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This is tucked away up an unmade road, off Lower Wyke Lane, at SE150259.
©Humphrey Bolton
Whitwood is the farm in the middle distance. Taken from SE150255.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is a farm that has been converted to three houses. This conserves the farm buildings, although they have probably been drastically altered during the conversion.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is not marked on maps and I mistook it for Whitwood Lane. It just leads to a field past the houses of Birkby Lane Head, perhaps made when the latter ceased to be a working farm.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km<br/>This former farm, which is on the 1850 6" map, is at the brow of the hill that descends steeply to Bailiff Bridge.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the north side of Birkby Lane east of Bailiff Bridge, looking east-northeast from the top of the disused railway bridge over Birkby Lane. The O/S 1:25000 scale map shows a disused shaft somewhere in the field this side of the house.
©Paul Glazzard
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©Betty Longbottom
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Pickle Bridge branch, which served also a station at Brighouse Clifton Road, was the most direct rail route from Bradford to Huddersfield. In 1987 this bridge abutment still remained.
©Dr Neil Clifton
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Old Manor House (SE152260 but frontage in SE1525) is a fine 'West Riding' Hall, of a type more akin to the Halifax manor houses. The house was built by the Empsall family, yeomen of Wyke for over three centuries. The oldest part to the rear has the centre portion dated 1614 and was erected by E Empsall. In 1694 the house was virtually doubled in size, towards the road, by J A Empsall. This part has decorated finials on the gables. There is a long frontage facing south with wide mullioned windows and a doorway with a four-centred arch, but it is difficult to see due to the high wall and hedge.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.5km<br/>View west on A649 to site of Bailiff Bridge Station, which was closed right back on 2/4/17 (!), on the loop line (Pickle Bridge Branch) connecting Huddersfield (Bradley Wood Junction) with Bradford via Wyke Junction, by-passing Halifax; the line ceased to carry local passenger trains on 14/9/31, through trains in 6/48 and freight on 4/8/52. The formation (if not the railway) was still there when I took this photograph.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.5km<br/>This crosses the valley via Whitwood to Birkby Lane.
©Humphrey Bolton
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©Betty Longbottom
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©Betty Longbottom

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