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HBLHS Archive Catalogue

Records from the Portable Antiquity Scheme database submitted by Brian Howcroft, 2012. Printouts from database as at 28/11/2013.

Archaeology

David Shepherd, Proposal for a small-scale excavation at Ridge Rough, Widdop,  South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014.

Context records for the Ridge Rough excavation,  South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014-2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.

D. Shepherd et al., The Ridge Rough project: an archaeological investigation of features on Ridge Rough, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire November 2014 to August 2015: excavation report,  South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.

Ridge Rough project site diary,  South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014-2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.

Ridge Rough project finds log,  South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014-2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.

Brian Howcroft. "Dennis Wilford Beasley lithics assemblage: assessment and report." Prehistoric Yorkshire 2014, 51, 20-26.

Lauretta Jane Holroyde, An investigation of St Thomas à Becket church using multi-frequency GPR and photogrammetry techniques. Bradford University, Department of Archaeological Sciences, 2017.

Artefacts

Two small wooden shields: Savile and Warren.

Thibles. A thible is a wooden implement used for stirring porridge.

Commemorative key. Engraved: Hebden Bridge Co-operative Society Ltd. May 18th 1901. Presented to Mr Young Walton on the occasion of the opening of new Branch Store and Bakery.

Key to public clock. Hallmark Birmingham 1889.

Chairman's medal on ribbon: U.K. Commercial Travellers Association, Hebden Bridge branch.

Spoon mould. One half of the mould. Probably late eithteenth century and used for pewter spoons.

Shredding knife. Semi circular kitchen implement used for chopping or shredding.

Two pieces of kiln floor for grain drying. Nineteenth century. One labelled 'heat side' and the other 'grain side'.

Nazebottom General Baptist Sunday School logo. [n.d.]. Copper etching. 3 x 4.5 inches with print.

Wileman & Co shield logo. [n.d.]. Copper etching. 3 x 5 inches with print.

Rowntree’s Chocolate advert on wooden board.

Plaster cast, Row End, Sowerby. 1958. Dated 18/6/58. Probably a cast of timber marks.

Nameplate for John Perks & Son, Crown Works Lye, Stourbridge.

Nameplates and patent plate for Fred Brown Machinery Ltd, Mytholm Works, King Street, Hebden Bridge.

Billit stick, numbered wooden marker sticks and measuring chain.

Numbered wooden marker sticks for billets.

Piece of railway line. c.1840. Found by Colin Spencer. Believed to be part of c1840 line through Hebden Bridge found at Fern Villas where Charlestown curves were.

Jawbone. Found September 2003 by Danny Uttley and Craig Roberts at Westfield, Mytholmroyd.

Top of jug. Find location unknown. Of Roman design. Originally had handles either side.

Coat hanger. Wheelhouse & Fletcher, Tailors & Costumiers, Hebden Bridge.

Silver cup for the Annual Competition at Billiards, March 1906. Presented to the Hebden Bridge Liberal Club by the President, John Crowther Esq, Heath House. 1906.

Leather satchel with lock (brass). John Murgatroyd & Son Ltd, Oats Royd Mills, Luddenden.

Hope Baptist Centenary Sunday School cup and saucer. 1958. Made by Barratt's of Staffordshire, England.

Cannon ball. Find location unknown. Probably Napoleonic War period.

Iron slag pieces. Find location inknown but presumably from a local bloomery.

Badge for Hebden Royd and District Motor Cycle Club.

Hebden Royd Urban District Council badge. 1946. Inscribed: A. Sutcliffe J.P. 1946.

Yorkshire Agricultural Society Bronze Medal: Hull 1930. 1930. Engraved Ernest Sowden Champion Farrier.

Great Yorkshire Show Bronze Medal 1931. 1931.

Two Royal Show medals: Wolverhampton 1937. 1937. 3rd proze for Hunter shoeing

Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society Bronze Medal: Manchester Show 1937. 1937. Horse shoeing special prize.

Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society Bronze Medal: Morecambe Show 1939. 1939. Awarded to E.T. Sowden for horse shoeing.

Pennine Way acorn signs and paint marker.

