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Lumbutts

Lumbutts is a former mill village just to the south of Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, England. Lumbutts and the adjacent village of Mankinholes, were traditionally hand-loom weaving villages located on an old packhorse route that traversed the southern side of the Calder Valley. The village is east of Rochdale and west of Halifax.

Lumbutts
Village
Green fields with walls, and a small village on the left with a tall chapel and water tower prominent on the skyline
The water tower can be seen beyond the Methodist church
Lumbutts is located in West Yorkshire
Lumbutts
Lumbutts
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD952233
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTODMORDEN
Postcode districtOL14
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°42′22″N 2°04′19″W / 53.706°N 2.072°W / 53.706; -2.072

History

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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.[1][2] The village was traditionally associated with hand-weaving on looms, and was located on a packhorse route connecting Cheshire with Halifax and Calderdale.[3] The village is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Todmorden, 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Rochdale, and 12 miles (19 km) west of Halifax.[4]

A corn mill was recorded at the village in 1557, but it converted to processing cotton in the 1780s.[5] 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.[6][7] Water through the village entered via Black Clough, and left northwards (downhill) via Lumbutts Clough.[8][9][10] 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.[11][12] 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.[13][14]

Lumbutts Old Mill had and adjacent water tower which still stands and reaches a height of 98 feet (30 m). It was built in three stages, with each stage having a vertical water wheel that was 30 feet (9.1 m) in diameter and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide.[15] 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.[16][17] 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.[18] The tower is now a grade II listed monument, and it was restored in 2017 with money raised through crowdfunding.[19][20] 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.[21][22][23]

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.[24] The road up into Lumbutts was improved in the 1820s due to the increase in finished mill products from the village.[25] Lumbutts has a two-hourly bus service into Todmorden.[26] The long-distance footpaths, the Calderdale Way and The Pennine Bridleway, both pass through the village.[27] Both Lumbutts and Makinholes were designated a conservation area in 1980.[28] There is one pub in the village, the Top Brink Inn, which used to be known as the Dog and Partridge until 1970.[29][30][31][32]

Governance

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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.[33]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Lumbutts :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ Goodall, Armitage (1914). Place-names of south-west Yorkshire, that is, of so much of the West Riding as lies south of the Aire from Keighley onwards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 205. OCLC 5809268.
  3. ^ "Packhorse routes to a moorland monument". The Bolton News. 29 September 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. ^ LAMCA 2008, p. 11.
  5. ^ Shaw, Megan (7 October 2023). "Life in the odd-sounding hamlet with dream postcard cornerstone". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ^ LAMCA 2008, p. 18.
  7. ^ Law, Brian R. (1995). Fieldens of Todmorden : a nineteenth century business dynasty. Littleborough: Kelsall. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0946571260.
  8. ^ "Lumbutts Clough, Calderdale - area information, map, walks and more". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ "River Basin Management Plan Humber River Basin District Annex D: Protected area objectives" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. p. 52. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  10. ^ 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. London: HMSO. 1834. p. 228. OCLC 165507193.
  11. ^ Parry 1981, p. 68.
  12. ^ Jarratt, Jim (1988). The Fielden Trail : a ramble through Todmorden's past. Otley: Smith Settle. p. 62. ISBN 1870071158.
  13. ^ Burton, Sally (13 May 2021). "Lovely listed property in picturesque village". The Halifax Courier. p. 33. ISSN 0961-1576.
  14. ^ LAMCA 2008, p. 10.
  15. ^ Jennings, Bernard, ed. (1992). Pennine Valley: a history of Upper Calderdale. Otley: Smith Settle. p. 113. ISBN 1870071948.
  16. ^ LAMCA 2008, p. 9.
  17. ^ Parry 1981, p. 66.
  18. ^ Parry 1981, p. 181.
  19. ^ Historic England. "Water tower to Lumbutts Old Mill (Grade II) (1229779)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  20. ^ Davis, Ben; Jenkinson, Pete (26 December 2023). "'A wild swimmer's paradise': the beach on top of a Yorkshire moor". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  21. ^ Historic England. "Lumbutts Methodist Church (Grade II) (1278945)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  22. ^ LAMCA 2008, p. 7.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Milestone opposite number 21 at NGR SD956235 (Grade II) (1279309)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  24. ^ LAMCA 2008, p. 6.
  25. ^ Law, Brian R. (1995). Fieldens of Todmorden : a nineteenth century business dynasty. Littleborough: Kelsall. p. 33. ISBN 0946571260.
  26. ^ "T6 - Todmorden - Walsden Circular". bustimes.org. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  27. ^ "OL21" (Map). South Pennines. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24260-5.
  28. ^ LAMCA 2008, p. 4.
  29. ^ Somerville, Christopher (29 December 2012). "20 glorious walks for winter". The Times. No. 70768. p. 147. ISSN 0140-0460.
  30. ^ Holden, Joshua (1912). A short history of Todmorden; with some account of the geology and natural history of the neighbourhood. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 153. OCLC 1084932547.
  31. ^ "Browse Items · Pennine Horizons Digital Archive". penninehorizons.org. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  32. ^ "An Assessment in Support of the Todmorden Neighbourhood Plan 2023-2032" (PDF). todmorden-tc.gov.uk. p. 308. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  33. ^ "Election Maps". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2024. 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.
  34. ^ Charlton, Peter, ed. (23 March 2011). "Jailed MP appeals for lighter sentence". The Yorkshire Post. p. 4. ISSN 0963-1496.

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