| Huddersfield sits at the confluence of
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| | old, Iron Age hill fort, itself probably
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| the rivers Colne and Holme, whose waters
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| | built on even earlier settlements, and it
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| and valleys have drawn people to the area
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| | is this rather than the more conspicuous
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| for thousands of years. In common with
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| | 19th century addition that lends the site
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| much of Northern England it has been
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| | its status as Scheduled Ancient Monument
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| inhabited or settled at one time or
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| | as well as its true historic value.
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| another by Mesolithic, Neolithic and
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| | Although Huddersfield and its surrounding
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| Bronze Age man, Ancient Britons, Romans,
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| | area is thought to have been continuously
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| Angles, Jutes and Saxons as well as by
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| | settled for at least the last 4,000
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| conquering Norsemen and Normans.
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| | years, the expansion and prosperity of
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| Set out in any direction from the town
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| | the town is owed principally to its
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| centre and you can be sure that you will
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| | proto-industrial and industrial past.
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| be treading on ground traversed by our
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| | Huddersfield was above all a Georgian and
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| earliest forbears, Roman Legions, Pictish
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| | Victorian construct and this legacy is
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| raiders, Viking invaders, and Saxon kings
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| | visible wherever you go, evidenced by
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| - there was once a Saxon court at
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| | canals, converted textile mills,
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| Almondbury.
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| | Victorian shopping arcades and the fine
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| Castle Hill near Huddersfield together
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| | architecture of St George's Square and
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| with its Victoria Tower is unquestionably
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| | beyond.
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| the town's most recognizable landmark.
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| | Before the arrival of the industrialists
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| The castle in question was the one built
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| | however, the district of Huddersfield was
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| on the hill near Almondbury in the reign
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| | variously a patchwork of linked
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| of King Stephen (1135-1154) but
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| | settlements, a baronial manor ruled over
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| demolished two centuries later.
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| | by the King's Tenant-in-Chief, a centre
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| Construction work on Victoria Tower,
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| | for the wool trade and a market town by
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| built to commemorate the 60th year of the
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| | Royal Charter. When the machine age was
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| reign of Queen Victoria, was completed in
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| | born, the area became a focus for the
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| 1899 (in the 62nd year of her reign).
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| | Luddite rebellion spreading up from
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| However, these facts are not what makes
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| | Nottinghamshire and became infamous
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| Castle Hill so valuable.
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| | through the murder of a local
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| The true importance of Castle Hill is
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| | manufacturer.
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| found in the remains of its 2,500 year
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