15th January 2010 - THE UPPER WORTH VALLEY HISTORY GROUP’S WALKS FOR 2010Steven Wood & Ian Palmer will again be leading a series of six history walks.
This year we will be looking at many of the sites featured in our two new books
“Haworth Through Time” and “Oxenhope & Stanbury Through Time”.
1. 10th March
HAWORTH BROW, VALE MILL & CROSS ROADS, 4 miles.
Meet at Haworth Railway Station 10 am
2. 17th March
HAWORTH VILLAGE & PENISTONE HILL, 4½ miles
Meet at Haworth TIC 10 am
3. 24th March
BRIDGEHOUSE BECK, OLD OXENHOPE & ENFIELDSIDE, 5½ miles
Meet at Haworth TIC 10 am
4. 14th April
OXENHOPE, ROYD HOUSE & LEEMING, 4 miles
Meet at Oxenhope PO 10.30 am
(the 10.18 500 bus from Haworth will get you there in time)
5. 21st April
OXENHOPE VILLAGE, RAG & DUNKIRK, 5½ miles
Meet at Oxenhope Post Office 10.30 am
(the 10.18 500 bus from Haworth will get you there in time)
6. 28th April
BUCKLEY GREEN, PONDEN & STANBURY, 5 miles.
Meet at Back Lane, Stanbury 10 am
Meeting point is 600 yards SW of the bus terminus (near Bully Trees)
(the 09.38 664 bus from Haworth will get you there in time)
This year’s walks are rather less strenuous than previous years’ but you will still need sturdy footwear and waterproofs. Fetch a packed lunch and a hot drink.
If you need any more information contact Steven Wood :
Phone: 01535-645735
Email: scw.haworth@googlemail.com
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10th March 2009HISTORY WALKS 2009
Once again the Upper Worth Valley History Group is running a series of walks in the Haworth area. Please note that there are a few changes this year :
• Walks will be on Wednesdays.
• They are not all on successive weeks – there are gaps.
• Not all walks start from bus stops.
For the first time we have a visiting leader for one of the walks. We are fortunate to have Alison Tymon of the West Yorkshire Geology Trust leading a walk on Penistone Hill to look at the geology and quarrying industry of the area.
The first two walks take up last year’s theme of boundaries. In fact they are the two walks that we were unable to do last year owing to an unwelcome dose of flu.
1. APRIL 22nd
Alcomden Stones and Crow Hill – 6 miles.
Meet south side of Ponden Reservoir near sailing club (SD 992369) at 10 a.m.
2. APRIL 29th
Oxenhope Stoop & the Noonan Stones – 5.5 miles.
Meet at the small car park (the one with the public toilets) on the west side of Penistone Hill (SE 018361) at 10 a.m.
3. MAY 13th
Penistone Hill geology trail with Alison Tymon – 2 or 3 miles.
A short walk taking a leisurely look at the geology and quarries of Penistone Hill.
Meet at Haworth Tourist Information Centre at 10 a.m.
4. MAY 20th
Quarries of the Black Moor area – 6 miles.
Meet at Haworth Tourist Information Centre at 10 a.m.
5. JUNE 10th
Lumb Foot, Blue Stone Delf and Griffe Mill.
Meet at Haworth Tourist Information Centre at 10 a.m.
6. JUNE 17th
Coombe Hill Cross and the Wolf stones – 6.5 miles
Meet south side of Ponden Reservoir near sailing club (SD 992369) at 10 a.m.
Mud is inevitable, rain is likely – come prepared with walking boots and waterproofs. Bring a packed lunch.
If you need any more information contact Steven Wood :
Phone: 01535-645735
Email: scw.haworth@googlemail.com
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6th March 2008UWVHG HISTORY WALKS 2008
JOIN STEVEN WOOD AND THE UPPER WORTH VALLEY HISTORY GROUP FOR A SERIES OF FASCINATING WALKS EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF HAWORTH TOWNSHIP.
