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Lumbfoot or Lumb Foot is a hamlet in the Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury civil parish, and the City of Bradford metropolitan district, England. It is situated approximately <!--straight line per MOS--> from Haworth and less than half a mile north-east from Stanbury. The hamlet is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Lumbfoot overlooks a number of fields and a small brook, and contains 15 households and a farm. There is no public road; access is by a private road for vehicles, and a public footpath.

History

Lumbfoot Mill, built on the floor of a valley, was originally water powered but adopted steam power in . The mill has since been largely demolished but a 15-foot stump of the chimney and the engine house still remain, and there is evidence of the pit that housed the original waterwheel among the ruins. A row of cottages at Lumbfoot, which today are modernised, were constructed between 1840 and 1852 to house mill workers.

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Image:Lumbfoot mill 1900.jpg|Lumbfoot Mill about 1900, from an old postcard

Image:Lumbfoot cottages 1920.jpg|Lumbfoot cottages about 1900, from an old postcard

Image:Lumbfoot sign 2008.jpg|Sign at Lumbfoot showing population

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References

  • Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council