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Listed Buildings In Erringden
Erringden is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 30 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish is entirely rural and consists mainly of moorland with isolated buildings, and most of the listed buildings are houses, farmhouses, and farm buildings. The Rochdale Canal The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale through which it passes. The Rochdale is a broad canal beca ... runs through the northwest part of the parish, and the listed buildings associated with this are two bridges and two locks, and the parish also contains a former packhorse bridge. __NOTOC__ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erringden
Erringden is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. Previously it was a township within the chapelry of Heptonstall. History The first recorded mention of Erringden is in a deed from 1321, where it is named Heyrikdene, and it is described as a park for hunting. Plans of an estate in Erringden produced in 1761 are the first known work by the land surveyor and engineer Robert Whitworth Robert Whitworth (1734 – 30 March 1799) was an English land surveyor and engineer, who learnt his trade under John Smeaton and James Brindley, and went on to become one of the leading canal engineers of his generation. Biography Whitworth was ..., who went on to become one of the leading canal engineers of his generation. In the 1870s Erringden was described as : 'A township in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the York and Manchester railway, 7 miles NNW of Halifax. It includes part of Hebden-Bridge village, and part of Mytholmroyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