ALL WELCOME – ALL WALKS HELD ON THURSDAYS AND ARE FREE.
These walks will look at many of the ancient boundaries in and around Haworth Township. These boundaries are some of the oldest surviving landscape features. We will also be looking at many other points of historical interest along the way.
The walks vary from 5 to 8 miles in length. There is a good deal of rough moorland walking involved and good boots are essential. Take a packed lunch and hot drink. Wet weather is always likely – be prepared.
Most walks start at Haworth Tourist Information Centre at the top of Main Street at 10 a.m.
The Crow Hill walk starts at Stanbury bus terminus at 0950.
(664 Stanbury bus from Rawdon Road, opposite park gates, at 0938.)
The Cock Hill walk starts at the old RAF station on top of Cock Hill at 0935.
(500 Hebden Bridge bus from Sun Street, Haworth at 0918.)
All walks finish in Haworth – although we may try to get the bus back from Stanbury after the Crow Hill walk.
THURS: WALK LENGTH START
17th APRIL Long Bridge & Brow Moor 5½ miles TIC 1000
24th APRIL Cock Hill to Haworth 7 miles Cock Hill 0935
1st MAY Top of Stairs & Oxenhope Stoop 8 miles TIC 1000
8th MAY Ponden Mill & Oldfield 5½ miles TIC 1000
15th MAY Crow Hill 8+ miles Stanbury 0950
22nd MAY Oxenhope Edge & Noonan Stones 8 miles TIC 1000
NB. There are two more walks looking at local boundaries which you may like to join - the Cross Roads boundary walk & Reg Hindley’s Oxenhope boundary walk.
Cross Roads parish boundary walk Saturday 7th June. Meet opposite St. James's church at 11am. 9 miles - opportunities to drop out at several points. Leader David Oates.
Oxenhope boundary walk Sunday 15th June (to be confirmed). Details from Steven Wood on the UWVHG walks or from Reg Hindley 01535-643087.
1st March 2007UWVHG HISTORY WALKS 2007
These walks visited many of the textile mills, old houses, quarries, ancient trackways, reservoirs, chapels and other features of Haworth, Oxenhope and Stanbury – and Stanbury’s forgotten railway!
The walks varied from 4 to 8 miles in length.
The itinerary was:
THURS: WALK LENGTH START
17th MAY Hard Naze & Rag 6 miles TIC 1000
24th MAY Sladen Valley & the Railway 8 miles TIC 1000
31st MAY Mytholmes Mill & Oakworth 4 miles TIC 1000
7th JUNE Top of Stairs & Haworth Spa 7 miles TIC 1000
14th JUNE Ponden Clough & Watersheddles 8 miles Stanbury 0945
21st JUNE Sawood & Isle 4 miles Oxenhope 1020
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11 July 2006HAWORTH RAMBLERS' CENTENARY WALK
To mark the hundredth anniversary of the Haworth Ramblers' first walk the Upper Worth Valley History Group intends to walk from Stanbury to Hebden Bridge on Saturday 2nd September 2006.
We will follow the route taken by that first walk as far as the National Trust car park at Hardcastle Crags. From there we will continue down the Hebden valley to Hebden Bridge and retrace the Ramblers' return journey on the bus - the Cock Hill road is no place for walkers these days!
Take the 0915 Stanbury bus (service 664) from Keighley (0929 from Haworth station). Meet at Stanbury bus terminus (Hob Hill) at 0945. Stout footwear is essential and a packed lunch and hot drink should be carried. Wet weather is always likely and should be provided for.
The walk is about ten miles and we should reach Hebden Bridge in good time for the 1630 bus (service 500) to Haworth and Keighley.
If you intend to join the walk please 'phone Steven Wood on 01535-645735 to register. You may turn up on the day if yours is a last minute decision.
The walk is free but you will need some money for bus fairs and incidentals.
