Entries beginning Elland ... and The Elland ... are gathered together in this Sidetrack.
See
Population,
Calder Registration District and
Parish statistics
In June 1878, an Australian touring team came to play against the
club.
The Australians won.
On 1st September 1932, the Club bought their ground for £1,000.
See
Eighteen of Elland,
Stuart David Fletcher,
Hullen Edge Hall, Elland and
Thomas Joseph Tong
The stocks from Elland Gaol were re-erected in the garden
of the building.
See
Elland Town Hall
On
22nd March 1879,
fire gutted their premises at Spa Well Mill, Elland.
Recorded in 1905, when
the company was mineral water manufacturers established by Robert Bairstow at Heathfield Street, Elland
The 5th Halifax (Elland) Company was established in 1906 when
the 1st Elland Company and the Halifax Battalion merged.
See
Gordon Baume and
Elland Boys' Brigade Memorial
There was a ducking stool here at one time.
A bridge over the river at Elland was mentioned
in 1199,
in 1316,
in 1483,
and
in 1540.
These were made of wood and were frequently swept away in floods.
A stone bridge was built in 1579 by Richard Aske.
The foundations soon collapsed, and it was rebuilt by West Riding JPs
in 1584.
This bridge was swept away by floods in September 1615 and replaced
in 1617 at a cost of £485.
The bridge was extended in 1797 and 1809, and finally completed in
1813, bridging both the River Calder and the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
It was further widened in 1896/1897 – from 22½ ft to
36 ft – and the foundations were built on piles.
It reopened on 13th November 1897.
In 1990, new weirs were constructed to replace one which was
shattered by a flood in 1966.
The Bridge is owned and maintained by the Canal & River Trust.
The Bridge was badly damaged in the floods of December 2015.
See
Elland Lower toll gate,
River Crossing Calder,
John Sayvill,
Sheffield Royd, West Vale and
Woodbridge, Elland
The road was proposed in 1963 but met with objections.
These were overruled by a public enquiry in 1969.
700,000 tons of rock had to be blasted to make the route through
Elland Wood Bottom.
Opened in 1978.
See
Elland Hall,
Exley Sandstone Quarry and
Riverside Mill, Elland
It was inhabited.
Occupants included
Jim Fenton [1800].
It was the Ring of Bells, Elland [1826].
It was demolished in 1835 (or 1829) when the churchyard was extended
The incumbent of Elland Church was always admitted as a member of
the Society.
Because Rev William Atkinson was a Puseyite, he was
blackballed.
He offered the Society use of his room at the parsonage for meetings,
and the Church for their evening service.
They declined the offer and moved to Huddersfield
See
Elland Division Conservative Association
There was a balcony at the corner of Coronation Street and Victoria
Road.
The building was later extended to incorporate the balcony.
Recorded in March 1916, when
the Elland Madrigal Society presented a Concert at the Club in aid
of the local branch of St John's Ambulance Brigade, Elland.
Recorded in 1917, when
Alfred S. Luty was secretary.
The club closed in 1956, and the building stood empty for 3 years.
In 1959, it was bought by Elland Urban District Council.
In 1960, it was converted into the town's Central Library
See
Elland Constitutional Club Memorial
The surrounding area became known as The Cross.
The cross was removed in 18??
In 1379, the township was the wealthiest in the parish of Halifax.
The civil parish
was abolished in 1894 and divided into the parishes of
Elland,
Greetland
and
Upper Greetland.
See
Population,
Elland with Greetland Workhouse and
Parish statistics
Those who have served on the Board of Guardians for
Elland-cum-Greetland township have included
See
Elland Gas Works,
Robert Thornton and
Tom Turner
William Brook may also have been a member of the organisation
See
Hyde Sharratt
See
Sam Blackburn,
Elland Conservative & Unionist Association and
Elland Division
See
Elland Liberal Association
See
Brighouse & Elland Echo,
Brighouse Echo and
Elland Echo Historical Almanack
Opened in 1???.
Closed in 1913-1914, when the building was demolished for the
widening of Victoria Road, and moved to the other (north) side
of Victoria Road
In modern times, Elland fair was held on the first Monday after the
12th August
See
Thomas Eland and
Other feuds
A new fire station was built in 1???.
In 2011, it was announced that this, Brighouse Fire Station, and
Rastrick Fire Station would close and the resources be combined
into a single unit at Rastrick.
