The following places outside Calderdale are mentioned in the Calderdale Companion
See also the lists of
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See
Halifax-Aachen Society and
Percival Whitley
In the mid-19th century, the wapentake of Agbrigg & Morley split
into 2: Agbrigg and Morley.
Agbrigg comprised the parishes of
Almondbury,
Emley,
Kirkburton,
Kirkheaton,
Normanton,
Rothwell,
Great Sandal,
Thornhill,
Wakefield,
Warmfield with Heath,
and parts of Huddersfield,
Batley,
Dewsbury,
Featherstone,
and
Rochdale
In 1865, a Royal Commission on River Pollution reported that
It is said that the river changed its course and refused to flow past
the East Riddlesden estate after the Murgatroyds had to sell the
place – on account of the financial troubles caused when William Murgatroyd's employer failed
Many early attempts to extend the Aire and Calder and make
them navigable were opposed by York whose trade was threatened by a
new route.
The Aire & Calder Navigation was started by Royal Assent in
1699 and actively improved until the late 18th century.
It flows eastwards to join the Humber-Ouse canal network.
See
Aire & Calder Navigation Company
It stands on a raised platform.
The total height of the monument is 40 ft from the platform to the
top of the finial.
On the east side, is a drinking fountain of polished red granite.
The monument bears the inscription
This monument was erected by John Foster & Son, Whitsuntide, 1863
Anne may have used this as a model for Wildfell Hall
In old records, it often appears as Ambrey which reflects the
local pronunciation
The surname Armitage is said to originate here
The rivers Aire and Calder throughout their whole course [from
Todmorden to Castleford] are abused, obstructed polluted, poisoned,
corrupted and clogged by refuse from mines, chemical works, dyeing,
scouring and fulling worsted and woollen goods, skin cleansing and
tanning, slaughterhouse garbage, and the sewerage of towns and houses
badness of the roads caused much damage to their goods
In memory of Albert, Prince Consort of Her Majesty Queen Victoria,
who died December the 14th AD 1861
B |
See
Essolf and
John son of Essolf de Holdsworth
See
Frank Atkinson and
Haigh's Farm, Sowerby
The House and a studio were built by Ezra Greaves.
It later became an hotel.
The name GREAVES appeared on the glass above the front door,
but this was later replaced
See
Beggarington
See
Beggarington
House built around 1740.
Owners and tenants have included
See
Brighouse & Spenborough and
Oakroyd Hall, Birkenshaw
Since 1974, it is in North Yorkshire.
See
Adam son of Peter de Birkin
Owners and tenants have included
Branwell was often invited to entertain the guests with his wit and
learning.
The pub is still active and stands right by the gates of Haworth Church.
You can see the pub at
See
Halifax Blackwell Hall and
Robert Hall
Owners and tenants have included
The house was filled with curios & artefacts collected by Davy
on his extensive travels in the Far East.
Davy commissioned the Jacksons of Coley to install a
bedstead, panelling and carvings for the guest bedroom.
He installed an organ on the landing with pipes in an adjacent
bedroom.
After his death, his widow lived at the Grange until 1945, when it
was sold at auction.
Bradford Council bought the property with the intention to
create
and then it became an old people's home [1947].
The building was refurbished in 1975
Question:
Does anyone know what happened to the organ, or to the Jackson oak
work & carvings?
Owners and tenants have included
The order to construct tramways in Bradford and Shelf was passed on
23rd April 1885 [?].
In 1893, the Secretary of the company was Thomas Parr.
On 28th February 1903, because of differences between the owners of
the line and Bradford Tramways Committee, the steam trams
stopped running any further than the Furnace Inn.
The steam-powered trams were replaced by electric trams in 1904.
In
October 1907,
James Blackburn of Hope Street, Stone Chair was run over by an
electric tram.
The trams became unpopular and were discontinued in the 1970s [?]
A piece hall for the sale of cloth was built in Bradford in 1773
Every Thursday morning at 10:00 am, the bell was rung to summon the
buyers;
at 11:30 am, it was again rung to show that the market was closed;
at 2:00 pm, the bell was rung to show that the market was open again;
at 3:30 pm, it was again rung to show that the market was closed for
the day
See
Bolling Hall, Bradford,
Bradford Cathedral,
New Leeds,
Scholemoor Cemetery & Crematorium and
Undercliffe Cemetery
Most of the area was owned by
Fountains Abbey.
The Abbey established a mill on the Calder and a grange here,
and a bloomery in Bradley Wood
See
Bradley Bar and
Bradley Woods
Built in 1806 by Rev Robert Bownas, vicar of Bramham.
Subsequent owners and tenants have included
See
Adam son of Peter de Birkin
See
Benjamin Milne
In 1927, Sir James Roberts provided for a new Rectory and acquired
the old Parsonage.
This became the present museum and was given to The Brontë Society in 1928.
The rooms are described in the
Foldout
It is said that Charlotte wrote some of her poetry here
The city was the model for the town of Villette
10 miles north-west of Todmorden, 21 miles north of Manchester, and
20 miles east of Preston.
See
Burnley Road,
Heysandforth, Lancashire and
Oliver de Stansfeld
a Dream Hostel for Ladies
C |
The manor house is a Grade II listed building and one of the oldest
buildings in the Leeds area.
Members of the Blackburn family including
have links to the property
A number of Calderdale people had links to the place
See
Brighouse & Spenborough and
Scholes
See
Population Statistics and
Todmorden & Lancashire
Parish in the Burnley district near to Stansfield.
Since 1885, a small part of the township has been a part of
Clitheroe division of North-East Lancashire.
The name may be derived from Old English clyder and the
Norse haugr meaning cultivated land by a slope,
or from
Old English clif and æcre meaning sloping
field.
The Cliviger Gorge lies north-west of Todmorden and
Cornholme and is a local beauty-spot.
The name Cornholme-in-Cliviger has been used.
See
Holme Chapel,
Mereclough, Lancashire,
St John the Divine, Cliviger and
Todmorden & Lancashire
It was enlarged by Ramsden's son in 1780.
