Luddendenfoot
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Coordinates: 53°43′04″N 1°56′17″W / 53.717797°N 1.938139°W
| Luddendenfoot | |
 Luddendenfoot
Luddendenfoot shown within West Yorkshire |
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| Population | 2,233 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SE041246 |
| Metropolitan borough | Calderdale |
| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HALIFAX |
| Postcode district | HX2 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Luddendenfoot or Luddenden Foot is a community in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It lies along the Upper Calder Valley below the village of Luddenden, between Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge.
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[edit] History
Between 1840 and 1962 the village was served by Luddendenfoot railway station.
[edit] Education
There is a primary school called Luddendenfoot Junior and Infant school.
[edit] Cultural reference and notable people
- Luddendenfoot is the subject of a poem by Simon Armitage, in which he comments on the rumoured pagan practices of the town.
- The actor Peter Alexander, who starred in Emmerdale Farm and numerous pantomimes in Yorkshire, lives here.
Ludderdenfoot was also used as the exterior funeral parlour for the then great yorkshire televisions "In loving memory"
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