The Sun Inn, New Hey Road, Rastrick

Introduction

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The Sun Inn, New Hey Road, Rastrick

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 10 Jun 2006

This is at the cross-roads where the New Hey Road turnpike, built on a new line in 1806, crosses the medieval main road from Dewsbury to Elland, which was turnpiked in 1759. The traffic lights were installed when the motorway opened in 1973.

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