Dole rail in Newhouse Hall, Sheepridge, Fartown, Huddersfield
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Dole rail in Newhouse Hall, Sheepridge, Fartown, Huddersfield
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 10 Mar 2007
This would originally have been in an outside wall, and used to interview claimants for relief under the Poor Law; possibly food was passed between the uprights. It was placed in its present position in 1865.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.673544
Longitude
-1.766852