# Scammonden
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{{short description|Village in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Scammonden
| map_type = West Yorkshire
| coordinates = {{coord|53.647|-1.912|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name = St Bartholomew's Church, Deanhead, Scammonden - geograph.org.uk - 835451.jpg
| static_image_width = 220
| static_image_caption = St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head, Scammonden
| population =
| population_ref =
| metropolitan_borough = [Kirklees](/source/Kirklees)
| metropolitan_county = [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire)
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [Colne Valley](/source/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town1 = HUDDERSFIELD
| postcode_district1 = HD3
| postcode_area1 = HD
| dial_code1 = 01484
| post_town2 = HALIFAX
| postcode_district2 = HX4
| postcode_area2 = HX
| dial_code2 = 01422
| os_grid_reference = SE045155
}}
'''Scammonden''' or '''Dean Head''' was a village close to [Huddersfield](/source/Huddersfield), in the Dean Head Valley, England, before the valley was flooded to create [Scammonden Reservoir](/source/Scammonden_Reservoir) in the 1960s. The [M62 motorway](/source/M62_motorway) crosses the dam wall and then passes through a cutting to the west over which [Scammonden Bridge](/source/Scammonden_Bridge) carries the B6114. The Chapel of St Bartholomew still exists, as does the old vicarage, which is now home to Scammonden Sailing Club.
==History==
[Historically](/source/Historic_counties_of_England) in the [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), Scammonden or Dean Head was a [township](/source/Township_(England)) and [chapelry](/source/chapelry) in Huddersfield parish covering more than 2,000 acres. In the 1870s it had a church, a Baptist chapel, a [national school](/source/National_school_(England_and_Wales)), a post office and 190 houses. Industry in the village included cotton-spinning and woollen manufacture and there were [freestone](/source/Freestone_(masonry)) quarries.[{{citation |title= Scammonden West Riding |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=976| publisher=Vision of Britain |accessdate=6 March 2013}}] In 1866 Scammonden became a separate [civil parish](/source/civil_parish),[{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10466933|title=Relationships and changes Scammonden CP/Ch through time|publisher=[A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time)|accessdate=12 November 2024}}] on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to form [Colne Valley](/source/Colne_Valley).[{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/huddersfield.html|title=Huddersfield Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=12 November 2024}}] In 1931 the parish had a population of 394.[{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10466933/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Scammonden CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 November 2024}}] The area is now in the [Kirklees](/source/Kirklees) district, in the county of [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire).
A motorway and dam across the Dean Head Valley was proposed in the early 1960s and work began in 1964. Most buildings in the village were demolished or submerged in the reservoir when it was filled in 1969.[{{Citation |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1142|title=Scammonden Dam |publisher= Engineering Timelines|accessdate= 6 March 2013}}] Geologists considered the church and school would become unsafe once the dam was full. The church school closed in 1970 and is now a private residence.[{{citation |title= St Bartholomew West Scammonden and Dean Head, West Scammonden |url= http://www.achurchnearyou.com/west-scammonden-st-bartholomew/| publisher= A church near you|accessdate=6 March 2013}}]
Below Scammonden Road is an archaeological site of a late prehistoric settlement known as Meg Dyke.[{{Cite web|title=Heritage Gateway - Results|url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=47556&sort=2&type=&typeselect=c&rational=a&class1=None&period=None&county=1089769&district=None&parish=None&place=Meg%20Dyke&recordsperpage=10&source=text&rtype=&rnumber=&resourceID=19191|access-date=2021-06-30|website=www.heritagegateway.org.uk}}]
==Geography==
Scammonden is surrounded by the [moorland](/source/moorland) of the [Pennines](/source/Pennines) east of [Blackstone Edge](/source/Blackstone_Edge). About 900 acres were enclosed in 1820 but the surrounding hills are uncultivated rough pasture. Roads from [Elland](/source/Elland), [Huddersfield](/source/Huddersfield) and [Manchester](/source/Manchester) passed through the village.[{{citation |last=Lewis |first=Samuel|title=Scammonden|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51258#s13|work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=26–30|year=1848 |accessdate=6 March 2013}}]
==Religion==
There has been a chapel in Scammonden since 1615 and the church remains active.[ Scammonden was a [chapelry](/source/chapelry) in the Huddersfield ecclesiastical parish. Its old chapel was rebuilt at a cost of £1000 in 1813.][ It was replaced by the church in 1865.][ The church roof was replaced in 2002 with the aid of grants from [English Heritage](/source/English_Heritage), charities and other community fundraising activities.][
==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Colne Valley (western area)](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Colne_Valley_(western_area))
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090901085413/http://www.scammondenwardens.co.uk/Church/tabid/60/Default.aspx History of the Church]
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Category:Villages in West Yorkshire
Category:Former populated places in West Yorkshire
Category:Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire
Category:Geography of Kirklees
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