Ossett
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Ossett is a market and residential town in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury
Ossett Town Hall
The steam engine at Runtlings Mill in 1987.
Ossett town centre, showing the town hall building
Ossett Town Hall Square
Heavy Woollen District
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The Heavy Woollen District is a region of textile-focused industrial development in West Yorkshire, England. It acquired the name because of the heavyweight cloth manufactured there from the early 19t
Ossett
…Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 21,861. Ossett forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. The name Ossett derives from the Old English and is thought to be either "the fold of a man named Osla" or " a fold frequented by blackbirds". Ossett…
Machell's shoddy and mungo mill in Dewsbury has been converted to flats but retains its signs
1917 book title page confirming the term "Heavy Woollen District" as used historically around West Yorkshire. The book was written by union official Ben Turner, who later was known as Sir Ben Turner, MP (Member of Parliament) for Batley and Morley.