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Old Photographs & Old Pictures of Howden, East Yorkshire

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This page shows old pictures of Howden, East Yorkshire.

 

Old Photos of Howden Market Place

old photo Howden market place
old photo howden market place
howden market place in  1950s
Howden funeral  Cpl Usher

Howden: Market Place looking towards Bridgegate

Howden: Market Place from Bridgegate, c.1905

Howden: 1950s view, showing Westminster bank and Gallons shop

Howden Market Place funeral Cpl Usher

old photo Howden market place kellington's cafe
old photo Howden market place Kitwoods
old photo Howden Market Place Frances Hutchinson
Old photo of Howden Market Place showing Dog and Duck pub

Howden: Market cross and Kellington's cafe in background

Howden: Market Place, with Kitwood's shop in background

Howden: Market Place painted by Frances Hutchinson c 1905

Howden Market Place: a very early view of the Dog and Duck and other buildings now demolished in front of the church

old photo Howden market place
old photo Howden market place
old photo Howden market
old photo Howden shire hall

Howden: Market Place- Bailey's shop on left, present Co-op shop on right

Howden: Market Place. Tabrah's shop on right

Howden: Market in progress

Howden: Shire hall with rare view of its 'tower'

old photo Howden market place
Old photo of Howden Market Place showing Jenkinsons' and Butlers' shops
Old photo of Howden Market Place, post-war
old photo Howden market place

Howden Market Place before 1909 with Fitchs' shop in background

Howden Market Place showing Jenkinsons' and Butlers' shops and children seated on the steps of the cross

Howden Market Place, post war with old cars

Howden: Market Place with Kay's grocers and Usher's shop - before 1914

 

 

Old Photos of Bridgegate, Howden

old photo Howden war memorial
old photo Howden fire engine

Howden: Bridgegate and St. Helen's Square

Howden: fire engine, outside The Wellington inn on Bridgegate

old photo Howden half moon
old photo howden half moon
old photo Howden post office
old photo Howden bridgegate

Howden: Bridgegate - Half Moon Inn, before rebuilding in 1890

Howden: Bridgegate - 'new' Half Moon Inn pictured in the 1920s

Howden: Bridgegate - Mr and Mrs Scholfield from Sandhall outside the Post Office, now Boots chemist's

Howden: Bridgegate - Half Moon Inn on left; Dunn's Commercial Wellington on right

old photo Howden bridgegate
old photo Howden angel inn
old photo Howden angel inn site
old photo Howden bridgegate

Howden: Bridgegate - H S Bailey's shop on left

Howden: Bridgegate - Angel Inn, about 1900

Howden: Bridgegate - former Cussons' shop on site of Angel Inn

Howden: Bridgegate with Blacksmith's Arms, now Howden WMC, on the left

old photo Howden police station now Press Association
old photo Howden Station hotel
Old photo of Bridgegate, Howden with Cussons' shop
Howden old photo of Cussons shop

Howden: Bridgegate police station, built c.1900 - now site of PA building

Howden: Bridgegate - Station Hotel. Michael Harrison, landlord, outside with wife Sarah Ann

Howden: Bridgegate- Cussons' shop with van outside. Shop now Aquarius bathrooms

Howden: Cussons' shop. John Butler, who later had a shop in Market Place, is on the right.
Woman is possibly Gladys Smith. Other people may be Tommy Savage and Ernest Thirkettle

Howden Bridgegate old photo      

Howden: Bridgegate with derelict Angel inn on left. Police station in distance

     

 

Old Photos of Cornmarket Hill and Pinfold Street, Howden

old photo Howden cornmarket hill
old photo Howden cornmarket hill
old photo Howden minster view
old photo Howden st john st

Howden: Cornmarket Hill, around 1905

Howden: Cornmarket Hill

Howden: Cornmarket Hill- Black Swan. now Minster View

Howden: St. John's Street/ Cornmarket Hill corner

old photo Howden Pinfold st
old photo howden pinfold st
old photo Howden pinfold st
old photo Howden Spivey chemist

Howden: Pinfold Street, looking towards Knedlington Road

Howden: Pinfold Street, looking towards Cornmarket Hill

Howden: Pinfold Street houses next to Cormnmarket Hill - derelict but now restored

Howden: Spivey's chemist's shop on Cornmarket Hill

old photo Howden cornmarket hill      

Howden: Cornmarket Hill with bus on right

     

