1876 – Industrial Cooperative Society – Hebden Bridge, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 44.508 W 002° 00.713
30U E 565169 N 5955247
This date stone is high up on the corner of a large 3 storey stone building.
Waymark Code: WMFWR0
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/09/2012
Views: 2
Hebden Bridge is a Yorkshire town in the Pennine Hills. In the 1800s the towns in the Pennines were still quite isolated, certainly by modern standards and it made sense for local businesses to form cooperative societies. Indeed it is not far from the town of Rochdale where the movement first started.
After a small start in the town this large building was erected in 1876.
By the 1960s the society went out of business and nowadays the ground floor is occupied by a number of small shops.
Year of construction: 1876
Full inscription:
HEBDEN BRIDGE
INDUSTRIAL
COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
LIMITED
AD 1876
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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