Welcome to Huddersfield Exposed!

Welcome to Huddersfield Exposed, a collection of articles and pages about the history of Huddersfield and the surrounding area.

The pages reflect the research interests of those who contribute to the site and are not meant to be an exhaustive history of the Huddersfield area... at least, not yet!

If you'd like to edit and contribute new content to the site, simply request an account.

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Huddersfield & District Roll of Honour

Based on pioneering research by J. Margaret Stansfield into the lives of those who died in the First World War, the Huddersfield & District Roll of Honour is now available.

The entries are cross-referenced with local war memorials and by individual regiments. You can also search for individuals by location. Entries for the Second World War are currently being added.

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If you have conducted your own research and would like to help expand the entries, please get in touch.


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We've launched an online shop where you can download high-resolution scans of historic items, such as maps, photographs and books, at reasonable prices. All income will be used to secure more content that can be added to the site.

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1881 Census: Surname Distribution

Search for a surname and find out how it was distributed throughout Yorkshire and the rest of England & Wales in the 1881 Census.

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The Holmfirth Flood of 1852

February 2027 will be the 175th anniversary of the collapse of the Bilberry Reservoir embankment that led to the Holmfirth Flood of 1852 and the deaths of upwards of 80 people.

As part of the Holmfirth Flood Project, you can find biographical details of the known victims, transcriptions of contemporary newspaper articles, as well as books about the flood.

If you'd like to get involved with the preparations for the 175th anniversary in 2027, please consider joining the message board.

Aims of the Site

  1. The Huddersfield area is rich with history and the intention is for this site to explore some of the more obscure or unusual stories.
  2. To make available original content under a licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
  3. To make available out-of-copyright research materials, such as newspaper articles, books and Local Acts, and place those versions in the Public Domain.

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The site is administered by Dave Pattern.