entries use material contributed by Maggie Berry

Hebden Bridge Band Ref 28-5

Hebden Bridge Board of Health Ref 28-H375

Established in 18??

Hebden Bridge Bowling Club Ref 28-H3008

Near Hardcastle Crags.

Established around 1898.

Recorded in 1913, when the membership was 130.

Handley Ashworth was President

Hebden Bridge British Legion Ref 28-13

See Hebden Bridge British Legion Memorial

Hebden Bridge British Restaurant Ref 28-H679

British restaurant opened in 1941/2

Hebden Bridge Camera Club Ref 28-H2425

Established in 19??. This was originally the Calder Camera Club

Hebden Bridge Cattle Market Ref 28-H2761

This was a fortnightly market. The site became the car park for the Stubbing Wharf Hotel

Hebden Bridge Choral & Harmonic Society Ref 28-H1931

Established in 1883.

Officers of the Society have included

Daniel Jones Crossley – first President

Members of the Society have included

James Ashworth

Recorded in 1897

Hebden Bridge Choral Society Ref 28-H1850

Established in 18??

The Hebden Bridge Chronicle Ref 28-H1949

Newspaper. First published in 1853 by William Garforth. It ceased publication on 6th December 1856.

It is recorded in 1881

Question: When was the paper resurrected after its demise in 1856?

See Antiquarian and Hebden Chronicle

Hebden Bridge: Churches & Chapels Ref 28-3

Hebden Bridge Cinema Section Ref 28-8

A section of the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society.

Their productions include

Small Fry [1952]
Several short films about and around Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Circuit Ref 28-H674

The Methodist circuit was formed in 1862 with Salem Wesleyan Chapel as its head

Hebden Bridge Civic Hall Ref 28-H486

Hebden Bridge Coffee & Cocoa House Company Limited Ref 28-H2517

3 Bridge Street, Hebden Bridge. The company was registered in July 1880.

At a special meeting on 2nd June 1888, it was decided to wind up the company

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Hebden Bridge Community Association Ref 28-H2869

See Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Hebden Bridge Conservative Offices Ref 28-H3672

Commercial Street. The Offices are attached to Southcliffe House, Hebden Bridge. Both buildings are listed

Hebden Bridge constables Ref 28-H4025

The Foldout lists some of the people who have served as Police Officers in Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Constitutional Club Ref 28-H2409

Recorded in 1905 & 1917 at 6 Albert Street.

Recorded in 1912, when the membership was 299.

In 1917, Herbert Henry Pepper was secretary

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Hebden Bridge Co-operative Hall Ref 28-H696

Albert / Cheetham Street.

On 1st May 1908, they were refused a stage-play licence by the West Riding General Purposes Committee

Hebden Bridge Co-operative Society Reading Room Ref 28-H782

Recorded in 1905 at Crown Street / St George's Square

Hebden Bridge Cotton & Commercial Company Limited Ref 28-H2516

Recorded in 1861 at Hebden Bridge when James Bottomley was Secretary, and in 1874 when they were at Calder Mill, Hebden Bridge and S. Lumb was Secretary.

The company was registered in September 1882

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom & Diana Monahan

Hebden Bridge Cricket Club Ref 28-H2807

See White Rose Archery Club

Hebden Bridge District Nurses' Home Ref 28-H383

Recorded in 1905 at New Road, Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Dramatic Section Ref 28-H393

A section of the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society. This later became Hebden Bridge Little Theatre

Hebden Bridge Economic Stores Ref 28-H3627

A branch of Economic Stores (Halifax) Limited. Opened in 1???. It was opposite the Shoulder of Mutton, Hebden Bridge. The building is now occupied by a ladies' fashion shop.

A branch on Albert Street opened in 1???

This & associated entries use material contributed by Nigel Lloyd

Hebden Bridge Estate Company Limited Ref 28-H641

Registered 27th July 1891.

The had capital of £50,000 in £10 shares

Hebden Bridge Fire Station Ref 28-H2399

The old fire station formed a part of Hebden Bridge UDC Offices.

The fire station at Hangingroyd – built at a cost of £15,000 and opened on 7th May 1966.

It closed in 2006.

In June 2009, it was demolished and a car park created on the site.

