Crosland Moor is a district of the town of

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Location

It begins 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south west of Huddersfield town centre. Crosland Moor begins at the junction of the Manchester Road A62 and Blackmoorfoot Road the main thoroughfare. The area rises up the hillside to overlook the areas of

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Golcar Golcar (pronounced 'Go Car' or 'Golker') is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The 2021 population censu ...

in the

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. The name is derived from the local landowners the Crosland family, who owned much of the area in 15th and 16th centuries. Their home Crosland Lodge, and business holdings at Crosland Moor Mill were situated in the area. The Walpole and Balmoral Avenue

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are also a part of Crosland Moor. The area (including Crosland Hill and Beaumont Park) is bordered by Lockwood, Netherton,

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Thornton Lodge Thornton Lodge is a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It borders Crosland Moor to the west, Lockwood, West Yorkshire, Lockwood to the south, and Longroyd Bridge to the north. It mostly comprises suburban housing and some small shops, with i ...

Political

The electoral ward of Crosland Moor and Netherton, in the

constituency. The area of Crosland Moor includes Beaumont Park, Crosland Hill and Walpole and has a population of 9,085 according to the 2001 census. The ward was renamed Crosland Moor and Netherton in time for the 2011 Census. Its population at the Census was 18,723.

St Luke's Hospital

The former St. Luke's Hospital was situated alongside Blackmoorfoot Road. It was originally a

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for the poor and needy of the area in the 19th century. This ended up being a hospital that included the headquarters for the Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust, a psychiatric unit and also other services such as

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. The hospital closed in December 2010 and over time, all the buildings on that site have been demolished and the site has been fenced off. However, in 2015 a plan to regenerate the hospital site with up to 200 homes, a retail unit and a small neighbourhood centre have been approved by councillors.

Education

Moor End Academy (formally Moor End Technology College) is Crosland Moor's secondary school based on Dryclough Road near Beaumont Park, the secondary school is very big and is probably the most popular school for children and teenagers who live in Crosland Moor Oak Primary School is also on Dryclough Road. Beaumont Primary Academy is a new school based near the same grounds of Moor end.

Beaumont Park

At the end of Dryclough Road, Beaumont Park, Huddersfield's first park, begins. Opened in 1883, the park mainly consists of woodland and is on a hillside that looks over the

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and the Lockwood railway viaduct. It is currently being restored to its former glory by the Friends of Beaumont Park. Housing around the park is some of the most expensive in Huddersfield.

William Horsfall and the Luddites

Along Blackmoorfoot Road beyond the junction with Dryclough Road was the spot where in April 1812 mill owner William Horsfall was shot and killed by the

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s George Mellor, William Thorpe, Thomas Smith and Benjamin Walker. They objected to the introduction of machinery at Horsfall's mill in Marsden. Walker turned informer, and the other three were hanged. A side street where the incident occurred was named after Horsfall (William Horsfall Street).

Airfield

Just off Blackmoorfoot Road beyond the Crosland Heath Golf Course is the Crosland Moor airfield which was established by the David Brown Engineering Works based in Lockwood. Even further up the road is Huddersfield's Observatory which is situated high over the town for good views of the sky at night. Before the airfield is the Wellfield quarry where Crosland Hill Sandstone comes from. According to the

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it is a durable stone not affected by acid rain or air pollution.

References

External links

{{Commons category, Crosland Moor
Crosland genealogy at Genealogy.comPicture of Huddersfield Observatory from a triangulationpost - Geograph.org
Areas of Huddersfield Colne Valley