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Barnside
Barnside is a hamlet on Barnside Lane approximately 3/4 mile to the southeast of Hepworth in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the civic parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees.
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Hepworth, West Yorkshire
Hepworth is a village in the civil parish of Holme Valley, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of Holmfirth and southwest of Jackson Bridge.
Although it started as a fairly small hamlet it has grown considerably through the 1980s and 1990s with new housing and small businesses. It has been extensively used as one of the locations in the BBC's long-running comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, much of which has centred on the village pub the 'Butchers Arms', which provides a central meeting place for the village residents.
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Jackson Bridge
Jackson Bridge is a small village in the civil parish of Holme Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England and within the postal district of Holmfirth.
It is situated next to the A616, Huddersfield to Penistone, road.
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Crow Edge
Crow Edge is a hamlet in Dunford civil parish, situated on the A616, in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
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Scholes, Holme Valley
Scholes is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Holme Valley, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 1 mile (2 km) to the south-east and above Holmfirth, 7 miles (11 km) south of Huddersfield, in the Holme Valley. It has a population of 1,990.
The name Scholes may have originated from the Scandinavian language meaning 'the temporary huts or sheds'.
The village contains one non denominational primary school, originally built in 1908, modernised and extended in 1976 and then, further extended in 1986. The school caters for approximately 213 pupils aged four to eleven.
Scholes was the birthplace of the entertainer Roy Castle, well known as the presenter of the long-running BBC show Record Breakers.
Peter Brook was born in Scholes to farmer parents.