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Longley, Huddersfield
Longley is a small district in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England between Newsome and Lowerhouses. The area is mainly made up of woodland and a 9-hole golf course (Longley Park). Longley Old Hall, a listed building, is also in the area. See also *Listed buildings in Huddersfield (Newsome Ward - outer areas) Newsome is a ward of Huddersfield in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains over 430 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, t ... External links Longley Old Hall website Areas of Huddersfield {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town. The rivers around the town provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds, this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution. The town centre has much neoclassical Victorian architecture, one example is which is a Grade I listed building – described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England" – and won the Europa Nostra award for architecture. It hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College. The town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the reorganisation of the Local Government Act 1972 which saw it formed from a large part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The county had a recorded population of 2.3 million in the 2011 Census making it the fourth-largest by population in England. The largest towns are Huddersfield, Castleford, Batley, Bingley, Pontefract, Halifax, Brighouse, Keighley, Pudsey, Morley and Dewsbury. The three cities of West Yorkshire are Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield. West Yorkshire consists of five metropolitan boroughs (City of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, City of Leeds and City of Wakefield); it is bordered by the counties of Derbyshire to the south, Greater Manchester to the south-west, Lancash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsome
Newsome is a village situated approximately 1 mile south of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Kirklees, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. The village lies at the centre of Newsome (ward), Newsome Ward to which it gives its name. Geography Newsome stands on a shoulder of land below Castle Hill, Huddersfield, Castle Hill and above the valley where the River Holme meets the River Colne, West Yorkshire, River Colne. The village lies between Berry Brow, Hall Bower and Taylor Hill, Huddersfield, Taylor Hill. Facilities The village has both housing and industrial units, the latter mostly within the site of the former Newsome Mill, which used to produce woollen textiles. Newsome used to have a large bakehouse, (which made award-winning pork pies), but these industrial units, (across from, now damaged, Newsome Mill), now hold businesses. The ''Huddersfield Examiner'' announced in February 2013 the closure to the Huddersfield shops, as well as the bakehouse. Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowerhouses
Lowerhouses is a residential district in the town of Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Lowerhouses is a residential district situated in a wooded hillside, adjacent to Hall Bower, between Newsome and Almondbury, approximately of Huddersfield town centre. It comprises multiple social housing estates, with a mixture of private housing throughout. It has a primary school, two local shops and a take-away. See also *Listed buildings in Huddersfield (Newsome Ward - outer areas) Newsome is a ward of Huddersfield in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains over 430 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, t ... Areas of Huddersfield {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Longley may refer to: ;Places * Longley, Calderdale, a location in West Yorkshire, England * Longley, Holme Valley, a location in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England *Longley, Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England * Longley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England *Longley, Tasmania, a locality in Australia ;People *Longley (surname) See also *Long Lee Long Lee and Thwaites Brow is a suburb about one mile to the south east of the centre of the town of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. Features Long Lee is a partially rural area which encompasses a primary school, a public house, a churc ..., near Keighley, West Yorkshire, England * Longley Green, Worcestershire, England {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Huddersfield (Newsome Ward - Outer Areas)
Newsome is a ward of Huddersfield in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains over 430 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, 16 are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward is large, and contains the centre of the town of Huddersfield, and areas to the west and south. This list contains the listed buildings outside the centre of the town, namely those outside the ring road, and include the areas of Almondbury, Armitage Bridge, Aspley, Highfields, Lockwood, Longley, Lowerhouses, Moldgreen, Newsome, Rashcliffe, Springwood, and Taylor Hill. The listed buildings in the central area within the ring road are at Listed buildings in Huddersfield (Newsome Ward - central area) To the south of the town the Huddersfield Broad Canal joins the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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