Crow Edge

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.

Crow Edge

Clay pit, off the A616
Crow Edge
Location within South Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
District
Shire county
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSheffield
Postcode districtS36
Dialling code01226
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

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. Thereby making the site, the largest waste wood recycling facility in the United Kingdom.[5]

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]

Main article: Hazlehead Bridge railway station

References
  1. "Dunford Parish Council". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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