The Hall was demolished in 1930.
The clock, bell and cupola were moved to Ravensknowle Park
The river Colne joins the Calder here.
The bridge here was built by the monks to link Bradley – an
earlier name for the area – and Kirkheaton.
See
Atkinson's Mill, Colne Bridge
See
A6107,
Cooper Bridge Station and
Cooper Bridge Sewage Works
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Jonathan Knowles began brewing here, and built new premises
for this purpose [1837]
Denholme was an 18th century walled park – between Bradshaw
and Keighley.
Denholme Gate was the southern entrance to the park, and
Cullingworth Gate was the northern entrance.
The Brighouse-Denholme Gate Turnpike – now the A644 – runs from
Brighouse and Hipperholme towards Denholme Gate and was
constructed in
1826.
See
Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme and
Denholme Gate Road, Northowram
The family ran the Pottery.
In August 1893, Nicholas Taylor bought the Pottery from the
Catherall's.
Taylor worked there until 1907, when he was forced to sell the
business after he had stretched himself financially.
The property is now a private residence
Denholme was an 18th century walled park – between
Bradshaw and Keighley.
Denholme Gate was the southern entrance to the park, and
Cullingworth Gate was the northern entrance.
See
Denholme Pottery,
W. & H. Foster,
St Paul's Church, Denholme and
Nicholas Taylor
In the 14th century, there are records of tithes being paid
from Halifax to Dewsbury.
This suggests some link between the 2 places in the past.
In 1809, Rev Patrick Brontë was curate to the Rev John Buckworth at All Saints Church, Dewsbury.
During his time at Dewsbury, he often rode over to take service at
Hartshead.
Rev Brontë is said to have set about the bell-ringers at the
church with a cudgel when they practised without his permission.
See
Dewsbury Moor,
Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds & Bradford Railway,
Sothill, West Riding and
Thornhill, West Riding
It originally stood at the middle of the road junction.
The column is said to have been the meeting point for Robin
Hood and his men, and it was also a place of sanctuary.
There are several explanations for the monument and its name:
The Luddites famously used the column as a meeting point on 11th
April 1812 before their attack on William Cartwright's mill at Rawfolds.
A field nearby was a popular venue for wrestling and bare-knuckle
fighting.
See
Elland & Obelisk Turnpike Road
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Although it stands just outside Keighley, this is a typical example
of a Halifax house.
See
Kershaw House, Luddenden and
Oats Royd, Midgley
Established in 1120.
In 1155, the canons moved to establish
Bolton Priory.
See
Richard son of Essolf de Tong
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See
Adam son of Peter de Birkin
Both the factory and the village built to house the workers were
called Firthcliffe.
By 1908, it had a turnover of US$1,000,000 and employed nearly 600
workers.
In 1908, the company had difficulties with the authorities for
violations, since 1902, of US Labor Law, when 24 carpet workers were
ordered to be deported.
A US press report at the time states that those who were deported
were strike leaders and their families, because, following a strike
settlement, the strike leaders were not re-employed
During World War II, this operation was sold in order to raise
dollars for the UK war treasury.
It then continued to operate, according to past employees very much
as a family- and community-oriented business up to 1962, when it
closed.
See
Arnold Armitage,
Fred Armitage,
Fred Booth,
Herbert Broomhead,
Joe Harry Radley,
Horace S. Shaw and
Richard Small
It was a part of Halifax – when it was the smallest township in the
parish.
When the M62 became the boundary between Calderdale and Kirklees,
it became a part of Huddersfield / Kirklees council.
The name uses the element by and may be derived from the
Norse Fekis by, meaning village or farmstead
belonging to Fek, or Fegh, or Fekis.
A charter of around 1200 refers to
granted to William the clerk and his heirs.
In the 19th century, C. C. Thornhill was lord of the manor.
See
Fixby Hall,
Parish statistics,
Rastrick-cum-Fixby,
The Drake family of Ashday and
The Wood, Fixby
She later moved to Flixton Hall, near Lowestoft, where she
died [21st August 1891]
In the parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley
wapentake, liberty of Wakefield. 6½ miles from Huddersfield,
7½ from Wakefield.
Now in Kirklees.
See
Adam son of Peter de Birkin
In 1753, the English headquarters of the Moravian Brethren was
established here
thirteen acres ... of the assart in the wood of Fekesbi
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Originally Great Gomersal.
A special trade of the town was the production of cloth for the army.
See
Brighouse & Spenborough,
Highroyd, Gomersal,
The Knowles Family of Gomersal and
Red House, Gomersal
It was owned by the Nettleship family [18th century].
Edward Nettleship of Lea, Gainsborough is mentioned in 1703.
His son, Francis [1705-1797], was the last of the line to own
the estate.
He left all his lands and manors to
In 1795, Elizabeth bought the house and 313 acres of land in
Grainsby for £5,800.
She was unmarried.
The hall came into the Haigh family of Norland when, in January
1827, William Haigh married Elizabeth Charlotte,
daughter of Benjamin Borrell and heiress of her
great-aunt Elizabeth Borrell.
This is now a hotel and is still owned by the Sutcliffe family [2009].
His grandson is Chairman of the company
See
Roger de Hutton,
Orm son of Magnus,
Thistleton, Lancashire and
John de Thornhill
This lies on the old road from Halifax to Huddersfield.
Remains of Roman occupation – which included kilns – were
found by coal miners at Grimscar Wood around 1590 and
rediscovered in 1955
On 1st March 1875, there was a serious gas explosion here in
which Mr Swarbrick, the agent for Fielden, was so
severely injured that he died the following day.
Subsequent owners and tenants have included
Members of the family were buried in the vault at Kirkby Wharfe
Church, Grimston Park
Pronunciation:
Goker
my good and faithful servant, Elizabeth Borrell [1742-1826],
now living with me
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The Hall no longer exists.
The Habergham surname originates in this locality.
A farm called Habergham Hall Farm now stands close to where
the Hall was situated.
See
John Habergham
After World War II, the people of Nova Scotia sent food to the people
of Halifax [West Yorkshire] for distribution by the Rotary Club.
