Berry Brow
| Berry Brow | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
.JPG) The northern end of Berry Brow | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE145137 |
| Location: | 53°37’8"N, 1°46’52"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Huddersfield |
| Postcode: | HD4 |
| Dialling code: | 01484 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Kirklees |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Huddersfield |
Berry Brow is a semi-rural village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, situated about two miles south of Huddersfield. It lies on the eastern bank of the Holme Valley and partially straddles the A616 road to Honley and Penistone.
The village has a Victorian infants' and nursery school, some shops and a railway platform on the Penistone Line. It stands between Armitage Bridge, Taylor Hill and Newsome.
Berry Brow has by two public houses (The Railway and The Golden Fleece) and a liberal club. The site of a third public house, The Black Bull, was converted into an Indian restaurant in 1994, and received planning permission to expand capacity in 2011.[1]
In the bottom of the valley are two high rise buildings, built in the 1960s in an attempt to modernise the village.[2] These reached public notoriety in the 1980s when they were found to contain high levels of asbestos, which had been built into the fabric of the building, under the regulations in force at that time. A request by Kirklees Council for money from central Government to assist with the predicted £1 million cost of removing the asbestos was rejected in February 1991.[3]
Early history
The oldest part of the village is Deadmanstone. Originally known as Dudmanstone, Dudmanstone House is situated above Berry Brow.[4] In 1584 the estate was recorded as belonging to the Lockwood family:
Thomas Lockwood holdeth a messuage called Dudmanstone, now made into two ; two gardens ; one little croft, called Tenter Croft ; two closes, called Cockshutts ; two closes, called Ouroyds ; one close, called Sykes ; third part of one called William Croft ; one little meadow, called Calf Croft ; one other meadow, called the Lime Croft ; four closes called the Lees, &c. One house, called the Forward House ; one garden and one close to the same belonging. One house called Budge Royd. One house and one garden in the tenure of one Shaw ; and one meadow to the same adjoining. One messuage, called Stirley ; one garden and one croft to the same belonging.[5]
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References
- ↑ Examiner, Huddersfield (2011-07-01). "Laxmi in Berry Brow to expand despite Kirklees officers’ objections". huddersfieldexaminer. http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/laxmi-berry-brow-expand-despite-4971016.
- ↑ "BERRY BROW | YFA". http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/berry-brow.
- ↑ 'On this day'; Huddersfield Daily Examiner 5 February 2014
- ↑ Annals of the Parish of Almondbury by Charles Augustus Hulbert - Armitage Family .238 (Page 22)
- ↑ Annals of the Parish of Almondbury by Charles Augustus Hulbert - Armitage Family .237 (Page 21)