Holme, West Yorkshire

Holme
Holme
	Holme, viewed from Ramsden Road
	Holme Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE108059
Civil parish	Holme Valley;
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Holmfirth
Postcode district	HD9
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Colne Valley;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°33′00″N 1°50′17″W / 53.550°N 1.838°W

Holme is a village in the Holme Valley civil parish of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. The village straddles the A6024 road between Holmbridge and Lane village, 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Holmfirth. It is close to the boundaries of Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park: some properties lie outside of the National Park. Holme Moss, an area of high moorland with a prominent transmitter mast, overlooks the village from the south-west.

History

Unlike many British places called Holme, the name of Holme in West Yorkshire derives from Old English holegn ('holly').^[1]

On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village.^[2]

School

The schoolroom was built in 1694 with interest earned from money bequeathed by Joshua Earnshaw (£300) in 1693 and on land given by James Earnshaw, which is recorded in a document entitled Township of Holme – Earnshaw's Charity. Having become dilapidated, it was rebuilt in 1820 and again in 1838 when a schoolmaster's house was added at a cost of £680. The schoolroom was closed in 1880 when education was conducted in other premises. The only remaining parts of the school are the sides of the lower storey doorway and its rough-hewn dated headstone. Holme's Board School on Pinfold Street, now known as Meal Hill Road, had 99 pupils in 1900 falling to 11 at its lowest point, but the school survived and is flourishing today. The original Holme School building near the centre of the village is a non-denominational place of worship.^[3]

The schoolmaster was paid from interest accrued annually on the £300 placed in the charity. The number of children varied from 30 to 40. Until the date of the Elementary Education Act 1891, the school fees of certain children attending the Board School in Holme were paid, but this was discontinued when education was made free, and the school governors then devoted the money to the formation of a school library, with annual payments for books made from the charity.

Geography

Near the village, on the moorland of Holme Moss, is the Holme Moss transmitting station; it is 526 metres (1,726 ft) above sea level and 200 metres (660 ft) tall. The Pennine Way passes south-west of the transmitter over Black Hill. The Peak District Boundary Walk passes through the village.^[4]

Water seeping from the surrounding moorland is the source of the River Holme which passes through the Holme Valley to Huddersfield, where it flows into the River Colne. The village is accessed by the A6024 Woodhead Road. It has a public house, the Fleece, and a school.

In 1822 Thomas Langdale recorded a population of 459 for the township of Holme.^[5] In 1931 the parish had a population of 368.^[6]

Governance

Holme was a township in the parish of Holme-Bridge.^[7] From 1866 Holme was a civil parish in its own right, until on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Holmfirth; part also went to form Dunford.^[8]

Gallery

Holme, viewed from Rake Head Road
Holme Moss radio tower
The Fleece at Holme with Holme Moss radio tower in background
Holme village (winter 1978), viewed from the south-west
Holme village (February 2009) with Brownhill & Yateholme Reservoirs, viewed from Holme Moss, with Emley Moor TV Transmitter on the horizon. Just above Holme are Upperthong and Holmfirth.
Holme Moss, above Digley Reservoir and Holme Village (February 2009)
Riding Wood Reservoir (February 2009)
Ramsden Reservoir (February 2009)

References

^ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v.
^ "Tour de France Stage 1". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Holme Village's fascinating history". YorkshireLive. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ McCloy, Andrew (2017). Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park. Friends of the Peak District. ISBN 978-1909461536.
^ Langdale, Thomas (1822). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. Northallerton, Ripon & London: J. Langdale & T. Langdale.
^ "Population statistics Holme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "History of Holme, in Kirklees and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Holme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

External links

Media related to Holme, Kirklees at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v.

[2] "Tour de France Stage 1". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[3] "Holme Village's fascinating history". YorkshireLive. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[:0-4] McCloy, Andrew (2017). Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park. Friends of the Peak District. ISBN 978-1909461536.

[5] Langdale, Thomas (1822). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. Northallerton, Ripon & London: J. Langdale & T. Langdale.

[6] "Population statistics Holme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[7] "History of Holme, in Kirklees and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[8] "Relationships and changes Holme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

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