A toll-house at Lepton
This house, called Bar Cottage, stands on Rowley Lane in Lepton, just east of Huddersfield. It is readily recognisable as a toll-house: it stands further …
Month: June 2020
AA village signs
In the early days of motoring it was a motoring association who put up signs for the benefit of drivers. The Automobile Association, founded in …
Travelling around Huddersfield 1880-1920
The coming of the railways from the 1840s changed the shape of long distance travel; stage coaches and wagons were slow and cumbersome. However, in …