See Mytholmroyd Fire Station

Hebden Bridge Floral & Horticultural Society Ref 28-H2439

Established on 3rd March 1880

Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Co-operative Society Limited Ref 28-H2503

Aka the Fustian Co-op.

This was a successful workers' co-operative established in 1870 by a group of workers for the production and sale of fustian

Hebden Bridge Garden Club Ref 28-H3345

Recorded in 1913, when the membership was 40

Hebden Bridge Gas Company Ref 28-H2403

The gas company was formed at the Crow Nest Works in 1852.

In 1874, William Blackburn was Manager.

Hebden Bridge Gas Works was completed in 1912.

See Hebden Bridge & Mytholmroyd Gas Company

Hebden Bridge Golf Club Ref 28-H3363

Mount Skip

Hebden Bridge Industrial Co-operative Society Limited Ref 28-H2446

Established in 1848.

The first premises were a small cottage at the corner of High Street and Heptonstall Road.

See Heptonstall Co-operative Society

Hebden Bridge Liberal Club Ref 28-H2410

Crown Street.

The Club was built in 1899 [?]. It was designed by Jesse Horsfall.

The corner stones were laid by Daniel Jones Crossley in 1893.

Members and Officers of the Club have included

Vernon Harcourt Clay [1915]
Albert Richard Ashworth Secretary [1917]
Robert Oakley Jarvis President [1917]

In the 1950s, it became Hebden Bridge Civic Hall.

Around 1980, it became the Greenwood Inn.

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Greaves & Alan Longbottom

Hebden Bridge Library Ref 28-H567

Hope Street / Cheetham Street, Hebden Bridge. The first library was established at the former Hope Street Sunday School, Hebden Bridge.

On 8th June 1903, Andrew Carnegie gave £2,000 for the construction of a free library at Hebden Bridge.

In 1908, the building was extended.

On 20th March 1934, a new branch library opened, the first in the town.

The library was restored in 2010

Hebden Bridge Light Opera Society Ref 28-H1832

See Picture House, Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society Ref 28-H2500

Originally, the Hebden Bridge General Society was formed on 4th December 1905 by William Nowell. Other sections were subsequently formed:

the Astronomical Section – see Amateur Astronomy Centre
the Bee-keeping Section
the Cinema Section
the Dramatic Section
the Esperanto Section
the Fine Arts Section
the French Circle
the Horticulture Section
the Literary Section
the Local History Section
the Music Section
the Natural History Section
the Photographic Section

See Edward Binney Gibson and Dent Sutcliffe

Hebden Bridge Little Theatre Ref 28-H1074

Established by the Hebden Bridge Dramatic Section. The 300-seat theatre opened on 18th September 1937 with a production of Hail, Nero – written by Mary Stocks – which was applauded for its impressive burning of Rome

The modern theatre has a capacity of 120

Hebden Bridge Local History Section Ref 28-H504

A section of the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society formed in 1950.

It subsequently became the Hebden Bridge Local History Society

Hebden Bridge Male Voice Choir Ref 28-H115

Established in 18??.

Members included James Willie Barker and Clement Speak

Hebden Bridge Marina Ref 28-H2953

Canal basin on the Rochdale Canal

Hebden Bridge Market Ref 28-H2544

See Markets

Hebden Bridge Mechanics' Institute Ref 28-H2390

A Mechanics' Institute established in 1838. Recorded in 1905 at 34 Commercial Street

Hebden Bridge: Mills Ref 28-1

The Hebden Bridge Monthly Chronicle Ref 28-H1950

Started in 1853. Closed on 6th December 1856

Hebden Bridge Musical Society Ref 28-H1854

Established 1881. T. Law of Todmorden was their first conductor

Hebden Bridge Nursing Institute Ref 28-H3099

Established around 1897. Funded by the Hebden Bridge & District Jubilee Fund. They were at 10 Croft Terrace, Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Nursing Institution Ref 28-H627

Hebden Bridge Oddfellows Ref 28-H3775

Recorded in 1834, when they opened the Loyal Rose Lodge [No 808]

Hebden Bridge Overseers of the Poor Ref 28-H784

The Foldout lists some of the people who have served as Overseer of the Poor for Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Parish Church Ref 28-H137

Hebden Bridge, Parish of Ref 28-H2644

Created in 1844.

