“JUDY BRIG” or HORSE CLOSE BRIDGE, is a one-arch stone bridge in Royds Hall Woods. It was named after a woman called Judy North colloquially known from her size as “Gurt Judy.” At one time there were pleasure gardens at this place.
The 22 arch viaduct on the branch from Pickle Bridge Station (later Wyke Station) on the Halifax-Bradford line to Clifton Road, Brighouse then re- joining the Calder Valley Main Line at Anchor Pit Junction west of Brighouse The viaduct was only…