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. [1] The name derives from the Old English "sot" and means a place where wood was burnt. [2]
Soothill was on the Great Northern Railway's Leeds to Batley branch line, although no station was provided. [3] 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. [4] The railway was closed in 1953 [5] leaving a disused tunnel (Soothill Tunnel) north east of the settlement. This tunnel has been bricked up as it contains toxic gases. [6]
53°42′47″N 1°37′01″W / 53.713°N 1.617°W
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. [1] The name derives from the Old English "sot" and means a place where wood was burnt. [2]
Soothill was on the Great Northern Railway's Leeds to Batley branch line, although no station was provided. [3] 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. [4] The railway was closed in 1953 [5] leaving a disused tunnel (Soothill Tunnel) north east of the settlement. This tunnel has been bricked up as it contains toxic gases. [6]
53°42′47″N 1°37′01″W / 53.713°N 1.617°W