Milestones on the turnpike to Meltham
The West Riding County Council erected over 600 new milestones throughout the county in the 1890s, but many roads were not included. Unless there was …
Year: 2020
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 …
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 …