See
Halifax Distress Committee
See
Adam son of Peter de Birkin
The school is still is use today
The Parsonage is said to have been built on earlier graves.
The local women used the gravestones in the churchyard to hang out
their washing, until the Rev Brontë arrived in 1820 and drove
them out.
It is said that there were around 40,000 burials in the churchyard,
and Babbage recorded 1344 burials in 10 years.
The close packing of the graves and the heavy gravestones have been
blamed for the unhealthy state of the village.
Water passing from the churchyard flowed down to the wells in Haworth.
The heavy and closely-packed gravestones did not allow the growth of
plants to decay and aerate the ground.
See Haworth Sanitation.
The well and privy for the Parsonage
were in the churchyard.
The gateway from the Parsonage garden into the churchyard
has been closed
See Keighley Mechanics Institute
See
Heptonstall to Haworth road and
Holmes
Village on the west bank of the River Lune, south of Lancaster, east
of Heysham.
See
Roger de Hutton and
Orm son of Magnus
A parish and market town in the Wapentake of Ryedale, North
Yorkshire.
It lies 6 miles from Kirkbymoorside, 16 from Malton, and 23 from York.
See
John de Stansfeld and
Oliver de Stansfeld
Maria and Elizabeth were born here
From the 1850s, it was used for recreational purposes and became
known as The wayvers' sayport – the weavers'
seaport – because of the large number of textile workers who
visited the place.
There were hotels, ballrooms, refreshment rooms and souvenir shops.
The shore was known as The Beach.
Steamers carried passengers around the lake.
On 28th June 1869, a party from Todmorden were in a carriage driving
round the lake when the horse was startled and the vehicle and 5 of
the passengers were thrown into the lake.
One person jumped out of the vehicle, 2 others were rescued from the
water, and 2 others were drowned.
In the 1870s, Captain Matthew Webb [1848-1883] trained here
for his cross-channel swim
See
Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield
See
Cliviger and
St John the Divine, Cliviger
See
Major Edward Hornby Foster,
John Foster,
John Foster,
William Foster,
William Henry Foster,
Charles Green and
Charles Kershaw
From about 1770, there was a public garden here.
It was owned by the North family between 1840 and 1860.
The names Judy Woods and Judy Brig comes from Judy North
who sold sweets from a stall on the bridge.
The stream which flows beneath the bridge marks the boundary between
Calderdale and Bradford
See
The Horton family of Barkisland
It is now a part of Kirklees Council.
See
Armitage Bridge,
Birkby,
Colne Valley,
River Colne,
Cowcliffe,
Deighton,
Fartown,
Fixby,
River Holme,
Lepton,
Lockwood,
Longroyd Bridge,
Quarmby and
Sheepridge
Email: [email protected].
See
Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel Graveyard
The first Parish Church in Huddersfield was built by Walter de Laci around 1090.
This was replaced by a second Church built around 1503,
in Perpendicular style.
This was replaced by a third Church, designed by Pritchett of
York, and consecrated on 27th October 1836
Formerly known as Huddesworth.
Now an area of Kirklees.
See
Brighouse & Spenborough,
Essolf and
Richard son of Essolf de Tong
See
Roger de Hutton and
Orm son of Magnus
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See
Addingham, West Yorkshire,
Ilkley Moor and
On Ilkley moor baht 'at
J |
From about 1770, there was a public garden here owned by the North
family between 1840 and 1860.
The stream marks the boundary between Calderdale and Bradford
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The present line is a 5-mile long restored branch line which joins
the British railway network at Keighley and runs along the Worth Valley to Haworth and Oxenhope.
The railway is operated by volunteer members of the Keighley &
Worth Valley Railway Society.
See Oakworth
See Haworth Mechanics Institute
See
East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley,
Halifax & Keighley Turnpike,
Halifax, Bradford & Keighley Insurance Company,
Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway,
Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Reporter,
Halifax, Thornton & Keighley Railway,
Keighley & Worth Valley railway,
Keighley Mechanics Institute and
Manchester, Hebden Bridge & Keighley Junction Railway
Lies 3 miles south of Kettlewell, 12 miles from Skipton and Settle
John Scholefield Firth lived here.
His daughter Elizabeth became good friends of the
Brontë family whilst they were living in Thornton
Now an area of Kirklees.
See
Lascelles Hall, Kirkheaton,
Peter son of Essolf de Birkin and
Atkinson family
The district takes its name from Kirklees Hall.
The name uses the elements kirk and lees, and
means church clearings.
Rev Brontë proposed to Maria during a visit to the
Abbey.
According to
Cudworth
There is an account of this branch of the Knowles family
in Gomersal – A Window on the Past by Gillian & Neil
Cookson [1992]
Members of the family have included
Charles James Knowles,
Rev John Dickenson Knowles,
Lionel Knowles,
Lionel Knowles,
Lionel Knowles and
Lionel Knowles
Pronunciation:
Keeth-li with the stress on the first syllable
the family, in their day, took a leading position in the army cloth
trade, which was once the special feature of Gomersal, and made rich
gains as army contractors prior to collapse of the trade in the 1820s
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When Beatrix Hippisley married Charles Grove Edwards, her
brother, William, sold the property to Charles and it
passed into the Edwards family.
Charles leased the house.
The name is variously spelled Lamborn, Lamborne
and Lambourne.
See
Henry Arthur Rolleston Edwards and
Henry Coster Lea Edwards
It is now Woodleigh School
The nearby village is also called Lascelles Hall.
Late 18th century house built for the Walker family on a site which
had been occupied by the Lascelles family [1175].
The Lascelles family came from Lacelle near Limoges in France, and
were supporters of William the Conqueror.
In 1385, Thomas Stansfield married Barbara, the
daughter of John Lassell of Lassell Hall.
John Lacelles, the last of the line, died in 1434.
His daughter Joan inherited the land and hall and
married Henry Beaumont
In 1641, Edward Hanson married Jane, the daughter
of Thomas Beaumont of Lascelles Hall.
When it was the home of Joseph Walker and his
children – William, Frances, Amelia and
Jane – Charlotte and Anne Brontë visited their
friends there.
