HEBDEN BRIDGE

hebden bridge, an urban district in the sowerby parliamentary division of the west riding of yorkshire, england, on the calder and hebden rivers, 7 m. w. by n. of halifax by the lancashire and yorkshire railway. pop. (1901), 7536. the town has cotton factories, dye-works, foundries and manufactories of shuttles. the upper calder valley, between halifax and todmorden, is walled with bold hills, the summits of which consist of wild moorland. the vale itself is densely populated, but its beauty is not destroyed, and the contrast with its desolate surroundings is remarkable.