HUDDERSFIELD

' Huddersfield ' is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme.
Located within the historic county boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a total resident population of 146,234.

Contents

History

Industrial revolution

Political history

Governance

Civic history

Geography

Divisions and suburbs

Demography

Ethnicity

Religion

Landmarks

Transport

Road

Rail

Bus

Canal

Sports

Rugby Football

The split

Rugby league

Rugby union

Association football

Motorsport

Arts

Music

Film and televisual arts

Visual arts

Cultural events

Huddersfield Festival of Light

Huddersfield Caribbean Carnival

Kirklees Asian Mela

Present day

Shopping and entertainment

Education

Hospitals

Future developments

List of Civic honours and freedoms

Notable people

See also

References

Further reading

External links

History

There has been a settlement in the vicinity for over 4,000 years ^[1]. The remains of a Roman fort were unearthed in the middle of the 18th century at Slack near Outlane, just west of the town ^[2]. Castle Hill, a major landmark of the town, was also used as an Iron Age hillfort. Huddersfield itself was noted in the Domesday Book as a village known as ''Oderesfelt''.
Huddersfield has been known as a Market town since Saxon times. After the status of the local Polytechnic was changed to University of Huddersfield it is sometimes, described as a University Town.

Industrial revolution

Huddersfield was a centre of civil unrest during the Industrial Revolution. In a period where Europe was experiencing frequent wars, where trade had slumped and the crops had failed, many local weavers faced losing their means of livelihood due to the introduction of new machinery, which would have condemned them to poverty or even starvation. The Luddites began destroying mills and machinery in response; one of the most notorious attacks was on Cartwright - a Huddersfield mill-owner, who had a reputation for cruelty - and his Rawfords Mill. In his book ''Rebels Against the Future'', Kirkpatrick Sale describes how a large army platoon was stationed at Huddersfield to deal with Luddites; at its peak, there were around a thousand soldiers in Huddersfield and only ten thousand civilians. In response, the Luddites began to focus their attacks on nearby towns and villages, which were less well-protected; the largest act of damage that they ever did was the complete destruction of Foster's Mill at Horbury - a village, which is about ten miles (16 km) east of Huddersfield. (Sale, p.120) The draconian government campaign that eventually crushed the movement was provoked by a murder that took place in Huddersfield. William Horsfall, a mill-owner and a passionate prosecutor of Luddites, was killed in 1812.^[3] Although the movement faded out afterwards, Parliament began to increase welfare provision for those out of work, and to introduce regulations to improve conditions in the mills.

Political history

Huddersfield had a strong liberal tradition up to the 1950s and this is still reflected in the large number of liberal social clubs in the town. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the Huddersfield constituency is Barry Sheerman, a member of the Labour party.
Kirklees Council was the first in the UK to have a Green Party councillor: Nicholas Harvey who lived in Taylor Hill and represented the Newsome Ward. Nick, a former employee at Huddersfield Rail station, was instrumental in the creation of the protest train against the intended closure of the Settle to Carlisle rail line. He declined to stand for a second term and no longer lives in Huddersfield. He is now a resident of Filey where he is now busy with his own 'Green' railway train [1].
The far-left is well represented in Huddersfield (considering its size), with Revolution, Socialist Workers Party and Socialist Party of England and Wales all having active groups which are involved in campaigns such as Stop the War, Save Huddersfield NHS, Huddersfield Anti-Academies Alliance and Unique Care Workers Support Group, as well as individual members of Workers Power (involved in Revolution and their group in Leeds), the International Socialist Group and Communist Party of Britain. There is also a local leftist fanzine called Rearguard Action which appears regularly and has a group of supporters and contributors.

