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Late Medieval: Formerly Netherhouse, the house has a timber framed core, and it was later encased in stone. The house has a stone slate roof, two storeys and three bays.In the middle bay is a 16-light mullioned and transomed window and a four-light fire window, and the other windows have altered glazing.
The parish of Clifton was abolished in 1937. Most of the parish, including the village itself, was added to the parish and Municipal Borough of Brighouse. Smaller areas were transferred to the parishes of Cleckheaton and Liversedge in the urban district of Spenborough. [3] The borough of Brighouse was abolished in 1974, becoming part of Calderdale.
Brighouse was historically part of the township of Hipperholme with Brighouse in the large ancient parish of Halifax. A local board formed for the parish of Brighouse in 1865. [1] It incorporated as a municipal borough by amalgamating the local boards of Brighouse, Rastrick, and Hove Edge on 30 September 1893. Its first mayor was Alderman ...
Brighouse, viewed from Thornhills Lane, Clifton. Brighouse was historically part of the township of Hipperholme with Brighouse in the large ancient parish of Halifax. [11] The township became a civil parish in 1866, but was abolished in 1894 and divided: Brighouse became a municipal borough (and civil parish), Hipperholme became an urban district and Norwood Green and Coley became a civil ...
The Excalibur estate in Catford, London Borough of Lewisham is the UK's largest remaining estate of post-WW2 prefab houses, with 187 Uni-Seco wooden frame bungalows plus a flat-roofed prefab church. While residents fought to save the entire 187-unit estate, English Heritage wanted to save 21 examples, and the council, which still owns 80% of ...
Across the road from this Church is Rastrick Parish Centre, the church hall for St Matthew's Church. The Church of St John the Divine is located off Gooder Lane close to Brighouse railway station and was designed by Nicholson and Corlette in 1913. [9] [10] Both St Matthew's and St John's share the same Church of England vicar.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Bradford, [2] east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough. Cleckheaton has a history as a mill town and forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
Established in the 1600s by Parson Nicholas Latham. Situated on North Street in Oundle. Houses up to 14 ladies from within the Parishes of Oundle and Polebrook. 8 flats within the Grade 2 listed main building and 6 further new built bungalows in the grounds. Educational Grants are given annually to students from the Parish of Oundle and Polebrook.