Badge for Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing. 1995.

Badge commemorating Hebden Bridge bridge anniversary 1510-2010.

Finds from Gorple Lower Reservoir: flint tools. 1952.

Finds from Gorple Lower Reservoir: flints - flakes and unworked. 1952.

Finds from Gorple Lower Reservoir: chert and microliths. 1952.

Finds from March Hill, Marsden Moor. 1952.

Finds from Pule Hill, Marsden Moor. 1952.

Finds from Cupwith Hill, Slaithwaite Moor. 1952.

Pipe bowl found on Walshaw Dean Road. 1960. Dated between 1780 and 1820.

Diabolo. Late 20th century replicas of traditional toy made out of old textile equipment.

Whip and top. Late 20th century replicas of traditional toy made out of old textile equipment. Whips made from an old distaff.

Bar skittles. Late 20th century replicas of traditional toy made out of old textile equipment. Distaff, bobbin flange and pirns.

Yo-yo. Late 20th century replicas of traditional toy made out of old textile equipment. Made from 2 bobbin ends.

Ball and bobbin. Late 20th century replicas of traditional toy made out of old textile equipment.

Finds from the Ridge Rough project, Widdop. 2014-2015. See ARC 22 for the written logs and report of this project.

Copper plate of bill head for Thos Barker & Sons, Hanging Royd Mill and Dye Works, Hebden Bridge 18.. [n.d.].

Calderdale Libraries reader tickets. 2000. Hebden Bridge Public Library began a computerised loan system on 19 February 2000.

President's badge of office, Commercial Travellers Association, Hebden Bridge branch.

Promissory notes issued by Gamwell Sutcliffe of Stoneshaygate. c.1775. Value of each note is three shillings and six pence. Illustrated on p.4 of The Yorkshire Coiners by Ling Roth.

Cup. Yorkshire Council for Old People's welfare. Choir contest. 1958. Awarded to Hebden Royd and Hepton Over Sixties choir.

Cup. Yorkshire Over Sixty Choir Festival. 1964. Awarded to Hebden Royd and Hepton Over Sixties choir.

Cup marked stone. 2017. The stone was revealed by the collapse of a short section of dry-stone walling at SD99639 26326, on the south side of the track from Wood Top to Old Chamber, between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. From its position it appeared to have been in the middle of the structure. It was removed for comprehensive recording because of its potential importance. The wall has since been repaired. This is only the second example of 'portable' rock art in Calderdale. The other is incorporated into a stile at SD96158 25926, above Eastwood Old Hall. Cupmarks in this area are most typically carved on bedrock and have been recorded recently (Shepherd and Jolley 2011). In other areas detached stones and cobbles bearing cupmarks are found included in cairns. Cup-marked slabs have also been used in the construction of funerary cists. This stone is composed of Lower Kinderscout Grit, the same as the rest of the walls, and the turf-level outcrops in the fields to either side of the lane. It seems most likely that the walling material was derived from the fields when they were 'taken in'. The stone has been shaped into a rough right angle at one end, presumably when the waller came to use it. An inference is that it may originally have been larger, perhaps with more carvings - thus, possibly, a cist cover. Seven cups can be securely discerned, forming a rosette. This is a motif noted elsewhere, but not in Calderdale. In the wire-frame version of the 3D image there is a small groove associated with one cup. This is reminiscent of the rock art panels on bedrock above Luddenden Dean, at Dean Head Stony Edge (Shepherd 2013). Rock art and other traces of prehistoric activity are most usually encountered in the uplands surrounding Calderdale. The intensity of historic farming may have obscured earlier activity on the lower terraces. The importance of this stone lies in its location, and in its variation from what has been found at higher levels. References: Shepherd D. and Jolley F. 2011. 'Marked Rocks of the South Pennines', Yorkshire Archaeological Society Prehistory Research Section Bulletin No 48 2011 pp56-64 ; Shepherd D. 2013 ‘Rock Art in the South Pennines’. Megalithic Portal http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146414165.

