The Valley of Red Beck, near Brighouse

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Creative Commons License Text by Humphrey Bolton, August 2022 ; This work is dedicated to the Public Domain.
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2.3 Jum Hole Beck

2.3.1 Bird Holme Lane - Brian Scholes - Wood Lane

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SE1226 : Bridleway - off Brighouse & Denholme Gate Road by Betty Longbottom
Bird Holme Lane goes steeply down from Denholme Gate Road and then turns sharp left.


SE1226 : Brighouse Footpath 5. Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
This is an odd path that runs alongside the main road, but at a lower level. and soon climbs up to meet the road again. The field on the left is derelict.
by Humphrey Bolton


SE1226 : Bird Holme Lane, Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
This is Brighouse Bridleway 5, descending from the A644 to Lumb Brook, where it goes into Northowram.
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SE1226 : Lumb Brook upstream of Bird Holme Lane by Humphrey Bolton
Further downstream the name is Jum Hole Beck.
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SE1226 : Bird Holme Lane, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
Bird Holme was a group of buildings that was still there in 1930 but not now.


SE1126 : Bird Holme Lane, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
This is Halifax Bridleway 352.
by Humphrey Bolton


SE1126 : Bridge carrying Wood Lane over Jum Hole Beck by Humphrey Bolton
Bird Holme Lane becomes Wood Lane and crosses back over the stream into Hipperholme.


SE1126 : Wood Lane, Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
Here the lane descends steeply to cross Jum Hole Beck. Here the lane is Brighouse Bridleway 23/1.
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SE1126 : Wood Lane Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
This is an unadopted lane classed as a public bridleway. It is several hundred metres long, and must have cost a lot to surface, presumably paid for by the owners of the few houses that it leads to.
by Humphrey Bolton


SE1125 : Wood Lane, Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
Common Wood, on the right, has some weirdly twisted trees.


SE1125 : Footpath - Halifax Road, Hipperholme by Betty Longbottom
Stoney Lane goes down to the A58.


SE1125 : Stile on Brighouse Footpath 23/6, Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
This path crossed Halifax Road to a level crossing (see SE1125 : Look Both Ways) and then crossed Halifax Old Road and continued to the foot of Badger Hill. Unfortunately the level crossing has been closed, so you have to go round by Break Neck Lane.
Although on a public footpath, the stile is a horse stile.
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SE1125 : Wood Lane, Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
This is Brighouse Bridleway 127/1. Footpath 21/7 goes to the right.
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SE1125 : The start of the Wood Lane bridleway, Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
This is Brighouse Bridleway 127/2. The lane from here has several houses along it, the last being at Brian Scholes, but is unadopted, so presumably the cost of maintenance must be shared out in some way.
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2.4 Paths west of Jum Hole Beck

2.4.1 Only House Wood

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SE1126 : Stone table on Halifax Footpath 361, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
This open area with its stone table is on the path (here Halifax 361/1) that comes down from the Northowram Cricket Club ground.


SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 359, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
Path leading to Hedge Top Lane, now a suburban street, taken from the junction with Footpath 360.
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SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 360, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
It is good to see that the hedge has been neatly trimmed, but it does make the path rather narrow.
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SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 357, Northowaram by Humphrey Bolton
This path is between the fences at the back of the houses on The Rise and a steep slope down into the valley of a tributary of Jum Hole Beck.
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SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 357 passing Only House, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
The 'Explorer' OS map has the caption 'Lonely House Farm', but it is 'Only House' on maps from 1850 to 1930.
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SE1126 : Halifax FP361 in Only House Wood, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
A pleasant path that goes down to Brian Scholes.


SE1126 : View towards Throstle Nest, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
This was taken from Halifax Footpath 361, in Northowram. The house in the centre of the image, Throstle Nest, is in Hipperholme.
by Humphrey Bolton


SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 361 leaving Only House Wood, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
The path turns right and is enclosed down to Brian Scholes.


SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 361, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
The path has been given a generous width, and the fences are not decorated with the usual barbed wire.
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SE1126 : Stile on Halifax Footpath 361 at Brian Scholes, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
This is the southern end of the path, at Brian Scholes.


2.4.2 Wood Lane to Bradford Road

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SE1126 : Footbridge on Halifax Footpath 363 by Humphrey Bolton
This is the eastern end of the path, at Brian Scholes.


SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 363, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
The path comes up along the edge of a field, with woodland on the north side.


SE1126 : Upper Brian Scholes, off Bradford Road, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
In this lovely valley there are three houses with Brian Scholes in the name, probably all farms originally.
by Humphrey Bolton


SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 363, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
The upper end of this path is flagged, indicating importance in the past. Here it is approaching Bradford Road, reached by a flight of steps.


2.4.3 Footpath 244

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SE1126 : Halifax Footpath 364, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
This path goes straight down the hillside alongside the field boundary.
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SE1126 : Stile on Halifax FP364, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
This rather decrepit stile is halfway down the steep hillside.


2.4.4 Leeds Road to Wood Lane

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SE1125 : Halifax Footpath 365 at Leeds Road, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
This path goes to Wood Lane.
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SE1125 : Footpath off Leeds Road by Alexander P Kapp
This path goes across fields.


SE1125 : Labyrinth stile, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
Not quite a labyrinth, but it is quite a squeeze to get round a central wall. There was a bull a few fields further on, but it was with cows and calves and took no notice of me. It was the cows that needed watching; it was a case of moving smoothly and not getting too close to a calf.
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SE1125 : Disused footpath flagstones, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
Parts of flagstones appear in the grass in various places along this path, suggesting that this was an important route.
by Humphrey Bolton


SE1126 : Halifax FP365 crossing a stream, Northowram by Humphrey Bolton
The stream flow runs through the grass, so best to use the stepping stones.



SE1126 : Belvidere, seen from Halifax Footpath 365 by Humphrey Bolton
Christopher Goddard wrote in 'The West Yorkshire Woods, Part 1: The Calder Valley' "Belvidere was built in 1790 with a bath house in the grounds. It was originally called 'Chelsea House' and gave its name to the whole valley."
From Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion:
"In the Brianscholes valley. Built around 1790 by Dr Robert Alexander, a Halifax surgeon and apothecary. It was originally called Chelsea House. There was a bath house in the grounds".
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SE1126 : Footbridge over Jum Hole Beck and a path junction by Humphrey Bolton
This was taken from a link path, from Brighouse Footpath 23/3, that was somehow missed when the rights-of-way maps were produced. Halifax Footpath 365 goes across the image, and FP364 climbs up the opposite field to Upper Brian Scholes Farm.
by Humphrey Bolton


SE1126 : Footpath crossing Jum Hole Beck, Hipperholme by Humphrey Bolton
The map says that this is a footbridge, but the space underneath has evidently become blocked by stones and soil, and the approach path eroded away. The stream is part of the boundary between Hipperholme and Northowram.
by Humphrey Bolton


Wood Lane is reached soon after this tricky stream crossing.

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