Midgehole

A pair of wayside marker stones on the slopes above Crimsworth Dean

In Crimsworth Dean

The aqueduct connects a dam on the west side of Bridge Clough with one on the east. These dams connect with ones lower down the valley and all appeared to service Midgehole Dye Works

Descending into Crimsworth Dean and approaching the first of two hairpin bends to reach the valley bottom

Descending into Crimsworth Dean and approaching the second of two hairpin bends to reach the valley bottom

Looking northeast to Green Hirst Wood.

This can be found on Abel Cross. For more detail see : Link

To the left the land rises up to Turn Hill and Black Hill.

A pair of stone wayside crosses on the hillside above Crimsworth Dean. According to folklore, these are , which are said to mark the graves of two swains who killed each other for the love of a lady, with the waterfall at nearby Lumb Bridge, where the woman is said to have committed suicide by jumping into the falls from the bridge. There are stories of a White Lady who haunts the bridge by night. The Register of Ancient Monuments includes the following description: "The monument is a sandstone wayside cross located near the edge of Shackleton Moor. It comprises the separated halves of a massive tapering socle or cross base, each housing a rectangular section shaft. The bevelled tops of the shafts indicate that there have never been cross-heads. This suggests that the cross is probably of post-medieval date. Currently, the halves of the socle are set c2m apart, slightly NW and SE of each other, with the vertical cut faces of each orientated SE. This indicates that one half must have been turned round and moved apart. As the SE example is less deeply embedded in the ground that the NW example, it is likely to have been the former. The SE half of the socle has a maximum visible height of 87cm compared to the 69cm of the NW half. Its outer width along the top edge is 57cm while the same dimension on the NW example is 60cm. The inner width of both halves is 64cm which indicates that the socle was not of uniformly rectangular section but bowed out in the middle. The combined length of the socle would have been 152cm with the SE half measuring 69cm and the NW half 83cm. Both shafts are mortared into rectangular socket holes set 21cm from the outer edge of the socle and apparently also c21cm apart. The SE shaft is 99cm tall and has a base measurement of 34cm by 21cm while the NW shaft measures 114cm by 54cm by 28cm. The latter tapers towards the top to 30cm by 24cm and the former to 22cm by 16cm. The socle, though finely dressed and covered with toolmarks, is undecorated except for a surveyor's bench mark inscribed near the southern corner of the SE half. Both leading faces of each shaft are inscribed with a Latin cross of two incised lines whose simplicity also suggests a post-medieval date. The cross is orientated SW-NE so that the incised crosses can be seen from either direction on the adjacent track. This suggests that the cross marked an ancient route across the moor, though it may also have served as a boundary marker. " Link

A pair of stone wayside crosses on the hillside above Crimsworth Dean. According to folklore, these are , which are said to mark the graves of two swains who killed each other for the love of a lady, with the waterfall at nearby Lumb Bridge, where the woman is said to have committed suicide by jumping into the falls from the bridge. There are stories of a White Lady who haunts the bridge by night. The Register of Ancient Monuments includes the following description: "The monument is a sandstone wayside cross located near the edge of Shackleton Moor. It comprises the separated halves of a massive tapering socle or cross base, each housing a rectangular section shaft. The bevelled tops of the shafts indicate that there have never been cross-heads. This suggests that the cross is probably of post-medieval date. Currently, the halves of the socle are set c2m apart, slightly NW and SE of each other, with the vertical cut faces of each orientated SE. This indicates that one half must have been turned round and moved apart. As the SE example is less deeply embedded in the ground that the NW example, it is likely to have been the former. The SE half of the socle has a maximum visible height of 87cm compared to the 69cm of the NW half. Its outer width along the top edge is 57cm while the same dimension on the NW example is 60cm. The inner width of both halves is 64cm which indicates that the socle was not of uniformly rectangular section but bowed out in the middle. The combined length of the socle would have been 152cm with the SE half measuring 69cm and the NW half 83cm. Both shafts are mortared into rectangular socket holes set 21cm from the outer edge of the socle and apparently also c21cm apart. The SE shaft is 99cm tall and has a base measurement of 34cm by 21cm while the NW shaft measures 114cm by 54cm by 28cm. The latter tapers towards the top to 30cm by 24cm and the former to 22cm by 16cm. The socle, though finely dressed and covered with toolmarks, is undecorated except for a surveyor's bench mark inscribed near the southern corner of the SE half. Both leading faces of each shaft are inscribed with a Latin cross of two incised lines whose simplicity also suggests a post-medieval date. The cross is orientated SW-NE so that the incised crosses can be seen from either direction on the adjacent track. This suggests that the cross marked an ancient route across the moor, though it may also have served as a boundary marker. " Link

Above Pecket Well, on the road between Hebden Bridge and Oxenhope. One lane of the main road was closed while a wall was being rebuilt. As the guide stone indicates and the name plate suggests, the old pre-turnpike route towards Haworth heads off to the left here, running up Crimsworth Dean. Beyond Lane Head this becomes a rough track as it approaches the watershed and the Calderdale / Kirklees boundary.