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Scammonden

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A motorway and dam across the Dean Head Valley was proposed in the early 1960s and work began in 1964. Most buildings in the village were demolished or submerged in the reservoir when it was filled in 1969. Geologists considered the church and school would become unsafe once the dam was full. The
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in the Huddersfield ecclesiastical parish. Its old chapel was rebuilt at a cost of £1000 in 1813. It was replaced by the church in 1865. The church roof was replaced in 2002 with the aid of grants from
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carries the B6114. The Chapel of St Bartholomew still exists, as does the old vicarage, which is now home to Scammonden Sailing Club.
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Below Scammonden Road is an archaeological site of a late prehistoric settlement known as Meg Dyke.
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There has been a chapel in Scammonden since 1615 and the church remains active. Scammonden was a
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covering more than 2,000 acres. In the 1870s it had a church, a Baptist chapel, a
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crosses the dam wall and then passes through a cutting to the west over which
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St Bartholomew West Scammonden and Dean Head, West Scammonden
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church school closed in 1970 and is now a private residence.
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Scammonden is located in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE045155
Metropolitan borough
Kirklees
Metropolitan county
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Country
England
Sovereign state
HD3
HX4
Dialling code
Police
West Yorkshire
Fire
West Yorkshire
Ambulance
Yorkshire
UK Parliament
Colne Valley
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°38′49″N 1°54′43″W / 53.647°N 1.912°W / 53.647; -1.912
Huddersfield

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