See
John Beaumont and
Sir Thomas Beaumont
The building became a school.
Around 1986, it was gutted by fire.
It has been converted into apartments
See
John Longbottom,
Joseph Priestley and
Edward Rookes
The Leeds Metropolitan Borough includes districts such as
Birstall,
Horsforth,
Seacroft and
Yeadon.
See
Cad Beeston,
Duke of Leeds,
West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum,
Methley Hall, Leeds,
Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds & Bradford Railway,
New Leeds,
Temple Newsam, Leeds,
The Manchester & Leeds Railway Company and
Thorp Arch, Boston Spa
The Priory held the manors of Halifax and
Heptonstall.
The monks were instrumental in introducing sheep farming to the
district.
With the Dissolution of the Monasteries, in February 1537, the last
Prior, Robert Croham, surrendered the priory and all its
estates to Henry VIII.
The priory passed to Thomas Cromwell who thereby became Lord
of the Manor, Lay Rector of Halifax and one of the biggest landowners
in the district.
See
Hebden Water
See
Warin son of Orm
Recorded as Lilleia in Domesday Book and as waste.
See
Lindley Moor Road, Ainley Top,
Lindley Road, Elland,
Old Lindley Road, Jagger Green,
Old Lindley, Greetland,
Old Lindley, Stainland,
Stainland, Old Lindley, Sowood Green School,
Stainland-with-Old-Lindley Urban District Council and
The Luke Settle Shield
See
Dyson
The name comes from the Anglian op and means
the farm on the slope
See
Brighouse & Spenborough,
Rawfolds Mill and
Hightown
John de Lockwood and the Lockwood family of Lockwood featured in
the Elland Feud.
See
Lockwood surname
Bentley & Shaw
See
Warin son of Orm
In the 17th century, there were coiners producing counterfeit
coinage here
See
Brighouse Lüdenscheid, Society
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A newer road bypasses the village for modern traffic.
Around 1654, Edward Firth bought the Manor from the City of
London.
On his death in 1656, the manor passed to his son,
Edward.
On his death in 1660, the manor passed to his mother,
Mary.
On her death in 1672, the manor passed to her son-in-law, Daniel Greenwood.
On his death in 1679, the manor passed to his son, Daniel.
In the 18th century, the Manor was owned by Sir Joseph Radcliffe
and the Radcliffe family
The Mechanics' Institute here was designed by John Hogg.
On
15th January 1864,
Mrs Sunderland gave a farewell concert at the Mechanics' Institute.
See
Colne Valley,
River Colne,
Manor of Marsden and
Enoch Taylor
Members of the Huntriss family lived here
It is now a Christian college
A number of Irish immigrants came over from County Mayo,
Ireland in the mid-19th century, following a recruitment campaign
there by Crossley's Carpets.
Twinned with Calderdale.
See
Joseph Kneafsey and
John Mulroy
See
Roger de Hutton
The West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Menston was in the
Metropolitan Borough of Leeds.
It has been converted to housing
See
Warin son of Orm
See
Mearclough, Sowerby Bridge
The place is mentioned in the Weavers' Rhyme
The hall was the seat of the Savile family, Earls of Mexborough,
who held the manor for several centuries.
The Saviles preferred Methley to their home at Bradley Hall, Greetland after this was damaged by fire in 1629.
The original 16th century manor-house was built by Sir Robert
Waterton.
The Savile's demolished the house.
The new Hall was built by Sir John Savile, and extended by
his son Henry.
Only the hall and the rear part of the house remain.
This is discussed in the book
The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire.
See
Robert Kershaw and
Titus Salt
An inscription over the door is the same motto as that on Aunt Branwell's teapot
The village was left battered and destroyed after World War I, and
many residents were left homeless.
As part of a national scheme to help French towns, Mayor Thomas Hey
led a deputation to the town in order to determine what the town
needed after it was badly-damaged in World War I.
They were so moved they pledged an interest-free loan of £5,000
to help rebuild the shattered community.
In return, the village square was to be renamed Place
d'Halifax.
This took place in February 2011.
Strictly, not a twin town.
See
Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension
Other members of the family lived here, including
Clare and Thomas Ramsden
and
Fanny and John Taylor Ramsden.
Some were buried in the churchyard nearby
An earlier house on the site was occupied by
The present house was built around 1748.
Owners and tenants have included
See
Milnsbridge House,
Sir Joseph Radcliffe and
William Radcliffe
Morley Division included
Birstall,
Bradford,
Calverley,
and parts of Huddersfield,
Batley,
and
Dewsbury
It may be a model for the name of Whitcross in Jane Eyre
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It was originally 2 villages: Great Marsden and Little Marsden
See
Colne
In 1672, Anthony Wade rebuilt New Grange.
In 1752, the property was rebuilt in Palladian style by Walter
Wade
William Beckett acquired the property [1832].
In 1910, the property was sold to Leeds Corporation.
It became the city's first teacher training college, and is now
[2015] the Beckett Park Campus of Leeds Metropolitan University
So called on account of the large number of weavers living here in
the mid-19th century
The area was first settled by immigrants from Devon, England.
Many local people subsequently emigrated to this region in the 19th
century, including
It has been suggested that Francis Ullathorne Gledhill
and Charles Hursthouse – author of An Account of the
Settlement of New Plymouth – met in 1849 as Gledhill
sailed back to England to marry and Hursthouse returned to
publish his book and to promote New Plymouth.
Gledhill may then have gone on to promote the idea of
emigration to people in Calderdale.
Some other local connections with New Plymouth include
Dr Ernest Faber Fookes.
Township in the Parish of Bradford, Morley division of Agbrigg &
Morley, liberty of Pontefract, 2½ miles from Bradford, 8 miles
from Halifax, 12½ miles from Wakefield.
The Domesday entry for Bierley reads:
See
Bailiff Bridge,
Daisy Cottages, North Bierley,
Horse Close Cottages, North Bierley,
Richard son of Essolf de Tong,
Dr Richard Richardson,
William Richardson,
Bottomley family of Shelf and
Wyke
It was built by the Norton family.
