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View northward, towards Batley, Bradford and Leeds; ex-GN line from Wakefield via Ossett and Dewsbury to Batley, Bradford and Leeds curving ahead, the ex-LNW (Manchester - Leeds) line through Dewsbury (Wellington Road) being up above on the right. Batley Carr station was closed on 2/3/50, but the ex-GN line in the picture lasted until 15/2/65, passenger services having ceased on 7/9/64. See also Batley at [[1771371]].
©Ben Brooksbank
©Betty Longbottom
©Betty Longbottom
©Betty Longbottom
©Betty Longbottom
©Betty Longbottom
A small textile mill with a very plain facade, built against the hillside. Many of the mills along Bradford Road have a similar narrow frontage with the mill stretching back some distance.
©Alan Murray-Rust
A detailed view of the ornate stonework on this former textile mill. The complete facade looks like this.[[462938]]
©Alan Murray-Rust
©Betty Longbottom
©Betty Longbottom
This is near to the southern terminus of the line, where there was a weighing machine and coal could be taken away by road, or by rail from the adjoining Batley Carr station. This is the only place where the track has survived. The railway is above the brick retaining wall. Note how the upper part of the wall is supported by a long series of arches, which extend for 150m up to Jack Lane. This would seem a more expensive method than building a solid wall, but there must have been a good reason for it - it certainly looks more attractive.
©Humphrey Bolton
This now leads to a car scrapyard. The line belonged to the GNR (later the LNER) and ran to Batley more-or-less parallel with the Manchester to Leeds line (LMSR).
©Humphrey Bolton
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.1km<br/>This existed only as a track in 1907, off which a terrace of houses on the top side of Ward Street and six houses at Woodland View had been built.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.1km<br/>Houses with bay windows for the lower middle class of the time, within walking distance from the centre of Dewsbury and from business premises in the Batley valley.
©Humphrey Bolton

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