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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andy Eccles
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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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom & Kai Roberts
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe & Malcolm Terry
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andy Eccles & Alan Longbottom
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
The gas company was formed in the 1850s.
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
Owners and tenants of the Hall have included
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andy Eccles
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
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.
This & associated entries use material contributed by Susan Hawkes
The Board replaced the earlier Highway Commissioners.
The offices were in Ogden Lane / Stack Garth at
Rastrick.
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.
See
John Exley Dyson,
Local Board,
Rastrick Gas Company and
Rastrick Lockup
It is now a private house.
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Rastrick Hall
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Richard Kay
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
Question:
Does anyone know anything about such a Club?
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
Rastrick Ref 34-10 
Rastrick & Brighouse Horticultural Society Ref 34-7
On the 18th September 1839, the first exhibition of the Rastrick &
Brighouse Horticultural Society was held at the above Rastrick & Brighouse British School.
Rastrick Beck Ref 34-715 Rastrick Board of Guardians Ref 34-1552
Rastrick Botanical Naturalists' Society Ref 34-1112 Rastrick Bowling Club Ref 34-1079
Rastrick Bowling Green Company Limited Ref 34-1098
with J. Barlow of Brook Grain Hill [Secretary]
Rastrick Bridge Ref 34-107
Rastrick Brighouses Ref 34-43 Rastrick British Restaurant Ref 34-137 Rastrick Building Company Limited Ref 34-1122 Rastrick Burial Board Ref 34-161 Rastrick Carnival Ref 34-103 Rastrick Cemetery Ref 34-6 Rastrick: Churches & Chapels Ref 34-3 Rastrick Churchwardens Ref 34-136 Rastrick Common Post Office Ref 34-1315
Rastrick constables Ref 34-1281
Rastrick Constitutional Club Ref 34-1106 
Rastrick Co-operative Store Ref 34-1113
Rastrick Cricket Club Ref 34-596 Rastrick Cross Ref 34-141 
Rastrick-cum-Fixby Ref 34-113 Rastrick Finishing Company Ref 34-1384
Rastrick Fire Station Ref 34-1688 Rastrick Free Library Ref 34-158 Rastrick Free Wanderers Football Club Ref 34-570 Rastrick Gas Company Ref 34-1102
Brighouse Corporation 3% Redeemable Stock
Rastrick Glee & Madrigal Society Ref 34-494 Rastrick Hall Ref 34-111
Rastrick Handloom Weavers Ref 34-277 Rastrick House Ref 34-213 
Rastrick House Lodge Ref 34-1574
Rastrick Liberal Club Ref 34-1198 Rastrick Library, Crowtrees Lane Ref 34-182
Rastrick Library, Ogden Lane Ref 34-150 Rastrick Local Board Ref 34-138 Rastrick Local History Group Ref 34-1712
Rastrick Lock-Up Ref 34-1307
Rastrick, Manor of Ref 34-18 Rastrick Mechanics' Institute Ref 34-1078 Rastrick: Mills Ref 34-1 Rastrick Musical Society Ref 34-8
The Twenty-Fifth Annual Concert & Ball of the Rastrick
Musical Society will take place at the Red Lion, Rastrick on
Friday evening November 10th, 1837
Rastrick [No 4885] Masonic Lodge Ref 34-1561
Rastrick or Brighouse? Ref 34-1433 Rastrick Overseers of the Poor Ref 34-276
Rastrick Parish Centre Ref 34-118
Rastrick Parish Church Ref 34-135 Rastrick Police Station Ref 34-1110 Rastrick Post Office Ref 34-1116
Rastrick Private Subscription Bowling Club Ref 34-1199 Rastrick: Pubs & Inns Ref 34-2 Rastrick Rugby Club Ref 34-9
Rastrick School Board Ref 34-159 Rastrick: Schools Ref 34-4 Rastrick Society for the Prosecution of Felons Ref 34-1117
to any person – other than members – who shall give information which
leads to apprehension or conviction of offenders
Rastrick Station Ref 34-32 Rastrick Surveyor of the Highways Ref 34-5
Rastrick Viaduct, Bridge End Ref 34-96
Rastrick, Vicars of Ref 34-74 Rastrick Ward, Halifax Ref 34-1345
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