New Road, Kirkheaton
Introduction
The photograph on this page of New Road, Kirkheaton by Humphrey Bolton as part of the Geograph project.
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New Road, Kirkheaton
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 10 Oct 2005
The name suggests that this road was set out by an enclosure award. It soon attracted ribbon development, including characteristic short rows of terrace houses built at right-angles to the road. The plain building in the right foreground is a United Reformed Church.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.659087
Longitude
-1.730616