Crow Edge Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Crow Edge, Barnsley
Static Image:Clay pit near Crow Edge, Dunford - geograph.org.uk - 937580.jpg
Static Image Width:250px
Static Image Caption:Clay pit, off the A616
Coordinates:53.5388°N -1.7224°W
Metropolitan Borough:Barnsley
Metropolitan County:South Yorkshire
Shire District:South Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Shire County:Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Penistone and Stocksbridge
Post Town:Sheffield
Postcode District:S36
Postcode Area:S
Dial Code:01226

Crow Edge is a hamlet in Dunford civil parish,[1] situated on the A616, two miles southeast of Hepworth, West Yorkshire in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

Industry

Since about 1857[2] Crow Edge has been home to the Hepworth Iron Company's coal mines, fire clay pits and clay products works,[3] later Hepworth Building Products Ltd.'s pipe works. From 2005 this has been part of the Dutch Wavin Group.[4] In 2013, 50 acres of their site was sold to the British company R. Plevin and Sons Ltd. Thereby making the site, the largest waste wood recycling facility in the United Kingdom.[5]

Rail

From 1850 - 1950 Hazlehead Bridge railway station, on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway's Woodhead Line, provided a rail link for passenger traffic to Crow Edge and onward by bus service to Huddersfield. From 1850 - 1964 there was goods traffic on the line and a branch line to the Crow Edge works.[6] [7]

See main article: Hazlehead Bridge railway station.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dunford Parish Council. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. 13 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121109205054/http://barnsley.gov.uk/about/how-the-council-is-organised/information-on-parish-and-town-councils/dunford-parish-council/. 9 November 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Hepworth Iron Co. Grace's Guide. 12 May 2013.
  3. Web site: Hepworth Iron Co. Ltd.. Durham Mining Museum. 12 May 2013.
  4. Web site: Wavin, History, Holding Company. www.wavin.com. 12 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130609185407/http://www.wavin.com/com/History.html. 9 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Plevin, News, Plans for UK's Largest Waste Wood Recycling Centre. www.plevin.co.uk. 19 September 2013.
  6. Book: Dow, George . Great Central, Volume 1 (The Progenitors 1813-1863). 127 . Locomotive Publishing Co . London . 1959 . George Dow . 0-7110-1468-X .
  7. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations. 116 . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 .