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Berry Brow
Population18,140 [1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUDDERSFIELD
Postcode districtHD4
Dialling code01484
PoliceWest Yorkshire
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Berry Brow is a semi-rural village in West Yorkshire, England, situated about 2 miles (3 km) south of Huddersfield. It lies on the eastern bank of the Holme Valley and partially straddles the A616 road to Honley and Penistone. Nearby Huddersfield provides amenities Tesco Sainsbury's.

View of the northern end of Berry Brow showing school and the Caldercliffe Road area

The village has a Victorian infants' and nursery school, some shops and a railway platform on the Penistone Line. It lies between Armitage Bridge, Taylor Hill and Newsome. Berry Brow is served by two public houses (The Railway and The Golden Fleece) and a liberal club. The site of a third public house, The Black Bull, has now been converted into an Indian restaurant.

In the bottom of the valley are two high rise buildings, consisting of local authority flats and bedsits. These reached public notoriety in the 1980s, when they were found to contain high levels of asbestos, which had been built into the fabric of the building, under the regulations in force at that time. Expecting to take approximately 6 months to complete the task of removing the asbestos, Kirklees Council temporarily re-housed the tenants in other areas, the majority of whom consisted of mature and elderly residents. As the 6 months dragged on into first two then three years, the tenants were offered more permanent housing elsewhere. The two blocks were eventually refurbished at a cost in excess of £6,000,000. They were then used to house younger single people and asylum seekers from other countries.[2] As part of the refurbishment a 'State-of-the Art' CCTV security system was installed to cover both buildings.[3]

Early history

The oldest part of the village is Deadmanstone. Originally known as Dudmanstone, Dudmanstone House is situated above Berry Brow.[4] In 1584 the estate was recorded as belonging to the Lockwood family:

Thomas Lockwood holdeth a messuage called Dudmanstone, now made into two ; two gardens ; one little croft, called Tenter Croft ; two closes, called Cockshutts ; two closes, called Ouroyds ; one close, called Sykes ; third part of one called William Croft ; one little meadow, called Calf Croft ; one other meadow, called the Lime Croft ; four closes called the Lees, &c. One house, called the Forward House ; one garden and one close to the same belonging. One house called Budge Royd. One house and one garden in the tenure of one Shaw ; and one meadow to the same adjoining. One messuage, called Stirley ; one garden and one croft to the same belonging.[5]

References

  1. ^ Newsome Ward Profile 2009, Kirklees MBC
  2. ^ "Beacons Case Study" (pdf). Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Smile - you're on KNH TV!". Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. ^ Annals of the Parish of Almondbury by Charles Augustus Hulbert - Armitage Family .238 (Page 22)
  5. ^ Annals of the Parish of Almondbury by Charles Augustus Hulbert - Armitage Family .237 (Page 21)
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