Entries beginning Elland ... and The Elland ... are gathered together in this Sidetrack.
See
Population,
Calder Registration District and
Parish statistics
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kai Roberts
In June 1878, an Australian touring team came to play against the
club.
The Australians won.
On 1st September 1932, the Club bought their ground for £1,000.
See
Eighteen of Elland,
Stuart David Fletcher,
Hullen Edge Hall, Elland,
Thomas Joseph Tong and
Albert Townsend
The stocks from Elland Gaol were re-erected in the garden
of the building.
See
Elland Town Hall
On
22nd March 1879,
fire gutted their premises at Spa Well Mill, Elland.
Recorded in 1905, when
the company was mineral water manufacturers established by Robert Bairstow at Heathfield Street, Elland
The 5th Halifax (Elland) Company was established in 1906 when
the 1st Elland Company and the Halifax Battalion merged.
See
Gordon Baume and
Elland Boys' Brigade Memorial
There was a ducking stool here at one time.
A bridge over the river at Elland was mentioned
in 1199,
in 1316,
in 1483,
and
in 1540.
These were made of wood and were frequently swept away in floods.
A stone bridge was built in 1579 by Richard Aske.
The foundations soon collapsed, and it was rebuilt by West Riding JPs
in 1584.
This bridge was swept away by floods in September 1615 and replaced
in 1617 at a cost of £485.
The bridge was extended in 1797 and 1809, and finally completed in
1813, bridging both the River Calder and the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
It was further widened in 1896/1897 – from 22½ ft to
36 ft – and the foundations were built on piles.
It reopened on 13th November 1897.
In 1990, new weirs were constructed to replace one which was
shattered by a flood in 1966.
The Bridge is owned and maintained by the Canal & River Trust.
The Bridge was badly damaged in the floods of December 2015.
See
Elland Lower toll gate,
River Crossing Calder,
John Sayvill,
Sheffield Royd, West Vale and
Woodbridge, Elland
The road was proposed in 1963 but met with objections.
These were overruled by a public enquiry in 1969.
700,000 tons of rock had to be blasted to make the route through
Elland Wood Bottom.
Opened in 1978.
See
Elland Hall,
Exley Sandstone Quarry and
Riverside Mill, Elland
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It was inhabited.
Occupants included
Jim Fenton [1800].
It was the Ring of Bells, Elland [1826].
It was demolished in 1835 (or 1829) when the churchyard was extended
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Charter
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The incumbent of Elland Church was always admitted as a member of
the Society.
Because Rev William Atkinson was a Puseyite, he was
blackballed.
He offered the Society use of his room at the parsonage for meetings,
and the Church for their evening service.
They declined the offer and moved to Huddersfield
See
Elland Co-operative Society
See
Elland Division Conservative Association
The building is dated 1901 and opened in 1902 at purpose-built
premises.
There was a balcony at the corner of Coronation Street and Victoria
Road.
The building was later extended to incorporate the balcony.
Recorded in March 1916, when
the Elland Madrigal Society presented a Concert at the Club in aid
of the local branch of St John's Ambulance Brigade, Elland.
Recorded in 1917, when
Alfred S. Luty was secretary.
The club closed in 1956, and the building stood empty for 3 years.
In 1959, it was bought by Elland Urban District Council.
In 1960, it was converted into the town's Central Library
See
Elland Constitutional Club Memorial
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Stores of the Elland Co-operative Society opened in Southgate
[14th September 1868]
The surrounding area became known as The Cross.
The cross was removed in 18??
It was a part of the Honour of Pontefract.
In 1379, the township was the wealthiest in the parish of Halifax.
The civil parish
was abolished in 1894 and divided into the parishes of
Elland,
Greetland
and
Upper Greetland.
See
Population,
Elland with Greetland Workhouse and
Parish statistics
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Those who have served on the Board of Guardians for
Elland-cum-Greetland township have included
See
Elland Gas Works,
Robert Thornton and
Tom Turner
William Brook may also have been a member of the organisation
See
Hyde Sharratt
See
Sam Blackburn,
Elland Conservative & Unionist Association and
Elland Division
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See
Elland Liberal Association
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
See
Brighouse & Elland Echo,
Brighouse Echo and
Elland Echo Historical Almanack
Opened in 1???.
