Editing Huddersfield (section)

===Aristocratic interest discharged===
In 1920, the Corporation bought the Ramsden Estate from that family that had owned much of the town at least as to the [[reversion (law)|reversion of long leases]] (a minor, overarching interest) since 1599, for £1.3&nbsp;million. The town became "the town that bought itself". Most of the keynote central building freeholds belong to the local authority, as in a few towns in Britain such as [[Basingstoke]].<ref name=hudhist/>

[[File:Sgsq.jpg|thumb|St George's Square and the railway station]]