Town Gate, Heptonstall and Hebden Bridge Signal Box Artworks.

 Created by me based on 2 pictures I took in November 2013 are these images of Town Gate the main road through the village of Heptonstall and the signal box at Hebden Bridge Railway Station. Both can also be seen on Clickasnap un-watermarked.

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Willow Hall Dam Autumnal Artwork

This original artwork created by me is based on a picture I took in March 2018 around Willow Hall Dam, Sowerby Bridge. The day had seen a number of snow showers but i'd still gone up to the dam to get out of the house for a while. To the west of the lake are some old abandoned outbuildings -garages that were of interest even though they had nothing particularly characterful about them.

The original picture is shown above. Whilst I like the picture I didn't think that there was enough going on to make it in to an artwork, so I decided to give the artwork below an autumnal look fill of bright reds and oranges to give it a look of breaking dawn, the finished artwork below.

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Sowerby Bridge Randoms

 Sowerby Bridge is a market town in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. Originally a crossing point over the River Calder the town grew fast during the industrial revolution on its proximity to the River's Calder and Ryburn that were used to power the textile and engineering mills that grew up around them. As time went on the Rivers were joined by firstly the Calder & Hebble Navigation Canal providing links to Wakefield and beyond, and then the Rochdale Canal with links to Lancashire and Manchester which helped to continue the growth of industry in the Sowerby Bridge area. The railways were next to arrive with Sowerby Bridge featuring a large goods yard at the modern location of Tesco and eventually becoming a railway junction town when the line opened up the Ryburn Valley.

The railway, canals, industries and town entered in to a period of decline after between the wars, that continued for many years after, with it's valley location making it difficult for modern industries to invest and many long standing companies withdrew from the town. In the 1980's the town marketed itself as a tourist destination with the town's annual Rushbearing parade, canoe slalom development and canal re-opening driving much of the regeneration.

The town remains a pleasant place to live, featuring in a number of TV shows in recent years including, Stay Lucky, Happy Valley and the English Game, although it is often overshadowed by it's near neighbours Halifax and Hebden Bridge.

The pictures below can also be seen on Clickasnap un-watermarked, they feature a number of well known locations around the town and were taken with a iPhone 11 on the 26th September 2021.

Rochdale Canal from Tower Hill Bridge

Co-op Bridge and steps, Hollins Mill Lane.

The Canal Basin

Christ Church, Tuel Lane Tunnel, Rochdale Canal and the Roxy

Railway Viaduct and Rivers Ryburn and Calder

Town Hall Clock from County Bridge. The building never served as the Town Hall despite it's name spending most of it's history as a bank.

Courtyard on the Old Cawsey, thought to be the amongst the oldest road's through Sowerby Bridge.

River Ryburn and Sowerby Bridge Swimming Pool.

Former Wesleyan Chapel at Bolton Brow.

Rochdale Canal from the Co-op bridge steps.

Jack O Th Locks at the entrance to Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin.

Old Cawsey Courtyard

River Calder and Canoe Slalom from County Bridge.

River Ryburn

Rochdale Canal from Co-Op Bridge

Lock 2 Sowerby Bridge Upper on the Rochdale Canal

River Calder from County Bridge

Co-Op Steps

Geese on the canal, the town has become locally known for geese running the rule of the town

The Rochdale Canal from Lock 2 towards Lock 1 and the canal basin.

Christ Church, Tuel Lane Tunnel and Christ Church from Lock 2 on the Rochdale Canal.

The Village Restaurant, formerly the Ash Tree pub.

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Canal Bridges

 

Canal Bridges is a set of 20 pictures I took that shows a variety of Canal Bridges taken at various locations and on differing canals in the UK and Italy. They can also be seen on Clickasnap un-watermarked.

Bridge 199 on the Leeds - Liverpool Canal near Bingley. Taken with a Nikon d3300 on

the 9th July 2016.

Long Cut End Viaduct over the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Thornhill Nr Dewsbury. I took this with a Nikon d3300 on the 30th December 2019.

Bridge 59 on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, taken with a Nikon d3300 on the 25th July 2020 somewhere between Slaithwaite and Marsden.

The Calder and Hebble Navigation underneath the M62 at Brighouse. Taken on the 30th March 2019 with a Nikon d3300.

Gauxholme Viaduct carries the railway over the Rochdale Canal between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge, I took this with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet on the 14th November 2013.