Governance

Civic history

Huddersfield was incorporated as a municipal borough within the ancient West Riding of Yorkshire in 1868. The borough comprised the parishes of Almondbury, Dalton, Huddersfield, Lindley cum Quarmby and Lockwood. When the West Riding County Council was formed in 1889, Huddersfield became a county borough, exempt from county council control. Huddersfield expanded in 1937, including parts of the Golcar, Linthwaite, and South Crosland urban districts.[2] The county borough was abolished in 1974 and its former area was combined with that of other districts to form the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire.
Attempts by the local council to gain support for city status were rejected by the town's population in an unofficial referendum held by the local newspaper, the Huddersfield Daily Examiner. The council did not apply for that status in either the 2000 or 2002 competitions. [3] City status is given to districts, so it would have been Kirklees rather than Huddersfield that would have been declared a city.
According to the 2001 census the population of the Huddersfield urban sub-area of the West Yorkshire Urban Area was 146,234, and the population of the former area of the county borough was 121,620. The wider South Kirklees area had a population of 216,011.

Geography

Divisions and suburbs

After boundary changes in 2004, Huddersfield now covers eight of the twenty-three electoral wards for Kirklees Council. Two neighbouring wards, Colne Valley and Kirkburton are often thought of as being in Huddersfield though they are predominantly semi-rural. Huddersfield town centre is located within the Newsome ward. The eight wards that make up Huddersfield with their populations, areas and constituent suburbs are:

Ward	Population	Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Places covered
Almondbury [4]	16,610	10.006	1660	Almondbury, Fenay Bridge, Lascelles Hall, Lepton
Ashbrow [5]	17,470	11.309	1570	Ashbrow, Brackenhall, Bradley, Deighton, Fixby, Netheroyd Hill, Sheepridge
Crosland Moor & Netherton [6]	17,400	7.398	2350	Beaumont Park, Crosland Moor, Lockwood, Longroyd Bridge, Netherton, South Crosland, Thornton Lodge
Dalton [7]	17,520	12.886	1360	Colne Bridge, Dalton, Kirkheaton, Moldgreen, Rawthorpe, Upper Heaton, Waterloo
Golcar[8]	17,370	6.150	2820	Cowlersley, Golcar, Longwood, Linthwaite (part of), Milnsbridge, Salendine Nook
Greenhead [9]	17,620	4.418	3990	Birkby, Edgerton, Fartown, Hillhouse, Paddock, Marsh
Lindley [10]	17,020	7.088	2400	Ainley Top, Birchencliffe, Lindley, Mount, Oakes
Newsome [11]	17,110	8.373	2040	Armitage Bridge, Berry Brow, Hall Bower, Lowerhouses, Newsome, Primrose Hill, Springwood, Taylor Hill

Demography

Ethnicity

Like many old mill towns, Huddersfield has a higher than average number of residents from ethnic minorities. The "white" population comprise 81% of the population comparing to 91.3% for England as a whole. The largest minority group are those who have described themselves as being Asian or British Asian originating from Pakistan with 10,837, or 8.9% (compared to 1.4% for England). An ethnicity summary of the town's 121,620 population is 98,454 (81.0%) white, 15,072 (12.4%) Asian or British Asian, 4,328 (3.6%) Black or Black British, 328 (0.3%), 259 (0.2%) Other and 3,131 (2.6%) Mixed.^[12]

Religion

Huddersfield is slightly above the English average for those who have no religion and also for the number of Muslims. Conversely, it is below average for its number of Christians.

Denomination	Population	Percentage	Comparative percentage for England
Christian	77,843	64.0	71.7
Buddhist	133	0.1	0.3
Hindu	577	0.5	1.1
Jewish	70	0.1	0.5
Muslim	12,147	10.0	3.0
Sikh	2,250	1.9	0.6
Other religions	341	0.3	0.3
No religion	18,694	15.4	14.8
Religion not stated	9,604	7.9	7.7

