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'''Slaithwaite''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|l|æ|θ|.|w|eɪ|t}} {{respell|SLAH|wit}}, ; [[Old Norse]] for "timber-fell [[thwaite (placename element)|thwaite]]/clearing")<ref>{{cite web|url = http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Slaithwaite|title = Slaithwaite|work = Key to English Place Names|publisher = [[English Place-Name Society]]|accessdate = 8 August 2013}}</ref> is a town in the [[Kirklees]] district of [[West Yorkshire]], England. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it is in the [[River Colne, West Yorkshire|Colne Valley]] and on the [[Huddersfield Narrow Canal]], {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south-west of [[Huddersfield]].
'''Slaithwaite''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|l|æ|θ|.|w|eɪ|t}} or {{respell|SLAW-wit}}, locally {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|l|aʊ|.|ᵻ|t}}; [[Old Norse]] for "timber-fell [[thwaite (placename element)|thwaite]]/clearing")<ref>{{cite web|url = http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Slaithwaite|title = Slaithwaite|work = Key to English Place Names|publisher = [[English Place-Name Society]]|accessdate = 8 August 2013}}</ref> is a town in the [[Kirklees]] district of [[West Yorkshire]], England. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it is in the [[River Colne, West Yorkshire|Colne Valley]] and on the [[Huddersfield Narrow Canal]], {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south-west of [[Huddersfield]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:St James' Church and Shoulder of Mutton, Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - 1543239.jpg|thumb|left|The parish church of St James and the Shoulder of Mutton inn]]
[[File:St James' Church and Shoulder of Mutton, Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - 1543239.jpg|thumb|left|The parish church of St James and the Shoulder of Mutton inn]]
[[File:Town Hall, Lewisham Road, Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - 880404.jpg|thumb|left|[[Slaithwaite Town Hall]] in Lewisham Road]]
[[File:Town Hall, Lewisham Road, Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - 880404.jpg|thumb|left|[[Slaithwaite Town Hall]] in Lewisham Road]]
Between 1195 and 1205, Roger de Laci, Constable of Chester, gave the manor of Slaithwaite to Henry Teutonicus (Lord Tyas). It remained in the Tyas family until the end of the 14th century when it came into the Kaye family. It eventually joined the estates of the [[Earl of Dartmouth]], a descendant of the Kayes, and was part of the upper division of the [[wapentake]] of [[Agbrigg]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal |publisher=Yorkshire Archæological Society. |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZhQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA27&dq=Slaithwaite |access-date=26 January 2021 }}</ref> It included the [[township]] of ''Lingarths'' (Lingards) and constituted the Chapelry of Slaithwaite, in the Patronage of the Vicar of Huddersfield.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hulbert |first1=Charles Augustus |title=Supplementary Annals of the Church and Parish of Almondbury: July, 1882, to June 1885 |date=1885 |publisher=Longmans |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnkDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA128&dq=Township+of+Slaithwaite |access-date=26 January 2021 }}</ref>
Between 1195 and 1205, Roger de Laci, Constable of Chester, gave the manor of Slaithwaite to Henry Teutonicus (Lord Tyas). It remained in the Tyas family until the end of the 14th century when it came into the Kaye family. It eventually joined the estates of the [[Earl of Dartmouth]], a descendant of the Kayes, and was part of the upper division of the [[wapentake]] of [[Agbrigg]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal |date=1884 |publisher=Yorkshire Archæological Society. |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZhQAQAAIAAJ&dq=Slaithwaite&pg=PA27 |access-date=26 January 2021 }}</ref> It included the [[township]] of ''Lingarths'' (Lingards) and constituted the Chapelry of Slaithwaite, in the Patronage of the Vicar of Huddersfield.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hulbert |first1=Charles Augustus |title=Supplementary Annals of the Church and Parish of Almondbury: July, 1882, to June 1885 |date=1885 |publisher=Longmans |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnkDAAAAYAAJ&dq=Township+of+Slaithwaite&pg=PA128 |access-date=26 January 2021 }}</ref>


