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Dist:0.2km north<br/>
©Nigel Homer
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Looking up Ward Place Lane. Ward Place looks to be derelict, but is quite likely to be refurbished and modernised given the popularity of houses in the countryside.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The stones seem to be an attempt to prevent the wind from removing the roof. Upperthong is across the valley
©John Illingworth
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This was to members of the Mellor family, in the early 20C.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The mortuary chapel was Anglican, so this was perhaps an Anglican cemetery for the parish church rather than one provided by the Holmfirth local board or Urban District Council (UDC).
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This marks a tragedy – just look at those dates.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>From the 1906 1:2500 map this was a cruciform building, so the steps probably mark the original entrance and the chancel would be to the left.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Emley Moor Mast Can be seen to the right on the horizon
©Nigel Homer
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Taken from Hill House Road. Whatever was grown in the fields has been harvested.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Water is running down the road from a recent shower, forming a pattern especially on the right. The footpath sign is for Dunsley Road, which goes to the left up the hillside.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.5km east<br/>This is an un-made road that heads southwest up the Holme Valley towards Cartworth Moor.
©michael ely
Dist:0.6km north<br/>This is taken from Rotcher Road, across the valley and rooftops. The grid reference is that of the chapel.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.6km south<br/>A public footpath slopes up to the left, opposite Nether Hill House Farm.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.7km north<br/>Bill Owen 1914-1999 buried at Upperthong Church
©Stanley Walker

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