There is a row of back to back houses here built by the owners of Rock Mills for their employees. The textile mill was owned by Joseph Sykes & Co Ltd and of course there was no excuse for being late when you lived right across the road.
Village Hall
The photo shows the Village Hall but it used to be Brockholes C. of E. School. In the 1960s a rock fell down onto the playground and, as this was shortly after over 100 children in the Welsh village of Aberfan had been killed in a landslide, the school was closed immediately and pupils transported by bus each day to Holmfirth Technical College and then later to Meltham Mills School, while a new school was built for the village.
Toll Bar
Brockholes Village Trust have erected a replica toll bar sign on the site of the original toll house at Smithy Place, just off the main New Mill Road and adjacent to the historic packhorse bridge. The original timber sign is in the Tolson Museum in Huddersfield.
The toll bar was erected in 1823 on the then much used Langsett to Honley turnpike road. This sign details charges applied from 1st January 1855 by Act of Parliament.
Packhorse Bridge
The old packhorse bridge stands next to the toll bar at Smithy Place. Travellers and pedlars on their way to Honley along the turnpike road needed to pay their toll before they were allowed to cross.