In the early 19th century, a local spring was discovered to contain [[Sulfur|sulphurous]] properties and minerals, similar to those found in [[Harrogate]]. Sometime after 1820 a bathing facility was built, along with a gardens and pleasure ground, with some visitor cottages. A free [[school]] was founded in 1721 and rebuilt twice: first in 1744, and again in 1842.
In the early 19th century, a local spring was discovered to contain [[Sulfur|sulphurous]] properties and minerals, similar to those found in [[Harrogate]]. Sometime after 1820 a bathing facility was built, along with a gardens and pleasure ground, with some visitor cottages. A free [[school]] was founded in 1721 and rebuilt twice: first in 1744, and again in 1842.
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==Economy==
==Economy==
Recent projects have seen a major restoration of the canal. That required a full re-[[Earthworks (engineering)|excavation]] and new [[Lock (water transport)|lock gates]]. Following the emergence of the [[railway]] network they were little used and closed down then filled in during 1956.
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Following the emergence of the [[railway]] network the canals located in Slaithwaite were seldom used and eventually closed down, then filled in during 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |last=YorkshireLive |date=2010-11-18 |title=A brief history of Huddersfield Narrow Canal |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/brief-history-huddersfield-narrow-canal-4990882 |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Yorkshire Live |language=en}}</ref>


There are several significant local employers, including [[Thornton & Ross]] (a pharmaceuticals manufacturer), Shaw Pallets and Spectrum Yarns – one of a small number of remaining textiles businesses in the Colne Valley, once a major centre for wool and yarn.
Beginning in April 1981, and its grand reopening on 1 May 2001, restoration of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was completed, with help from volunteers from the Huddersfield Canal Society.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Keith |date=2013 |title=Restoration and Reopening of the Canal. |url=https://huddersfieldcanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/HNC_Restoration_Summary.pdf |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Huddersfield Canal}}</ref> That required a full re-[[Earthworks (engineering)|excavation]] and new [[Lock (water transport)|lock gates]].
 
There are several significant local employers, including the pharmaceutical manufacturer [[Thornton & Ross]](which has its HQ based in Slaithwaite),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Martin |date=2021-07-22 |title=Thornton & Ross relocates its HQ to Globe Mills at Slaithwaite |url=https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/thornton-ross-relocates-its-hq-to-globe-mills-at-slaithwaite/ |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Huddersfield Hub |language=en-GB}}</ref> Shaw Pallets, and Spectrum Yarns – one of a small number of remaining textiles businesses in the Colne Valley, once a major centre for wool and yarn.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bossom |first=Miles |date=2015-08-03 |title=Glenbrae spins a yarn for knitwear - Golf Retailing |url=https://www.golfretailing.com/features/glenbrae-spins-a-yarn-for-knitwear/ |access-date=2025-07-21 |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Churches==
==Churches==
The church of St James in Slaithwaite is the [[Anglican]] parish church; it is grouped with St Bartholomew's in Marsden and the mission church at Shred. The present church stands on high ground and was constructed c. 1789 to replace the original church which had suffered from flooding.<ref>[https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18037/ St James, Slaithwaite with East Scammonden]; achurchnearyou.com</ref><ref>[https://stjames-slaithwaite.com/ St James, Slaithwaite]</ref> There is also a Methodist church.<ref>[http://www.huddersfieldmethodists.org.uk/slaithwaite.html Slaithwaite Methodist Church, Huddersfield Methodist Circuit]</ref>
The church of St James in Slaithwaite is the [[Anglican]] parish church; it is grouped with St Bartholomew's in Marsden and the mission church at Shred. The present church stands on high ground and was constructed c. 1789 to replace the original church which had suffered from flooding.<ref>[https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18037/ St James, Slaithwaite with East Scammonden]; achurchnearyou.com</ref><ref>[https://stjames-slaithwaite.com/ St James, Slaithwaite]</ref> There is also a Methodist church.<ref>[http://www.huddersfieldmethodists.org.uk/slaithwaite.html Slaithwaite Methodist Church, Huddersfield Methodist Circuit]</ref> and The Ark church.


==Commerce==
==Commerce==
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==Transport==
==Transport==
[[File:Slaithwaite viaduct (5th September 2010).jpg|thumb|right|Slaithwaite Viaduct]]
[[File:Slaithwaite viaduct (5th September 2010).jpg|thumb|right|Slaithwaite Viaduct]]
There are direct trains to [[Huddersfield]] and [[Manchester]] from [[Slaithwaite railway station]]. The Colne Valley defines local geography by channelling the railway line, the canal and the [[A62 road|A62]]: each of which has at one time been the primary means of transport across the [[Pennines]]. The small [[humpback bridge]] over the canal is called 'Tim Brig'; it is said to be named after a local innkeeper who used the bridge during smuggling operations with the [[narrowboat]]s passing through.
There are direct trains to [[Huddersfield]] and [[Manchester]] from [[Slaithwaite railway station]]. The Colne Valley defines local geography by channelling the railway line, the canal, and the [[A62 road|A62]], each of which has at one time been the primary means of transport across the [[Pennines]]. The small [[humpback bridge]] over the canal is called 'Tim Brig'; it is said to be named after a local innkeeper who used the bridge during smuggling operations with the [[narrowboat]]s passing through.


