The town stands on the river calder, at the terminus of the rochdale canal, and on the l. Sowerby bridge station train tickets, departures and. Heritage list entry summary for railway bridge with wall to west and coal drops to east. The original station was opened on the 5 october, 1840 by the manchester and leeds railway. Station and oxford house on albert street to name but a few. It took 12 years of negotiations, but finally a deal was done and financial help appeared, from the railway heritage trust. The line was constructed remarkably quickly by the standards of the time, taking just one. On the copy pit line near portsmouth railway station. The book is no longer in print, but a reprint may be possible if there is. Church bank square in sowerby bridge was immediately to the west of christ church and accessed by a ginnel from wharf street, or through a gate off church bank. Taylor hill, huddersfield wikipedia republished wiki 2. The railway viaduct over the river nidd can be viewed from a number of locations but my favourite view is from knaresborough castle grounds which are well worth a visit in their own right. Her history entitled olde eland which was written to raise funds for canon winters appeal to build all. For many years, the president of our local history society, the preserving of the alice.
Hx6 3af sunday 21st april heptonstall shadows you can expect a mediaeval village to hold memories that you might not find in standard local histories. Akroydon a model housing scheme is a victorian era model village at boothtown, halifax, west yorkshire, england. After 1820 numerous public buildings were constructed in sowerby bridge, testifying to its growing prosperity. Sowerby bridge and huddersfield broad canal at cooper bridge. To the village of warley town, on the outskirts of sowerby bridge or halifax. The town stands on an eminence near the river calder, 1 mile w by s of sowerby bridge railway station, and 4 wsw of halifax. A brief history of the rishworth branch ryburnvalleygreenway. Towns and villages served along the way are malton, nortononderwent and seamer history. Originally opened in 1840 by the manchester and leeds railway, the station is on the caldervale line, operated by northern rail, from york and leeds towards manchester victoria and blackpool north. Most of it had been demolished, but there remained part of the structure, the old booking and parcels office.
Sowerby, west riding of yorkshire genealogy heraldry and. Several years later, the station became an important junction when a new line was laid by the lancashire and yorkshire railway. This site is also reputedly where branwell bronte stayed when he was clerk at the local railway station in 184041. Taylor hill is a semi ruralindustrial urban village of the town of huddersfield in the english county of west yorkshire. Sowerby bridge photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Sowerby bridge 0758 0859 0958 1058 1158 1258 58 1458 1558 1659 halifax 0805 0906 1005 1105 1205 5 1405 1505 1605 1706.
The railway through the calder valley came fairly early in the history of railway. Sowerby bridge railway station opened in 1840 on part of the line between normanton and hebden bridge. It was opened in the mid19 th century by the then manchester and leeds railway, though it was later moved half a mile up the tracks. It is situated on the huddersfield line between leeds and manchester, 8 miles km north east of huddersfield. Lock and lockkeepers house keep left under the railway bridge for the final 2mile section into sowerby bridge. We climbed the steps from castle park down to the road going along the riverbank where you can hire a boat to take you out on the river or sit and. Young and old connect at sowerby bridge for our station. It was succeeded in 1841, inside the walls, by what is now york old railway station. The jubilee refreshment rooms are operated by two railway enthusiasts, chris and andrew wright who have recreated the type of station refreshment rooms that would have been available during the golden age of rail travel.
An opportunity has arisen to purchase this new build 5 bed detached family home, situated to this popular residential location, just off from the main road yet convenient for local amenities and sowerby bridge railway station which offers regular and. The domesday book shows the upper calder valley as within. The original station was close to the existing tunnel mouth alongside the present tesco car park. Cycle lockers are available in the station forecourt and car park. Gift vouchers membership history book birthday parties. This station was built just east of the tunnel mouth and closed when the present site was opened.
Please find our film programming and screening request policy pdf format. Media in category railway stations in west yorkshire this category contains only the following file. Situated on the forecourt of sowerby bridge railway station, the jubilee refreshment rooms are operated by two railway enthusiasts, andrew and chrisvwright, who have recreated the type of station refreshment rooms that would have been available during the golden age of rail travel. Young and old connect at sowerby bridge for our station stories project. Various large churches, an ornate tudorgothic railway station and a mechanics institute were built, the institute staging an exhibition of arts and sciences in 1839 which attracted 29,000 visitors. Hebden bridge conservation area was designated on 27 th. Trains run from blackpool north to york via hebden bridge and halifax and from leeds via bradford to manchester victoria via all stations. The pupils were given the opportunity to interview former railway station workers to find out about their experiences of working on the railways. Hebden bridge station is grade ii listed and very unusual for a working main line station. Location type station name and dates sowerby bridge station code. Clegg, samuel dnb00 wikisource, the free online library. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860.