 

Old Photos of Hailgate, Howden

old photo Howden hailgate
old photo Howden hailgate
old photo Howden wheatsheaf
old photo Howden Wesleyan chapel

Howden: Hailgate looking towards Howdendyke junction

Howden: Hailgate/ Church Institute looking towards Howdendyke junction

Howden: Wheatsheaf pub, Hailgate

Howden: Hailgate Wesleyan chapel [demolished 1974]

old photo Howden aerial
old photo Howden hailgate

Howden: Hailgate aerial view showing council school and Wesleyan chapel

Howden: Hailgate looking towards chapel and junior school

 

Old Photos of Howden Church and Manor House

old photo Howden church fire
old photo Howden church fire
old photo Howden church fire
old engraving Howden church

Howden: church on fire in October 1929

Howden: church interior after the fire of 1929. Pieces of broken bells are visible

Howden: church interior after the fire of 1929. Firemen and hoses visible

Howden church interior: old engraving published by George Sutton of Howden

old photo Howden church
photo of plaque in Howden church to Cyril Denton Dunn
Howden church chapter house 1842 engraving

Howden church: west end

Howden church interior: plaque to grammar schoolboy Cyril Denton Dunn

Howden church: Chapter house - engraving from 1842

Howden manor house opening
howden manor house
howden manor house
Howden manor house old photo

Howden: opening of restored Manor House

Howden: Manor House interior. Mr and Mrs Kellington lived here and took in boarders.

Howden: another view of Manor House interior.

Howden Manor House - an unusual rear view

 

Old Photos of Howden Streets [alphabetical]

howden bishopgate
howden northolmby st
old photo Howden Northolmby st
old photo Howden chapel

Howden: Bishopgate before conversion to houses

Howden: Northolmby Street, looking towards Bridgegate

Howden: St. John's Street. No. 14, formerly Greens' solicitors, is on the right

Howden: St. John's St chapel [Primitive Methodist] interior

old photo Howden St John st chapel
old photo Howden St John st

Howden: St. John's St chapel

Howden: St. John's Street, 1837 and 1872 Primitive Methodist chapels on left

 

Old Photos of Howden [miscellaneous]

old photo Howden workhouse
old photo Howden police station
old photo Howden Cross keys
old photo Howden NER railway station

Howden workhouse, Knedlington Road

Howden's first police station, Treeton Road

Howden: Cross Keys Inn and Methodist school

Howden railway station, NER [North Howden]

Howden Hull and  Barnsley station
Howden Hull and barnsley station
Howden old fire engine
Howden floods in 1947

Howden: railway station and bridge on Hull and Barnsley line, just before demolition. Now housing development

Howden: Hull and Barnsley station

Howden parish fire engine, on Hull Road?

Howden: floods in 1947, viewed from near the present M62 roundabout

Howden Sacred Heart church line drawing from 1850s      

Howden - line drawing of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church dating from soon after its opening in 1851

     

 

 

Old Photos of Howden People & Groups

Howden school play Lady precious Stream

Howden: School play, "Lady Precious Stream".

Does anyone know all the names of the cast? Please contact me for a free high resolution copy if you think that you can help.

old photo Howden school

Howden council school, early 1930s.

Back: Ken Jackson, Ted Carr, Albert Batty, Charlie Leach, Robert Montgomery, Stanley Ward, ?, ?, Cyril Anson.
Middle: Mabel Parkin, Dorothy Thompson, Doris Cox, Dorothy Baines, Emily Mann, Ada Robinson, Edna Watson [ later Calvert], Ena Buckle [ later Oliver], Mary Winter, Kathleen Newham [ later Wiles] Phyllis Stevens.
Front: Bruce Cawthorn, Harold Holmes, ?, Ted Coulthard, Harry Sweeting, Frank Brown, Richard Holmes.

