Salendine Nook
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Salendine Nook is a district of Huddersfield
2 miles (3 km) to the north-west of Huddersfield
in the English
county of West Yorkshire
.
Bordered to the north-east by Laund Hill, Weather Hill and Low Hill and to the south-west by the natural scar of Longwood Edge, above the suburb of Longwood
. Longwood Edge affords a panoramic view across the Colne Valley
to Crosland Moor
on the other side.
Salendine Nook lies between Quarmby
and Outlane
on a tributary to the textile industries' Packhorse
road across the Pennines
. Architecturally, the area features traditional weavers' cottages exhibiting vestiges of workshop entrances near the cross roads at its centre as well as dwellings associated with potteries
and farms.
Huddersfield New College
and Salendine Nook High School
are both situated at Salendine Nook, with their playing fields extending out to Longwood Edge.
nearby Lindley (Lilleia) and Quarmby (Cornebi) are both mentioned, albeit it as `waste'. One explanation is that Salendine refers to the greater celandine, part of the poppy family.
“Nook” means secluded place or corner. So it is speculated that Salendine Nook was so named because it was a secure place corner where the celandine plant grew in abundance.
The first recorded evidence of a dwelling appears in 1522 when reference is made to the dwelling of William Hague of “Salnden”, one many clothiers living in the area. The Mortons, who became a major influence in the area, are believed to have settled in Salendine Nook towards the end of the 16th century. In 1558, Edmond de Morton and “a numerous Scotch family”, fled from religious persecution in Scotland to find a home south of the border. They settled in a part of Huddersfield known as Salendine Nook.
The clay was found the seat-earths in a geological formation known as the Lower Coal Measures at Lockwood Scar, Lindley Moor and Salendine Nook. The clay was extracted and mixed with local river sand to make it suitable for manufacture of pottery. Nearby hilltops provided the perfect site for kilns since the wind aided the flue draught and increased the firing temperature of the oven. Cooking pots, puncheons and jugs were produced for sale in the district. One branch of the family specialising in pot manufacture was known as the “Pot’oon Mortons”. In addition to pottery, Mortons took up faming and worked as clothiers.
There is evidence of a pottery business run by Mortons in the early 18th century on the modern housing estate of the Laund Road. The last Morton pottery business closed in the 1980s.
“The October evening wind flows coldly over the moorland. The houses are few and widely scattered. Lights shine here and there but one is more brilliant than the rest. Men and women are excitedly approaching the light. They are just plain folk, the women with shawls on their heads and clogs on their feet. The scene is in an ancient barn. The door opens and two men come through, one is old, the other of middle age. The old man rises and the service begins as he reads Isaiah Chapter 40 … Comfort Ye My People …The sermon has as its text ‘Watchman, what of the night? The Morning cometh’ and the speaker recounts the difficulties under which his followers have laboured. At this point he shows them a piece of paper – their licence – and dwells on what this means. The blessed morning has come. The big barn doors are open for public worship and, please God, the open door shall never be taken away again. Finally, he commends them for keeping alight the flame of the blessed Gospel in that place. The meeting ended with the singing of the 124th Psalm – not very well rendered for this was the first time they had ever dared to sing together aloud.”
A meeting house was opened on the land of Joseph Morton between in 1743, and was replaced by a larger one in 1803. The current Baptist Chapel was built in 1843.
who emigrated to Canada
in 1862 and bought land in the area that today is known as the West End, Vancouver
.
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
2 miles (3 km) to the north-west of Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of 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....
.
Bordered to the north-east by Laund Hill, Weather Hill and Low Hill and to the south-west by the natural scar of Longwood Edge, above the suburb of Longwood
Longwood, Huddersfield
Longwood is a village and suburb of the town of Huddersfield in the English county of West Yorkshire. It is situated some west of Huddersfield town centre, in the valley of the Longwood Brook, a tributary of the River Colne....
. Longwood Edge affords a panoramic view across the Colne Valley
Colne Valley
The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward along the floor of the valley....
to Crosland Moor
Crosland Moor
Crosland Moor is a district of the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.It begins 1 mile to the south west of Huddersfield town centre. The electoral ward of Crosland Moor and Netherton, in the Colne Valley constituency...
on the other side.
Salendine Nook lies between Quarmby
Quarmby
Quarmby is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles west of Huddersfield town centre between Oakes, Paddock and Longwood....
and Outlane
Outlane
Outlane is a village near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England with a population of 710 according to the 2001 census. It is situated north-west of the Huddersfield town centre...
on a tributary to the textile industries' Packhorse
Packhorse
.A packhorse or pack horse refers generally to an equid such as a horse, mule, donkey or pony used for carrying goods on their backs, usually carried in sidebags or panniers. Typically packhorses are used to cross difficult terrain, where the absence of roads prevents the use of wheeled vehicles. ...
road across the Pennines
Pennines
The Pennines are a low-rising mountain range, separating the North West of England from Yorkshire and the North East.Often described as the "backbone of England", they form a more-or-less continuous range stretching from the Peak District in Derbyshire, around the northern and eastern edges of...
