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The town's rapid expansion and commitment to industrialisation resulted in social instability. In the early 19th century, Dewsbury was a centre of Luddite opposition to mechanisation in which workers retaliated against the mill owners who installed textile machinery and smashed the machines which threatened their way of life. In the 1830s ...
Dewsbury is a town and an unparished area in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 134 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The list consists of the listed ...
The site chosen for the town hall had previously been occupied by a hotel, a forge, a blacksmith and some other small businesses. [2] The foundation stone was laid by Thomas Bateman Fox JP, mayor of Dewsbury, on 12 October 1886. [3] The building was designed by local architects Henry Holtom and George Arthur Fox. [3]
Dewsbury Moor is a district of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies to the west of the Dewsbury town centre. [1] The population is around 5,650. Crime rates are higher than the national average. [2]
Inside Dewsbury bus station in August 2007. Dewsbury bus station serves the town of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is managed and owned by Metro (West Yorkshire PTE). The bus station is situated in Dewsbury town centre next to Aldams Road and can be accessed there and from South Street. The bus station was rebuilt in 1994 ...
Thornhill Lees is a district of Thornhill near Dewsbury, in the borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Thornhill Lees is between Thornhill and Dewsbury town centre, in the area between the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Thornhill Lees is served by two schools: Thornhill Lees Infant & Nursery School and Headfield ...
Dewsbury railway station serves the town of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, England. Situated 9.25 miles (15 km) south west of Leeds on the main line to Huddersfield and Manchester , the station was opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1848.
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