Landmarks

Huddersfield is notable for its abundance of fine Victorian architecture. It has the third highest number of listed buildings of any town or city in the UK. The most conspicuous landmark in the Huddersfield area is Victoria Tower on Castle Hill. Overlooking the town, the tower was constructed to mark Queen Victoria's 60th Jubilee Year. A picture of the Victoria Tower features on the New Zealand wine ''Castle Hill''.
The colonnaded Huddersfield railway station in St George's Square was once described as 'a stately home with trains in it', and by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'one of the best early railway stations in England'.^[13] A bronze statue of Huddersfield-born Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970 and 1974-1976 stands before the entrance in St George's Square.
The Huddersfield Parish Church (St Peter's Church) was constructed in 1838 and is located adjacent to the town centre, on Byram Street, near the Pack Horse Centre.
The Pack Horse Centre is a covered pedestrianised shopping area constructed over the former cobbled street known as the Pack Horse Walk, named in memory of the beasts of burden which ferried merchandise over the Pennines before the Standedge Tunnels were built. This pedestrian-only link passes from Kirkgate, across King Street and along Victoria Lane, by the Shambles, to the Piazza and the distinctive Market Hall at Queensgate, which was built to replace the old Shambles Market Hall in the early 1970s [4]. Next to the Piazza is the Victorian Town Hall and the 1930s Public Library.
A distinctive art nouveau clock tower in the village of Lindley (a suburb to the west of the town) was constructed in 1902 by a local mill-owner, so that his workers would have no excuse to be late for work.

Transport

Road

Huddersfield is well connected to the national motorway network via the M1 and M62 motorways. The M1 passes near the eastern fringes of the town about ten miles (16 km) away. The M62 comes much nearer (about 2½ miles away) and Huddersfield is served by three junctions: Mount (A640, J23 - limited access), Ainley Top (A629, J24) and between Brighouse and Cooper Bridge (A644, J25).
The Huddersfield Corporation built an inner ring road (part of the A62) in the 1970s. The area within this ring road has come to define the central business district of the town. The ring road is effective in relieving traffic congestion in the town centre where many roads are now pedestrianised.

Rail

Huddersfield railway station enjoys a comprehensive local and regional rail service. However, there are no Intercity services or a direct service to London, with passengers having to change at either Leeds or Wakefield Westgate. Many services are subsidised by the local-government public transport co-ordinator, Metro. A frequent express service operates to the nearby principal cities of Leeds and Manchester and a regular service to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, York, Hull, Manchester Airport and Liverpool. This is operated by First Transpennine Express. There are also local stopping services operated by Northern Rail which link Huddersfield with Leeds, Dewsbury, Bradford, Halifax, Wakefield, Barnsley and Sheffield.

Bus

Huddersfield Bus Station is the busiest bus station in West Yorkshire with a daily footfall of almost 35,000.^[14] The majority of bus services pass through the bus station. Many services are subsidised by Metro who are also responsible for co-ordination, planning and timetabling of services throughout West Yorkshire.
Huddersfield's bus operators reflect the national situation; local subsidiaries of three dominant national operators provide most of the services in the area: First Calderdale & Huddersfield who provide most local services across Huddersfield with some services running outside the Kirklees area with destinations including Halifax, Bradford, Brighouse, Oldham and Manchester. Arriva Yorkshire, who provide frequent services along Leeds Road towards Dewsbury and Leeds and Stagecoach Yorkshire through its recently-acquired subsidiary, Yorkshire Traction, who provide almost all services in the south east of the town. Other smaller operators include K-Line and FairRider who are both based locally.
In November 2006, a zero-fare town centre bus service, known as FreeTownBus, was launched on a nine month trial. Buses run every ten minutes from 7.30am (from the train station) to 7.00 pm Monday to Friday and from 8.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday. Stops on the route include the bus station, University of Huddersfield, Kingsgate, and the indoor market. The service is run by K-Line in partnership with Kirklees Council and Metro.

