Official Name: | Armitage Bridge |
Country: | England |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Static Image: | File:Armitage Bridge viewed from Beaumont Park.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Armitage Bridge |
Post Town: | HUDDERSFIELD |
Postcode Area: | HD |
Postcode District: | HD4 |
Dial Code: | 01484 |
Constituency Westminster: | Huddersfield |
Metropolitan Borough: | Kirklees |
Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
Coordinates: | 53.6185°N -1.7968°W |
Armitage Bridge is a village approximately 3miles south of Huddersfield, in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Berry Brow and South Crosland and straddles the River Holme. The village has a public house, a cricket club and a renowned banjo shop.[1]
The village is dominated by the large former woollen mill of John Brooke and Sons, reputedly the oldest family business in the country, having been founded in 1541.[2] The mill has now been converted into the Yorkshire Technology and Office Park.[3]
The local church is St Paul's and it was built in 1848, with a donation from the Brooke family. Partially destroyed in 1987, by fire, and rebuilt in 1990.[4] The church's current clergy is the Rev Julie Anderson.