The former Oddfellows Hall, High Street, Idle
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The former Oddfellows Hall, High Street, Idle
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 4 Apr 2021
From information in Watson's book, this appears to have been simply a public house (which may have taken its name because a group of this name met there) rather than a dedicated meeting place of Order of Oddfellows. It is grade II listed and dates from 1840 (list entry 1347812). According to whatpub.com, "Vibration of the now gone railway led to the removal of the top two storeys". At the time I was passing it had closed as a pub and was under conversion to flats. See Image and Image for views without scaffolding.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.835885
Longitude
-1.731611