Ran north-east between St Thomas Street, Claremount and Parsonage Street, Claremount.
The street and its houses were lost when Claremount Road and
New Bank were redeveloped in the 1960s
Some of the buildings here are listed
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East Longley Farm, Norland
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Dog Lane, Elland
Some of the buildings here are listed
Listed buildings in Edge Lane
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Everhill Shaw, Heptonstall,
Halstead Green Farm, Heptonstall,
Hoar Side Farm, Heptonstall,
Lower Fold, Heptonstall,
New Edge Farm, Heptonstall,
Old Edge, Heptonstall,
Popple Close Farm, Heptonstall and
Workhouse Green Farm, Heptonstall
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Cropley's Buildings, Ovenden
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Eiffel Tower, Hebden Bridge
Recorded in 1944, when it was
at Godley Bridge
Named for the Elephant & Castle pub
It ran along the valley bottom from Elland to Brighouse, and beyond,
was opened in 1815, replacing the earlier route via Southowram,
Brookfoot, and Brighouse Wood Lane.
Tolls were abolished in 1880.
It is now the A6025
The obelisk in the name refers to the Dumb Steeple.
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Riorges, France
Part of the Elland & Obelisk Turnpike Road
to commence at the tollgate on the Halifax & Huddersfield Turnpike Road near Elland Bridge, and to extend from thence in an easterly
direction through and over the several townships of Elland,
otherwise Elland-cum-Greetland, Southowram, Brighouse, otherwise
Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse in the parish of Halifax, and through and
over the township of Clifton, otherwise Hartshead-cum-Clifton in
the parish of Dewsbury, to join the Dewsbury & Elland Turnpike Road
at or near a certain obelisk in the last-mentioned
township, belonging to the Sir George Armytage