The parish of Holme, West Riding of Yorkshire

This parish has seven hamlets which have been redirected to the page for the parish in order to reduce the list of places in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Another user contributed a description of a number of them which contain maps and other useful images. These items have been collected here.

Holme (village)

Holme Banks

Holmwoods

Lane Village

Mount Farm

Wood Hey Laithe

Uninhabited hamlet 53.543417 N 1.839837 W until c1930 A collection of two to three farm dwellings which were abandoned and demolished before the 1930's so that human activity would not contaminate the drinking water catchment above Brownhill and Ramsden reservoirs (Batley Water Corporation - Now Yorkshire Water PLC)

Note: 2 Families in 1891 census, 2 Uninhabited dwellings in 1901 census, thought to be demolished before 1930's.

Nearby Mount farm has one inhabited, one uninhabited in 1881, 1891 and 1901 census. It is believed the dwelling was abandoned and demolished in the 1930s as a living relative of the author remembers living there as a young girl. The main inhabitants, Howard family, moved to nearby Lane Village, which was also under threat from the Water Corporation, but survived and became repopulated.

Segment of old map showing the shape of the Hamlet and nearby Mount farm

[1] Link here to see an image in Kirklees Image Library to see what the farm would have looked like. ▼ Timeline

1841 census 1851 census 1861 census Image:1861 Census sched 62 Holme James Howard.jpg

Image:1861 Census sched 63 Holme John Howard.jpg

Image:1861 Census sched 64 Holme David Howard.jpg

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