Canal

The Huddersfield Broad Canal, originally the Sir John Ramsden Canal, and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal (both navigable by narrowboat and the former by wider craft also) wind around the south side of the town. To the rear of the YMCA in the Turnbridge section there is an electrically operated road bridge, which is still in use, to raise the road and allow boat traffic to pass. This bridge was originally opened by use of a windlass system.

Sports

Rugby Football

The split

Rugby was first recorded in the town in 1848 and the Huddersfield Athletic Club, the direct progenitors of the current Huddersfield Giants, formed in 1864, playing their first rugby game in 1866. It was in Huddersfield on August 29, 1895 that 22 northern clubs held a meeting in the George Hotel and voted to secede from the Rugby Football Union to set up their own Northern Rugby Football Union. In 1922 this became the Rugby Football League.

Rugby league

Main articles: Huddersfield Giants

Following the split of 1895 Huddersfield became a focus for rugby league and is currently represented by the Huddersfield Giants in the Superleague, and by Huddersfield Underbank Rangers in National League 3. The Huddersfield Giants (under their original name of Huddersfield Rugby League Club) have won the Rugby League Championship seven times, most recently in 1961-62, and the Challenge Cup six times, the last success being in 1952-53.

Rugby union

After 1895 rugby in the Huddersfield area was played exclusively under the auspices of the Northern Rugby Football Union until 1909 when Huddersfield Old Boys were formed to play under rugby union rules, nomadically playing at five grounds until buying farmland at Waterloo in 1919 and, in 1946, retitling the club as Huddersfield RUFC.
In 1996 the Waterloo junior grounds were sold and a 26 acre, former Bass Brewery estate, at Lockwood Park was purchased for construction of a replacement. With the assistance of a matching £2 million grant from Sport England, the club has transformed the site into a major sports complex, conference centre and business park.

Association football

Main articles: Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town FC is the town's senior association football team, founded in 1908, and currently playing in Coca-Cola League One.
In 1921-22 Huddersfield won the FA Cup and between 1923-26 they became the first club to win the League Championship three times in a row, an achievement matched only by three other teams. The club left its ground on Leeds Road in 1994 and now shares the Galpharm Stadium with the Huddersfield Giants rugby league team.
Notable ex-players include Scottish international Denis Law, Ray Wilson, a World Cup winner with England in 1966 and Trevor Cherry, England international. Herbert Chapman, Bill Shankly and Neil Warnock are notable former Huddersfield Town managers.

Motorsport

Notable local people include James Whitham, former 'British Superbike Champion', and former British Stock Car Association (BriSCA) Formula 1 driver, Kev Smith.
Motorcycle speedway racing was staged in Huddersfield in the UK pioneer year of 1928. A venue in the town staged four or five meetings.

Arts

Music

Huddersfield Choral Society, founded in 1836, claims to
be the UK's leading choral society. Its history was chronicled in the book 'And The Glory'[5], written to commemorate the Society's 150th anniversary in 2001—its title derived from a line in the Hallelujah Chorus featuring in Handel's landmark choral arrangement 'The Messiah'. The author was a choir member for over 35 years.
Huddersfield is home to the Lawrence Batley Theatre, the almost-annual – and internationally-famous – Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Timeless Festival, the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra and the Huddersfield Singers. Huddersfield also hosts the Marsden Jazz Festival [6]. On Christmas Day 1977, the Sex Pistols played their last UK gig, at the then 'Ivanhoe's' night club, which has now closed down, before embarking on the ill-fated US tour that formed the backdrop to the Alex Cox film 'Sid & Nancy'.
There are many annual local music festivals held within the town or surrounding villages: Mrs Sunderland[7], Janet Beaumont, Holmfirth, and Wood, Linthwaite, being the closest. The Haydn Wood and Mrs Sunderland events focus on musical and oratorial performance by the town's younger generations. There are also many youth choirs both school and independently run.
Home-grown musical talent of all kinds is complemented by the student intake to the University of Huddersfield's music department.

