Heptonstall, The Two Parish Churches c.1960
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Photo of Heptonstall, The Two Parish Churches c.1960

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This view from Horsehold overlooks the wooded Calder Valley; it shows Heptonstall's two parish churches, one in the valley at Mytholm and the other on the hill above (centre background) in the actual hilltop village of Heptonstall. The view shows a typical West Yorkshire industrial landscape of mills; these ones were originally powered by the fast-flowing streams of Colden Clough.

A Selection of Memories from Heptonstall

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Heptonstall

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This was the first home I ever knew and remains, to this day, the one I hold as the true definition of 'home'. Waterloo House was where I was brought as a newborn in June 1974, and where I lived so happily until 1980 when we were, sadly, forced to sell up and leave. I have countless memories, from toboganning down the fields in the deepest snow ever (which sometimes blocked the doors and entirely covered the ...see more