Name plate for Unity, engine at Nutclough Works. 1916. New engine installed at Nutclough by the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manfacturing Society on 15 April 1916. The engine was started and named by Arthur Ainley, President of the Society. From the Halifax Gazette of 21 April 1916: 'Another link in the interesting chain of the history of Nutclough Society was added on Saturday, when an important extension of the works, viz, a new engine and boiler house, was formally opened. The remarkable progress of the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Society is one of the wonders of the cooperative movement. The history has been written again and again, but it always forms interesting reading. The starting of the new engine was a big affair in its way. There were over 150 delegates and friends present to witness the ceremony, and it will rank as one of the events in the long history of the society. The president started the engine saying:- We have called the engine ‘Unity’ because without unity we could not have succeeded as well as we have done and without unity we cannot go on to further success.'.

Sash worn by Miss Britannia in Warship Week, February 1942. 1942. Miss Britannia was Audrey Bedford of Mytholmroyd. Photographs  and other documents are at PH 66.

Eastwood Congregational Church. Ministers of the church from its formation 1712-1949. 1893. This memorial was (originally?) presented to the church on the occasion of its bicentenary celebration on 16 April 1893. Produced by Hughes and Holgate, Illuminators, Burnley.

Motor fuel ration book. [n.d.]. Six months of coupons for 42 N units and 21 L units for motor car 2201cc and over.

Petrol coupons. [n.d.]. Sheet of tear-off coupons, two units per month.

Motor fuel ration book. [n.d.]. Six months of coupons for 24 N units and 12 L units for motor car not exceeding 1100cc and over.

Library ticket. [1920]. Ticket Issued to G. Greenwood, No.219220.

Crepe programmes: children's day 1907 hand coloured. 1907.

Membership cards for  League of Nations Union & British Empire Naturalist Association. 1911, 192?

Miscellaneous

Model of trestle bridge at Blakedean. 2001. The bridge was constructed in 1901 to carry the railway used for the building of Walshaw Dean reservoir. The model was commissioned by Hebden Bridge Local History Society and made by Charles F. Young.

Easter Parade / You and the Night and the Music. [n.d.]. Vinyl record with a printed sleeve from Herbert Helliwell, New Road, Hebden Bridge.

Auld Lang Syne / The Miner's Dream of Home. [n.d.]. Vinyl record with a printed sleeve from Lumb's, Gramaphone & Wireless Depot, 15 Market Street, Hebden Bridge and 82 Halifax Road, Todmorden.

Record sleeve. [n.d.]. Printed sleeve from Dugdale Bros, Gramaphone Specialists, Albert Street, Hebden Bridge.

Steward badges. Repurposed from embossed badges of Hebden Bridge & C V Agricultural Society.

Price tickets. [n.d.]. Different coloured sixpenny (6d)  tickets, perforated and from larger rolls.

Collection Filter by Collection	Location	Description
Archaeology	ARC 1 M	Records from the Portable Antiquity Scheme database submitted by Brian Howcroft, 2012. Printouts from database as at 28/11/2013.
Archaeology	ARC 2/1	David Shepherd, Proposal for a small-scale excavation at Ridge Rough, Widdop, South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014.
Archaeology	ARC 2/2	Context records for the Ridge Rough excavation, South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014-2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.
Archaeology	ARC 2/3	D. Shepherd et al., The Ridge Rough project: an archaeological investigation of features on Ridge Rough, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire November 2014 to August 2015: excavation report, South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.
Archaeology	ARC 2/4	Ridge Rough project site diary, South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014-2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.
Archaeology	ARC 2/5	Ridge Rough project finds log, South Pennine Archaeology Network, 2014-2015. See ART 41 for the finds from this project.
Archaeology	ARC 3a-b M	Brian Howcroft. "Dennis Wilford Beasley lithics assemblage: assessment and report." Prehistoric Yorkshire 2014, 51, 20-26.
Archaeology	ARC 4 DA	Lauretta Jane Holroyde, An investigation of St Thomas à Becket church using multi-frequency GPR and photogrammetry techniques. Bradford University, Department of Archaeological Sciences, 2017.
Artefacts	ART 1 M	School slate.
Artefacts	ART 2/1-2 S	Two small wooden shields: Savile and Warren.