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Huddersfield - History
History
Much of Huddersfield's original growth and prosperity was due to the former Lords of the Manor - the Ramsden family. During the Industrial Revolution Huddersfield built an enviable reputation based on a first class textiles industry and its fine woollen worsteds are still sent to customers all over the world. The boom created by the textiles industry provided a rich legacy of fine Victorian buildings such as the railway station, once described as 'the finest façade of any such building in the Country'. Architecturally the town boasts an incredible 1,660 listed buildings - the third highest number in the country Media and creative industries represent a growth sector for which Huddersfield is becoming increasingly acclaimed.
Did you know?
- Britain's rarest car, the three wheel 'LSD' was built in Huddersfield after the First World War and is now in the Tolson Museum.
- Castle Hill has a New Zealand wine named after it, featuring the Victoria Tower on the label, the happy result of an Almondbury man's reminiscences.
- The Guardian once dubbed Huddersfield 'The Athens of the North'.
- Famous local faces, past and present, include former Prime Minister Harold Wilson and actors James Mason and Gordon Kaye.
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Adventure through history from prehistoric to present day. Visit Tolson museum and see archaeology and natural science collections, period costumes and even Britain’s rarest car the LSD.
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