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Lumbfoot

Coordinates: 53°50′00″N 1°58′47″W / 53.8333°N 1.9798°W / 53.8333; -1.9798
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Lumbfoot
Cottages at Lumbfoot (2008)
Lumbfoot is located in West Yorkshire
Lumbfoot
Lumbfoot
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE016375
• London180 mi (290 km) SSE
Civil parish
  • Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKEIGHLEY
Postcode districtBD22
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°50′00″N 1°58′47″W / 53.8333°N 1.9798°W / 53.8333; -1.9798

Lumbfoot or Lumb Foot is a hamlet in the Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury civil parish, and the City of Bradford metropolitan district, England.[1] It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from Haworth and less than half a mile north-east from Stanbury. The hamlet is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Lumbfoot overlooks a number of fields and a small brook, and contains 15 households and a farm. There is no public road; access is by a private road for vehicles, and a public footpath.

History

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Lumbfoot Mill, built on the floor of a valley, was originally water powered but adopted steam power in c. 1900. The mill has since been largely demolished but a 15-foot stump of the chimney and the engine house still remain, and there is evidence of the pit that housed the original waterwheel among the ruins. A row of cottages at Lumbfoot, which today are modernised, were constructed between 1840 and 1852 to house mill workers.

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References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231654.
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