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<br/>This view of the mills, from the Healey part of Batley, shows Taylors Mills which is about to be converted into luxury apartments. In the background are the more upmarket houses of Upper Batley
©Dr Brian Lynch
Dist:0.1km north<br/>The cemetery here contains many old gothic-looking graves
©Oxana Maher
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Lots of these sbout, awaiting conversion to des res.
©Oxana Maher
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Built 1848 - now converted into a Funeral Director's premises.
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Built in 1874. The service was from Dewsbury to Birstall; the trams were horse-drawn at that time, changing to steam power in 1879..
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Built 1899.
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.4km north<br/>A very old merger – it had this name on the 1850 OS map!
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Built 1877 - now converted into small business units.
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.6km east<br/>
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.6km east<br/>
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.6km east<br/>
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.6km east<br/>
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.6km north<br/>This view through two stone gateposts, with a glimpse of the house through the screen of woodland, just asked to be photographed!
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Healey was a hamlet separate from Batley, and started to grow in the 19C when there were two textile mills. The George Inn is the focal point, at the junction of Healey lane and Deighton Lane. The 19C houses ranged from small back-to-backs to the large houses of mill-managers and professional. At the western end streets were developed up the slope to the north of Healey lane, and a Methodist Chapel was built at the end of one of these (Healey Street).
©Humphrey Bolton

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