BatleyBatley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011 the population of Batley including Hanging Heaton, Staincliffe, Carlinghow, Birstall, Birstall Smithies, Copley Hill and Howden Clough was 48,730. Batley is recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Bateleia'.
GlossopGlossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of the county town, Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It is between above sea level and is bounded by the Peak District National Park to the south, east and north. In 2021 it had a population of 33,340.
RoytonRoyton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, it is northwest of Oldham, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Royton and its surroundings have provided evidence of ancient British, Roman and Viking activity in the area.
ChorleyChorley est une ville du Lancashire en Angleterre. En 2001, sa population était de Henry Tate (1819-1899), industriel anglais ayant fait don de ses collections qui formèrent la Tate Gallery. Charles Herbert Lightoller (1874-1952), marin anglais issu d'une famille aisée de Chorley travaillant dans l'industrie du coton, il fut le deuxième officier du Titanic. Harry Entwistle (1940-), prélat anglican australien converti au catholicisme. John Foxx (1948-), chanteur d'Ultravox. Jason Queally (1970-), coureur cycliste sur piste, champion olympique.
PadihamPadiham (ˈpædiəm ) is a town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It forms part of the Borough of Burnley. Originally by the River Calder, it is edged by the foothills of Pendle Hill to the north-west and north-east. The United Kingdom Census 2011 gave a parish population of 10,098, estimated in 2019 at 10,138. Early forms of the name include "Padingham", with the last element probably from the Old English word hām, meaning home and ing in this sense meaning "of the".
Manufacture du textile en Grande-BretagneL’un des premiers développements de la Révolution industrielle concerne les changements dans l’industrie textile en Grande-Bretagne. La Révolution industrielle a commencé par la croissance de la production textile qui s’est produite au milieu des années 1700. Cette croissance a été encouragée par trois phénomènes. Premièrement, il y avait déjà une production textile organisée, fondement pour élaborer un système beaucoup plus efficace. La seconde est l’augmentation de la production de coton à cause de l'esclavage américain qui permet une production à moindre coût.
StalybridgeStalybridge est une ville dans le district métropolitain de Tameside du Grand Manchester, dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre. Stalybridge est situé dans le contrefort des Pennines. Stalybridge est l'un des berceaux de la révolution industrielle. Au milieu du , Stalybridge a eu une population de juste 140 habitants. L'agriculture et le filage de la laine étaient alors la principale source de subsistance. En 1776, le premier petit moulin à eau de la ville pour le cardage et le filage du coton a été construit à Rassbottom.
KeighleyKeighley (prononcé [ki:θli]) est une paroisse civile britannique située dans la Cité de Bradford, dans le Yorkshire de l'Ouest (Angleterre). Elle compte une population de habitants en 2011. Keighley reçoit le statut de ville de marché le sur décision du roi Édouard d'Angleterre. La ville est fréquemment utilisée comme lieu de tournage et plus particulièrement sa ligne historique à vapeur Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, appelée aussi Bronte Line, rattachée au réseau moderne à la gare de Keighley.
BarnoldswickBarnoldswick (pronounced bɑːrˈnɒldzwɪk) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. It is within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. Barnoldswick and the surrounding areas of West Craven have been administered since 1974 as part of the modern administrative county of Lancashire. This was when West Riding County Council and Barnoldswick Urban District Council were abolished and the town was transferred to the Borough of Pendle.
Shaw and CromptonShaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which contains the town of Shaw and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south-east of Rochdale and north-east of Manchester. Historically in Lancashire, the area shows evidence of ancient British and Anglian activity. In the Middle Ages, Crompton formed a small township of scattered woods, farmsteads, moorland and swamp.