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{{Short description|Town in West Yorkshire, England}} |
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{{Short description|Town in West Yorkshire, England}} |
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== Pronunciation and alternative spelling == |
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== Pronunciation and alternative spelling == |
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There are multiple news articles highlighting confusion about how this place name should be pronounced.[{{]Cite news |last=Pidd |first=Helen |last2=editor |first2=Helen Pidd North of England |date=2023-07-13 |title=‘Slou-wit’, not ‘Slaithwaite’: Northern Trains to re-record mispronounced station names |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/13/its-slou-wit-not-slaithwaite-northern-rail-gets-station-names-back-on-track |access-date=2026-04-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}[{{]Cite web |last=Himelfield |first=Dave |last2=Kershaw |first2=Tom |date=2024-04-20 |title=Yorkshire place names people always get wrong - how to say them |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/real-life/yorkshire-place-names-people-always-29024992 |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Yorkshire Live |language=en |ref=yorkshirePostPronunciation}} One regional article states: "It's pronounced 'slath-wait' or 'sla-wit', but never Slaithwaite".[{{]Cite news |date=2023-07-12 |title=Northern seeks passengers' help to correct station pronunciations |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-66178882 |access-date=2026-04-12 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} |
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There are multiple news articles highlighting confusion about how this place name should be pronounced.[{{cite news |last=Pidd |first=Helen |date=13 July 2023 |title=‘Slou-wit’, not ‘Slaithwaite’: Northern Trains to re-record mispronounced station names |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/13/its-slou-wit-not-slaithwaite-northern-rail-gets-station-names-back-on-track |access-date=12 April 2026 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}][{{cite web |last=Himelfield |first=Dave |last2=Kershaw |first2=Tom |date=20 April 2024 |title=Yorkshire place names people always get wrong - how to say them |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/real-life/yorkshire-place-names-people-always-29024992 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Yorkshire Live |ref=yorkshirePostPronunciation}}] One regional article states: "It's pronounced 'slath-wait' or 'sla-wit', but never Slaithwaite".[{{cite news |date=12 July 2023 |title=Northern seeks passengers' help to correct station pronunciations |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-66178882 |access-date=12 April 2026 |work=BBC News }}] |
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"Slawit" is also an alternative spelling used in names of businesses of the town.[{{]Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://slawitshop.co.uk/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=SlawitShop! |language=en-US}}[{{]Cite web |title=Slawit Spice Slaithwaite HD7 {{!}} Up to 10% Off! |url=https://www.slawitspicehd7.co.uk/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=www.slawitspicehd7.co.uk}}[{{]Cite web |title=Slawit Chippy - Slaithwaite - West Yorkshire |url=https://slaithwaite.info/slawit-chippy |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=slaithwaite.info}} |
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"Slawit" is also an alternative spelling used in names of businesses of the town.[{{cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://slawitshop.co.uk/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=SlawitShop! }}][{{cite web |title=Slawit Spice Slaithwaite HD7 {{!}} Up to 10% Off! |url=https://www.slawitspicehd7.co.uk/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=www.slawitspicehd7.co.uk}}][{{cite web |title=Slawit Chippy – Slaithwaite – West Yorkshire |url=https://slaithwaite.info/slawit-chippy |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=slaithwaite.info}}] |
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==History== |
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==History== |
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==Economy== |
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Following the emergence of the [[railway]] network the canals located in Slaithwaite were seldom used and eventually closed down, then filled in during 1956.[{{]Cite web |last=YorkshireLive |date=2010-11-18 |title=A brief history of Huddersfield Narrow Canal |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/brief-history-huddersfield-narrow-canal-4990882 |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Yorkshire Live |language=en}} |
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Following the emergence of the [[railway]] network the canals located in Slaithwaite were seldom used and eventually closed down, then filled in during 1956.[{{cite web |last=YorkshireLive |date=18 November 2010 |title=A brief history of Huddersfield Narrow Canal |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/brief-history-huddersfield-narrow-canal-4990882 |access-date=21 July 2025 |website=Yorkshire Live }}] |
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Beginning in April 1981, and its grand reopening on 1 May 2001, restoration of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was completed, with help from volunteers from the Huddersfield Canal Society.[{{]Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Keith |date=2013 |title=Restoration and Reopening of the Canal. |url=https://huddersfieldcanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/HNC_Restoration_Summary.pdf |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Huddersfield Canal}} That required a full re-[[Earthworks (engineering)|excavation]] and new [[Lock (water transport)|lock gates]]. |
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Beginning in April 1981, and its grand reopening on 1 May 2001, restoration of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was completed, with help from volunteers from the Huddersfield Canal Society.[{{cite web |last=Gibson |first=Keith |date=2013 |title=Restoration and Reopening of the Canal. |url=https://huddersfieldcanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/HNC_Restoration_Summary.pdf |access-date=21 July 2025 |website=Huddersfield Canal}}] That required a full re-[[Earthworks (engineering)|excavation]] and new [[Lock (water transport)|lock gates]]. |
