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Grand View maps

Historic maps of Grand View and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Grand View maps

Grand View map

Historic map of Grand View

West Yorkshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire

Grand View map

Historic Map of any Grand View postcode

Grand View maps
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Grand View photos

We have no photos of Grand View, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Ripponden, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, Norland, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, Greetland

Grand View books

Displaying 3 of 23 books about Grand View and the local area.   View all Grand View books

Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Ilkley Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Yorkshire County Memories
Paperback
£15

Grand View books
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Memories of Grand View

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West Yorkshire memories

70s Triangle

Growing up in Triangle in the 70s, I was the middle child of three children. My dad was Ian Whippey and my grandparents were Arthur and Lillian Whippey. We lived at 18 Rochdale Road, opposite the Triangle Inn, then run by the Collett family.

I remember the harsh winters with snow drifts and also the hot summer afternoons. Sunday afternoons... [more]

Shared on 14 September 2008 by Sheridan Holmes.

Triangle in the 50s

My name is Monica Sekulka, I lived at Oaken Royd, Triangle, on the Norland side of the valley. Our house was one of 8, back to back - which the local council decided to demolish in their haste for modernity sometime in the 70s. We moved to Dodge Royd Farm, just a couple of hundred yards from Oaken Royd... [more]

Shared on 17 January 2008 by Monica Sekulka.

Ripponden Expands

my name is Bronwyn Huggon nee Hicks. I remember Brig Royd being built and seeing Miss Eyres who lived in the big house being driven in her horse drawn carriage. What wonderful days we had at the Gala waiting to see who became Miss Ripponden or who was chosen to be the Rose Queen. I remember the parade, the food and... [more]

Shared on 05 April 2008 by Bronwyn Huggon.

Place where I was born

I know this part of Sowerby so well as I was born in one of the cottages in the centre left of the photo. Grandma lived in the end house and my parents in the middle one. On recent visits the place has altered somewhat and is spoilt by too many cars parked around the greens, but such is... [more]

Shared on 24 December 2007 by Margaret O'mahony.

Extracts From Grand View & West Yorkshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Grand View, inspired by Frith photos.

Whitby Photographic Memories

Just south of the abbey's cliffs lie these rocks, which show the inroads made by the alum mining industry during the previous centuries. Before the chemists discovered a simpler method of fixing the dyes used in cloth manufacturing, alum was successfully used for this purpose. It had first to be extracted from rich mineral-bearing stone. This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and... [more]

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Whitby Photographic Memories

The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool. Bathing machines were still in use at this time, as we see on the right.

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Whitby Photographic Memories

Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates. Alum was a chemical used in tanning leather and in the dyeworks to fix the dye used in the weaving industry. It was mined and extracted from local stone in the Whitby district,... [more]

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