Rawfolds

The Shears Inn, in Halifax Road, Liversedge, was a meeting point for Luddites around 1811-1812 before the failed attack on Cartwright's Mill in Rawfolds, which resulted in 17 men being tried and hanged. The message on the plaque, installed by Spen ...

The miniature railway in Royds Park, Rawfolds, will open to the public on Easter Sunday. The opening will feature refreshments, treats and appearances from Willy Wonka and an Easter rabbit. Rides on the train will cost £1, for three times around the track.

Several hundred of them met on April 11 1812 and made their way to Rawfolds where they met with Cartwright's men in a night of violence. Many of the area's Luddites, mainly croppers, regularly met in an upstairs room at the Shears, which is why the pub ...

At their meeting last Thursday chairman Max Rathmell told members: “One will draw attention to the location of Cartwrights Mill at Rawfolds – the scene of the ill-fated attack by the Luddites in 1812. “The second will be at the Star Inn, Roberttown ...

The mill survived until at least 1939 when the caption under an aerial photograph describes Rawfolds Dye Works as being “disused”. George Briggs & Sons described themselves as “Dyers and Stovers”. Does any reader know what is or was a stover?

Can any reader's family archive tell us anything about a Cleckheaton chemical manufacturer by the name of Samuel Reeve? Mr Reeve started to trade around 1880 from premises in the Rawfolds area of Cleckheaton (his address is variously given as ...