See St James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Parliamentary Debating Society Ref 28-H2872

Recorded in 1883

Hebden Bridge Photographic Section Ref 28-H1923

A section of the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society which was established in 1906. In 1960, it broke away to became the Calder Camera Club

Hebden Bridge Picture House Ref 28-H478

New Road. The cinema was designed by John Thomas Cockcroft It was opened in July 1921 by a group of local businessmen trading under the name of Thistle Holme Estate Company. It can seat 493 people.

It closed in 1964 as cinema attendances fell.

It was reopened privately, and was used by the Hebden Bridge Light Opera Society, amongst others.

In November 1972, Hebden Royd Town Council bought the building. When it subsequently passed to Calderdale Council, major refurbishment was carried out and over £50,000 was spent on stone cleaning, rewiring and new facilities.

In September 1996, when closure threatened, The Friends of Hebden Bridge Picture House was formed to save and promote the cinema.

It is now run by Calderdale MBC, and is one of the largest civic-owned cinemas in the country.

The building and neighbouring shops are listed.

See Royal Electric Theatre & Hippodrome, Hebden Bridge

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Cant

Hebden Bridge Pierrots Ref 28-H3333

19th/20th century entertainers

Hebden Bridge Police Station Ref 28-H2401

Hope Street.

In January 1863, a grant of £650 was recommended to build a police station at Hebden Bridge. The first stone was laid on 28th September 1863.

In September 2012, this was one of a number of local police stations which were to be closed and sold off in order to cut costs.

Hebden Bridge Post Office Ref 28-H2406

This has been recorded at several times

In January 1845, at the White Lion when Thomas Patchett was postmaster
In January 1861, when Thomas Knowles Hey, a chemist and druggist, was postmaster
A Post Office Savings Bank was opened in September 1861
In April 1877, it was at David Heap's premises
In February 1897, William Cockcroft retired as postmaster
On 5th March 1908, when A. T. Thompson left
On 14th May 1908, Arthur Smith of Northampton was appointed postmaster

Hebden Bridge Prize Brass Band Ref 28-H981

They had their headquarters at the Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge for some time. In September 1911, they won the English Brass Band Championship at Belle Vue, Manchester.

See Sunday Sing

Hebden Bridge: Pubs & Inns Ref 28-2

Hebden Bridge Railway Station Ref 28-H2200

The station opened in 1840 for the Lancashire & Yorkshire line from Normanton. It was built on the site of Crow Nest Farm.

Rev James Armytage Rhodes insisted that the station should be at least 1 mile from his home at Mytholm Hall.

A wooden trellis bridge was built to allow passengers to cross the Calder. In 1850, this was replaced by the Victoria Bridge

The first train arrived at the station on 5th October 1840.

The Summit to Littleborough section was completed later in the year – see Machpelah House, Hebden Bridge and Summit Tunnel.

The station was used for visitors to Hardcastle Crags. There were special excursions from the station. A horse-bus service carried passengers on to Keighley and Skipton.

On 7th March 1908, the Shunters' Cabin at the station burned down.

On 7th January 1928, the wife of the stationmaster was killed by a motor car.

Most of the buildings at the station are listed.

See Railway Hotel, Hebden Bridge, Alice Wood and Henry Woollven

Hebden Bridge Rats Motor Cycle Club Ref 28-H2779

Hebden Bridge Rotary Club Ref 28-H2289

See Millennium Clock, Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge Rugby Club Ref 28-10

Recorded around 1914, when Lewis Armstrong was a player

Hebden Bridge School Board Ref 28-H522

School Board set up in August 1874.

On 11th November 1890, a School Board was formed for Hebden Bridge, Blackshaw, Erringden, Heptonstall, Mytholmroyd, and Wadsworth.

See Rev William Jones

Hebden Bridge: Schools Ref 28-4

Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail Ref 28-H593

An art event at Hardcastle Crags which began in 1995. Works by artists – including local community groups, practising artists, graduates and undergraduates – are displayed around the woodland for 4 weeks in July each.

The aim of the trail is to provide a forum in which artists can test notions of what contemporary landscape might mean for them and the production of their work.

The 2005 Trail was the last to be presented. In its 10-year life, over 300 artists contributed to the event.

See Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail

Hebden Bridge General Society Ref 28-H2430