Soothill
Soothill is a small village in the town of Batley, West Yorkshire, England. Soothill is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast from the town of Dewsbury and directly north of Hanging Heaton. The name derives from the Old English "sot" and means a place where wood was burnt.
Soothill was on the Great Northern Railway's Leeds to Batley branch line, although no station was provided. The colliery at Soothill, adjacent to the railway, was the scene of a rail accident in February 1920 between a goods train and a passenger train. The accident was not fatal with only injuries being recorded. The railway was closed in 1953 leaving a disused tunnel (Soothill Tunnel) north east of the settlement. This tunnel has been bricked up as it contains toxic gases.
References
- ^ "History of Soothill, in Kirklees and West Riding". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 431. ISBN 0198691033.
- ^ "SE22" (Map). Batley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Leeds, Liversedge, Morley. 1:25,000. Ordnance Survey. 1955. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Soothill Wood Colliery 1920" (PDF). railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Batley - Beeston 1890 - 1951". lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Soothill Tunnel". www.forgottenrelics.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
53°42′47″N 1°37′01″W / 53.713°N 1.617°W
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