At the start of the Industrial Revolution the inhabitants were woollen weavers. When the Earl of Dartmouth objected to a chapel being built on his land at Slaithwaite, the Baptists built their chapel on the edge of Worts Hill in 1790. After closing in 1992,[1] the chapel, Sunday school and an adjoining late-19th century warehouse were converted into housing and are Grade II listed buildings.[2]
Scammonden Reservoir in the Deanhead Valley is to the west, the M62 motorway passes to the north and to the south 700 feet (210 m) below Moorside Edge is Slaithwaite in the Colne Valley. Moorside Edge medium wave radio transmitter's antenna are located at 340 metres (1,120 ft) OD on the moor.[3] An old bridle way passed over the moor to Scammonden at Worts Hill to the west.[4]
Inns
Among the hamlet's public houses were the Lower Royal George and the Upper Royal George which was built in 1457 as the Royal George Inn and renamed the Jack O' Mitre in the 1980s.[citation needed] The Sun Inn was demolished.[citation needed] The Nont Sarah Hotel is being refurbished as a community hub.[5]
Panorama of Pole Moor showing the Moorside Edge (MW) transmitters and Worts Hill to the left of the hamlet
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