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Track to Upper Gatehead Mill, Stainland
Or rather the site of it, as it was demolished over 110 years ago. It was a wire works in 1850.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 9 Mar 2008
0.03 miles
2
Stubbing Lane approaching Stubbing, Stailnland
This is on Elland Bridleway 60. Footpath 60 goes to the left.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 31 Oct 2015
0.05 miles
3
Millpond for Gatehead Mill, Stainland
Many millponds have been maintained for fishing, but this one has been drained. A fallen tree lies across it. A stone retaining wall behind the trees on the left marks the site of Upper Gatehead Mill.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 9 Mar 2008
0.08 miles
4
Stile at the parish boundary
This is where you pass from Barkisland into Greetland. The footpath changes from Ripponden FP75 to Elland FP37. The stile is a chicane around a metal gate.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2015
0.08 miles
5
A step in the Black Brook
The water is flowing over a step of presumably relatively hard rock, which is exposed to the left of the water. The rock looks black, which is perhaps why the stream has its name.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2015
0.08 miles
6
Black Brook at the overflow from the Gate Head Mill millpond
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2015
0.08 miles
7
Black Brook at the overflow from the Gate Head Mill dam
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2015
0.08 miles
8
Elland FP37 alongside the Black Brook
This path is shown on the 1850 six-inch map. The stone retaining wall on the other side of the stream is the remains of Upper Gate Head Mill.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2015
0.10 miles
9
Ripponden FP75 at the junction with the branch to Branch Road
This riverside path is shown on the 1850 six-inch map.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2015
0.10 miles
10
A branch of Ripponden FP75 alongside a field boundary ditch
The ditch was probably dug as part of a drainage system for the adjoining fields. The path follows it up to Zechariah Wood, and is first shown on the 1893 1:2500 map.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2015
0.10 miles