Armitage Bridge

{{Short description|Village in West Yorkshire, England}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Armitage Bridge

| country = England

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| static_image = File:Armitage Bridge viewed from Beaumont Park.jpg

| static_image_caption = Armitage Bridge

| population =

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| post_town = HUDDERSFIELD

| postcode_area = HD

| postcode_district = HD4

| dial_code = 01484

| constituency_westminster = Huddersfield

| metropolitan_borough = Kirklees

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

| coordinates = {{coord|53.6185|-1.7968|display=inline,title}}

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Armitage Bridge is a village approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} south of Huddersfield, in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Berry Brow and South Crosland and straddles the River Holme. The village has a public house, a cricket club and a renowned banjo shop.{{cite news|last1=Douglas|first1=Joanne|title=Holme Valley will be alive with the sound of banjos this weekend|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/hills-holme-valley-alive-sound-12042643|access-date=14 November 2017|work=Huddersfield Examiner|date=18 October 2016}}

Brooke Mill

File:Armitage Bridge Mills - geograph.org.uk - 489370.jpg

The village is dominated by the large former woollen mill of John Brooke and Sons, reputedly the oldest family business in the country, having been founded in 1541.{{cite web|title=Heritage {{!}} Brookes Mill|url=http://www.brookesmill.co.uk/portfolio-items/heritage-2/|website=www.brookesmill.co.uk|access-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113222052/http://www.brookesmill.co.uk/portfolio-items/heritage-2/|archive-date=13 November 2017|url-status=dead}} The mill has now been converted into the Yorkshire Technology and Office Park.{{cite news|title=Family History: Exhibition on woollen industry, Brooke’s Mill, Armitage Bridge|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/family-history-exhibition-woollen-industry-4960232|access-date=14 November 2017|work=Huddersfield Examiner|date=11 January 2012}}

St Pauls

File:St Paul, Armitage Bridge 1 (3301402270).jpg

The local church is St Paul's and it was built in 1848, with a donation from the Brooke family.{{cite web |title=Church of St Paul |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101238909-church-of-st-paul-newsome-ward |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=4 January 2025}} Partially destroyed in 1987, by fire, and rebuilt in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/armitage-bridge-st-paul/ |work=A church near you |title= St Pauls's, Armitage Bridge|access-date=29 August 2011}} The church's current clergy is the Rev Julie Anderson.

Notable buildings

Armitage Bridge House is a Grade II listed building dating from the early 19th century, in neo-classical style.{{cite web |title=Armitage Bridge House |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101291073-armitage-bridge-house-newsome-ward |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=4 January 2025}}

There is a terrace of listed mill cottages on Dean Brook Road.

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Gallery

File:Armitage Bridge - cottages and muddy field - geograph.org.uk - 628773.jpg|Former mill cottages

File:Armitage Bridge - mill clocktower - geograph.org.uk - 628776.jpg|Brooke Mill Clock Tower

File:Brooke's Mill, Armitage Bridge.jpg|Brooke's Mill

File:Armitage Bridge.jpg|Armitage Bridge

File:Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.jpg|Armitage Bridge Cricket Club in the foreground. Village and Brooke's Mill behind.

See also

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