Since 1624, the house has been owned by the Graham family.
Charlotte Brontë visited the house with the Sidgwick family
in the summer of 1839 as they travelled to Swarcliffe, Harrogate.
A family legend concerning a madwoman confined in an attic is said to
have inspired the mad Mrs Rochester in Jane Eyre, and
the house is a possible model for Thornfield Hall.
Wath Church is nearby
The Priory is now a country house hotel
Stainulf had four carucates of land to be taxed, where there may be
two ploughs.
Ilbert de Lacy has it and it is waste.
Value in King Edward's time ten shillings.
Wood pasture half a mile long and half broad
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See
Birkenshaw
In 1928, the house and estate was bought by the local council.
It is now Oakwell Hall County Park.
The house was the model for Fieldhead in Shirley.
See
Brontë Way and
Brontë Ways
The station was used as the location for the 1970 film The Railway
Children
It is said that the eponymous Hanna may have been the mother
of Anne Wood who married James Hanson of Woodside Farm, Norwood Green in 1729
Named after St Oswald, king of Northumbria, who was killed in
642.
See
Roger Dodsworth
See
Outlane in place names,
Roman Circus, Outlane,
St Mary Magdalene Church, Outlane and
Parish of Stainland & Outlane
See Keighley & Worth Valley railway
The name is derived from ox and hope or op [a shallow
shelf or valley] and probably means a valley where oxen are
found.
Rev Joseph Brett Grant raised funds for the construction
of the church of St Mary the Virgin here.
The church was completed in 1849.
See
Brontë Ways and
Worth Valley railway
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There were several Chartist meetings here.
On such occasions, there was music, food, drink and other attractions.
See
Low Moor Iron Company, Norwood Green and
The Struggles of an Old Chartist
See
Nelson, Lancashire and
Pendle Witches
See
Bearnshaw Tower, Todmorden,
Wife Loynd and
Giles Robinson
In February 1842, in order to acquire language skills and inspired by
Martha Taylor's experience in Brussels, Charlotte and Anne
enrolled as pupil-teachers at the school financed by their Aunt Branwell.
The wife of Rev Evan Jenkins found them places at the school.
Rev Brontë accompanied the girls on their journey to Belgium,
as did Martha Taylor who attended the Château de Koekelberg
at the same time.
Maria Miller and the Wheelwright girls joined the school later.
Charlotte settled in well and liked the place.
Emily was unsociable, disliked the place and everything at the
Pensionnat – she made one friend, Louise de Bassompierre, her music
pupil.
She was, however, impressed by the Gothic work of Goethe which she
encountered at the school.
In July 1842, Mme Heger suggested that the sisters stay on at the
school as teacher-pupils.
In November 1842, when their Aunt Branwell fell ill, Charlotte
and Anne returned to Haworth, although they only arrived after the
funeral.
In January 1843, Charlotte returned to Brussels as a teacher in the
school.
She was the only English person at the school.
Emily did not return, but stayed behind at the Parsonage as
housekeeper.
Charlotte finally left the school on New Year's Day, January 1844.
The Athénée Royal boys' school stood nearby, across
L' Allée Défendue.
The school was the model for those in The Professor and
Villette
See
Warin son of Orm
See Ponden Kirk
About 1640, Henry Casson, the second husband of the wife of
one of the Heaton family, ejected the family and occupied the House
for around 20 years.
His stepson, the rightful heir, was left uneducated by Casson.
The house was rebuilt in 1801.
The Brontë children used the library at the house.
Robert Heaton lived there at the time.
The house is now called Ponden Hall.
Ponden Old House and Ponden Reservoir are nearby.
This was a possible model for Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights.
The interior may also have been a model for Wuthering Heights
It may be a model for Penistone Crags in Wuthering Heights
It became part of Leeds Metropolitan Borough [1974].
See
Fulneck
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Recorded as Cornebi in Domesday Book and as waste.
See
Quarmby surname and
Quarmby Hall
Until Rev Daniel Taylor and his brother built a Baptist chapel here around 1773, there was only the inn and a
few small cottages.
The name was changed on 26th May 1863, becoming Queensbury.
At the time, other suggestions were Albert Town and Fosterville.
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Originally, these were separate manors and assessed separately in
1066 (Domesday Book), then part of the Preston lordship of
Earl Tostig.
See
Orm son of Magnus and
John de Thornhill
See
Roger de Stansfeld and
William de Stansfeld
Both Dr William Belcombe [1813] and his son Dr Henry Stephen Belcombe [1817] were physicians here.
In 1817, Eliza Raine was in care here.
In 1819, a former patient, Jane Horsman of York,
took Belcombe, his partner Alexander Mather, and others
to court for wrongful imprisonment.
In January 1855, a writ of habeas corpus was served
on William Pinder, keeper of The Retreat, lunatic
asylum, for wrongful imprisonment of William Greenwood.
In 1868, Sarah Elizabeth Bell is recorded as going to
See
Martha Eleanor Mallinson Maude,
Dr Harold Frederick Shipman and
Brigadier General Richard Edgar Sugden
The Retreat, York: Clifton.
Aka The Quakers' Asylum.
A private asylum for people with mental & psychological problems.
Both Dr William Belcombe [1813] and his son Dr Henry Stephen Belcombe [1817] were physicians here.
In 1817, Eliza Raine was in care here.
In 1819, a former patient, Jane Horsman of York,
took Belcombe, his partner Alexander Mather, and others
to court for wrongful imprisonment.
In January 1855, a writ of habeas corpus was served
on William Pinder, keeper of The Retreat, lunatic
asylum, for wrongful imprisonment of William Greenwood.
In 1868, Sarah Elizabeth Bell is recorded as going to
See
Dr Harold Frederick Shipman and
Brigadier General Richard Edgar Sugden
The Retreat, York:
Clifton.
Aka The Quakers' Asylum.
A private asylum for people with mental & psychological problems.
Both Dr William Belcombe [1813] and his son Dr Henry Stephen Belcombe [1817] were physicians here.
