EPW057274 ENGLAND (1938). William Edleston Ltd Asquith Bottom Mills and Dye Works, Sowerby Bridge, 1938. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

Asquith Bottom House Syke Lane. Aka The Old House, Old School House. Timber-framed house which stood between Syke Lane and Jerry Lane, Sowerby Bridge. It was probably the oldest house in Sowerby Bridge, and is mentioned in 1556, when it belonged to the Waterhouse family of Lower Hollins, Warley. A datestone inscribed 1171 was probably reused from an older building. In 1765, it was bought by John Priestley of White Windows. Around 1845, John Wilde lived here and ran a popular school at the house. In the 1930s, the house was divided into six dwellings, but Sowerby Council did not consider it fit for habitation and wanted to make it subject to a clearance order. An inquiry was held in October 1936, and the council's clearance order was dismissed, although it was agreed that the building was no longer fit for habitation, and the occupants were moved out and Asquith Bottom was to be used for other purposes. It was demolished in 1956.

Rishworth Branch railway.

Watson crossing.

Watson Woollen Mill.

Belmont Terrace.

Stirk Bridge Inn.