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There were a number of families involved in mill ownership during this time. Sutcliffes, Greenwoods, and
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Hinchliffe Arms) with New and Vale mills in Withens Clough. Next down Elphin Brook were Castle, Paper (opposite the Robin Hood Inn), Cragg, Hoo Hole, and Scar Bottom mill (Mytholmroyd). By the 1820s these were said to be
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Today, Cragg Vale has a population of about 650. It is located at the start of arguably the longest continuous gradient in
England (after perhaps Pishill in The Chilterns)- 968 feet over 5.5 miles There is an annual bike race up it; this is a hill climb and normally run by the Yorkshire road club.
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It is on record that children died at their work in the mills of Cragg. Died from long hours and harsh treatments handed out. While the mill owners
William Greenwood ('Old Billy Hard Times') and the Hinchliffe family amassed their fortunes. It took the 1833 factory act just to begin to address the
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Brigantes tribe, and that this whole area of West Yorkshire â the centre of the ancient kingdom of Elmet â was ruled by them. Little remains of Elmet but the ancient names. Close by Cragg lies the hamlet of Warley, and not much further away to the west lies
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being added to the village. The main business areas in Cragg Vale are the Top Land
Country Business Park, as well as the Craggs Country Business Park further up the valley. Local enterprises include The Little Valley Brewery which produces such locally named brews as Cragg Vale Bitter, Stoodley
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Around 5000 BC the climate changed and became much wetter and remained so for over 2,000 years. Soil deteriorated as minerals were washed away, and the land around Cragg became waterlogged. The trees and plant life died away and the peat moors on the tops were created.
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