Halton Deans

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 20 Apr, 2012 2:39 pm

Does anyone know why Halton Deans is so named? The area is named that on the 1849-1854 1:10560 map in the Old-Maps UK website, so it is an old name. I have tried searching but have not been able to readily find any information.

Spackler · Post by **Spackler** » Fri 20 Apr, 2012 4:04 pm

Not sure if this is of any help but Dean is an old word meaning valley.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 20 Apr, 2012 6:49 pm

Spackler wrote: Not sure if this is of any help but Dean is an old word meaning valley. Thanks Spackler. That does seem a very likely reason for the name.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 20 Apr, 2012 10:41 pm

This map image was taken from the Old-Maps UK (OMUK) website. It is part of a 1908 1:2500 map and shows Halton Deans marked. It interestingly also records 'Killingbeck Colliery (Disused)', 'Sewage Works (Leeds R.D. Council)' and 'Halton Sewage Works (Hunslet R.D. Council)'.It seems odd (at least now) that Hunslet Rural District Council ran the Halton Sewage Works. In a 1921 1:2500 map in the OMUK website the 'Sewage Works (Leeds R.D. Council)' in the 1908 map is now recorded as 'Killingbeck Sewage Works (Leeds Corporation)' but the other is still recorded as it was in the 1908 map. In a 1933 1:2500 map in the OMUK website it only records 'Halton Sewage Works (Disused)' as the other works seemed no longer to be recorded. Even a 1952 1:2500 map in the OMUK website still records 'Halton Sewage Works (Disused)'. The scales of the maps in the OMUK website for later years are not large enough to record if the 'Halton Sewage Works (Disused)' was still being recorded.

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 20 Apr, 2012 11:27 pm

Leodian wrote: This map image was taken from the Old-Maps UK (OMUK) website. It is part of a 1908 1:2500 map and shows Halton Deans marked. It interestingly also records 'Killingbeck Colliery (Disused)', 'Sewage Works (Leeds R.D. Council)' and 'Halton Sewage Works (Hunslet R.D. Council)'.It seems odd (at least now) that Hunslet Rural District Council ran the Halton Sewage Works. In a 1921 1:2500 map in the OMUK website the 'Sewage Works (Leeds R.D. Council)' in the 1908 map is now recorded as 'Killingbeck Sewage Works (Leeds Corporation)' but the other is still recorded as it was in the 1908 map. In a 1933 1:2500 map in the OMUK website it only records 'Halton Sewage Works (Disused)' as the other works seemed no longer to be recorded. Even a 1952 1:2500 map in the OMUK website still records 'Halton Sewage Works (Disused)'. The scales of the maps in the OMUK website for later years are not large enough to record if the 'Halton Sewage Works (Disused)' was still being recorded. The pits are talked about in depth in another thread Leodian. I have a few pictures and, memories of the valley as it was before being used as landfill. There was a bit more than that going on there in the past and changes to the infrastructure bringing about some of the changes. I'll cobble something together to post. (but could use a little help from Cardie on a couple of points!)

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 20 Apr, 2012 11:31 pm

Cheers chameleon. The old maps clearly show Halton Deans as a valley, though oddly the water flow marked on the maps just seems to end before it gets to Wykebeck!