Huddersfield

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West Yorkshire

Approximate Population: 146,234

With a population of 146,000 Huddersfield can claim to be the biggest town (as opposed to city) in Europe, and its history and attractions are in keeping with that status. Ash from an archaeological dig shows that the area was occupied 4,000 years ago, and from slightly more recent times there is an Iron Age site on Castle Hill overlooking the modern town.

The Romans settled in the area thanks to its strategic location with the rivers Colne and Holme nearby, and a Roman fort has been discovered at Outlane, known as Cambodunum at that time. After the Romans left the area was subject to attacks by the Picts and other tribes from the North, but Saxon conquest and settlement helped pacify the region. Huddersfield was a Saxon market town, its name probably meaning ‘the field belonging to Hather or Huther’.

In the Domesday Book the name of Oderesfelt is cited, and this had evolved over the years to Huddersfield. The region was the centre of the 1089 revolt against Norman rule, and paid a heavy price when William ordered his forces to lay waste to enemy settlements. With the surrounding sheep country and the ready availability of water Huddersfield became a textile town before the industrial revolution, noted for its fine woollen worsted cloth. Mechanisation brought growth, and great wealth for some, and the town gained its canal system and the railway.

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West Yorkshire