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Brighouse
Brighouse (, locally also ) is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder, east of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the town centre is a mooring basin on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivision of the West Yorkshire Urban Area a population of 32,360. The Brighouse ward of Calderdale Council gave a population of 11,195 at the 2011 Census. Brighouse has an HD6 postcode, despite being associated with Halifax for local government. The name Brighouse (or "Bridge House") originates from a building on (or close to) the bridge over the River Calder. In its early history, it was a hamlet (place), hamlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Brighouse (, locally also ) is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the town centre is a mooring basin on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivision of the West Yorkshire Urban Area a population of 32,360. The Brighouse ward of Calderdale Council gave a population of 11,195 at the 2011 Census. Brighouse has an HD6 postcode, despite being associated with Halifax for local government. The name Brighouse (or "Bridge House") originates from a building on (or close to) the bridge over the River Calder. In its early history, it was a hamlet of the nearby village of Rastrick. Brighouse is twinned with Lüdenscheid in Germany, the link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighouse Railway Station
Brighouse railway station serves the town of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England. The station lies on the Calder Valley line running west from Leeds. Opened in 1840, and closed in 1970, it reopened in 2000 and is served by Northern Trains and Grand Central services. History Brighouse railway station was first opened on 5 October 1840, as a main line station operated by the Manchester & Leeds Railway (M&L). The station was initially known as Brighouse for Bradford, as no stations had yet been built in Bradford itself. Similarly, Elland station served Halifax, and Huddersfield was served by the station at Cooper Bridge. A lithograph was produced by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait showing the station in 1845. In 1847 Brighouse station came under the control of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&Y), when the M&L was incorporated into that company. The station remained under L&Y operation until it was incorporated into the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. The stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighouse Town Hall
Brighouse Town Hall is a former municipal building in Thornton Square, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Brighouse Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first town hall in Brighouse was a building on the corner of Bradford Road and Bethel Street which had been designed by Mallinson and Barber as a public hall and opened by Sir George John Armytage, 6th Baronet on 14 October 1868. After the responsibilities of the township expanded, civic leaders decided to procure municipal offices: the site they selected was an old malt kiln on the north side of Briggate. The new building, which was designed by John Lord in the neoclassical style, was officially opened on 16 March 1887. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Briggate; the central bay featured a doorway flanked by pilasters supporting a lintel with an entablature above inscribed with the words "Public Offices". There were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calderdale
Calderdale () is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the upper river flows, while the actual landform is known as the Calder Valley. Several small valleys contain tributaries of the River Calder. The main towns of the borough are Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden. Calderdale covers part of the South Pennines, and the Calder Valley is the southernmost of the Yorkshire Dales, though it is not part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The borough was formed in 1974 by the merger of nine local government districts. Halifax is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough. Calderdale is served by Calderdale Council, which is headquartered in Halifax, with some functions based in Todmorden. History The Roman settlement of Cambo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rastrick
Rastrick is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, between Halifax, 5 miles (8 km) north-west and Huddersfield, 4 miles (7 km) south. The population of the Calderdale Civil Ward at the 2011 census was 11,351. It is perhaps best known for its association, along with its neighbour Brighouse, 1 mile (2 km) north-east, with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. Along with Brighouse, it is part of Calderdale, but shares a Huddersfield postcode and phone number. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is on an incline facing north-east, the Parish Church, is vertically in the middle. The area around the Parish Church is known as "Top o' t'Town" and the area around the Junction public house is known as "Bottom o' t'Town", this reflects the days when Rastrick had its own governance in the form of a Town Board whose Offices and lock-up were situated halfway between the two, on Ogden Lane. Remains of a fort have been found at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calder Valley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Calder Valley () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Josh Fenton-Glynn of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The constituency has a long record as a bellwether of national results in British elections. In every election since its creation for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, it has voted for an MP belonging to the largest party in the Commons; this record stretches back to February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 and 1960 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960 for its main predecessors, Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency), Sowerby and Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency), Brighouse and Spenborough respectively. Constituency profile The constituency covers most of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rastrick Bridge
Rastrick Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1558 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bridge and rebuilt c1750. History A wooden structure called Rastrick Bridge was recorded as being present in 1275. The bridge was replaced by one built with timber donated by John Hanson in 1514. Hanson's son funded a stone replacement for this bridge in 1558. References See also * List of crossings of the River Calder {{Crossings navbox , structure = Bridges , place = River Calder , bridge = Rastrick Bridge , bridge signs = , upstream = Cromwell Bottom Bailey Bridge , upstream signs = , downstream = Brighouse Bridge Bridges over the River Calder Bridges completed in 1825 Bridges in West Yorkshire Brighouse Former toll bridges in England ... , downstream signs = Bridges over the River Calder Bridges completed in the 16th century Buildings and structures completed in 1558 Transport infr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M62 Motorway
The M62 is a west–east Pennines, trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Kingston upon Hull, Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; of the route Concurrency (road), is shared with the M60 motorway, M60 orbital motorway around Manchester. The road is part of the unsigned International E-road network, Euroroutes European route E20, E20 (Shannon, County Clare, Shannon to Saint Petersburg) and European route E22, E22 (Holyhead to Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, Ishim). The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor near Huddersfield and finishing at that time in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles, Greater Manchester, Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, its construction cost approximately £765 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldervale Line
The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes between Leeds and Manchester (the other being the Huddersfield line), and the northernmost of the three main trans-Pennine routes. Services Passenger train services are operated by Northern and run on the following pattern: * Bradford Interchange–Halifax– ( Class 150 and occasionally Class 158 ) * Leeds––Manchester Victoria– Wigan Wallgate ( Class 158 and occasionally Class 195 ''Civity'') * Leeds–Halifax–Manchester Victoria– ( Class 195 ''Civity'') * York–Leeds–Halifax–Preston–Blackpool North ( Class 195 ''Civity'') * –Burnley––Manchester Victoria ( Class 150 or 156) * –Bradford Interchange–Leeds–Hull ( Class 158) This line, along with the Huddersfield line and York and Selby lines, was in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calder And Hebble Navigation
The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad inland waterway, with locks and bridge holes that are suitable for boats, in West Yorkshire, England. Construction to improve the River Calder and the River Hebble began in 1759, and the initial scheme, which included of new cuts, was completed in 1770 and has remained navigable since it was opened. Significant improvements were made, including the Salterhebble branch to Halifax, opened in 1828, and ever-longer cuts to bypass river sections. Trade was assisted by the opening of the Rochdale Canal in 1804, which provided a through route from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester. There were plans to abandon the river sections completely in the 1830s, but these were modified as the needs of mill owners and other riparian landowners were recognised. With the coming of the railways, the canal was leased to the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1843, but this was subsequently deemed to be illegal, and the Aire and Calder Navigation with which t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