Film and televisual arts

Various long-running television series have been filmed in and around Huddersfield. These include ''Last of the Summer Wine'', which is usually associated with Holmfirth but uses various locations in both the Holme valley and Colne valley; ''Where the Heart Is'', filmed in the Colne valley around Slaithwaite and finished filming in 2006; ''Wokenwell'', also shot on location in the Colne valley in Marsden; and ''The League of Gentlemen'', that also makes extensive use of locations around Marsden.
Playing lower-key roles in television production with reputations based on their expert knowledge of their subjects, Huddersfield can claim links with ''Time Team'' by way of osteoarchaeologist Alice Roberts [8] and ''Life on Earth'' through local teacher Dr Jeff Carr's encyclopaedic knowledge of polar bears.

Visual arts

Kirklees council's cultural services also ensure that the art gallery, which occupies the top floor of the library on Princess Alexandra Walk, offers a balanced schedule, all year round, which showcases local painters and photographers alongside commissioned artists' displays.

Cultural events

Huddersfield Festival of Light

This festival takes place in mid November when the town centre becomes illuminated with Christmas lights. A celebrity switches the lights on after an evening display of fireworks and circus tricks. Other attractions include an ice skating rink and a mini train carrying shoppers around the town centre. ^[15]

Huddersfield Caribbean Carnival

The carnival, usually in mid July begins with a procession from the Hudawi Cultural Centre in the suburb of Hillhouse, through the town centre to Greenhead Park where troupes display their costumes on stage. West Indian food, fairground rides and various stalls and attractions are available to try. A 'young blud' stage presents Hip Hop, Garage and RnB. ^[16]

Kirklees Asian Mela

The mela usually follows on the day after the Caribbean carnival. attractions include Asian displays on the stage including Indian/Pakistani dancing, Bhangra music and Asian garage. Stalls sell an array of Asian foods, Henna designs, jewellery and colourful saris. It is usually held in Greenhead Park.

Present day

Shopping and entertainment

Huddersfield has a large and diverse shopping area, compared to most towns of its size. The centre has three adjacent shopping schemes Kingsgate (completed 2001), Packhorse (recently refurbished) and Piazza that offers an outdoor mall with a grass area for the numerous events held over the year. Leading from Piazza through the Market Arcade there is a covered market hall, which has listed building status due in part to its distinctive roof formed by hyperbolic paraboloids, adjacent to the town hall and public library (see Historical landmarks above), and an open market on the opposite side of the town centre.
Virtual Huddersfield, features photographs of nearly 2000 local shops including the Shopping Centres. Also Videos of shops and local events. Aerial Views and Live Webcams.
The Lawrence Batley Theatre, opened in 1994, housed in what was once the largest Wesleyan Chapel in the world, presents dance, drama, comedy, music and exhibitions.

Education

As well as a complete range of primary and secondary schools, which cover compulsory and sixth form education for the town's suburbs, Huddersfield is the home to two dedicated sixth form colleges, Huddersfield New College located at Salendine Nook, and Greenhead College. The town centre has one general further education college, Huddersfield Technical College, which has most of its campus bordering the ring road and one establishment of higher education in the University of Huddersfield. The current Chancellor of the University is the actor Patrick Stewart who comes from Mirfield.

Hospitals

Huddersfield has one main hospital, the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary situated in Lindley, and the smaller St Luke's Hospital at Crosland Moor, which mostly provides geriatric and psychiatric care. Kirkwood Hospice provides care for the terminally ill, and is dependent on private donations and charitable gifts. Greenhead's Princess Royal Hospital originally provided Huddersfield with its maternity facilities until the risks of not being able to get an ambulance to A&E in the event of complications were judged to outweigh the benefits of specialist service provision. It now functions as a day clinic, family planning consultation centre and GUM Clinic.
A recent decision to move most of the maternity services provided by the Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust to the Calderdale Royal Hospital will change these facilities in 2007, despite strong opposition from some of the local population. The campaign was led by Save Huddersfield NHS which elected a councillor, Dr Jackie Grunsell in the Crosland Moor ward. It is planning to stand more candidates, and is still active.

