Crow Edge
Hamlet in South Yorkshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crow Edge is a hamlet in Dunford civil parish,[1] situated on the A616, in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
Crow Edge, Barnsley | |
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![]() Clay pit, off the A616 | |
Location within South Yorkshire | |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Sheffield |
Postcode district | S36 |
Dialling code | 01226 |
Police | South Yorkshire |
Fire | South Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament |
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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 1846 to 1950 Hazlehead Bridge railway station, on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway 's Woodhead Line, provided a rail link for passenger traffic by bus service to Huddersfield, via Crow Edge and Honley.[6]
From 1857 to 1960 there was goods traffic on the mineral line from Hazlehead Bridge to Crow Edge, where the Hepworth Iron Company had an ironworks, collieries, coke ovens and a fireclay quarry.[7]
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