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'''Heights''' is a hamlet in [[Saddleworth]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It is directly north of [[Delph]], and four miles | '''Heights''' is a hamlet in [[Saddleworth]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It is directly north of [[Delph]], and four miles north-east of [[Oldham]]. | ||
It has remained a tiny Yorkshire hamlet with little more than a pub, the Royal Oak, a scattering of houses, the parish church, St Thomas, and views over the surrounding farms up to the hills and down to the dale. | |||
The parish church is no longer in regular use, though burials still take place and the graveyard is maintained. The churchyard and graveyard were featured in the film ''The Parole Officer'' starring Steve Coogan. | The parish church is no longer in regular use, though burials still take place and the graveyard is maintained. The churchyard and graveyard were featured in the film ''The Parole Officer'' starring Steve Coogan. Becket Whitehead, folksong collector ("A Beggin' I Will Go", "Gallant Poacher", "Four Loom Weaver", "Mowing Match", "Jim the Carter's Lad"), lived in Heights Lane Cottage and was buried at St Thomas Church in 1966. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:02, 4 January 2019
| Heights | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 The Heights | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD981089 |
| Location: | 53°34’36"N, 2°1’49"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Oldham |
| Postcode: | OL3 |
| Dialling code: | 01457 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Oldham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Oldham East and Saddleworth |
Heights is a hamlet in Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is directly north of Delph, and four miles north-east of Oldham.
It has remained a tiny Yorkshire hamlet with little more than a pub, the Royal Oak, a scattering of houses, the parish church, St Thomas, and views over the surrounding farms up to the hills and down to the dale.
The parish church is no longer in regular use, though burials still take place and the graveyard is maintained. The churchyard and graveyard were featured in the film The Parole Officer starring Steve Coogan. Becket Whitehead, folksong collector ("A Beggin' I Will Go", "Gallant Poacher", "Four Loom Weaver", "Mowing Match", "Jim the Carter's Lad"), lived in Heights Lane Cottage and was buried at St Thomas Church in 1966.
| Villages and hamlets of Saddleworth |
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Austerlands • Castleshaw • Delph • Denshaw • Diggle • Dobcross • Friezland • Grasscroft • Greenfield • Grotton • Heights • Lydgate • Scouthead • Springhead • Uppermill |