The eight BT Telephone Exchanges (and five former) in the Halifax (01422) telephone area

Calder Valley ATE

Calder Valley (Mytholmroyd) ATE
Calder Valley Telephone Exchange is located in Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge HX7 5PD and serves Mytholmroyd and the surrounding villages.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01422-88.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 283.
ID: MYCAL. Photo courtesy of Humphrey Bolton.

Calder Valley former ATE

Calder Valley (Mytholmroyd) former ATE
The former Calder Valley Telephone Exchange is located adjacent to the present exchange in Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge HX7 5PD and served Mytholmroyd and the surrounding villages. The building is now a private residence.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 283.
ID: MYCAL. Photo courtesy of  Humphrey Bolton.

Elland ATE

Elland ATE
Elland Telephone Exchange is located in Coronation Street, Elland HX5 0DF and serves Elland and the surrounding area.
The telephone codes for this exchange are 01422-310, 01422-311, 01422-312, 01422-313 and 01422-37.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 27.
ID: MYELL. Photo courtesy of Betty Longbottom.

Halifax ATE

Halifax ATE
Halifax Telephone Exchange is located in Commercial Street, Halifax HX1 1BT and serves Halifax and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01422.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 2.
ID: MYHAL. Photo courtesy of Mike Fletcher.

Hebden Bridge ATE

Hebden Bridge ATE
Hebden Bridge Telephone Exchange is located in Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge HX7 7DD and serves Hebden Bridge and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01422-84.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 284.
ID: MYHEB. Photo courtesy of Lisa Kinch.

Hebden Bridge former Manual Exchange

Hebden Bridge former TE

The former Hebden Bridge manual exchange was situated in the post office in Holme Street, Hebden Bridge (now HX7 8AA).

It came into service at 2pm on Saturday 18 October 1930 as a central battery switchboard, replacing a magneto exchange which had been in Bridge Gate for 30 years. It was itself replaced by the current exchange at automation on Thursday 17 March 1966.

Picture (2007) courtesy of Betty Longbottom.

Hipperholme ATE

Hipperholme ATE
Hipperholme Telephone Exchange is located in Leeds Road, Hipperholme, Halifax HX3 8NH and serves Hipperholme and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01422-20.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 2.
ID: MYHIP. Photo courtesy of Betty Longbottom.

Illingworth ATE

Illingworth ATE
Illingworth Telephone Exchange is located in Raw Lane, Illingworth, Halifax HX2 8JD and serves Illingworth and the surrounding area. It was built in 1969.
The telephone codes for this exchange are 01422-23 and 01422-24.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 2.

ID: MYILL. Photo courtesy of Gary Hewitt.

Illingworth former ATE

Illingworth former ATE

The former Illingworth telephone exchange is situated in Raw Lane, Illingworth, Halifax HX2 8JD.

It came into service on Tuesday 31 May 1938, replacing the Causeway Foot manual exchange and taking some Halifax lines. Subscribers were given Halifax numbers. It was replaced in 1969 by the current exchange next door and is now disused.

Its dialling code was 0422.

Picture courtesy of Stephen Craven.

Ripponden ATE

Ripponden ATE
Ripponden Telephone Exchange is located in Halifax Road, Ripponden, Hebden Bridge HX6 4AH and serves Ripponden and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01422-82.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 289.
ID: MYRPP. Photo courtesy of Betty Longbottom.
This exchange is scheduled to cease operation in December 2030 and close by June 2031.

Sowerby Bridge ATE

Sowerby Bridge ATE
Sowerby Bridge Telephone Exchange is located in Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge HX6 1AA and serves Sowerby Bridge and the surrounding area.
The telephone codes for this exchange are 01422-316, 01422-318, 01422-33 and 01422-83.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 042 2.

ID: MYSOW. Photo courtesy of Betty Longbottom.

Sowerby Bridge former Exchanges

Sowerby Bridge former manual TE

The first Sowerby Bridge exchange was a manual board which opened in the post office in Station Road, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax (now HX6 3AA).

It came into service in April 1924, replacing a temporary board (a hypothetical exchange) opened in the main Halifax exchange on 8 October 1922. It was replaced with an ATE built to the rear of the post office which opened on 8 December 1928 as part of the Halifax linked numbering scheme. Sowerby Bridge lines became Halifax numbers around 1950. The post office is now a veterinary surgery.

Picture (2013) courtesy of Dave Bevis.

Stainland former ATE

The former Stainland telephone exchange stood in North View, Holywell Green, Halifax HX4 9AT.

It came into service at 2pm on Saturday 29 April 1933. It closed in 1968 when lines were taken over by Elland exchange.

It has since been demolished and the site given over to houses.

Its dialling code was 042 286.

Picture (2009) courtesy of Google StreetView.

Acknowledgment:
Many of the photographs on this page have been generously provided by Betty Longbottom & Humphrey Bolton.
I am grateful to them for allowing me to reproduce the information on this site.
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