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Flat Lane, Upperthong
Heading along track past Nether House farm, west of Upperthong. The 'tops' of Holme Moss can be seen in the distance.
Image: © Samantha Waddington
Taken: 13 Apr 2013
0.06 miles
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Old Milestone by the A635, Greenfield Road, west of Holmfirth
Metal plate attached to stone post by the A635, in parish of Holme Valley (Kirklees District), Greenfield Road, Upperthorpe, Holmfirth, by electricity pylon 196, just above bus turning circle on opposite side of road, on North side of road. Brayshaw & Booth iron casting, erected by the County Council in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: HOLMFIRTH / 1 MILE / BARNSLEY / 15 MILES : : GREENFIELD & SHEPLEY / LANE HEAD / ROAD / UPPERTHONG : : GREEN / FIELD / 9½ MILES / OLDHAM / 13¾ MILES :
Maker:-
: BRAYSHAW & BOOTH / MAKERS / LIVERSEDGE :
Grade II Listed.
List Entry Number: 1134872 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1134872
Milestone Society National ID: YW_GFSLH09
Image: © C Minto
Taken: 25 Sep 2002
0.12 miles
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Old Milestone by the A635, Greenfield Road, west of Holmfirth
Metal plate attached to stone post by the A635, in parish of Holme Valley (Kirklees District), Greenfield Road, Upperthorpe, Holmfirth, by electricity pylon 196, just above bus turning circle on opposite side of road, on North side of road. Brayshaw & Booth iron casting, erected by the County Council in the 19th century. An earlier photograph can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6102142.
Inscription reads:-
: HOLMFIRTH / 1 MILE / BARNSLEY / 15 MILES : : GREENFIELD & SHEPLEY / LANE HEAD / ROAD / UPPERTHONG : : GREEN / FIELD / 9½ MILES / OLDHAM / 13¾ MILES :
Maker:-
: BRAYSHAW & BOOTH / MAKERS / LIVERSEDGE :
Grade II Listed.
List Entry Number: 1134872 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1134872
Milestone Society National ID: YW_GFSLH09
Image: © Nigel Upton
Taken: 24 Sep 2022
0.12 miles
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A635 Greenfield Road at Holmfirth boundary
Image: © Colin Pyle
Taken: 19 Nov 2017
0.13 miles
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The Royal Oak Upperthong
Taken in 1963.The car outside the pub is a Ford either Consul, Zephyr or Zodiac. Hammonds ales, Lockwood Brewery closed 1963. The buildings are soot covered from the burning of coal fires. The overhead wires are electricity power cables. The van in the background is possibly a Morris.
Image: © Chris Moorman
Taken: Unknown
0.13 miles
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The Royal oak in Upperthong.
Walking the Holme valley circular walk.
Image: © steven ruffles
Taken: 14 Jul 2015
0.14 miles
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Royal Oak, Upperthong
Looking down Town Gate. Unfortunately the pub was closed due to COVID Crisis
Image: © Philip Cornwall
Taken: 24 May 2020
0.14 miles
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Bus in Parkhead turning circle, Holmfirth
First West Yorkshire 30731, a Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties new to Capital Citybus, stands in a superbly situated turning circle perched on a hillside off Greenfield Road just beyond the western edge of Holmfirth, overlooking the Holme valley. It has just worked a journey on route 312 from Huddersfield.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 26 Apr 2008
0.14 miles
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Royal Oak, Upperthong
The village pub which sells Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker. The door is open but it is too early to be open for trading.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 12 Sep 2014
0.15 miles
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Newlands Lane, near Upperthong
Heading up path towards Newlands from Greenfield Road.
Image: © Samantha Waddington
Taken: 13 Apr 2013
0.16 miles