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The most dominant landmark in Low Moor is arguably the most dominant landmark in the entire village, Low Moor Iron Works. The iron works stand in the central part of Low Moor. Royds Hall, a Grade II* listed building west of Low Moor, was begun in 1640 and substantially extended in 1770. It was the seat of the Rookes family until 1788 when it ...
The Low Moor Ironworks was a wrought iron foundry established in 1791 in the village of Low Moor about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Bradford in Yorkshire, England. The works were built to exploit the high-quality iron ore and low-sulphur coal found in the area.
Yorkshire iron was used for shackles, hooks and piston rods for locomotives, colliery cages and other mining appliances where toughness was required. The Low Moor Company also made pig iron and the company employed 1,500 men in 1929. [11] when the municipal borough of Bradford was created in 1847 there were 46 coal mines within its boundaries ...
The BD postcode area, also known as the Bradford postcode area, [2] is a group of 24 postcode districts in England, within seven post towns.These cover northwestern West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Bingley, Shipley, Cleckheaton and Keighley) and southwestern North Yorkshire (including Skipton and Settle), plus very small parts of Lancashire.
Low Moor railway station serves the villages of Low Moor and Oakenshaw in the south of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The station is situated on the Calder Valley Line between Bradford Interchange and Halifax. The present station at Low Moor was opened on 2 April 2017. [3]
The line lost its local passenger services in July 1965 and despite Low Moor being on a line that would stay open serving trains between Halifax and Bradford, it too closed completely. [ note 4 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In the 1980s, the West Riding Transport Museum , had intended to electrify the line between Low Moor and Heckmondwike to 1,500 volt ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Bradford: School: 1873: 9 August 1983 ... Low Moor: Cross-wing house: 1656: 4 September 1952
Low Moor station, between Bradford Interchange and Halifax, reopened on 2 April 2017 after the original opening planned for 2005 was delayed by the discovery of disused mine workings under the station site. [20] [21] A business case is being developed to re-open Elland station between Halifax and Brighouse. [22]