Hade Edge

Hade Edge is a small village to the south of Holmfirth and southeast of Hepworth in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. Although it started as a fairly small hamlet it has grown considerably throughout the 1980s and 1990s with new housing. HistorySchoolThe first school opened in 1882 in the Sunday School, not moving to the current building until the early 1900s. The present school, Hade Edge Junior and Infant School, is coeducational and has four classes. ShopsThere was a Co-op store on the corner of Greave Road and Dunford road which closed in the 1950s. A fish and chip shop at the top of Greave road closed soon after. A grocery store and post office was the last to close in 1989. A sweet shop was operated from a private house opposite the band room, a focus for village children after school. ChurchThere was a church in Magnum that was demolished in the 1950s, along with most of the other buildings. The village is in the Parish of Holy Trinity, Holmfirth and there is a Methodist Church on Dunford Road. Public HousesAt the peak there were 8 pubs in the area serving the many quarry workers, only the Algy Arms now survives. Long gone pubs now demolished, or turned into residences, included the Sportsman, Roundclose, Junction, Weathercock and Moorcock Inns and the Road End Pub.

Hade Edge is a small village to the south of Holmfirth and southeast of Hepworth in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. Although it started as a fairly small hamlet it has grown considerably throughout the 1980s and 1990s with new housing. HistorySchoolThe first school opened in 1882 in the Sunday School, not moving to the current building until the early 1900s. The present school, Hade Edge Junior and Infant School, is coeducational and has four classes. ShopsThere was a Co-op store on the corner of Greave Road and Dunford road which closed in the 1950s. A fish and chip shop at the top of Greave road closed soon after. A grocery store and post office was the last to close in 1989. A sweet shop was operated from a private house opposite the band room, a focus for village children after school. ChurchThere was a church in Magnum that was demolished in the 1950s, along with most of the other buildings. The village is in the Parish of Holy Trinity, Holmfirth and there is a Methodist Church on Dunford Road. Public HousesAt the peak there were 8 pubs in the area serving the many quarry workers, only the Algy Arms now survives. Long gone pubs now demolished, or turned into residences, included the Sportsman, Roundclose, Junction, Weathercock and Moorcock Inns and the Road End Pub.