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Haworth Ramblers more...23rd Feb 2006UWVHG HISTORY WALKS 2006
JOIN STEVEN WOOD AND THE UPPER WORTH VALLEY HISTORY GROUP FOR A SERIES OF FASCINATING WALKS EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF HAWORTH TOWNSHIP.
WELL BEHAVED DOGS ON LEADS ARE ALLOWED ON ALL WALKS
EXCEPT THE ALCOMDEN STONES WALK.
ALL WELCOME – ALL WALKS HELD ON THURSDAYS AND ARE
FREE.These walks will visit many of the textile mills, old houses, quarries, ancient trackways, reservoirs, chapels and other features of Haworth, Oxenhope and Stanbury.
Most of the walks will be from 4 to 5 miles but two are longer treks of 7 to 8 miles. All are likely to be muddy and good footwear is essential. Take a packed lunch and hot drink. Wet weather is always likely – be prepared.
The shorter walks all start at Haworth Tourist Information Centre at the top of Main Street at 10 a.m.
The Nab Hill walk starts at Oxenhope Post Office at 1020.
(663 Oxenhope bus from Sun Street, Haworth at 1009.)
The Alcomden Stones walk starts at Stanbury bus terminus at 0945.
(664 Stanbury bus from Rawdon Road, opposite park gates, at 0929.)
N.B. No dogs on this one.
All walks finish at the Haworth Tourist Information Centre.
18th MAY - Mouldgreave & Dunkirk Mill - 5 miles - TIC 10:00am
25th MAY - Long Bridge & Griffe Mill - 4 miles - TIC 10:00am
1st JUNE - Nab Hill & Paul Clough - 7 miles - Oxenhope 10:20am
8th JUNE - Royd House & Bentley Hey - 4½ miles - TIC 10:00am
15th JUNE - Alcomden Stones & Ponden - 8 miles - Stanbury 09:45am
22nd JUNE - Spring Head & Lumb Foot - 4 miles - TIC 10:00am
NB. All participants are invited to join Reg Hindley’s annual Oxenhope Boundary Walk on Sunday June 11th.
Meet at Howarth Saw Works, Hebden Road (A6033) at 0930.
11 miles of rough moorland, take lunch, no dogs.
Further details from Reg Hindley: 01535-643087
09th September 2005The recent exhibition at the TIC was a big success and many people managed to see it, some were able to provide information about the pictures on show. We also scanned other pictures that were brought along.
If you missed it, the complete exhibition is now online:
2005 History Exhibition here... thanks go to haworth-village.org.uk for setting up the gallery and sorting the pictures. If you can add any information about the photos email us and we will add to the description.
We are still looking for more photographs, if you have any you can email them to us.
We would like to do a section about the 1940's war years, if anyone has any information, photographs or recollections of that period if they can contact us we would be interested, thanks.
19th May 2005We are holding an open exhibition of articles from the archive at the Tourist Information Centre, Haworth from Monday 4 July until Sunday 10 July.
The exhibition will be open during the normal opening hours of the Tourist Information Centre and will be a display of maps, photographs and documents relating to Haworth, Cross Roads, Stanbury and Oxenhope and for some of the time members of the History Group will be available to answer questions and to copy articles to add to the archive.
On Thursday 7 July at 10.30am the group will be holding our AGM which is open to all members of the group and to any new members who wish to join. Membership is currently free
If you would like to know more about the area of Haworth, Stanbury, Cross Rds, Oxenhope or want to know something of the past such as a finding out about your family, we have access on computer to local census, maps, Parish Registers and photos.
Don’t worry if you know nothing about computers, one of the members will be on hand to take you through the records and help you find the information.
The archive is being constantly updated and the group is interested in any information about the area you might have, such as old photographs or written material. If you bring them with you we can scan them on the same day.
Please note The Upper Worth Valley History Group can only answer enquires in person, we are not able to answer questions about family tree searches by telephone or email
Reg Hindley: Oxenhope: the making of a Pennine community
