Postcard - Mono (Document ID: 100114)
Photograph of the Haworth Ramblers at Abel Cross, Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Bridge.
Author: Unknown
Date: not dated
Location: Crimsworth Dean
Format: Postcard - Mono
Document ID: 100114
Library ID: 34241742
Scheduled as an ancient monument, the Abel Cross is actually a pair of stone crosses, possible wayside markers, on the western hillside above Crimsworth Dean. The 79 cm high crosses are each decorated with a simple Latin cross.
Folklore connects the two pillars of Abel Cross, 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.
This postcard has the following handwritten in pencil on the back: 'Abel Cross + Haworth Ramblers. 22 Sep 1912.' For an alternative view please see Document 100113.