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There are several significant local employers, including the pharmaceutical manufacturer [[Thornton & Ross]](which has its HQ based in Slaithwaite),[{{]Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Martin |date=2021-07-22 |title=Thornton & Ross relocates its HQ to Globe Mills at Slaithwaite |url=https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/thornton-ross-relocates-its-hq-to-globe-mills-at-slaithwaite/ |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Huddersfield Hub |language=en-GB}} Shaw Pallets, and Spectrum Yarns – one of a small number of remaining textiles businesses in the Colne Valley, once a major centre for wool and yarn.[{{]Cite web |last=Bossom |first=Miles |date=2015-08-03 |title=Glenbrae spins a yarn for knitwear - Golf Retailing |url=https://www.golfretailing.com/features/glenbrae-spins-a-yarn-for-knitwear/ |access-date=2025-07-21 |language=en-US}} |
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There are several significant local employers, including the pharmaceutical manufacturer [[Thornton & Ross]](which has its HQ based in Slaithwaite),[{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Martin |date=22 July 2021 |title=Thornton & Ross relocates its HQ to Globe Mills at Slaithwaite |url=https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/thornton-ross-relocates-its-hq-to-globe-mills-at-slaithwaite/ |access-date=21 July 2025 |website=Huddersfield Hub }}] Shaw Pallets, and Spectrum Yarns – one of a small number of remaining textiles businesses in the Colne Valley, once a major centre for wool and yarn.[{{cite web |last=Bossom |first=Miles |date=3 August 2015 |title=Glenbrae spins a yarn for knitwear – Golf Retailing |url=https://www.golfretailing.com/features/glenbrae-spins-a-yarn-for-knitwear/ |access-date=21 July 2025 }}] |
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==Churches== |
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==Commerce== |
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[[File:Silent Woman Pub, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield 01.jpg|thumb|Silent Woman public house]] |
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[[File:Silent Woman Pub, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield 01.jpg|thumb|Silent Woman public house]] |
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There are many independent shops, a post office, cafes in the centre of Slaithwaite. Shops include the community-owned cooperative the 'Green Valley Grocer', the workers' cooperative the 'Handmade Bakery,' and the Mystical Moments 'magic wand shop'.[{{cite news |last=Ballinger |first=Lauren |date=17 August 2016 |title=JK Rowling's tweet takes a swipe at Slaithwaite magic wand shop |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/jk-rowling-takes-swipe-slaithwaite-11758427 |newspaper=YorkshireLive}}] In 2025, there was heritage lottery fund grant towards celebration of shops on Carr Lane.[{{]Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://slawitshop.co.uk/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=SlawitShop! |language=en-US}} |
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There are many independent shops, a post office, cafes in the centre of Slaithwaite. Shops include the community-owned cooperative the 'Green Valley Grocer', the workers' cooperative the 'Handmade Bakery,' and the Mystical Moments 'magic wand shop'.[{{cite news |last=Ballinger |first=Lauren |date=17 August 2016 |title=JK Rowling's tweet takes a swipe at Slaithwaite magic wand shop |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/jk-rowling-takes-swipe-slaithwaite-11758427 |newspaper=YorkshireLive}}] In 2025, there was heritage lottery fund grant towards celebration of shops on Carr Lane.[{{cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://slawitshop.co.uk/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=SlawitShop! }}] |
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There are several traditional [[public house]]s in Slaithwaite, including the 'Silent Woman' which came to the attention of the world media on 23 September 2007, when Christopher Hawkins walked into the pub and ordered a pint of beer a few minutes after he had murdered his son and attacked his daughter with a knife.[{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/dad-held-boy-4-stabbed-5048721|title=Dad held as boy 4 stabbed to death|first=Andrew|last=Hirst|date=24 September 2007|website=YorkshireLive}}] The town is included as one of the stops in the Transpennine Real Ale Trail.[{{cite web |title=Ales on rails: How to do Yorkshire's iconic Transpennine Real Ale Trail |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-and-drink/how-to-do-the-transpennine-real-ale-trail-3302516 |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk }}] |
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There are several traditional [[public house]]s in Slaithwaite, including the 'Silent Woman' which came to the attention of the world media on 23 September 2007, when Christopher Hawkins walked into the pub and ordered a pint of beer a few minutes after he had murdered his son and attacked his daughter with a knife.[{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/dad-held-boy-4-stabbed-5048721|title=Dad held as boy 4 stabbed to death|first=Andrew|last=Hirst|date=24 September 2007|website=YorkshireLive}}] The town is included as one of the stops in the Transpennine Real Ale Trail.[{{cite web |title=Ales on rails: How to do Yorkshire's iconic Transpennine Real Ale Trail |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-and-drink/how-to-do-the-transpennine-real-ale-trail-3302516 |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk }}] |
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Slaithwaite is also home to the annual &Piano Music Festival,[{{cite web|url=http://www.andpiano.co.uk/|title=&Piano Music Festival|accessdate=16 July 2023}}] a classical chamber music festival started in 2018, that focuses on showcasing professional musicians with a connection to the North of England. |
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Slaithwaite is also home to the annual &Piano Music Festival,[{{cite web|url=http://www.andpiano.co.uk/|title=&Piano Music Festival|accessdate=16 July 2023}}] a classical chamber music festival started in 2018, that focuses on showcasing professional musicians with a connection to the North of England. |
