The Legends and Traditions of Huddersfield and Its District: Volume I, Part VI (1943) by Philip Ahier
The Legends and Traditions of Huddersfield and Its District: Volume I, Part VI was written by Philip Ahier and published in 1943 by the Advertiser Press Ltd. of Huddersfield.
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- paperback booklet
- preceded by Volume I, Part V (1942)
- followed by Volume II: Part I (1944)
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This work remains the copyright of the Estate of Philip Ahier and has been made available on this web site as a Huddersfield Key Text. No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Contents
Chapter VIII (continued) — The "Follies" of Huddersfield and its District
- 4. The Folly at Linthwaite
- 5. The Folly at Slaithwaite
- 6. Folly Doorstones at Cowcliffe
- 7. Folly Dolly at Meltham
Chapter IX
- Stories and Traditions of Stones and "Marked" Crosses
- 1. At Townend, Almondbury
- 2. In Cote Lane, Fixby—Rastrick
- 3. In Toothill Lane, Rastick
- 4. Near the Old Cooper Bridge
- 5. At High Hoyland
- 6. On the East Wall of Fixby Park
- 7. At Sun Woodhouse, Woodhouse Hill
- 8. At New Gate, Berry Brow
- 9. A Cross on a Dry Wall on the Steeps in the Direction of Harden Moss, and the Date 1867
- 10. In Kirkgate, over Messrs. Hartley & Tee's Premises
- "Motto" Stones
- 1. At Farnley Tyas
- 2. At Emley
- 3. Crosland Moor
- 4. The Wounded Hussar, Manchester Road
- 5. Edgerton Cottages, Edgerton
- 6. Harp Road
- 7. Malvern Road, Primrose Hill
- 8. The Stone Archway of Emley School
Chapter X — Underground Passages
- 1. From Newhouse Hall to Lower Felgreave Wood
- 2. The So-Called Passage from Whitley Hall to the Summer House
- 3. The Supposed Underground Passages from Fixby Hall
- 4. The "Tunnel" Under Beaumont Park
- 5. The Tunnel in Brooke's Wood, Armitage Bridge
- 6. A Tunnel at Farnley Tyas
- 7. The Underground Passages in King Street
Chapter XI — Miscellaneous Legends and Traditions
- a) Traditions Related to Persons
- 1. The Two Scotsmen at Honley
- 2. Captain Edward Harling of Almondbury
- 3. Seth Senior and the Sovereign
- 4. The Old Woman on the Pennine Range
- 5. "General" Uther and "General" Almond
- 6. The Family of Sykes
- b) Traditions Related of Places
- 1. The Lion Arcade
- 2. The Old Corn Mill at Thunderbridge
- 3. Gunthwaite Spa
- 4. The Peel Statue