Slaithwaite Manor House Fireplaces Keeping you warm this Festive Season The Rose & Crown situated in the hills above Slaithwaite A tasty treat created by Rose & Crown chefs Family run business Manor House Fireplaces have been going strong in the heart of Slaithwaite since 1982. They supply to the general public, installers and stove shops, as well as hold large stocks for rapid supply and offer free advice on stove selection and installation. Staffed entirely by family members, Manor House Fireplaces aim to make shopping for a stove as easy as popping into the corner shop. “We are all completely ignorant of high pressure sales techniques.” Says owner Rosemary.“We feel that our obligation is to give honest and accurate information that will enable our customers the right to choose rather than being pressurised into buying something you neither need or want.This is the way of working that we feel most comfortable with and is probably the reason why we have been in business for the length of time we have.” Their showroom is situated in a converted two storey Victorian woollen mill, a short distance from the village centre.The entire upper flfloor is dedicated to displaying a large range of stoves, fifireplaces and barbeques with over 80 products to view and numerous live displays, covering multifuel, wood burning and gas.They have also been sure to provide a variety of settings with their displays, to give you ideas for your own installation. After winning numerous prestigious awards over the years, Manor House Fireplaces continue to go from strength to strength as their experienced team look forward to providing you with great, impartial advice on all aspects of your purchase, so give them a call today on Tel: 01484846055. www.thestovesite.co.uk MANOR HOUSE FIREPLACES We stock a huge range of wood burning, multi fuel, gas and electric stoves. Come and see them in our large showroom Discounted prices and 0% fifinance available Bankgate Mills, Bankgate, Slaithwaite, Huddersfifield, HD7 5DL www.thestovesite.co.uk | 01484 846055 In 1771 a notice appeared in the Leeds Intelligencer newspaper saying that the Manor of Slaithwaite and Lingards belonging to the Earl of Dartmouth, and that the game in the district had been much destroyed. In the spring of 1795, a man from a Slaithwaite pub was later kicked to death by a soldier, for refusing to join the Wakefifield regiment, the soldier was subsequently hanged. In 1810, Joseph Sykes kept the Old Bank, George Dodson the Shoulder of Mutton, Samuel Wood the Quiet Woman, John Bottomley the Pole, later The Sun, and Joseph Holroyd the Dyers Arms at Lingards. In 1834 the Dartmouth Arms was kept by John Bamforth, the Globe by Humphrey Wood, the Harp by John Schofifield, and the Star by Joseph Parkin. The half-yearly rent audit of the Earl of Dartmouth was held at the Dartmouth Arms Inn, still kept by John Bamforth in early June 1856. The Earl was lord of the manor of Slaithwaite and visited the town in November 1860. In February 1865, a drunken man going home from a beer shop at Slaithwaite fell down and was frozen to death. The four large mills of the Slaithwaite Spinning Company formed in 1877, which when fully staffed employed 1000 workpeople, were sold by auction on Tuesday 17th May 1938 for £12,760 At half past fifive on Thursday afternoon 6th December 1883, a fifire broke out at Waterside Mill, Slaithwaite which belonged to the Earl of Dartmouth and occupied by John & Thomas Garside, woollen manufactures and cloth spinners, which resulted in the old mill being burnt down within an hour. In September 1901, the Sun Inn closed. 77 www.AroundSADDLEWORTH.co.uk 79 e