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These houses are on Savile Moor Road and were funded by the Mackintosh family of toffee fame. They are not as visible today because of all the trees which have grown up around the site today.

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This housing was built for the the ex-employees of the the Crossley Carpet factory at Dean Clough. The Crossley family were enormously rich and very influential in the development of the town in the 19th century. Their high quality carpets were sold…
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