Taylor Hill, Huddersfield

Taylor Hill is a semi rural/industrial urban village of the town of Huddersfield in the English county of West Yorkshire. It lies on a hill above the A616 road to Honley and Penistone and the eastern bank of the River Holme, in the Holme Valley, approximately 1.5 miles (2 km) to the south of Lockwood, west of Newsome and to the north of Berry Brow.

Taylor Hill
Taylor Hill Road in Taylor Hill
Taylor Hill is located in West Yorkshire
Taylor Hill
Taylor Hill
Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUDDERSFIELD
Postcode districtHD4
Dialling code01484
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Administratively, Taylor Hill is in the Newsome Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, the latter of which includes all of Huddersfield and surrounding areas.

History
The former chapel in Taylor Hill road

On 15 March 1812, Taylor Hill was the site of the first large-scale Luddite operation in the West Riding, when the cloth-finishing shop of Frank Vickerman was attacked. Vickerman had previously been involved in coordinating the military and civil response to the Luddite threat, and a warning letter had been thrown into his premises several days earlier. Despite a guard being set on the premises, the Luddites succeeded in destroying ten shearing frames, 30 shears, a quantity of wool and every window in the building.[1]

Industry

The former Vickerman & Sons Ltd woollen mill,[2] on Fairlea Road has been converted into several smaller industrial units, which include a carpet manufacturers, commercial & industrial photographers, printers and lithographers, wedding cake bakery, Wrought ironwork services, clothing manufacturers & wholesalers and an independent domestic energy assessment services. The former Victorian village chapel has been converted into a Hydraulic engineers.

Education

There is a secondary school, Newsome High School and Sports College that is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the east; one of three secondary schools in the area governed by Kirklees to be recognised as a specialist sports college since the government's inception of the programme in 1994.[3][4] The school's assistant head teacher was named West Yorkshire Teacher of the Year 2006 for an award sponsored by Pulse 1 radio.[5]

The area is also home to Kirklees College's Taylor Hill Centre, on Close Hill Road. This provides full-time courses relating to animal care, land-based studies, conservation and countryside management.[6][7]

Transport

Berry Brow railway station is the closest local railway station, being about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the south-east. Trains on Northern's Penistone Line provide an hourly service (less frequent on Sundays) between Huddersfield and Sheffield stations, calling at Berry Brow. Huddersfield station provides interchange with direct services to Leeds, Manchester and other north of England destinations, whilst Sheffield station provides interchange with direct trains to London.[8]

Bus routes 306 and 319, run respectively by First Calderdale & Huddersfield and Tiger Blue, pass through the village, link it to Huddersfield town centre several times an hour.[9]

The closest main road is the A616 road to Honley and Penistone.

See also

References
  1. Binfield, Kevin (2004). Writings of the Luddites. JHU Press. p. 211. ISBN 0-8018-7612-5.
  2. "B Vikermans and Sons Taylor Hill Woollen Mills". britainfromabove.org.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. "Newsome High School and Sports College". Newsome High School and Sports College. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. 'What are Specialist Schools?' – DfES Archived 30 August 2002 at the Wayback Machine
  5. West Yorkshire’s Teacher of the Year 2006 Archived 6 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Animal Care Centre". Kirklees College. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. "Kirklees College – Taylor Hill Centre". Kirklees Council. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  8. "Penistone Line train times" (PDF). West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Metro). Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  9. "List of Huddersfield service numbers, routes and frequencies" (PDF). West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Metro). Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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