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Following significant population growth, largely associated with the woollen industry, a local board of health was established in the Slaithwaite area in 1862. [1] In the late 1880s, the local board decided to commission purpose-built public offices for the area: the site they chose was open land at the junction of Station Road and Lewisham Road. [2]
Slaithwaite (/ ˈ s l æ θ. w eɪ t / SLATH-wayt, ; 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 , 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huddersfield .
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Colne Valley is an unparished area in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Colne Valley ward contains over 480 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, twelve are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. This list contains the listed buildings in the central ...
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Slaithwaite railway station serves the town of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England. The station is 4 miles (6 km) west of Huddersfield railway station on the Huddersfield Line between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria. The station is situated between the centre of the town and the "Hill Top" residential area.
PHOTO: The flag of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, right, flies alongside the American flag in front the USAID office in Washington, Feb. 3, 2025. (Manuel Balce ...