Scammonden

Scammonden
Scammonden
	St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head, Scammonden
	Scammonden Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE045155
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees ;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire ;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode district	HD3
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX4
Dialling code	; 01484; 01422
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Colne Valley ;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°38′49″N1°54′43″W / 53.647°N 1.912°W

Last updated November 13, 2024

Scammonden or Dean Head was a village close to Huddersfield, in the Dean Head Valley, England, before the valley was flooded to create Scammonden Reservoir in the 1960s. The M62 motorway crosses the dam wall and then passes through a cutting to the west over which Scammonden Bridge carries the B6114. The Chapel of St Bartholomew still exists, as does the old vicarage, which is now home to Scammonden Sailing Club.

History

Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Scammonden or Dean Head was a township and chapelry in Huddersfield parish covering more than 2,000 acres. In the 1870s it had a church, a Baptist chapel, a national school, a post office and 190 houses. Industry in the village included cotton-spinning and woollen manufacture and there were freestone quarries.^[1] In 1866 Scammonden became a separate civil parish,^[2] on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to form Colne Valley.^[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 394.^[4] The area is now in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire.

A motorway and dam across the Dean Head Valley was proposed in the early 1960s and work began in 1964. Most buildings in the village were demolished or submerged in the reservoir when it was filled in 1969.^[5] Geologists considered the church and school would become unsafe once the dam was full. The church school closed in 1970 and is now a private residence.^[6]

Below Scammonden Road is an archaeological site of a late prehistoric settlement known as Meg Dyke.^[7]

Geography

Scammonden is surrounded by the moorland of the Pennines east of Blackstone Edge. About 900 acres were enclosed in 1820 but the surrounding hills are uncultivated rough pasture. Roads from Elland, Huddersfield and Manchester passed through the village.^[8]

Religion

There has been a chapel in Scammonden since 1615 and the church remains active.^[6] Scammonden was a chapelry in the Huddersfield ecclesiastical parish. Its old chapel was rebuilt at a cost of £1000 in 1813.^[8] It was replaced by the church in 1865.^[1] The church roof was replaced in 2002 with the aid of grants from English Heritage, charities and other community fundraising activities.^[6]

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References

1 2 Scammonden West Riding, Vision of Britain, retrieved 6 March 2013
↑ "Relationships and changes Scammonden CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
↑ "Huddersfield Registration Distric". UKBMD. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
↑ "Population statistics Scammonden CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
↑ Scammonden Dam, Engineering Timelines, retrieved 6 March 2013
1 2 3 St Bartholomew West Scammonden and Dean Head, West Scammonden, A church near you, retrieved 6 March 2013
↑ "Heritage Gateway - Results". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
1 2 Lewis, Samuel (1848), "Scammonden", A Topographical Dictionary of England, British History Online, pp. 26–30, retrieved 6 March 2013

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[VoB-1] 1 2 Scammonden West Riding, Vision of Britain, retrieved 6 March 2013

[2] "Relationships and changes Scammonden CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[3] "Huddersfield Registration Distric". UKBMD. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[4] "Population statistics Scammonden CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[5] Scammonden Dam, Engineering Timelines, retrieved 6 March 2013

[Church-6] 1 2 3 St Bartholomew West Scammonden and Dean Head, West Scammonden, A church near you, retrieved 6 March 2013

[7] "Heritage Gateway - Results". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

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