Holmfirth

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Holmfirth
Holmfirth, view over the city
Holmfirth, view over the city
Coordinates 53 ° 34 ′  N , 1 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′  N , 1 ° 47 ′  W
OS National Grid SE142081
Holmfirth (England)
Holmfirth
Holmfirth
Residents 5173
administration
Post town HOLMFIRTH
ZIP code section HD9
prefix 01484
Part of the country England
region Yorkshire and the Humber
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
Metropolitan Borough Kirklees
Civil Parish Holme Valley
British Parliament Colne Valley

Holmfirth is a town on Woodhead Road (A6024) in the Holme Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees , West Yorkshire , England . Located around the confluence of the River Ribble in the River Holme , Holmfirth is about ten kilometers south of Huddersfield and twenty kilometers northeast of Glossop . It consists mainly of stone houses built in the Pennines . The Peak District National Park around Holme Moss is about six kilometers south of the city.

Holmfirth used to be part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and a center of the early English film industry . The film production company Bamforth & Co Ltd, which later switched to the production of kitsch postcards, was based here. Between 1973 and 2010, Holmfirth and the Holme Valley were the filming location of the successful BBC series Last of the Summer Wine .

history

The name Holmfirth is derived from the Old English holegn (dt. Holy) in the name of Holme , West Yorkshire and the Middle English frith (dt. Wood, forest), which means "The forest near Holme".

The city was built around a flour mill in the 13th century . Three hundred years later, Holmfirth grew rapidly through an up-and-coming textile trade and the increasing mining of slate and other stone in the surrounding quarries . Today's parish church was built in 1778 after the church , which was built in 1476, was swept away by a flood the year before. In 1850 the station opened on the line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company.

The fallen of the First and Second World War from the region is thought by the Holme Valley War Memorial in front of the Holme Valley Memorial Hospital.

Bamforth & Co

Holmfirth was the seat of the Bamforth & Co. company, which was known worldwide for the production of slippery postcards. At the time around the First World War , however, the company was still producing more civilized postcards. The company's former print shop on Station Road is now a residential building. Bamforth was one of the early pioneers of film production before giving up that business in favor of postcard production. During the early 1900s, Holmfirth was known for the film productions that came there. Between 1898 and 1900 and between 1913 and 1915 Bamforth & Co produced a selection of films - a modest, but historically significant, according to the British Film Institute .

Floods

There were multiple floods in the Holme Valley , which also affected Holmfirth and other settlements in the valley. The oldest recorded flood in Holmfirth took place in 1738 and the last in 1944. The worst flooding occurred on February 5, 1852 when the dam of the Bilberry Reservoir collapsed and killed 81 people. After a severe storm in 1777, the River Holme overflowed its banks, tearing people and houses with it. Three people were killed in the process. The church , built in 1476, was also torn away by the masses of water. In 1821 a storm caused the river to overflow again. The flooding on the night of May 29, 1944 caused no national attention, as it was overshadowed by D-Day the following week.

  • View over Holmfirth

  • Parish church in Holmfirth

  • Former supermarket over the River Holme

Downtown

Holmfirth and the surrounding landscape are the backdrop for the BBC - Comedy series Last of the Summer Wine . Every year thousands of tourists make the pilgrimage to Holmfirth to see the places and the landscape that they know from television. The television series Where the Heart Is was also filmed in the area. In the early 1970s, the trading company Lodge built a supermarket in the city center directly above the Holme, which was opened by BBC Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn . Co-operative Retail Services - now part of The Co-operative Group - bought the building in the 1990s. After the company invested around two million pounds sterling in a new supermarket for the city, the mall closed in 1997 and remained empty for a long time. Residents, led by the local business association, called for the building to be demolished. However, after extensive modernization and division, it is used again by smaller shops.

Educational institutions

Holmfirth's only elementary school is Holmfirth Junior, Infant and Nursery School on Cartworth Road. Further primary schools are located in villages and hamlets in the immediate vicinity of Holmfirth. In 2017, 82% of students performed at the expected level for their age, and 12% were higher. At Holmfirth High School, students from Holmfirth as well as from the surrounding villages and hamlets are taught. The school has 1,300 students in grades 7 through 11.

economy

Holmfirth's economy is mainly shaped by agriculture and tourism . A study among young people in 2013 showed that young adults are increasingly moving away from the area due to a lack of prospects and in search of work. Based on these results, public funding was successfully applied for to finance further training measures and open up new perspectives. The tourism industry in Holmfirth is growing thanks to new tourism offers such as electronic booking options and new tourist accommodation such as the new winery in Cartworth Moor. One of the largest employers in the area is Longley Farm, founded in 1948.

Sports

On July 6, 2014, the second stage of the Tour de France from York to Sheffield also led through Holmfirth. Because the event was televised worldwide, it drew many people to the place. The Holmfirth cycling club was founded in 2013 and is the fastest growing cycling club in the UK with over 400 members in 2016 .

traffic

train

Until 1965 Holmfirth had a train tail . A branch line branched off from the Penistone Line from Huddersfield to Sheffield south of Brockholes . From the branch of it led initially about three kilometers across a bridge over the valley, then through the station of Thongsbridge and finally at the edge of the valley along to lay the station of Holmfirth, which near the city center on Station Road. It was also planned to extend the route through the valley and a tunnel through Black Hill to near Woodhead, where it should be threaded back into the route from Sheffield to Manchester . In 1959 passenger traffic was discontinued and the line was shut down completely in 1965. The station building and platform now serve as a private residence. Other parts of the route were sold and houses were also built on. The bridge was torn down.

bus

Bus stop in Holmfirth

The Holmfirth bus stop is close to the city center and is regularly served by various bus routes to the villages in the neighborhood and to Huddersfield train station. There are also bus routes to Barnsley , Sheffield and Wakefield via Denby Dale and Penistone . Most of the bus services are operated by First Calderdale & Huddersfield . On weekends and bank holidays there is a bus to Glossop in Derbyshire .