. Architecturally, the area features traditional weavers' cottages exhibiting vestiges of workshop entrances near the cross roads at its centre as well as dwellings associated with potteries
Potteries
Potteries may refer to:* Pottery, or pottery manufacturing* The Stoke-on-Trent area, known as the Staffordshire Potteries after its once-important ceramics industry...
and farms.
Huddersfield New College
Huddersfield New College
Huddersfield New College is a former grammar school and current sixth form college located in Salendine Nook on the outskirts of Huddersfield, in the English county of West Yorkshire. The current Principal is Angela Williams.-Admissions:...
and Salendine Nook High School
Salendine Nook High School
Salendine Nook High School is a secondary school in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.School will now become an Academy following governors meeting on 06 July 2011.-School trip:...
are both situated at Salendine Nook, with their playing fields extending out to Longwood Edge.
History
Although there is no record of Salendine Nook in the 1086 Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
nearby Lindley (Lilleia) and Quarmby (Cornebi) are both mentioned, albeit it as `waste'. One explanation is that Salendine refers to the greater celandine, part of the poppy family.
“Nook” means secluded place or corner. So it is speculated that Salendine Nook was so named because it was a secure place corner where the celandine plant grew in abundance.
The first recorded evidence of a dwelling appears in 1522 when reference is made to the dwelling of William Hague of “Salnden”, one many clothiers living in the area. The Mortons, who became a major influence in the area, are believed to have settled in Salendine Nook towards the end of the 16th century. In 1558, Edmond de Morton and “a numerous Scotch family”, fled from religious persecution in Scotland to find a home south of the border. They settled in a part of Huddersfield known as Salendine Nook.
Pottery
The Mortons were potters, and the area attracted them because it was the source of a special type of very pure clay worked for the manufacture of earthenware pottery.The clay was found the seat-earths in a geological formation known as the Lower Coal Measures at Lockwood Scar, Lindley Moor and Salendine Nook. The clay was extracted and mixed with local river sand to make it suitable for manufacture of pottery. Nearby hilltops provided the perfect site for kilns since the wind aided the flue draught and increased the firing temperature of the oven. Cooking pots, puncheons and jugs were produced for sale in the district. One branch of the family specialising in pot manufacture was known as the “Pot’oon Mortons”. In addition to pottery, Mortons took up faming and worked as clothiers.
There is evidence of a pottery business run by Mortons in the early 18th century on the modern housing estate of the Laund Road. The last Morton pottery business closed in the 1980s.
Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel
One of their descendants, Michael Morton registered his barn in October 1689 as a meeting house for Protestant dissenters and established the building as a religious site, which in time became a Baptist chapel that is still in use today. The Toleration Act of the same year allowed for a degree of religious freedom which had not existed before. Percy Stock in his book ‘’Foundations’’ described how difficult the congregation found it to adjust to their new-found freedom:“The October evening wind flows coldly over the moorland. The houses are few and widely scattered. Lights shine here and there but one is more brilliant than the rest. Men and women are excitedly approaching the light. They are just plain folk, the women with shawls on their heads and clogs on their feet. The scene is in an ancient barn. The door opens and two men come through, one is old, the other of middle age. The old man rises and the service begins as he reads Isaiah Chapter 40 … Comfort Ye My People …The sermon has as its text ‘Watchman, what of the night? The Morning cometh’ and the speaker recounts the difficulties under which his followers have laboured. At this point he shows them a piece of paper – their licence – and dwells on what this means. The blessed morning has come. The big barn doors are open for public worship and, please God, the open door shall never be taken away again. Finally, he commends them for keeping alight the flame of the blessed Gospel in that place. The meeting ended with the singing of the 124th Psalm – not very well rendered for this was the first time they had ever dared to sing together aloud.”
A meeting house was opened on the land of Joseph Morton between in 1743, and was replaced by a larger one in 1803. The current Baptist Chapel was built in 1843.
Notable people
John Morton and Samuel Brighouse were two of The Three GreenhornsThe Three Greenhorns
The Three Greenhorns were three Englishmen, Samuel Brighouse, William Hailstone and John Morton, who were the first white settlers in the area known today as Vancouver's West End...
who emigrated to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 1862 and bought land in the area that today is known as the West End, Vancouver
West End, Vancouver
The West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is on the downtown peninsula neighbouring Stanley Park and the areas of Yaletown, Coal Harbour and the downtown financial and central business districts....
.