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The Tolson Memorial Museum, also known as Tolson Museum, is housed in Ravensknowle Hall, a Victorian mansion in Ravensknowle Park on Wakefield Road in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum was given to the town by Legh Tolson in memory of his two nephews who were killed in the First World War.
website, permanent exhibition of Victorian paintings, changing exhibits of local and regional artists Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre: Marsden: Kirklees: Transportation: Construction of the Standedge Tunnels and the history and life along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal: Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery: Leeds: City of Leeds: Art
The first people to visit Castle Hill were probably hunters and gatherers of the Mesolithic age, camping amongst the forests which at that time covered the land. In the Neolithic and Bronze Age, there appears to have been widespread travel or trade along the river valleys connecting the Yorkshire Wolds, the Peak District and the Mersey and Ribble estuaries.
Huddersfield has an abundance of Victorian architecture. [50] The most conspicuous landmark is the Victoria Tower on Castle Hill. Overlooking the town, the tower was constructed to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Year in 1897. A picture of the Victoria Tower features on the New Zealand wine Castle Hill.
The Ramsden Estate is a property holding associated with the manor of Huddersfield, in the English county of Yorkshire, since the 16th century. It was in the possession of the Ramsden family, latterly holders of the Pennington-Ramsden Baronetcy, until 1920, when it was sold to Huddersfield Corporation. At the time of the purchase, the estate ...
Huddersfield: St Andrew's Church, Leeds Road: 1869–70: Grade II: This church building was declared redundant in 1975. The Victorian Society included it on a list in 2017 of the top ten endangered Victorian or Edwardian buildings in England and Wales that have been neglected and are now at risk. [61] [62] Bradley, Huddersfield: St Thomas's ...
Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served (Years) Albion Mills, Colne Valley: Brook Lane, Golcar, SE 0965 1551 : 1865 : 160: Notes: National Building Register:63003: [Mills 1]
Filming at the George Hotel, Huddersfield. In the 1960s and 1970s the artist L. S. Lowry would dine in the restaurant and was known to have drawn on the napkins and given them to the dining room waiting staff. In 2019, the George Hotel was 'set alight' by film crew for COBRA, a six part television series which aired on Sky One in 2020. [15]