Culture

The Holmfirth Choral Society regularly organizes classical choir concerts in the town hall . The Holme Valley Orchestra also performs on various occasions. The place is particularly associated with a rather unusual piece of folk music known as Holmfirth Anthem. The Festival of Folk is held every year in May. Many folk music and folk dance groups from all over the country perform at the festival on various stages across town.

The city's former cinema , the Picturedrome, which opened in 1912 under the name Valley Theater, is now used as a venue for live concerts. Various greats from the international music scene such as Adam Ant , Bad Manners , Buzzcocks , Evile , Fish , Half Man Half Biscuit , Hawkwind , John Martyn , Ocean Color Scene , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Ron Sexsmith , Saxon , Suzi Quatro and Beat performed here.

The Holmfirth Art Week, held every July in the town hall, collects donations for one of the UK's largest cancer foundations , Macmillan Cancer Relief. In addition, the Holme Valley Brass Band competition takes place every year in the town hall.

Personalities

Surrounding villages

Holmfirth is a separate parish about seven miles from the nearest larger town, Huddersfield . While the core town itself is relatively small, it is surrounded by many villages and hamlets . The neighboring settlements are often collectively referred to as Holmfirth. These include Austonley , Arrunden , Burnlee , Cinderhills , Cliff , Deanhouse , Netherthong , Gull < , Flushhouse , Hade Edge , Thongsbridge , Upperthong and Washpit . Many of them are on Cartworth Moor. Other villages and hamlets in the post town of Holmfirth are Brockholes , Fulstone , Jackson Bridge , Hepworth , Holme , Holmbridge , Honley , Meltham , Netherthong, New Mill , Scholes , Totties , Shepley , Thongsbridge, Upperthong, Longley , Hade Edge, Underbank and Wooldale .

Web links

Wikivoyage: Holmfirth  - Travel Guide (English)
Commons : Holmfirth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kirklees council census  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / observatory.kirklees.gov.uk
  2. ^ Victor Watts: The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2004.
  3. ↑ Holmfirth's Bamforth's saucy seaside postcards to be relaunched today on 100th anniversary. Huddersfield Examiner article, September 28, 2010, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Bamforth, James (1842-?). screenonline.org.uk, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  5. ^ Local films for local people. bbc.co.uk, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Holmfirth's film maker in focus. bbc.co.uk, February 15, 2011, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  7. ^ Film Studios and Industry Bodies> Bamforth and Co. screenonline.org.uk, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  8. ^ Cricket Heritage of Holmfirth. (No longer available online.) Http://ckcricketheritage.org.uk/ , archived from the original on August 16, 2009 ; Retrieved August 3, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ckcricketheritage.org.uk
  9. ↑ Holmfirth Junior, Infant, and Nursery School KS2 SATS School Summary Report 2017. Holmfirth Junior, Infant and Nursery School, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  10. ^ Kirklees Council Survey. Kirklees Council, 2013, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Henryk Zientek: Longley Farm celebrates 60 years with awards to long-serving staff. Article in Huddersfield Daily Examiner, December 10, 2009, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  12. ^ Tour de France, first stage. (No longer available online.) Letour.cpm, archived from the original on July 25, 2014 ; accessed on July 15, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.letour.com
  13. ↑ Holmfirth Choral Society - official home page. Retrieved January 18, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Val Javin: Holme Valley Orchestra's concert weekend. Huddersfield Examiner article, November 22, 2013, accessed January 13, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Pratty flowers (Holmfirth anthem). British Library, accessed January 24, 2013 .
  16. ↑ Holmfirth Festival of Folk. Retrieved January 13, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Tenth Holmfirth Festival of Folk to hit town on May 8 to 10. Article in Huddersfield Examiner, April 20, 2015, accessed January 13, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Dave Himelfield: Big plans for Picturedrome. Huddersield Examiner article, accessed January 13, 2018 .
  19. ^ Evile Live at Holmfirth Picturedrome. (No longer available online.) Cackblabbath.co.uk, archived from the original on January 18, 2012 ; accessed on January 13, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cackblabbath.co.uk
  20. ↑ Bad Manners at the PictureDrome (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire) on December 28, 2007. last.fm, accessed on January 13, 2018 .
  21. ↑ Bad Manners Walking In The Sunshine Huddersfield Holmfirth Picturedrome. youtube.com, June 15, 2009, accessed January 13, 2018 .
  22. ^ Adam Ant Holmfirth Picturedrome. youtube.com, June 4, 2011, accessed January 13, 2018 .
  23. ^ Hawkwind - Holmfirth Picturedrome. youtube.com, December 5, 2010, accessed January 13, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Holmfirth Art Week - Official website. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 19, 2017 ; accessed on January 13, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.holmfirthartweek.org.uk
  25. ^ Holme Valley Brass Band Contest. Kirklees Council, accessed January 13, 2018 .