In 1817, Eliza Raine was in care here.
In 1819, a former patient, Jane Horsman of York,
took Belcombe, his partner Alexander Mather, and others
to court for wrongful imprisonment.
In January 1855, a writ of habeas corpus was served
on William Pinder, keeper of The Retreat, lunatic
asylum, for wrongful imprisonment of William Greenwood.
In 1868, Sarah Elizabeth Bell is recorded as going to
See
Dr Harold Frederick Shipman and
Brigadier General Richard Edgar Sugden
Number 10 Rillington Place was the scene of the murders
committed by John Reginald Halliday Christie
The company was established after the death of George.
Partners were Edward Ripley and Henry William Ripley
From 1830, a girls' school here was run by the four sisters, Misses
Margaret, Catherine, Marianne, and
Eliza Wooler.
Charlotte Brontë attended the Misses Wooler's girls' school here for 2 years from 1831 – see Rev Thomas Atkinson.
There were about 10 pupils when Charlotte arrived.
In 1831, she won a silver medal for her manners and most outstanding
girl in the school.
She met her life-long friends, Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor, at
the school.
Other pupils included E. Cook, E. Lister.
Charlotte was a teacher at the school between 1835-1838.
Her appointment enabled Emily to attend, her fees being deducted
from Charlotte's salary.
They arrived at the school on 29th July 1835.
In October 1835, Emily became ill – she was homesick and she lost
weight – and returned to Haworth, and Anne took her place.
In November 1837, Anne fell ill with a life-threatening illness,
and returned to Haworth but, after recovering, she did not return
to Roe Head.
The school moved to Dewsbury Moor in early 1838.
Charlotte resigned after Anne became ill, but returned in 1838,
by which time the school had moved to Dewsbury Moor.
Charlotte broke down at the school and returned to Haworth for good.
The Woolers left the school in 1841.
The Misses Hemingway ran the school later.
In her biography of Charlotte Brontë, Mrs Gaskell wrote
Owners and tenants have included
James Murgatroyd owned land here
Sir Joseph Radcliffe of Rudding Park, Harrogate gave 7
acres of land for the Glebe of St Thomas's Church, Greetland
[1863-1877].
The house is now a hotel
In 1626, Sir George Savile bought the property from George
Talbot, the 6th Earl of Salisbury.
On the death of William Savile, the second Marquis of Halifax in 1700, the baronetcy and the seat at Rufford passed to the
Saviles of Lupset.
The estates were sold in 1938 to pay death duties.
See
Henry Savile and
Sir William Savile
The house had battlements and may be a model for Thornfield
Hall in Jane Eyre
It is often unclear which Dr Belcombe is referred to in
reports of the time
the Friends Retreat at Fulford, York, an asylum which
accommodated paupers, and where unemployed servants resided
It is often unclear which Dr Belcombe is referred to in reports of the time
the Friends Retreat at Fulford, York, an asylum which
accommodated paupers, and where unemployed servants resided
It is often unclear which Dr Belcombe is referred to in
reports of the time
the Friends Retreat at Fulford, York, an asylum which
accommodated paupers, and where unemployed servants resided
In no other part of England, I fancy, are the centuries brought into
such close, strange contrast as in the district in which Roe Head is
situated
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It was a part of the Wapentake of Agbrigg & Morley,
and within the West Riding until 1972.
It is now a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
20 miles south-west of Halifax
The valuable estate was owned by members of the Ferrand family,
including John Ferrand of Stockton-upon-Tees.
Charlotte Brontë declined an invitation to visit Harden
Grange.
The estate was passed down the Ferrand family.
John's daughter Sarah – wife of Currer Fothergill Busfeild – was the first to inherit, and, being widowed by that
time, she reverted back to her maiden name.
Around the same time, her 3 [then] unmarried daughters – Elizabeth Octavia, Caroline and Emily Lucinda – took
the surname Busfeild-Ferrand
Then Sarah's eldest son William inherited and
had to change his name.
Then William, son of Johnson Atkinson.
The last name change was in 1890.
The estate was becoming too expensive and was given to Bingley
council around 1927
The Church is mentioned in 1317, but is probably much earlier.
The Church was built in 1655.
Until the Rev Brontë arrived and drove them out, the
local women used the gravestones in the Churchyard to hang out their
washing.
Rev Brontë installed the organ [1833].
Branwell was the Church organist for a time.
See Abraham Sunderland.
Rev Brontë installed a peal of bells in the tower [1849].
The tower was pock-marked with the shots fired from Rev
Brontë's pistol.
Arthur Nicholls complained that the Church was a house of prayer,
and not a shrine to his wife or her sisters.
The Church was demolished by Rev Wade and rebuilt – retaining the
original tower – in 1879.
The tower was raised by an extra storey and a clock was installed.
Wade planted trees in the Churchyard.
In 1882, a brass plaque was placed in the Church floor marking the
vault and recording the deaths of Emily and Charlotte.
The present appearance of the Church dates from 1962.
Two new Churches were built later for outlying parts of the parish:
St Mary's, Oxenhope, and Stanbury Mission Church.
See
Brontë Memorial Chapel,
Haworth Churchyard,
St Mary's, Oxenhope and
Stanbury Mission Church
The Church was founded by
William Foster,
Henry Foster,
and
Jonathan Knowles
Built in 1846.
The Church is no longer used and stands empty
See
St Pol Square, Hebden Bridge
The name may be derived from the
Celandine
flower.
When they fled from Scotland in the mid-16th century, the Morton family – who became notable members of the community – settled in
the area because there was a particular tpye of clay which was good
for making their pottery.
There are many local links to Salendine Nook, especially with
the Baptist community there, including
James Cartledge,
Henry Clayton,
Holywell Green Baptist Church,
Rev Dr Enoch Mellor,
Rev Thomas Mellor,
Edmond de Morton,
Enos Morton,
Enos Morton & Sons,
Rev James Parker,
Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel,
Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel: Graveyard,
Salendine Nook Baptist Church,
Rev Joshua Wood and
The Morton family
It was built in 1851.
In 1987, the site was bought by Jonathan Silver.