Concrete Pipe Bridge on the Rochdale Canal, I can't remember the exact location only it was somewhere between Littleborough and Walsden on the Rochdale Canal. Taken with a Polaroid is2132 on the 31st May 2014.

Hollins Mill Tunnel and the Rochdale Canal, Sowerby Bridge, taken with a Nikon d3300 on the 16th December 2018.

Not sure what the bridge is, but i took this on the Tennant Canal near Neath with a Nikon d3300 on the 20th September 2017.

Accademia Bridge over the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, taken with a Nikon d3300 on the 30th October 2018.

Disused as a canal crossing for decades the bridge used to cross the Calder and Hebble Navigation Halifax Branch near Siddal, Halifax. I took this in June 2015 with a Polaroid is2132 on the Hebble Trail.

Bridge 54 on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, taken on the 25th July 2020 with a Nikon d3300.

Co-op Bridge steps at Sowerby Bridge, crossers the Rochdale Canal. I took this with a IPhone 11 on the 26th September 2021.

Bridge 52 on the Rochdale Canal at Smithy Bridge. I took this on the 27th December 2019 with a Nikon d3300.

Longbottom (Tenterfields) Bridge over the Rochdale Canal, taken with a Nikon d3300 on the 16th December 2018.

Bridge 34 over the Rochdale Canal at Walsden, St Peter's Church Spire is viewed in the background. I took this with a Nikon d3300 on the 27th August 2019.

Brighouse Marina Footbridge, taken from underneath Huddersfield Road Bridge on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. I took this on the 4th August 2018 with a Nikon d3300.

Bridge 62 over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Marsden, taken with a Nikon d3300 on the 25th July 2020.

Wakefield Road Bridge at Salterhebble Locks, the bridge crossers the remaining section of the Halifax Branch Canal. Taken on the 22nd May 2018 with a Nikon d3300.

Moderna Bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Mytholmroyd, I took this with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet on the 2nd November 2013.

Wheatley Bridge over the Calder and Hebble Navigation, taken with a Polaroid is2132 on the 18th April 2015.

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12 of these pictures are now featured in a calendar of canal bridges which can be purchased from Zazzle, click the picture to view, link will open in another window.

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William Deighton Stone, Brearley, a Barbarous, Bloody and Inhuman Murder.

 

Passing through Brearley, a small village between Luddendenfoot and Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire on the Route 66 of the national cycle network you come to memorial stone inscribed with A Full and True Account of a Barbarous, Bloody and Inhuman Murder. The memorial was constructed to remind people of the sad death of William Deighton who was the Supervisor of Taxes and Excise for the Halifax area.

William Deighton was born in the south of England in 1717, he arrived in Halifax in April 1759 and in his duties as the supervisor of taxes he had a responsibility for collected taxes on cloth and beer. He became aware of the notorious Cragg Vale Coiners, who had become well known for clipping and debasing coinage.

By November 1769 several members of the Coiners Gang had been arrested and the remaining members led by "King" David Hartley came up with a plan to murder William Deighton.

On the 9th November 1769 William Deighton was conducting business at an inn near to his home in Swires Road, Halifax, after concluding his talks with local attorney Thomas Sayer, he left for home and somewhere along the route was shot, trampled and robbed by Mathew Normington and Robert Thomas with Thomas Clayton involved as a lookout. He was buried with his Daughter Penelope on the 11th November 1769 at Halifax Parish Church. The grave records his name as William Dighton.

Thomas Clayton always claimed to accompanied Normington and Thomas to William Deighton's murder and his evidence saw the other 2 eventually convicted of Highway Robbery after being acquitted of the murder of William. Clayton was arrested for a few offences linked to the coiners activities over the next few and then disappeared to history. Normington and Thomas were eventually tried for the robbery of William Deighton and found guilty. Robert Thomas was executed on the 6th August 1774 at Tyburn, York his body was displayed at Beacon Hill, Halifax. Matthew Normington suffered the same fate on the 15th April 1775. Both bodies were displayed with an arm pointing in the direction of the scene of the murder.

I have passed the stone many times and often wondered what it referred to, so eventually took the time to try and find out. I have been unable to find when and who put the stone there and why it was located at Brearley, as the murder took place in Halifax and the coiners had links to Cragg Vale.

The 2 pictures below were taken with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet in November 2013.

The following picture was taken with a Nikon d3300 in 2017.

I took the picture below in 2014 with a Polaroid is2132.

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