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The Slaithwaite Civic Hall is building dating to 1884 and is managed by the community-owned, not-for-profit Civic Hall Trust. The Civic Hall is used for concerts, music, theatre, dance, fitness, weddings, public meetings and hosts the local food bank.[{{]Cite web |title=Home - The Civic, Slaithwaite |url=https://thecivicslaithwaite.org.uk/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=thecivicslaithwaite.org.uk}} The venue is home to the Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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The Slaithwaite Civic Hall is building dating to 1884 and is managed by the community-owned, not-for-profit Civic Hall Trust. The Civic Hall is used for concerts, music, theatre, dance, fitness, weddings, public meetings and hosts the local food bank.[{{cite web |title=Home – The Civic, Slaithwaite |url=https://thecivicslaithwaite.org.uk/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=thecivicslaithwaite.org.uk}}] The venue is home to the Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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The Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra[{{cite web |url=http://www.spo.org.uk/ |title=Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra}}] was founded here in 1891. An 80-strong amateur orchestra, the orchestra also plays an annual season of concerts in Huddersfield. |
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The Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra[{{cite web |url=http://www.spo.org.uk/ |title=Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra}}] was founded here in 1891. An 80-strong amateur orchestra, the orchestra also plays an annual season of concerts in Huddersfield. |
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Slaithwaite Brass Band[[http://www.slaithwaiteband.co.uk/ Slaithwaite Brass Band] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031074816/http://www.slaithwaiteband.co.uk/ |date=31 October 2012 }}] have been making music here since 1892. They perform at many concerts and events throughout the year and have had many successes over the years including being the first band to gain the Grand Shield twice. |
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Slaithwaite Brass Band[[http://www.slaithwaiteband.co.uk/ Slaithwaite Brass Band] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031074816/http://www.slaithwaiteband.co.uk/ |date=31 October 2012 }}] have been making music here since 1892. They perform at many concerts and events throughout the year and have had many successes over the years including being the first band to gain the Grand Shield twice. |
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Colne Valley Male Voice Choir[{{]Cite web |title=Home |url=https://colnevalleymvc.org.uk/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Colne Valley Male Voice Choir |language=en-US}} was established in Slaithwaite in 1922.[{{]Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://colnevalleymvc.org.uk/our-history/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Colne Valley Male Voice Choir |language=en-US}} The choir often performs alongside brass bands, such as the [[Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band]].[{{]Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Martin |date=2026-02-02 |title=Brighouse & Rastrick Band joined by Colne Valley Male Voice Choir at Huddersfield Town Hall |url=https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/brighouse-rastrick-band-joined-by-colne-valley-male-voice-choir-at-huddersfield-town-hall/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Huddersfield Hub |language=en-GB}} The choir now rehearses at the Methodist church in the adjacent town of [[Linthwaite]], [{{]Cite web |title=Join the Choir |url=https://colnevalleymvc.org.uk/join-the-choir/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Colne Valley Male Voice Choir |language=en-US}} but maintains a connection to Slaithwaite through organising events such as its workshop for new singers, called "Let all men sing", held at the Slaithwaite Civic Hall and St James Church.[{{]Cite web |title=Home En |url=https://www.letallmensing.co.uk/ |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Let All Men Sing! |language=en-gb}} In 2010, the choir launched the Colne Valley Boys choir.[{{]Cite web |title=Home En |url=https://colnevalleyboys.com/index.php |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Colne Valley Boys |language=en-gb}} |
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Colne Valley Male Voice Choir[{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://colnevalleymvc.org.uk/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Colne Valley Male Voice Choir }}] was established in Slaithwaite in 1922.[{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://colnevalleymvc.org.uk/our-history/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Colne Valley Male Voice Choir }}] The choir often performs alongside brass bands, such as the [[Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band]].[{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Martin |date=2 February 2026 |title=Brighouse & Rastrick Band joined by Colne Valley Male Voice Choir at Huddersfield Town Hall |url=https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/brighouse-rastrick-band-joined-by-colne-valley-male-voice-choir-at-huddersfield-town-hall/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Huddersfield Hub}}] The choir now rehearses at the Methodist church in the adjacent town of [[Linthwaite]], [{{cite web |title=Join the Choir |url=https://colnevalleymvc.org.uk/join-the-choir/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Colne Valley Male Voice Choir }}] but maintains a connection to Slaithwaite through organising events such as its workshop for new singers, called "Let all men sing", held at the Slaithwaite Civic Hall and St James Church.[{{cite web |title=Home En |url=https://www.letallmensing.co.uk/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Let All Men Sing! }}] In 2010, the choir launched the Colne Valley Boys choir.[{{cite web |title=Home En |url=https://colnevalleyboys.com/index.php |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Colne Valley Boys }}] |
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