In December 2001, it was designated a World Heritage Site as
the finest example in England of an integrated textile mill
surrounded by a whole model village built for its workforce.
Chris Helme writes that
See
Ritz, Brighouse
In 1100, the Second Earl Warenne began building the first Sandal
castle on the right bank of the river Calder.
This was a wooden construction, and from the summit of the mound much
of the Calder valley and the manor could be seen.
Any military movement at Pontefract Castle, the seat of the de Lacy
barons could also be observed.
Subsequent Earls of Warren extended the castle.
In 1460, the Battle of Wakefield was fought nearby during
the Wars of the Roses when Richard, Duke of York was
killed.
The castle was twice besieged in the 1640s by the Parliamentarians
in the Civil War, and was later stripped of its defences.
Remains of the 13th century stone castle and the motte and bailey can
still be seen.
See
Sir John Savile
See
Sandal Castle
The name is recorded as
Scambanden in 1275,
Schambabdene in 1286,
and
Scamendene in 1349
and
means Skambani's valley.
It has been suggested that the name may be derived
from S'Cambodunum.
See
St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head
Anne visited Scarborough many times with the Robinson family, and
became very fond of the place.
They stayed at Wood's Lodgings at 7 The Cliff – now St
Nicholas's Cliff – in the middle of the bay.
The Grand Hotel now stands on the site.
Anne died in the town, and was buried at St Mary's, Scarborough.
In Agnes Grey, Agnes and her mother establish a
school in a seaside town which was based on Scarborough
George Bertram Holdsworth died here [1942]
The name comes from the Norse Scholes.
Peter Brook and
Roy Castle
were born here
The name was originally Scales
14 miles north of York
See
Joseph Craven
The township of Middlestown, or Middle Shitlington, 3
miles south of Dewsbury, 4 miles from Wakefield
contained Netherton, or Nether Shitlington,
and Overton or Over Shitlington.
See
Adam son of Peter de Birkin,
Roger de Birkin,
Essolf and
Roger de Tong
Established by George Patchett and William Mowburn JP
of Wykeham Park, Banbury.
George's sons, James and
Percy, ran the business.
In 1872, they bought and extended the Trench Iron Works
[established 1866] which had failed in 1869.
In 1879,
they producing 400 tons of wire rods and 100-150 tons of wire a week.
Much of their production was concerned with the Wellington-Stafford
railway which had begun in 1849.
It was said that
From 1873, the Patchett family had a controlling interest.
James Patchett was Managing Director from the 1870s until the
General Strike of 1926.
The works closed in 1931 making about 400 men redundant
When Captain Jeremy Lister married Rebecca Battle, his
wife's money enabled them to buy the Skelfler estate.
The family moved here in 1793.
Anne Lister grew up here.
In 1808, Lister moved the family from Skelfler to Halifax where they
lived at St Helen's House, Halifax.
The Skelfler property was let out to a tenant and much of its farming
equipment sold.
The Skelfler estate was offered for sale at auction in 1822, but
failed to meet its reserve at auction.
The property was later inherited by Marian Lister, who lived there
from 1836
From the early 1900s, it was the home of Andrew Carnegie.
In 1905, a letter from Carnegie, on the opening of the
Sowerby Bridge Library, was sent from here
South Dean Beck is a tributary of the stream.
In 1863, Sir Francis Crossley bought Somerleyton when his fellow
parliamentarian was in financial difficulties.
Crossley died there in 1872, but was brought back to Halifax for
burial in the General Cemetery.
Many of the contents of Belle Vue were moved to Somerleyton in 1889
when his widow moved there.
Township in the parish of Dewsbury, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg &
Morley, liberty of Wakefield.
2 miles from Dewsbury, 4 miles from Wakefield, 12 miles from Halifax.
There were two villages in the township: Upper Soothill
and Nether Soothill.
See
Helias son of Essolf de Sothill and
Sothill / de Sothill Family
Several people from Halifax and district were recorded as attending
these.
Some of those recorded in Southport include
An 1899 advertisement for the business in a Halifax newspaper
announced
Physician – Dr. Barnardo.
Summer & Winter residences.
Under New Management.
Splendid situation replete with every comfort.
Fine Sea View, near Parks, Pier & Trams.
Terms from 7/6d.
per day including Turkish & Russian and other Baths.
Massage & Galvanium.
Manager; Jas Marshall
2½ miles south-west of Barnsley, 5½ miles from Penistone
See
Adam son of Peter de Birkin
See Crow Hill
Between 1901 and 1991, this was the West Riding Lunatic Asylum.
In 1911, it was recorded at Stanley Road, Wakefield.
Question:
Does anyone know if the Stanley Road address is the same as
Kirkburton?
The catchment area extended from Barnsley to Hebden Bridge and
included Calderdale.
Until 1948, each town council was financially responsible for any of
its certified residents who were incarcerated there.
Unruly people were often threatened with
Local people who are recorded as inmates at the Asylum included
The Asylum closed [1990s].
Huddersfield University students' accommodation has been built on the
site.
See
Brighouse Storthes Hall Society,
Albert Henry Nutter and
Lewis Brook Whiteley
In May 2000, a cheque for £5000 was sent by the people of
Strakonice to the Mayor of Calderdale for help with the floods in
the Calderdale area.
In 1918, George Frederick Ormerod bought the Stratford Park
Estate.
He had the second floor of the house removed.
His Yorkshire builders carried out the work.
The parapets and chimneys were reconstructed at the lower level.
It was Ormerod's wish that, upon his death, the Estate be sold to
Stroud District Council.
The sale took place in 1935.
