Luddendenfoot

Luddendenfoot
Luddendenfoot
	Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot
	Luddendenfoot Luddendenfoot Location within West Yorkshire
Population	2,547 (Based on output areas 2011 census)
OS grid reference	SE041246
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale ;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire ;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX2
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Calder Valley ;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°43′04″N1°56′17″W / 53.717797°N 1.938139°W

Last updated September 03, 2023

Luddendenfoot or Luddenden Foot is a village and former civil parish, lying north-west of Sowerby Bridge and west of Halifax, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The population of Luddendenfoot is 2,547,^[2] with the wider Calderdale Ward (of the same name) at the 2011 Census as 10,653.^[1] It lies along the Upper Calder Valley below the village of Luddenden, between Sowerby Bridge and Mytholmroyd.

History

The settlement grew up around the confluence of Luddenden Brook and the River Calder and the existence of the woollen textile industry. The industrial growth facilitated by the opening of the Rochdale Canal in 1804 and the opening of the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840. There were several mills including Boy Mill, Luddendenfoot Mill, Delph Mill and Denholme Mill.^[3] None of these mills remain in their original use.

Between 1840 and 1962 the village was served by Luddendenfoot railway station.^[4]

Luddendenfoot grew up around the industry along the river and brook, then later the canal; then the railway and then the A646 Burnley Road.

In the late part of the 20th Century; many houses along Burnley Road were cleared and a new housing estate at Kershaw was developed. In the early 21st Century; housing has been built on a cleared mill site in the centre of the village.

Governance

There is just one tier of local government covering Luddenden Foot, at unitary authority level, being Calderdale Borough Council, based in Halifax.^[5]

The village historically straddled the chapelries of Midgley, Sowerby and Warley, all of which formed part of the ancient parish of Halifax. The three chapelries became separate civil parishes in 1866. The village was made a local government district in 1868, governed by a local board.^[6] Such local boards were reconstituted as urban district councils in December 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. The 1894 Act also said that parishes could not straddle district boundaries, and so a new parish called Luddendenfoot was created at the same time covering the same area as the urban district.^[7]^[8]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 2,881.^[9] On 1 April 1937 the parish and urban district were abolished, being absorbed into the neighbouring parish and urban district of Sowerby Bridge.^[10] Sowerby Bridge Urban District was in turn abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and the area absorbed into the metropolitan borough of Calderdale. No successor parish was created for the former Sowerby Bridge Urban District and so the area became an unparished area, directly administered by Calderdale Borough Council.^[11]

The settlement is part of the Luddendenfoot ward of the part of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.^[12] The Luddendenfoot ward covers a wider area and includes the villages of Mytholmroyd, Luddenden, Midgley, Booth, Wainstalls, Cragg Vale and Boulderclough.^[13]

The ward has, over the years, elected councillors from all of the three main parties. However, as of May 2019, all three seats are held by Labour councillors and this is the first time this has happened since 1973. The current councillors by date elected are Jane Scullion (Deputy Leader of Calderdale), Scott Patient and Roisin Cavanagh.

Education

There are two primary schools in Luddendenfoot; Luddendenfoot Academy, formerly Luddendenfoot Junior and Infant School and Luddenden CE School.

Cultural reference and notable people

Luddendenfoot is the subject of a poem by Simon Armitage, in which he comments on the rumoured pagan practices of the town.
The actor Peter Alexander, who starred in Emmerdale Farm and numerous pantomimes in Yorkshire, lives here.
Luddenden was also used as the exterior funeral parlour for the then Yorkshire Television's In Loving Memory .
The Rochdale Canal in the village was used as a filming location in Happy Valley
Luddendenfoot Rugby League Club appeared in the first round of the Rugby League Challenge Cup in 1899 as an amateur side, losing 63–3 away at Salford.
Branwell Brontë worked at Luddendenfoot Railway Station in 1841

Gallery

Rochdale Canal
Public Art by the Rochdale Canal
Former boundary marker denoting Luddendenfoot and Warley districts.
Luddendenfoot in the summer
Luddendenfoot in the winter
Luddendenfoot in the Autumn

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References

1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Luddendenfoot Ward (as of 2011) (1237321038)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 7 February 2019.
↑ Based on the output areas E00055030, E00055031, E00055032 , E00055037, E00055038, E00055039 and E00055040 in the 2011 census.
↑ "James Clay & Company Limited". Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Disused Stations:Luddendenfoot Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
↑ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
↑ "No. 23336". The London Gazette . 24 December 1867. p. 7012.
↑ "Relationships and changes Luddenden Foot CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
↑ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. London. 1895. p. 287. Retrieved 2 September 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ "Population statistics Luddenden Foot CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
↑ "Halifax Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
↑ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1972 c. 70
↑ "Luddendenfoot". 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
↑ "Political boundaries map". www.calderdale.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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[2011_census-1] 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Luddendenfoot Ward (as of 2011) (1237321038)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[2] Based on the output areas E00055030, E00055031, E00055032 , E00055037, E00055038, E00055039 and E00055040 in the 2011 census.

[3] "James Clay & Company Limited". Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "Disused Stations:Luddendenfoot Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[5] "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[6] "No. 23336". The London Gazette . 24 December 1867. p. 7012.

[7] "Relationships and changes Luddenden Foot CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[8] Annual Report of the Local Government Board. London. 1895. p. 287. Retrieved 2 September 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[9] "Population statistics Luddenden Foot CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[10] "Halifax Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[11] "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1972 c. 70

[12] "Luddendenfoot". 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[13] "Political boundaries map". www.calderdale.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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