Future developments

Huddersfield has seen many new development projects proposed and approved. Some of the schemes approved include:

★ St George's Quarter scheme, a £50 m scheme which includes a 153-bed luxury hotel, retail units, offices, flats and a landscaped public area

★ Queensgate Revival, a £200 m scheme centred on the Piazza, Public Library and Queensgate Market Hall

★ The Waterfront Quarter, a £175 m scheme to regenerate land at Chapel Hill

★ Huddersfield Media Centre expansion

★ The Leeds Road corridor, a new £100 m economic zone

★ St George's Square Revival

★ Kingsgate Mark 2 was in planning but now looks to be happening in another ten years due to the planners drawing up proposals whilst only owning less than half the land.

List of Civic honours and freedoms

Thirty four people and one military infantry regiment have been granted the Freedom of Huddersfield, between 1889 and 1973.

★ Wright Mellor JP DL - 25 September 1889

★ Henry Frederick Beaumont JP DL - 28 August 1894

★ Lt Col Sir Albert Kaye Rollit LLD DLC LittD JP DL - 28 August 1894

★ James Nield Sykes JP - 12 March 1895

★ Joseph Woodhead JP - 28 October 1898

★ Sir Joseph Crosland Knt JP DL - 28 October 1898

★ Major Charles Brook - 23 May 1901

★ Major Harold Wilson - 23 May 1901

★ Sir Thomas Brooke Bart JP DL - 25 July 1906

★ Rev Robert Bruce MA DD - 25 July 1906

★ William Brooke JP - 15 October 1913

★ John Sykes JP - 15 October 1913

★ William Henry Jessop JP - 18 September 1918

★ Earnest Woodhead MA JP - 18 September 1918

★ George Thomson JP - 18 September 1918

★ Benjamin Broadbent CBE MA JP - 18 September 1918

★ John Arthur Brooke MA JP - 18 September 1918

★ James Edward Willans JP - 18 September 1918

★ Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty GCB OM GCVO DSO - 24 July 1920

★ The Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith Earl of Oxford and Asquith, and Viscount Asquith - 6 November 1925

★ Sir William Pick Raynor Knt JP - 17 December 1926

★ Wilfrid Dawson JP - 25 July 1934

★ Rowland Mitchell JP - 25 July 1934

★ James Albert Woolven JP Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur - 25 July 1934

★ Sir Bernard Law Montgomery Field-Marshal GCB DSO - 26 October 1945

★ Joseph Barlow JP - 23 June 1949

★ Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) - 2 July 1952

★ Sidney Kaye LLB - 19 November 1957

★ Alderman Arthur Gardiner OBE JP - 11 October 1960

★ Alderman Harry Andrew Bennie Gray CBE JP - 11 October 1960

★ Sir Malcolm Sargent MusD(Dunelm) MusD(Oxon)(Hons) LLD(Liverpool) Hon RAM Hon FRCO FRCM FRSA - 13 October 1961

★ The Rt Hon Harold Wilson OBE MP Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury - 1 March 1968