old photo Howden school

Howden council school 1953

Back row from left: Frank Bentley, Tony Fysh, ?, Malcolm Watton, Dave Powell, John Tiplady, Brian Holliday [twin], Rodney Baxter, Norman Hellens, Alwyn Jackson, Frank Hill, Colin Ogden
Middle row: Richard Foster, David Carter, Douglas Jackson, Richard Winn, Malcolm Henrickson, Pam Enger, Sheila Tate, Sandra Holt, Duncan Wray, Brian Holliday [twin], Keith Johnston, Kenneth Allen, Michael Lapish.
Front: Kath Howes, Hilary Gray, Sheila Ogram, Susan Lightowler, Ann Gamwell, Janet Hurd, Rosemary Wilson, Mavis Lightowler, Cynthia Hill, Margaret Lightowler, Jean Shipley, Hazel Walker, Robert Shirbon.
Teacher Mrs Baker

old photo Howden school

Howden council school about 1959/60

Back from left: Colin Ogden, Paul Flanagan, Michael Warrilow, Jeff Butterill, John Tiplady, David Carter, Rodney Baxter, unk, David Sharpe, Frank Bentley
Middle: Richard Gamwell, Colin Moore, Dave Powell, Sandra Ellwood, unk, Jane Thompson, Gill Hargroves, Susan Thomas, Kath Howes, Mavis Lightowler, Malcolm Henrickson, Tony Fysh, Rob Sherburn
Front: Margaret Sanderson, Janet Blee, Margaret Forster, Cynthia Hill, Pam Edwards, Mr Mick Rhodes, ? Leetham, Susan Wright, Jean Shipley, Sheila Ogram, Peggy Flanagan.

old photo Howden home guard

Howden Home Guard

Don Lapish, Bert Harrison, Dick Hatfield, Harry Bullement, Fred Bristow, George Leighton, Jack Howden, Sid Walker, Stan Walker, Don Waterhouse, John Klain, John Hall, Tom Sellers, George Kershaw, John Walsh, Harry Sherburn, Jack Myers, Frank Wilde, Arthur Johnson, Leonard Drury, Eddie Hutton, Albert Hellens, Leonard Moore, ? Scott, George Newby, Tom Wright, ? Darley, Eric Powls, Dicky Newby, Rex Rooke, Jack Fitch

old photo Howden chapel play

The cast of "Pearl the Fishermaiden", performed in April 1936 by the choir and young people of the Howden Congregational church in the Milton Room.

Main parts taken by Jack Watson, Mrs J Robinson, Doris Bullock, Edith Sherbourne, Edwin Turner, Harry Urwin, Norman Holliday, Sydney Walker and Jack Robinson

Producd by Rev Everett Wilson

old photo Howden cricket team

Howden cricket team in the Ashes

Believed to be back left: Basil Shaw, Les Shaw,George Ayre, Don Cooper/ Roy Lapish, Mr Bourne, Worley Ringrose, ?, Fred White [ umpire].
Front row: David Foster, Tommy Woodall, middle with shield Dr F Wigglesworth, Harold Johnson, George Kemp.

old photo Howden freemasons

old photo Howden trade stand shire hall

old photo Howden vicar Rev Hutchinson
old photo Howden workhouse staff

Howden: Freemasons in 1934

Howden: trade stand in the Shire Hall of W F Lange - bulbs and plants

Howden: Rev William Hutchinson

Howden: workhouse staff

old photo Howden babies born in workhouse
   

Howden babies born in 'the workhouse'.

   

 

Old Photos of Howden Airships, including R38 and R100, & Old Photos of the Burney Streamline Car (built at Howden)

R100 airship launch
mitchells and Butlers beer carried by R100 airship
burney car

R100: launch at Spaldington near Howden in 1929

Mitchells and Butlers beer carried by R100 to Canada in 1930

Burney car, built at Howden

dennistoun burney pictured with burney car
R38 airship crash
R38 airship memorial card

Sir Dennistoun Burney and his car

R38 crash postcard

R38 memorial card with names of crew

 

Go on to old pictures of East Yorkshire vilages - includes Asselby, Barmby on the Marsh, Brantingham, Booth, Blacktoft, Broomfleet, Bubwith, Eastrington, Ellerton, Faxfleet, Gilberdyke, Howdendyke, Knedlington, Laxton, Newport, North Cave, Portington, Sandhall, Skelton, Saltmarshe, Sandhall, South Cave, Spaldington, Wressle.

Or to old pictures of Eastrington places, families and shops.

Or go to old pictures of Goole streets, shops, pubs, churches, schools and people.

Or to old pictures of Goole docks, ships, shipyard, canal, river and railways.

Or to old pictures of the Snaith and Marshland area around Goole - includes Airmyn, Drax, Eastoft, Hook, Hensall, Rawcliffe, Reedness, Snaith and Swinefleet.