This was a fine-grained stone, strong and durable, with the upper
levels being suitable for paving and roofing stones.
Named for similar beds located at Lower Edge, Rastrick which were
deeper in the ground, overlaid by shales and the lower quality
sandstone some 60 ft or so below the surface.
The stone is easily split along its bedding plane, producing the thin
flags.
These are often used as paving, roofing and thakstones.
The sandstone lies below the coal deposits and above millstone grit in many local areas.
By 1860, the best Elland Flags had been worked out near the surface,
and shafts were sunk to mine the stone.
Mining continued into the 20th century but the number of mines
gradually reduced.
The last mine was Southage's at Rastrick which closed
in 1955
See
Ashday Wagonway and
Brier Lane Quarry, Southowram
On 17th August 1869, they held their 2nd annual show in the grounds
adjoining Whitwell Place and attracted about 7000 visitors.
Disbanded on 27th August 1936
On
22nd April 1907,
there was a serious fire at their mill
See
Elland Wanderers Football Club
One of the last victims of the stocks was John Ogden who
was arrested in October 1863.
A new gaol was built in 1821 at South End, opposite Elland Town Hall.
The pinfold was in a yard next to the prison and the old
stocks were moved to the new prison.
The old prison was used as the Boys' Sunday School for the Parish Church.
In the 1880s, the building ceased to be a jail when a new police
station was built at Burley Street.
The old prison was known as the Old Town's Rooms, after it was
adapted as a meeting room, where the Old Men's
Parliament – or Pinfold Parliament – gathered on most days.
The Old Town's Rooms were the site for the first public library in
Elland and was used as a bus and tram shelter.
By the late 1880s the stocks were falling into disrepair until
a local Press campaign resulted in them being refurbished.
In 1963, the prison was demolished to make way for a road scheme, and
there is a roundabout on the site.
Above the entrance to the prison was a stone with the words
When the gaol was demolished, this plaque was rescued, along with the
stocks.
In 1977, the plaque was installed above one of the doors at Elland Area Council Offices in Elizabeth Street, and the stocks – now
listed – were re-erected in the adjoining garden.
See
Elland Library
Opened on 28th November 1903.
The cost was £2,900.
In 1917, James Dyson was secretary.
See
Elland Liberal Association and
Elland Liberal Club War Memorial
Elland Museum was here
Recorded in 1891
in a claim for £18 sick pay by Clara Jane Ogden, the
widow of a former member.
Recorded in 1910, when
Samuel Akroyd was treasurer
On 1st March 1867, the supply of water to Elland by the Halifax
Corporation commenced, when the members of the Elland Local Board of
Health and other gentlemen dined together in celebration of the event.
See
Dr R. N. Denning,
Local Board,
Mr Spencer and
William Stott
The water level in the lock is higher than the adjacent Park Road.
Built around 1770.
The lock-keeper's cottage stands alongside
Miss Edith Etherington performed at the Concert
When Sir John Elland and his son had been murdered and the line had
died out, the Savile family – who had joined the Ellands by the
marriage of Sir John Savile and Isobel de Eland – took
over the manor of Elland.
Lord George Halifax Lumley-Savile auctioned off the title of Lord
of the Manor in the 1990s.
See
Elland fairs and
Elland market
See
Markets
Catholic services were held here until 1901 when St Patrick's Catholic Church, West Vale opened
By 1846, there was an Institute in the town.
The founder members included
In 1848, some members left to form the Greetland Mutual Improvement Society.
By 1871, the Institute had closed
A major donor to the Museum was Herbert Spencer who gave a
collection of (stuffed?) wild birds.
Other gifts were received from
Miss Dodgson, daughter of Joshua Dodgson;
James A. Brearley;
Ernest Dearing
In 1960, the Library moved to the building previously occupied by the
Elland Constitutional Club
Question:
Does anyone know where the Museum exhibits were after 1960?
The civil parish
of Elland-cum-Greetland
was abolished in 1894 and divided into the parishes of
Elland,
Greetland
and
Upper Greetland.
See
Elland Parochial Chapelry and
Elland Parish Church
See
Parish of Elland,
Halifax Parochial Chapelry,
Heptonstall Parochial Chapelry and
Poor Law Union
Whoso keepeth the Law is wise
