March exhibition - Hebden Bridge Local History Society: Who built Hebden Bridge?

Tuesday 1st March - 26th March 2022

A collection of photographs provided by Hebden Bridge Local History Society exploring the shape of the town and the people who built it.

Laying the foundation stone for Hebden Bridge Secondary School 1908

This exhibition at Hebden Bridge Town Hall looks at the growth of the town over the years, in particular the architects and workers who helped to build it.

The shape of the town had been largely decided by the 1920s and that is the focus of the exhibition.

The displays will examine the growth of different areas around the centre of the town, and some of the problems which that created.

The Hebden Bridge Local History Society was formed in 1949 and is a section of the Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Society which celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2005.

The Society organises a winter programme from September to March on Wednesdays at the Methodist Church Hall in Hebden Bridge at 7:30 pm. Summer walks and other activities are arranged for the rest of the year. More info

The Society's archive and library is housed at the Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge. The collection is available for members to use on the second Wednesday and fourth Saturday of each month.

One of the many projects the Society is currently working on is the Gibson and Sutcliffe papers, a collection given to us in 2001. The materials had been lying in a room at Croft House in Hebden Bridge, undisturbed for over 50 years. One collection belonged to Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and the other to Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe, architects.

Members of the Society are also transcribing gravestones in Heptonstall churchyard, providing easy access to local information for genealogists.