Footpath to Thwaites Brow (6)

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Footpath to Thwaites Brow (6)

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 13 Jan 2018

A splendid example of a stone-setted footpath from the days of the Industrial Revolution. I presume it was for workers to reach the factories in the town of Keighley (and at another time maybe for quarry workers living in the valley bottom to reach the quarries higher up the hill). At the kink in the track just ahead, the footpath splits - even on the 1852 map, showing just how old this route is. Straight on was to the Long Lee coal pits; left to Royd House (a historic farm) and surrounding quarries.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.863458
Longitude
-1.890636