There are bus links from Slaithwaite to several places in the Huddersfield area. Services run by [[First West Yorkshire]] and [[First Manchester]] go from Slaithwaite to [[Marsden, West Yorkshire|Marsden]], [[Oldham]] and [[Manchester]] and to Huddersfield. Other bus services are to [[Holmfirth]], Blackmoorfoot and surrounding villages.
There are bus links from Slaithwaite to several places in the Huddersfield area. Services run by [[First West Yorkshire]] and [[First Manchester]] go from Slaithwaite to [[Marsden, West Yorkshire|Marsden]], [[Oldham]] and [[Manchester]] and to Huddersfield. Other bus services are to [[Holmfirth]], Blackmoorfoot and surrounding villages.
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==Media==
==Media==
Local news and television programmes is provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] TV transmitter <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Emley_Moor|title=Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=26 December 2023}}</ref> and the local relay transmitter situated west of the town. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Cop_Hill|title=Freeview Light on the Cop Hill (Kirklees, England) transmitter
Local news and television programmes is provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] TV transmitter <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Emley_Moor|title=Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=26 December 2023}}</ref> and the local relay transmitter situated west of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Cop_Hill|title=Freeview Light on the Cop Hill (Kirklees, England) transmitter
|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=26 December 2023}}</ref>  
|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=26 December 2023}}</ref>


Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]] on 92.4 FM, [[Heart Yorkshire]] on 106.2 FM, [[Capital Yorkshire]] on 105.1 FM, [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 102.5 FM and [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 96.3 FM.  
Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]] on 92.4&nbsp;FM, [[Heart Yorkshire]] on 106.2&nbsp;FM, [[Capital Yorkshire]] on 105.1&nbsp;FM, [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 102.5&nbsp;FM and [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 96.3&nbsp;FM.


The town is served by the local newspaper, ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/Huddersfield-Daily-Examiner/|title= Huddersfield Daily Examiner|date=2 March 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=26 December 2023}}</ref>
The town is served by the local newspaper, ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/Huddersfield-Daily-Examiner/|title= Huddersfield Daily Examiner|date=2 March 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=26 December 2023}}</ref>

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Slaithwaite (Template:IPAc-en or Template:Respell, locally Template:IPAc-en; Old Norse for "timber-fell thwaite/clearing")[1] is a town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the Colne Valley and on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Template:Convert south-west of Huddersfield.

History

File:St James' Church and Shoulder of Mutton, Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - 1543239.jpg
The parish church of St James and the Shoulder of Mutton inn
File:Town Hall, Lewisham Road, Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - 880404.jpg
Slaithwaite Town Hall in Lewisham Road

Between 1195 and 1205, Roger de Laci, Constable of Chester, gave the manor of Slaithwaite to Henry Teutonicus (Lord Tyas). It remained in the Tyas family until the end of the 14th century when it came into the Kaye family. It eventually joined the estates of the Earl of Dartmouth, a descendant of the Kayes, and was part of the upper division of the wapentake of Agbrigg.[2] It included the township of Lingarths (Lingards) and constituted the Chapelry of Slaithwaite, in the Patronage of the Vicar of Huddersfield.[3]

In the early 19th century, a local spring was discovered to contain sulphurous properties and minerals, similar to those found in Harrogate. Sometime after 1820 a bathing facility was built, along with a gardens and pleasure ground, with some visitor cottages. A free school was founded in 1721 and rebuilt twice: first in 1744, and again in 1842.

In the 1848 edition of A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis (the editor) wrote: "the lands are in meadow and pasture, with a small portion of arable; the scenery is bold and romantic. In the quarries of the district are found vegetable fossils, especially firs and other mountain trees. The town is beautifully seated in the valley of the river Colne; the inhabitants are mostly employed in the woollen manufacture, in the spinning of cotton and silk, and in silk-weaving"[4]

Slaithwaite Hall, (dated by dendrochronology to 1452), is located on a nearby hillside. It is one of a number of cruck-framed buildings clustered in this area of West Yorkshire. After many years divided into cottages, the building has been extensively restored and is now a single dwelling.[5]

Legend has it that local smugglers caught by the excise men tried to explain their nocturnal activities as 'raking the moon from the canal' and definitely not as 'fishing out smuggled brandy'.[6] A "Moonraker" is now the nickname for a native of the town. There are similar stories and nicknames for the neighbouring settlements of Golcar ("Lillies"), Marsden ("Cuckoos") and Linthwaite ("Leadboilers"). The legend is also known in Wiltshire, where the locals are also known as 'Moonrakers'.[7]

Slaithwaite Town Hall in Lewisham Road served as the municipal headquarters of successive local authorities in the area until the abolition of Colne Valley Urban District Council in 1974.[8]

Civil parish

Slaithwaite was formerly a township and chapelry.[9] From 1866, Slaithwaite was a civil parish in its own right.[10] On 1 April 1937, the parish was abolished to form Colne Valley.[11] In 1931, the parish had a population of 5,183.[12]

Economy

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Beginning in April 1981, and its grand reopening on 1 May 2001, restoration of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was completed, with help from volunteers from the Huddersfield Canal Society.[14] That required a full re-excavation and new lock gates.