In 1937, an open air-swimming pool was completed and opened to the
public.
it is now the Stratford Park & Leisure Centre
Incumbents, Curates, & Perpetual Curates of Haworth, Stanbury and
Oxenhope, at St Michael and All Angels, Haworth within the
Parish of Bradford, have included
Around 1850, Sir Titus Salt wanted to build a mill, and a model
village for the workers, along Armytage Road, Brighouse, but the
Armytage family rejected the proposal; Salt then went on to
establish Saltaire instead
[the local iron works] were managed by local Wesleyans, one of them
Lt. Col. James Patchett, ruled Hadley in the manner of a
benevolent squire
Pronunciation:
Slawit with the stress on the first syllable
SOUTHPORT – SUNNYSIDE HYDRO. COMPANY
The green van will come and get you
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See
Thomas de Eland,
Thomas de Eland,
Sir John Savile and
Joanna Tankersley
See Temperance
The present building is Tudor-Jacobean with the grounds
by Capability Brown.
See
Thomas Cordingley,
Sir Arthur Ingram,
Charles Ingram, Viscount Irwin and
Robert Kershaw
A township in Kirkham parish, Lancashire.
3 miles north-west of Kirkham.
In 1066, this formed part of Earl Tostig's Preston lordship.
See
John Gernet,
Roger de Hutton and
Orm son of Magnus
Originally the seat of the Thornhill family, it became the seat of
the Savile family of Thornhill
The last commercial use of the Calder & Hebble Navigation – the
coal traffic – finally ended when the last coal barges
unloaded here in 1981
See
Essolf,
The Thornhill family of Rastrick,
Thornhill,
Thornhill Briggs,
Thornhill Hall,
Thornhill Power Station,
Baronet Savile of Thornhill and
Jordan de Thornhill
See
The Thornhill family of Rastrick,
Thornhill,
Thornhill Briggs,
Thornhill Power Station,
Baronet Savile of Thornhill and
Jordan de Thornhill
Rev Patrick Brontë exchanged his living at Hartshead with
that of Rev Thomas Atkinson of the Bell Chapel, Thornton.
The Parsonage was at 74 Market Street.
It is now a restaurant.
Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne were born here.
In 1820, Rev Brontë became Perpetual Curate at
Haworth.
A convoy of 7 carts carried the family and their belongings from
Thornton to Haworth.
In the days of the Brontë family, the town had a maggotorium
to produce bait for anglers.
Thorp Spa is recorded in 1744.
Calderdale people with links to Thorp Arch include
The house was run by Thomas Sewell and his wife.
Anne worked as a governess here.
After the death of Edmund Robinson, the family left Thorp Green Hall on 16th November 1846.
The hall burned down in the late 19th century.
It was rebuilt in 1912 as Thorp Underwood Hall.
In Agnes Grey, Horton Lodge has some characteristics
of Thorp Green Hall
4¼ miles north-west of Rotherham, 8 miles from Barnsley.
See
John son of Essolf de Holdsworth
This later become the Tolson Museum.
It opened on 27th May 1922.
A plaque to the two brothers, is displayed at the Museum.
See
Brighouse Museum
The Domesday entry for Tong reads:
In the Pipe Rolls of 1165, it is recorded as Tuenche.
See
Essolf,
Illustrated Rambles from Hipperholme to Tong and
Richard son of Essolf de Tong
The farm was also known as Higher Withens.
Middle Withens and Lower Withens were demolished in the 19th
century.
The location of the building may be a model for that of Wuthering
Heights.
See Brontë bridge, Cuckoo stone, Wuthering Heights Walk
At York, there was
Several local felons – including the coiners and Luddites – were
executed here.
Some of these were
London's Tyburn stood at what is now Marble Arch
See
Tyburn Tales
Stainulf had four carucates of land to be taxed, where there may be
two ploughs.
Ilbert de Lacy has it, but it is waste.
Value in King Edward's time twenty shillings.
Wood pasture half a mile long and half broad
Thomas Boys
John Brigg
Isaac Charlesworth
Joshua Clayton
George Bell for forging the will of Ralph Dalton
Charles Dimmey
John Dobson
John Dove
Thomas Boys & Richard Boys for the robbery of Abraham Earnshaw
William Field
Benjamin Gartside
John Greenwood
George Harger
David Hartley
William Hartley
Job Hey
John Hill
Robert Iredale
Joseph King
George Mellor
Benjamin Micklethwaite
Matthew Normington
James Oldfield
Michael Pickles
Rev Edmund Robinson
John Scott
Michael Shaw
Joseph Shepherd
Christopher Singleton
Henry Smelt
Thomas Smith
Henry Sutcliffe
Robert Thomas
William Thorpe
Andrew Tucker
Mr Watson
Richard Watson
William Cowan & William Hall for the attempted murder of John Williamson
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V |
It opened on 17th January 1891, and was named in honour of
the Queen's Jubilee of 1887.
There were reading and smoking rooms for older people, a
well-equipped boys' club and a separate club for girls and women.
It has been owned by the local authority since 1952 when Queensbury
Council bought the hall for £2,500.
Sir Edward Elgar visited in 1921.
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It was the county town of the West Riding from 1889, and is now the
administrative capital of West Yorkshire.
The 15th century Cathedral, restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott,
has the tallest spire in Yorkshire [247 ft]
The metropolitan district includes
3 miles south east of Wakefield.
See
Thomas Savile and
Thomas Savile
This was a model for Wellwood House in Agnes Grey
5 miles north-west of Rotherham, 9 miles from Barnsley.
See
John son of Essolf de Holdsworth
See
Mount Cross, Todmorden,
Robert de Stansfeld and
The Long Causeway
It was replaced by the
Members included
Thomas Blackburn
See
Shelf foundry
See
Major Michael Stocks and
Michael Stocks
3 miles south of Barnsley, 7 miles from Penistone.
See
John son of Essolf de Holdsworth
See
John de Stansfeld and
Oliver de Stansfeld
Wycoller is now a country park.
The ruins of the hall were a possible model for Ferndean Manor
in Jane Eyre
See
Stainulf
In its heyday, the Wyke Branch had
The 4 branches closed between 1969 and 1974, and a new, larger store
opened in Towngate, Wyke.
This stood near to the present Co-op store in Wyke.
In 1852, it was renamed Wyke Station.
In 1896, it was moved and renamed Wyke & Norwood Green Station.
The station closed on 21st September 1953.
See
Wyke and
Wyke Viaduct
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See
Yeadon Airport
See
Tyburn, York
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