Lumbutts

The first documented history of the name of the village dates back to 1538. It is recorded as being from the Old Norse of Lumm and Butte, meaning a pool by an abutment of land. The second part may also come to mean a log, or stump.{{cite web |title=Lumbutts :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/532881edb47fc40c81002e8a-Lumbutts |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=6 April 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Goodall |first1=Armitage |title=Place-names of south-west Yorkshire, that is, of so much of the West Riding as lies south of the Aire from Keighley onwards |date=1914 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |page=205|oclc=5809268}} The village was traditionally associated with hand-weaving on looms, and was located on a packhorse route connecting Cheshire with Halifax and Calderdale.{{cite news |title=Packhorse routes to a moorland monument |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5880010.packhorse-routes-to-a-moorland-monument/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=The Bolton News |date=29 September 2003}} The village is {{convert|2|mi}} south of Todmorden, {{convert|9|mi}} north-east of Rochdale, and {{convert|12|mi}} west of Halifax.{{sfn|LAMCA|2008|p=11}}

A corn mill was recorded at the village in 1557, but it converted to processing cotton in the 1780s.{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Megan |title=Life in the odd-sounding hamlet with dream postcard cornerstone |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tourism/life-odd-sounding-hamlet-village-27853955 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=Yorkshire Live |date=7 October 2023}} During the 1830s, the village flourished as a mill village with water providing the power for the mills. This involved building several dams (Mill Dam, Lees Dam, Jumb Mill Dam, Causeway Dam, Fieldens Dam and Heeley Dam) in the village, and another on the moor to the south known as (the westerly) Gaddings Dam.{{sfn|LAMCA|2008|p=18}}{{cite book |last1=Law |first1=Brian R. |title=Fieldens of Todmorden : a nineteenth century business dynasty |date=1995 |publisher=Kelsall |location=Littleborough |isbn=0946571260 |pages=60–61}} Water through the village entered via Black Clough, and left northwards (downhill) via Lumbutts Clough.{{cite web |title=Lumbutts Clough, Calderdale - area information, map, walks and more |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/lumbutts-clough-calderdale |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=6 April 2024}}{{cite web |title=River Basin Management Plan Humber River Basin District Annex D: Protected area objectives |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7bff2eed915d41476221ef/gene0910bsqv-e-e.pdf |website=assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |access-date=6 April 2024 |page=52}}{{cite book |title=Factories Inquiry Commission : Supplementary Report of the Central Board of H. Maj. Commissioners appointed to collect Information in the Manufacturing Districts, as to the Employment of Children in Factories : Ordered to be printed 25 March 1834. P. 2 |date=1834 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |page=228|oclc=165507193}} Water from Lumbutts Clough was used to supplement the water needs in the Rochdale Canal on the valley floor, for which another dam (the easterly Gaddings Dam) was built.{{sfn|Parry|1981|p=68}}{{cite book |last1=Jarratt |first1=Jim |title=The Fielden Trail : a ramble through Todmorden's past |date=1988 |publisher=Smith Settle |location=Otley |isbn=1870071158 |page=62}} Lumbutts Old Mill closed in 1926, and was later used as a government storage location during the Second World War. After the war, the main mill building was demolished.{{cite news |last1=Burton |first1=Sally |title=Lovely listed property in picturesque village |work=The Halifax Courier |date=13 May 2021 |page=33|issn=0961-1576}}{{sfn|LAMCA|2008|p=10}}

