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Highburton Cross marks the site of the medieval market, the steps at the base probably date from the 14th century, the shaft and ball from the 18th or 19th. The cross stands at the top of Far Dene at its junction with Town Gate and Hall Lane. Morehouse states that this ancient cross denoted the place
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in the village and occupies one of its oldest buildings. Built in 1669 in a Tudor/Jacobean style, it began trading as a public house in 1830. Whilst it is the oldest building in the township it is not the oldest public house. That honour goes to the George Inn in
Kirkburton, which dates to the 18th
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of a market, however "whether originated by charter, or by prescription, is unknown". Highburton (Burton) was a market town in the 12th century, and Court Rolls for the Manor of
Wakefield for 1352 indicate the rights to impose tolls on Burton market were being let.
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built a chapel at a cost of £100 for 100 people in 1832. It is at the top of Slant Gate. A school, now demolished, was built in 1899 and the chapel was enlarged in 1926. Like the
Methodist chapel in Kirkburton it closed in 1973, and is a private house.
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Burton Acres Lane, were built much later on what were fields and allotments. Today
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December 2010 as a village shop with private offices on the first floor.
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