A section of the route between mirfield railway station and huddersfield road has still to be developed, so an interim onroad route is signed. Sowerby bridge railway station serves the town of sowerby bridge in west yorkshire, england. View live departures, latest timetable or book your train ticket to or from sowerby bridge station directly at northern. The event was also attended by a year four class from bolton brow primary school in sowerby bridge. Station facilities for sowerby bridge national rail enquiries. The 10 best yorkshire bridges with photos tripadvisor. The first stage of our photo exhibition on the history of the railway in and around the. Transport links in sowerby bridge the mpact i f the orst firanspennine t urnpike, anal tnd ca railway on sowerby bridge.
Sowerby bridge station trains to sowerby bridge trainline. Yorkshire and lincolnshire, england opened on the manchester and leeds railway. The luddendenfoot local board of health commissioned the new boy bridge from halifax architects utley and grey, with james wild, a local stonemason and ironwork by wood brothers of sowerby bridge. Go to the old website this new website is currently being, in the meantime please use the old website. The first york railway station was a temporary wooden building on queen street outside the walls of the city, opened in 1839 by the york and north midland railway. Samuel clegg, the younger, only son of the above, born at westminster 2 april 1814, was employed as an assistant engineer on the greenwich, great western, and eastern counties afterwards the great eastern lines, and as resident engineer on the southampton and dorchester railway in 1844. The york to scarborough line runs between the city of york, england, and the town of scarborough.
Sowerby bridge railway station sowerby bridge train. Sowerby bridge station train tickets, departures and timetables. Some of the boundary stones can still be seen marked with a capital s. Sowerby, a town, a township, and three ecclesiastical parishes in halifax parish, w. It lies on a hill above the a616 road to honley and penistone and the eastern bank of the river holme, in the holme valley, approximately 1. Train station cafe the trades club the post office town hall. This a bar for real ale and rail buffs, as films on railway history are regularly shown for people to enjoy with their pints. James wild also built the station bridge over the rochdale canal. Sowerby bridge railway station the caldervale line runs through the area with train stations at halifax, brighouse, sowerby bridge, mytholmroyd, hebden bridge, walsden and todmorden. British waterways permits cycling on some sections of. Sowerby bridge triangle west yorkshire, england alltrails. The picture house also participates in festivals such as the hebden bridge film festival, the.
After 700 metres we reach the final fall ing milestone 15, number 20, although the inscription is largely illegible. Sowerby bridge to malton train services, operated by northern rail, depart from sowerby bridge station. Calder valley and route map birkby bradley greenways. Sowerby bridge, west riding of yorkshire genealogy. Book your sowerby bridge to malton train tickets online with rome2rio. Cow green alley, halifax the former name of mount street. In 1972 i took photographs of sowerby bridge railway station, i also took cine film of trains in the areas near the railway station. In kellys 1922 directory of the west riding of yorkshire there is an entry for a john edward cockroft, beer retailer, at 22 sowerby street, sowerby bridge. From the top of the delph, clifton street, sowerby bridge, we see passenger and freight trains near sowerby bridge station.
Books and journals sowerby bridge chamber of trade and commerce official. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of sowerby bridge. The narrow strip which bounded the park was still part of sowerby until the middle of the 19th century and was known as the sowerby ramble. The timetables for sowerby bridge are displayed below, click on the download timetable link to view the pdf timetable for the route. Railway ramblers calderdale lost railways west yorkshire.
Sowerby bridge railway station is a small unstaffed station on the manchester victoria mirfield via rochdale and stalybridge line in sowerby bridge. The station is managed by northern, although all services are currently provided by transpennine express. Hebden bridge conservation area calderdale council. Leeds to hebden bridge and huddersfield huddersfield to. The rishworth branch was built by the lancashire and yorkshire railway and opened in 1881. Sowerby bridge rishworth lost railways west yorkshire. It was intended to extend the line to littleborough to shorten the calder valley main line by 5 miles, but this never took place. Other operators run direct services between these stations. Prices can also vary depending the time of day, route and class you book. Sowerby bridge library co david cant early image of the first sowerby bridge station, from a collection in sowerby bridge library, 1865. The original station was opened on the 5 october, 1840 by the manchester and leeds railway company.
It was designed in the gothic style by george gilbert scott in 1859 for the workers at the mills of colonel edward akroyd, who had bought, in 1855, the 62,435 acres 252. Look down the left hand column for your departure station. The website of the bronte parsonage museum and bronte society, whats on at the bronte parsonage museum haworth west yorkshire and what events are being run by the bronte society in the uk, bronte society and bronte parsonage news releases, description of online services. Previously to this he had made a trigonometrical survey. The place they found had been a victorian station, built in 1876, at sowerby bridge. The line was built by york and north midland railway and opened on 7 july 1845. Trains littleborough to sowerby bridge cheap tickets. Sowerby bridge, a town and an ecclesiastical parish formed out of sowerby, warley, norland, and skircoat townships, halifax parish, w. Sowerby bridge railway station, sowerby bridge, west yorkshire 01422. Sowerby bridge to malton 3 ways to travel via train, bus. Sowerby bridge railway station sow abc railway guide.