★ Alderman Douglas Graham CBE - 5 March 1973

★ Alderman Reginald Harmley MBE JP - 5 March 1973

★ Alderman Clifford Stephenson - 5 March 1973,

On 2 July, 1952, in recognition of historic ties and links with The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), The Huddersfield County Borough had conferred on the regiment the Freedom of the Town. This gave the regiment the right to march through the town with 'flags flying, bands playing and bayonets fixed'. Many of the town and district's male residents had served in the regiment during its long history. This right to march was technically lost when the County Borough itself was merged with Dewsbury to form Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council though, unofficially, continued as on 25 March, 1979, Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council gave the Freedom of Kirklees to the 3rd battalion of the Yorkshire Volunteers. The 3rd Battalion was the Duke of Wellington's Territorial Army unit.
However when the 'Dukes' were amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Green Howards' to form the Yorkshire Regiment on the 6 June, 2006. The right to march was finally ended as the award did not give the right, for the freedom to march, to be passed on to any heirs or successors. The majority of the Yorkshire Regiment is now composed of soldiers from the north and eastern areas of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Regiment has requested the right to march to be transferred to them. However the county Borough no longer exists and so there is no authority to do so. The freedom given by Kirklees to the 3rd battalion of the Yorkshire Volunteers did not permit any transfer to heirs or successors and effectively that freedom also ceased when the battalion was amalgamated into the East and West Riding Regiment. The East and West Riding Regiment ceased to exist on 6 June 2006, having been merged into the Yorkshire Regiment as its 4th Battalion.

Notable people

★ Simon Armitage, poet and author

★ Lawrence Batley, British entrepreneur

★ Andy Booth, footballer for Huddersfield Town

★ David Borrow, Member of Parliament for South Ribble

★ Sir David Brown OBE, British businessman

★ Roy Castle OBE, presenter, dancer and entertainer

★ Lord James Hanson, British and international businessman

★ Sir Harold Percival Himsworth, scientist

★ George Herbert Hirst, English test cricketer

★ Nina Hossain, broadcaster

★ Derek Ibbotson, Olympic athlete

★ Gorden Kaye, actor

★ Anita Lonsborough Olympic swimmer and commentator

★ Zöe Lucker, actress, known for playing Tanya Turner in the ITV1 Drama Footballers' Wives

★ James Mason, actor

★ Wilfred Rhodes, English test cricketer

★ John Whitaker MBE, Olympic equestrian

★ Harold Wilson KG OBE, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1964-70 and 1974-1976

See also

★ Haddersfield, Jamaica, locally referred to and named for Huddersfield^[17]

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References

1. Kirklees Council Website Castle Hill
2. Huddersfield One - Tolson Museum Booklets
3. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRluddites.htm
4. Ward Profiles, Almondbury
5. Ward Profiles, Ashbrow
6. Ward Profiles, Crosland Moor & Netherton
7. Ward Profiles, Dalton
8. Ward Profiles, Golcar
9. Ward Profiles, Greenhead
10. Ward Profiles, Lindley
11. Ward Profiles, Newsome
12. 2001 Census Profile, Former Huddersfield County Borough
13. The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The West Riding, Pevsner, Nikolaus; Radcliffe, Enid (Ed.), , , Yale University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-300-09662-3
14. Huddersfield Bus Station
15. Huddersfield Festival of Light
16. Huddersfield Carnival Website
17. 'During the periods 1822 - 1832 the 33rd Regiment of Foot, recruited from West Yorkshire was stationed in Jamaica. At the end of the tour 142 men chose to remain in Jamaica, having married and raised families, some of which may have originated from Huddersfield, thereby originating the name. Over 560 officers and men died and were buried in Jamaica during this period, from endemic diseases. On 18 June 1853 the regiment formally became known as "The 33rd (or The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment". The regiment's second battalion was again posted to Jamaica (Newcastle Camp) from the 18th of March 1891 to the 10th of April 1893.' The History of the Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) 1702 - 1992, Brereton, JM; Savory, ACS, , , Halifax : The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 1993, ISBN 0-9521552-0-6

Further reading

E.A. Hilary Haigh ed. (1992) ''Huddersfield: A Most Handsome Town - Aspects of the History and Culture of a West Yorkshire Town''. Kirklees MC, Huddersfield, pp704.

External links

★ BBC Voices - Audio recording Huddersfield residents who have roots in Jamaica talk about storytelling traditions and the generation language gap.

★ Aerial views of the town centre,April 2007

★ About Huddersfield

★ Huddersfield History

★ Thongsbridge Cricket Club