Closed in 1913-1914, when the building was demolished for the
widening of Victoria Road, and moved to the other (north) side
of Victoria Road
In modern times, Elland fair was held on the first Monday after the
12th August
See
Thomas Eland,
Other feuds and
John Hanson's Household Book
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A new fire station was built in 1???.
In 2011, it was announced that this, Brighouse Fire Station, and
Rastrick Fire Station would close and the resources be combined
into a single unit at Rastrick.
This was a fine-grained stone, strong and durable, with the upper
levels being suitable for paving and roofing stones.
Named for similar beds located at Lower Edge, Rastrick which were
deeper in the ground, overlaid by shales and the lower quality
sandstone some 60 ft or so below the surface.
The stone is easily split along its bedding plane, producing the thin
flags.
These are often used as paving, roofing and thakstones.
The sandstone lies below the coal deposits and above millstone grit in many local areas.
By 1860, the best Elland Flags had been worked out near the surface,
and shafts were sunk to mine the stone.
Mining continued into the 20th century but the number of mines
gradually reduced.
The last mine was Southage's at Rastrick which closed
in 1955
See
Ashday Rutway and
Brier Lane Quarry, Southowram
On 17th August 1869, they held their 2nd annual show in the grounds
adjoining Whitwell Place and attracted about 7000 visitors.
Disbanded on 27th August 1936
On
22nd April 1907,
there was a serious fire at their mill
See
Elland Wanderers Football Club
One of the last victims of the stocks was John Ogden who
was arrested in October 1863.
A new gaol was built in 1821 at South End, opposite Elland Town Hall.
The pinfold was in a yard next to the prison and the old
stocks were moved to the new prison.
The old prison was used as the Boys' Sunday School for the Parish Church.
In the 1880s, the building ceased to be a jail when a new police
station was built at Burley Street.
The old prison was known as the Old Town's Rooms, after it was
adapted as a meeting room, where the Old Men's
Parliament – or Pinfold Parliament – gathered on most days.
The Old Town's Rooms were the site for the first public library in
Elland and was used as a bus and tram shelter.
By the late 1880s the stocks were falling into disrepair until
a local Press campaign resulted in them being refurbished.
In 1963, the prison was demolished to make way for a road scheme, and
there is a roundabout on the site.
Above the entrance to the prison was a stone with the words
When the gaol was demolished, this plaque was rescued, along with the
stocks.
In 1977, the plaque was installed above one of the doors at Elland Area Council Offices in Elizabeth Street, and the stocks – now
listed – were re-erected in the adjoining garden.
See
Elland Library
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This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
Opened on 28th November 1903.
The cost was £2,900.
In 1917, James Dyson was secretary.
See
Elland Liberal Association and
Elland Liberal Club War Memorial
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Elland Museum was here
Recorded in 1891
in a claim for £18 sick pay by Clara Jane Ogden, the
widow of a former member.
Recorded in 1910, when
Samuel Akroyd was treasurer
This & associated entries use material contributed by Pat Akroyd
It was disbanded in 1891, and the library was handed over to the
committee of the Elland Mechanics' Institute
On 1st March 1867, the supply of water to Elland by the Halifax
Corporation commenced, when the members of the Elland Local Board of
Health and other gentlemen dined together in celebration of the event.
See
Dr R. N. Denning,
Local Board,
Mr Spencer and
William Stott
The water level in the lock is higher than the adjacent Park Road.
Built around 1770.
The lock-keeper's cottage stands alongside
This & associated entries use material contributed by Malcolm Terry
The toll booth stood at the north-east end of Elland Bridge
Tolls were abolished here in 1880.
See
John Greenwood
Miss Edith Etherington performed at the Concert
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When Sir John Elland and his son had been murdered and the line had
died out, the Savile family – who had joined the Ellands by the
marriage of Sir John Savile and Isobel de Eland – took
over the manor of Elland.
Lord George Halifax Lumley-Savile auctioned off the title of Lord
of the Manor in the 1990s.
