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The vicarage (or former vicarage) is the house on the right amongst trees. The hillside above the road is in Lindley cum Quarmby, which entered Huddersfield Borough in 1868, whereas Longwood held out until 1890. Both were civil parishes until 1924.
©Humphrey Bolton
The road is Vicarage Road, becoming Thornhill Road as it crosses the valley. Longwood Tower can be seen on the hill. Taken from Cliffe End Road.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.1km<br/>The Whitsuntide walks were still widespread around Huddersfield in the fifties when this photo was taken on Vicarage Road Longwood approaching Quarmby Clough. My mother is dressed in my Sea Cadet uniform so I think 1954/5. Thanks to Rod Holmes for this pic.
©Anon
Dist:0.1km<br/>This is below the tower at Nab End, and dipping down into Quarmby Clough. Unlike the Longwood Valley, Quarmby Clough has largely escaped development, although Quarmby Clough Mills (now demolished) were just above the road as it crossed the valley.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Whose idea it was to try to fence it off I don't know, but people-power has kept it open.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Dated 1861. Built by unemployed men.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is the view over Milnsbridge. Back Thornhill Road is down below, then an undeveloped area with trees. The new housing estate has replaced mill buildings, then the railway viaduct crosses the valley. The district of Crosland Moor is in the distance.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Local landmark viewed from the E.
©Ian M
Dist:0.2km<br/>The suburban post office is an endangered species. This one has been made out of half of a dormer bungalow.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Goes up to Longwood Road, and was the only access to a few properties as shown on the 1850 map.
©Humphrey Bolton
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is Longwood Brook passing under an arch of the Market Street viaduct, looking towards a culvert under a mill building. The debris could build up and cause flooding, but who would pay for it to be cleared out?
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Confined to a channel alongside Dale Street. Those sycamores will cause trouble eventually if they are not removed.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km<br/>As seen from Lock 10E of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
©Dave Bevis
Dist:0.3km<br/>Along the top there are moorland grasses, then heather on the slope. Around the south and east side of Nab End there is woodland. The railway viaduct at Milnsbridge is in the distance.
©Humphrey Bolton

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