Explore the roads, railways and other forms of transport that have connected Kirkburton with the surrounding area. This volume brings together material documenting local journeys, transport infrastructure and the changing ways in which people and goods have moved through the area.
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The document comprises historical records of turnpike roads in Yorkshire, including Acts of Parliament for repairing and widening roads between Halifax and Sheffield (1777) and Huddersfield to Penistone. It features...
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Transport collection
117 pages, contributed by
1770s
18th Century
Early Modern History
Elizabeth Booth
John Metcalf
Joseph Jagger
Blind Jack of Knaresborough
Joshua Smith
Dorothy Benson
John MacAdam
Thomas Telford
Edmund Armitstead
Fletcher Norton
George Armytage
George Legge
George Savile
Henry Bates
James Ibbetson
Jeremiah Batley
John Alexander
John Armytage
John Atkinson
John Baldwin
John Batley
John Battye
John Bellamy
John Benson
John Bolland
A collection documenting the Kirkburton Branch Railway, including historical articles, photographs of stations and trains, meeting reports, parliamentary hearings, and related local history from the late 19th century through the...
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Transport collection
243 pages, contributed by
20th Century
Modern History
1980s
1970s
George Hey
Cynthia Thewlis
George Stephenson
Richard Trevithick
Bayliss
Eckersley
Benjamin Smith
George Henry Marsden
Henry Sheard
John Cooke
Police Constable Howarth
Edmund Dyson
George Shaw
Tony & Nicky Harden
Fred Copley
Annie Berry
Frances Kaye
Harry Balmforth
J. Broadfield
J. Hey
T. Hobson
Tom Halstead
E. O. Banister
William Jacomb
A. Brierley
A collection of documents centered on the Kirkburton Branch Railway, including a folder cover, station plans, engineering diagrams showing gradients and bridge layouts, Board of Trade inspection reports, and correspondence...
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Transport collection
110 pages, contributed by
Modern History
2020s
21st Century
Charles Hull
Henry C. Embleton
D. Worr
George Edward Kirkby
M. C. Comblin
Annie Langton
Alfred Sykes
Ben Alderson Brooke
Dyson Brooke
Henry Greenhill
Robert Blegg Langton
Alfred Stykes
G. Shortland Wall
H. Richardson
Thomas Shells
William Owen Bailey
E. Brinton
Garnham Koper
Mr. Lofthouse
Mr. Thomson
Guy Calthrop
Colonel Smith?
W. F. Marwood
The Inspecting Officer
The General Manager