See
Elland fairs and
Elland market
See
Markets
Catholic services were held here until 1901 when St Patrick's Catholic Church, West Vale opened
By 1846, there was an Institute in the town.
The founder members included
In 1848, some members left to form the Greetland Mutual Improvement Society.
By 1871, the Institute had closed.
Elland Ref 30-E46 
Elland Ambulance Association Ref 30-20 Elland & District Cricket Club Ref 30-E408
Elland Anti-Vibration Safety Bicycle Ref 30-E42 Elland Area Council Offices Ref 30-E167
Elland Baths Ref 30-19 Elland Bill Posting Company Ref 30-E474 Elland Bottling Company Ref 30-E473
Elland Boys' Brigade Ref 30-10 Elland Bridge Ref 30-E381 
Elland Brotherhood Association Football Club Ref 30-12 Elland bypass Ref 30-E382 Elland Canal Basin Ref 30-E630 Elland Castle Ref 30-E542
Elland Central Hall Ref 30-E92 Elland Charter Ref 30-18
Elland: Churches & Chapels Ref 30-3 Elland Churchwardens Ref 30-9
Elland Clerical Society Ref 30-E489 Elland Co-Op Ref 30-E64
Elland Common Ref 30-E627 Elland Conservative & Unionist Association Ref 30-E719 Elland constables Ref 30-E750
Elland Constitutional Club Ref 30-E466
Elland Co-operative Society Ref 30-17 Elland Cricket, Athletic & Bowling Club Ref 30-14 Elland Cross Ref 30-E81 Elland-cum-Greetland Ref 30-E391
Elland-cum-Greetland Board of Guardians Ref 30-E621
Elland-cum-Greetland Female Friendly Society Ref 30-E490 Elland-cum-Greetland Gas Company Ref 30-E482
Elland-cum-Greetland Mill Company Ref 30-E606 Elland-cum-Greetland Overseers of the Poor Ref 30-E215
Elland District Council Ref 30-E664 Elland Division Ref 30-E669 Elland Division Conservative Association Ref 30-E531 Elland Divisional Liberal Association Ref 30-E532 The Elland Echo Ref 30-E398 The Elland Echo Historical Almanack Ref 30-E397 Elland Economic Stores Ref 30-E161 Elland Edge Ref 30-E182 Elland Edge Band Ref 30-E393 Elland fair Ref 30-E385 Elland Feud Ref 30-E374
Elland Finishing Company Ref 30-E476 Elland Fire Brigade Ref 30-E751 Elland Fire Station Ref 30-E480
Elland flags Ref 30-E389
Elland Floral & Horticultural Society Ref 30-E492 Elland Flour Mills Limited Ref 30-E494 Elland Football Club Ref 30-13 Elland Football Club Ref 30-E484 Elland Free Wanderers Ref 30-E761 Elland Friendly Society Ref 30-E491 Elland Gaol Ref 30-E43
Whoso keepeth the Law is wise
Elland Gas Act Ref 30-E345 Elland Golf Club Ref 30-E530 Elland Hall Ref 30-E201 Elland Higher Toll Gate Ref 30-E296 Elland Historical Society Ref 30-E493 Elland Hunters' Selling Plate Ref 30-E221 Elland Isolation Hospital Ref 30-E353 Elland Joint Stock Corn Mill Company Limited Ref 30-E475 Elland Junior Silver Band Ref 30-E695
Elland Juvenile Foresters Society Ref 30-E496 Elland Labour Club Ref 30-E670 Elland Liberal Association Ref 30-E488 Elland Liberal Club Ref 30-E483
Elland Library Ref 30-E228
Elland Lighthouse Tent Ref 30-4
Elland Literary Society Ref 30-16 Elland Local Board Ref 30-E89 Elland Lock Ref 30-E404
Elland Lower Edge Co-operative Store Ref 30-E578 Elland Lower Toll Gate Ref 30-E65 Elland Madrigal Society Ref 30-6 Elland Male Voice Choir Ref 30-E395 Elland, Manor of Ref 30-E384 Elland market Ref 30-E136 Elland Mechanics' Hall Ref 30-E479 Elland Mechanics' Institute Ref 30-E478 Elland Methodist Society Ref 30-15