Entries beginning Rastrick ... and The Rastrick ... are gathered together in this Sidetrack.
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Population,
Parish statistics and
Manor of Wakefield
Mr Joseph Travis Clay was the Chairman
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Brighouse Horticultural Society
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The beck that runs through Rastrick
Those who have served on the Board of Guardians for
Rastrick township have included
The directors were
They took a 15-year lease on a plot of land – Robinson's
Field – near the bottom of Toothill Bank, Rastrick, and
proposed to make a bowling green 45 yards by 40 yards
It was a house which stood near this bridge which
gives Brighouse its name.
This is discussed in the book
Our Home & Country.
In 1917, George Crowther was secretary.
In 1973, there were reports of poltergeist activity at the club.
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Sam Blackburn
There is record of a match between The Eighteen of Rastrick
and The Eleven of Lascelles Hall at Grantham Park, Rastrick
[22nd September 1860], for £5 a side.
The Rastrick team disputed the umpire's decision on two occasions in
the game.
Lascelles Hall were so disgusted at their ungentlemanly behaviour
that they walked off the field and went home.
The stakeholder awarded the tie and the prize money to Lascelles Hall.
A new pavilion was opened on 15th April 1905 by Sir Thomas
Brooke-Hitching.
Recorded in 1917
at Round Hill Rastrick when Johnny Booth was secretary
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Spence Ormerod
Recorded in 1602.
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Henry de la Croix,
Hanna del Crosse and
Crowtrees monolith
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Fixby
In 2011, it was announced that this, Brighouse Fire Station,
Elland Fire Station, and would close and the resources be combined
into a single new unit at Rastrick
In 1874, J. Tetlow was Manager.
It was sold to Rastrick Local Board in August 1895, shortly after
Rastrick became a part of the new Borough of Brighouse.
In 1896, Brighouse Town Council raised £100,000 with the sale
of their
to buy the Rastrick gas undertaking, to pay for the improvement of
the water supply, and for sewerage work.
Production ended in 1917 and the site was bought by Blakeborough's.
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Thomas Sheffield
Around 1836, the Fryer family demolished the Hall and built Holly Bank House on the site
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Handloom
In 1813, a house was built for John Clay on land which he
bought from the Fryer family.
Owners and tenants have included
In 1941, the house was used to accommodate evacuees from Coventry.
The house was demolished in early 1972 to build a housing estate.
The remaining gates and railings of the house are listed.
The coach house stood on the Foxcroft Estate, but was
demolished [around 2010] after a fire caused by vandals.
The gate lodge can be seen at the end of Field Top
Road and Field Lane
John William Clay gave 2,250 sq yards of land, and William Smith gave the building and the grounds.
A house and a garden for the librarian were built behind the Library.
Rastrick War Memorial stands in the gardens of the library.
Those who served on the Board included
Dr Frederick Fielding Bond,
James Bottomley,
Thomas Bottomley,
George Helm,
John Edward Blackburn Howe,
Hanson Ormerod and
Thomas Sheffield.
In 1891, Brighouse Local Board and Rastrick Local Board
proposed incorporation of the 2 boards.
It became a part of the Borough of Brighouse in 1893.
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John Exley Dyson,
Local Board,
Rastrick Gas Company and
Rastrick Lockup
It is now a private house.
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Rastrick Hall
They were at the Masonic Rooms, Brighouse [1937].
They met on the first Wednesday of the month [1937].
Masters and members of the Lodge have included
Nevertheless, many of the places which are shown here
as Brighouse should really be shown as Rastrick, and
vice-versa
Like St Matthew's Church, it is a joint effort of the
Anglicans and the Methodists
In 1861, William Walker was postmaster.
In the early 1900s, this was at 8 Church Street.
The letter box is still set into the wall there.
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Rastrick Common Post Office
There were several board schools in Rastrick:
John Street Board School,
New Road Board School and
Gooder Lane Board School.
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Thomas Sheffield
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The beck that runs through Rastrick
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Craig Whittaker
On the 18th September 1839, the first exhibition of the Rastrick &
Brighouse Horticultural Society was held at the above Rastrick & Brighouse British School.
with J. Barlow of Brook Grain Hill [Secretary]
Brighouse Corporation 3% Redeemable Stock
to any person – other than members – who shall give information which
leads to apprehension or conviction of offenders
©
Malcolm Bull
2018
Revised 20:20 /23rd August 2018 / mmr49 / 28095
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