There are several significant local employers, including the pharmaceutical manufacturer Thornton & Ross(which has its HQ based in Slaithwaite),[15] Shaw Pallets, and Spectrum Yarns – one of a small number of remaining textiles businesses in the Colne Valley, once a major centre for wool and yarn.[16]

Churches

The church of St James in Slaithwaite is the Anglican parish church; it is grouped with St Bartholomew's in Marsden and the mission church at Shred. The present church stands on high ground and was constructed c. 1789 to replace the original church which had suffered from flooding.[17][18] There is also a Methodist church.[19] and The Ark church.

Commerce

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Silent Woman public house

There are many independent shops, a post office, cafes in the centre of Slaithwaite. Shops include the community-owned cooperative the 'Green Valley Grocer', the workers' cooperative the 'Handmade Bakery,' and the Mystical Moments 'magic wand shop'.[20]

There are several traditional public houses in Slaithwaite, including the 'Silent Woman' which came to the attention of the world media on 23 September 2007, when Christopher Hawkins walked into the pub and ordered a pint of beer a few minutes after he had murdered his son and attacked his daughter with a knife.[21] The town is included as one of the stops in the Transpennine Real Ale Trail.[22]

Transport

File:Slaithwaite viaduct (5th September 2010).jpg
Slaithwaite Viaduct

There are direct trains to Huddersfield and Manchester from Slaithwaite railway station. The Colne Valley defines local geography by channelling the railway line, the canal, and the A62, each of which has at one time been the primary means of transport across the Pennines. The small humpback bridge over the canal is called 'Tim Brig'; it is said to be named after a local innkeeper who used the bridge during smuggling operations with the narrowboats passing through.

There are bus links from Slaithwaite to several places in the Huddersfield area. Services run by First West Yorkshire and First Manchester go from Slaithwaite to Marsden, Oldham and Manchester and to Huddersfield. Other bus services are to Holmfirth, Blackmoorfoot and surrounding villages.

Culture

In February, on alternate years, Slaithwaite celebrates a 19th-century legend of Moonraking[6] with the Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival, with a week of lantern making and a programme of storytelling. The week-long celebration, which always takes place during the school half term week, ends with a parade of lanterns around the town, and a festival finale by the canal in the centre of the town. A heritage lottery funded project 'Wild about Wool', that is collating memories of the industrial heritage of the Colne Valley, is linked to the festival. 'Wool' was also the theme of the festival held in February 2011.[23]

Slaithwaite is also home to the annual &Piano Music Festival,[24] a classical chamber music festival started in 2018, that focuses on showcasing professional musicians with a connection to the North of England.

The Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra[25] was founded here in 1891. An 80-strong amateur orchestra, the orchestra also plays an annual season of concerts in Huddersfield.

Slaithwaite Brass Band[26] have been making music here since 1892. They perform at many concerts and events throughout the year and have had many successes over the years including being the first band to gain the Grand Shield twice.

Media

Local news and television programmes is provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire. Television signals are received from the Emley Moor TV transmitter [27] and the local relay transmitter situated west of the town.[28]

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds on 92.4 FM, Heart Yorkshire on 106.2 FM, Capital Yorkshire on 105.1 FM, Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 102.5 FM and Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 96.3 FM.

The town is served by the local newspaper, Huddersfield Daily Examiner.[29]

Sport

Cricket is popular in the town. Slaithwaite Cricket & Bowling Club, situated on Hill Top, during the summer becomes the heart of the community. It is a thriving club with many successful teams including winning Second XI Premiership Championship in the 2010 season.[30] The town also has its own running club named Slaithwaite Striders, which has a mixture of all abilities, meeting weekly to run and enjoy the surrounding roads, paths and of course the views.

Notable people born in Slaithwaite

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Charles Augustus Hulbert Annals of the Church in Slaithwaite 1864.
  • --do.--Extracts from the diary of ... Robert Meeke, founder of the Slaithwaite free school in 1721. To which are added notes, illustr. and a brief sketch of his life by H. J. Morehouse. Also a continuation of the history of Slaithwaite free school by C. A. Hulbert 1875.

External links

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