Crow Edge

Crow Edge

Clay pit, off the A616
Crow Edge
 Crow Edge shown within South Yorkshire
Metropolitan boroughBarnsley
DistrictSouth Yorkshire
Shire countyYorkshire
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Sheffield
Postcode district S36
Dialling code 01226
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentBarnsley West and Penistone
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Coordinates: 53°32′20″N 1°43′21″W / 53.538828°N 1.722364°W

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 in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 it formed part of Penistone Rural District.

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.[5] The company has recently been in the news because of two fires at its 150,000 tonnes per year capacity Hazlehead site. In June, fire crews were called to tackle a large wood chip fire, the second blaze in just over a month.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Dunford Parish Council". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hepworth Iron Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hepworth Iron Co. Ltd.". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wavin, History, Holding Company". www.wavin.com. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Plevin, News, Plans for UK's Largest Waste Wood Recycling Centre". www.plevin.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume 1 (The Progenitors 1813-1863). London: Locomotive Publishing Co. p. 127. ISBN 0-7110-1468-X.
  7. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

Media related to Crow Edge at Wikimedia Commons