Open space by Jackson's Bridge
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Open space by Jackson's Bridge
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 13 Aug 2022
This space next to the Aire and Calder Navigation, is not currently built on, but has a retaining wall to the road called Ropewalk. Was this where the ropes were actually made or did it have some other use, perhaps as a canal wharf? Old maps don't offer any clues. The brick building is the former Town Hall Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.709046
Longitude
-1.243681