Newmillerdam
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Newmillerdam is a village
and suburb of Wakefield
, in West Yorkshire
, England. The name also refers to the lake and country park adjacent to the village.
Formerly known as Thurstonhaigh, the village got its current name from the construction of a grain mill powered by water from the dammed lake, thus the 'New mill on the dam". The mill still stands, though is nonoperational, and is privately owned. The mill was originally owned and operated by the Pashley family whom remained in the village until the 1980s. The Pashleys owned many local business through the centuries including a blacksmiths, coal mines and furniture making business. These furniture makers were also general carpenters and installed one of the first public toilets in the yard of The Three Houses Public House in 1852.
The Pashley family were Methodists and provided large sums of finance to build two Chapels in the village. The Chapels are situated on School Hill, and on Barnsley Road. The Pashley reference is noted on these buildings by the dedication stones to William M Pashley.
Nearby stands Kettlethorpe Hall, built in 1727 built by the Pilkington family. It has now been converted into two separate houses.
Chevet Hall, another nearby mansion stood on the site on an older hall to the east of Newmillerdam and was built in 1529 by the Neviles. The hall was demolished as a result of mining subsidence in the 1960s despite massive outcry from locals. In 1765 the hall and estate was acquired by the Pilkingtons who built the boathouse on the lake in 1820 in their private grounds. The Pilkingtons built lodges around their 2340 acres (9.5 km²) private estate to deter poaches. Some of these survive. Wakefield Council bought the park, now the country park in 1954 and it was opened to the public. The boathouse is a Grade II Listed building.
Seckar Woods nature reserve, located near the more affluent village of Woolley is an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and suburb of Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
, in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England. The name also refers to the lake and country park adjacent to the village.
Formerly known as Thurstonhaigh, the village got its current name from the construction of a grain mill powered by water from the dammed lake, thus the 'New mill on the dam". The mill still stands, though is nonoperational, and is privately owned. The mill was originally owned and operated by the Pashley family whom remained in the village until the 1980s. The Pashleys owned many local business through the centuries including a blacksmiths, coal mines and furniture making business. These furniture makers were also general carpenters and installed one of the first public toilets in the yard of The Three Houses Public House in 1852.
The Pashley family were Methodists and provided large sums of finance to build two Chapels in the village. The Chapels are situated on School Hill, and on Barnsley Road. The Pashley reference is noted on these buildings by the dedication stones to William M Pashley.
Nearby stands Kettlethorpe Hall, built in 1727 built by the Pilkington family. It has now been converted into two separate houses.
Chevet Hall, another nearby mansion stood on the site on an older hall to the east of Newmillerdam and was built in 1529 by the Neviles. The hall was demolished as a result of mining subsidence in the 1960s despite massive outcry from locals. In 1765 the hall and estate was acquired by the Pilkingtons who built the boathouse on the lake in 1820 in their private grounds. The Pilkingtons built lodges around their 2340 acres (9.5 km²) private estate to deter poaches. Some of these survive. Wakefield Council bought the park, now the country park in 1954 and it was opened to the public. The boathouse is a Grade II Listed building.
Seckar Woods nature reserve, located near the more affluent village of Woolley is an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
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