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Title: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: Jan Ann on Tuesday 16 May 06 19:46 BST (UK)

Hi There

I think this is my first post on the Yorkshire Board!
I have just discovered that the Wade family originates from Horrberry ? and later Springhead.

Can anyone tell me whereabouts this is as when I tried Google I am getting different results - some say Hull others say Scarborough.

Which major town are Horrberry and Springhead near and which district would BMD's for these areas come under.

Cheers
Jan ;)

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: billybob on Tuesday 16 May 06 19:59 BST (UK)

I know of Horbury, a large village and township in the parish of Wakefield, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, lies in the vale of the Calder, 3 miles S.W. of Wakefield. In the counties Gazetter it lists Horbury Junction  and Horbury Bridge.

Springhead is adjacent to Oldham Lancashire although Springhead is classed as Yorkshire.

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: suttontrust on Tuesday 16 May 06 21:58 BST (UK)

Springhead is also at Cottingham, near Hull.  Probably not relevant.

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: Jan Ann on Tuesday 16 May 06 22:11 BST (UK)

hi Biilibob ;)

Is that you in the Photo?  Nice Legs....... ;D

Thanks for your reply - it does make a little sense as 3 of the children were born in Springhead and one in Wakefield.

Edward Wade b 1810 Horbury married Sarah V ?? born Huddersfield - never was any good at Geography - is Huddersfield near Wakefield, spose it helps if you r a rugby league fan!

Cheers
jan :D

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: Jan Ann on Tuesday 16 May 06 22:12 BST (UK)

Hiya Sutton

Do you see why i was confused  ???

Cheers & many thanks for your reply :D

Jan :-*

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: billybob on Tuesday 16 May 06 22:32 BST (UK)

Hudddersfield is Near Wakefield and Leeds and not too far away from Oldham I think these places are nearer to the Springhead near Oldham than the 1 in Hull  Here is an address to a good online map of Yorkshire
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Maps/YKSmap.html

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: Jan Ann on Tuesday 16 May 06 22:57 BST (UK)

Hi Billybob

T avery much as they say in lLancs - PS you havent answered my quest - is that you in the Photo?  ;D

Cheers
Jan

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: billybob on Tuesday 16 May 06 23:06 BST (UK)

part of me is in the photo along with part of someone else, its 2 photos grafted together and I will let you guess which bit is me  ;D

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: laurenfay on Friday 17 November 06 11:33 GMT (UK)

could spring head be spring end? its an area of ossett which borders directly with horbury, although it only really a group of streets so perhaps wouldnt be listed on such documents. just thought you would like to know

Title: Re: Hope I've got the Right part of Yorks. Where is this?
Post by: brassbounder on Saturday 18 November 06 15:58 GMT (UK)

Springhead, near Oldham, was definitely in the West Riding until the 1970s.

It is only a few miles from Huddersfield---probably about as far as Horbury is in the opposite direction.

Jon