Lumbutts Old Mill had and adjacent water tower which still stands and reaches a height of {{convert|98|ft}}. It was built in three stages, with each stage having a vertical water wheel that was {{convert|30|ft}} in diameter and {{convert|6|ft}} wide.{{cite book |editor1-last=Jennings |editor1-first=Bernard |title=Pennine Valley: a history of Upper Calderdale |date=1992 |publisher=Smith Settle |location=Otley |isbn=1870071948 |page=113}} Water was fed not only to each wheel individually, but also fell from the top down to the middle, and then onto bottom wheel generating around 54 horsepower.{{sfn|LAMCA|2008|p=9}}{{sfn|Parry|1981|p=66}} It is not known how the water was taken up to the uppermost stage, but it is believed a system of pumps and syphons were used.{{sfn|Parry|1981|p=181}} The tower is now a grade II listed monument, and it was restored in 2017 with money raised through crowdfunding.{{NHLE|desc=Water tower to Lumbutts Old Mill |num=1229779 |grade=II|access-date=6 April 2024 }}{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Ben |last2=Jenkinson |first2=Pete |title='A wild swimmer's paradise': the beach on top of a Yorkshire moor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/26/wild-swimmers-paradise-beach-on-top-of-a-yorkshire-moor |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=26 December 2023}} There are several other listed buildings within the village including the Methodist church, which was established in 1837 after a schism with the Methodists in Makinholes, and a milestone.{{NHLE|desc=Lumbutts Methodist Church |num=1278945 |grade=II|access-date=6 April 2024 }}{{sfn|LAMCA|2008|p=7}}{{NHLE|desc=Milestone opposite number 21 at NGR SD956235 |num=1279309 |grade=II|access-date=6 April 2024}}

The old packhorse route through the village had been in existence for at least 500 years by the time of the 21st century. These routes were the only roads in the area as the valley bottom was afforested until the arrival of turnpike roads in the 1700s.{{sfn|LAMCA|2008|p=6}} The road up into Lumbutts was improved in the 1820s due to the increase in finished mill products from the village.{{cite book |last1=Law |first1=Brian R. |title=Fieldens of Todmorden : a nineteenth century business dynasty |date=1995 |publisher=Kelsall |location=Littleborough |isbn=0946571260 |page=33}} Lumbutts has a two-hourly bus service into Todmorden.{{cite web |title=T6 - Todmorden - Walsden Circular |url=https://bustimes.org/services/t6-todmorden-walsden-circular |website=bustimes.org |access-date=6 April 2024}} The long-distance footpaths, the Calderdale Way and The Pennine Bridleway, both pass through the village.{{cite map|title =South Pennines |map =OL21 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-24260-5 }} Both Lumbutts and Makinholes were designated a conservation area in 1980.{{sfn|LAMCA|2008|p=4}} There is one pub in the village, the Top Brink Inn, which used to be known as the Dog and Partridge until 1970.{{cite news |last1=Somerville |first1=Christopher |title=20 glorious walks for winter |work=The Times |issue=70768 |date=29 December 2012 |page=147|issn=0140-0460}}{{cite book |last1=Holden |first1=Joshua |title=A short history of Todmorden; with some account of the geology and natural history of the neighbourhood |date=1912 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |page=153|oclc=1084932547}}{{cite web |title=Browse Items · Pennine Horizons Digital Archive |url=https://penninehorizons.org/items/browse?tags=Lumbutts+Chapel |website=penninehorizons.org |access-date=7 April 2024}}{{cite web |title=An Assessment in Support of the Todmorden Neighbourhood Plan 2023-2032 |url=https://todmorden-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Heritage-Register-Submission-Final-Version.pdf |website=todmorden-tc.gov.uk |access-date=7 April 2024 |page=308}}

Lumbutts lies within the civil parish of Todmorden, part of the metropolitan area of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. The area is represented at Westminster as part of the Calder Valley Constituency.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=394009&y=423829&z=7&bnd1=cpc&bnd2=wmc&labels=off |website=ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=6 April 2024 |quote=On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate either civil parishes or Westminster Constituencies (or both), however, only two functions can be active at any one time.}}

• David Chaytor, Member of Parliament for Bury North, lived in Lumbutts during the early 2010s{{cite news |editor-last1=Charlton |editor-first1=Peter |title=Jailed MP appeals for lighter sentence |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=23 March 2011 |page=4|issn=0963-1496}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite report|title=Lumbutts & Mankinholes Conservation Area Character Appraisal |url=https://new.calderdale.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/lumbutts-mankinholes-conservation-area.pdf|website=new.calderdale.gov.uk|date=2008 |access-date=6 April 2024|ref={{harvid|LAMCA|2008}} }}
• {{cite book |last1=Parry |first1=Keith |title=Trans-Pennine heritage: hills, people, and transport |date=1981 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0715380192}}

Category:Villages in West Yorkshire

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