Editing Cleckheaton (section)

===20th century===
Around 1900, many large and expensive buildings were erected and became symbols of the area's wealth; massive chapels and a new grammar school were built in Cleckheaton, and to mark the new [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] and the fact that it was the centre of it, Cleckheaton built a [[Cleckheaton Town Hall|town hall]] in 1892, paid for in part by public subscription.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Cleckheaton Town Hall|url=https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/town-halls/pdf/cleckheaton-town-hall-history.pdf|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref>

In 1903, Lion Confectionery began making "Midget Gems" in Cleckheaton, and 1904 saw the opening of the [[Phelon & Moore]] (Panther) motorcycle factory in the town, soon followed by a car factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/190049.htm |work=Bradford Timeline|title=Belle Vue Grammar School| access-date= 29 January 2008}}</ref> BBA (formerly British Belting & Asbestos), the large asbestos, friction material, and conveyor belting firm, built its headquarters at Moorend, where they manufactured automotive disc brake pads under the Mintex banner. A tourist industry developed to serve visitors to the area aware of its connection to [[Charlotte Brontë]]'s novel ''[[Shirley (novel)|Shirley]]'' and [[Luddite]] attacks. The philanthropic Mowatt family paid for Cleckheaton Library.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/letter-a-first-for-the-friends-of-cleckheaton-library-2252394 |title=Letter: A first for the Friends of Cleckheaton Library|date=15 December 2014|newspaper=Dewsbury Reporter|access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

====Cleckheaton railway station====
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The [[Cleckheaton railway station|railway station]] closed to passenger traffic in 1965 and to goods four years later. In 1972, a singular case was heard at Wakefield Crown Court. A [[Dewsbury]] man was accused of, as counsel for the prosecution put it, effectively stealing the station. [[British Rail]] had contracted for the clearing of the site; part of the deal was that the contractors would sell and retain the proceeds from disposal of the materials and scrap. On arrival, they discovered that the station and most of the material were already gone. It transpired that the defendant had been contracted by another firm to clear the site, had been advanced a sum for hire of plant, and had spent three weeks clearing the site. Subsequent efforts to trace the second firm failed, and the court found the man not guilty, deciding that he had been duped and left significantly out of pocket.<ref>Body, Geoffrey: ''Railway Oddities'', Tempus, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4399-7}}</ref>

====Cleckheaton bus station====
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[[File:Cleckheaton bus station 001.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cleckheaton bus station]] stands]]
Cleckheaton has a bus station in the town centre. It has six stands, and the main operator is [[Arriva Yorkshire]]. However, there is a regular service to Bradford Interchange with different operators and a school bus also operated here. It is owned and maintained by [[West Yorkshire Metro]], who rebuilt it in April 2005, replacing the previous site owned by Arriva Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cleckheaton Bus Station|url=https://www.wymetro.com/buses/bus-stations/cleckheaton-bus-station/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-28|website=West Yorkshire Metro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728153653/https://www.wymetro.com/buses/bus-stations/cleckheaton-bus-station/ |archive-date=28 July 2021 }}</ref>