Robin Hood himself was once thought to have been buried in the grounds of Kirklees Priory between Brighouse and Mirfield in West Yorkshire, although for the reasons given above this theory has now largely been abandoned.

The Sound Barrier ( 1952 ) had a screenplay by the playwright Terence Rattigan and Hobson's Choice ( 1954 ) was based on the play by Harold Brighouse.

The Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike Act of 1823 allowed for the building of Calder Bridge, or Brighouse Bridge, over the river on what was to become the A641 road ; tolls were abolished on the bridge in 1875 and extensive widening work was undertaken in 1905 and 1999 ( both of these latter dates being commemorated in dedication stones on the bridge ).

Brighouse was part of Hipperholme with Brighouse civil parish until 1893, when Brighouse Municipal Borough was created.

The Brighouse borough was abolished in 1974 when it became part of the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough.

St James ' Church, which was a chapel of ease for the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Brighouse, opened in 1870, with a congregation of 450.

A local drum & bugle corps: Conquest Alliance was formed, in 1985, by the merger of two other drum corps, the Northern Skyryders and Brighouse RBL ( Legion ).

After the schism, Brighouse Rangers became a founder member of the Northern Rugby Football Union ( now Rugby Football League ), and the first Northern Rugby Football Union chairman was Mr. H. H. Waller from the club.

There are many Junior football teams in the area too such as Brighouse Juniors, which was started by parents in 1989, who go from Under 6's up to Under 17's.

Brighouse Railway Station was reopened in 2000 and provides the town with access to the National Rail network.

The Brighouse bus station has been refurbished with funding from Metro and was re-opened in May 2009.

By November 1764, the navigation was open as far as Brighouse, some from Wakefield.

A new cut at Brighouse was added in 1780, while the two staircase locks at Salterhebble and the single lock at Brooksmouth were replaced at Smeaton's suggestion by three new locks in 1782.

A new cut and a lock were constructed at Brookfoot near Brighouse between 1805 and 1808, while the Elland cut was extended to link up with the Sowerby cut in 1815.

Nevertheless, the Act, when it was passed in 1834, authorised the construction of major new cuts and the building of new locks, which would be as far at Brighouse.

It was abolished as a distinct parish on 1 April 1937 and merged with the neighbouring parish of Brighouse as part of the Borough of Brighouse.

The Brighouse area is home to the britpop band Embrace, who are most notable for their song " World at Your Feet ", the official England anthem for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivison of the West Yorkshire Urban Area a population of 32, 360.

They originally formed under the name The Brighouse and Rastrick Temperance Brass Band taking their current title in the early 20th century.

It is perhaps best known for its association, along with its neighbour Brighouse, with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band.

The ward of Rastrick is bordered to the north by the River Calder, which separates it from the ward of Brighouse.

The nearest railway station is named Brighouse but it is actually situated in Rastrick.

The history of Brighouse, Rastrick, and Hipperholme ; with monorial notes on Coley, Lightcliffe, Northowram, Shelf, Fixby, Clifton and Kirklees ( 1893 ), Turner, J. Horsfall ( Joseph Horsfall )

* Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

* Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

In 1976 the famous Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band recorded an arrangement of the Moss song made by their Musical Director Derek Broadbent.

The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band was formed in 1881.

The Brighouse and Rastrick Band is regarded by many as the best and most consistent ‘ public subscription band ’ in the world.

The band was formed over 125 years ago through public donations given by the townsfolk of the adjacent villages of Brighouse and Rastrick that face each other across the River Calder in West Yorkshire, England.

In 2009 ( when conducted by Richard Evans ), Brighouse and Rastrick achieved " Most Entertaining Band " at Brass in Concert.

A live album, The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, was released in July 2012.

* Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

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Brighouse Rangers Amateur Rugby League Club, founded in 1878, is part of the Brighouse Sports Club Complex on Russell Way ( Off A641 Bradford Road ) between Brighouse town centre and Bailiff Bridge.

Further indications of the legend's connection with West Yorkshire ( and particularly Calderdale ) are noted in the fact that there are pubs called the Robin Hood in both nearby Brighouse and at Cragg Vale ; higher up in the Pennines beyond Halifax, where Robin Hood Rocks can also be found.

Brighouse is twinned with Lüdenscheid in Germany, the link beginning with an exchange by Brighouse Children's Theatre in 1950 followed by a civic twinning charter in 1960.

Other parts of Hipperholme with Brighouse, Norwood Green and Coley, became a civil parish in Halifax Rural District.

The A641 northward links Brighouse with Bradford and southward with Huddersfield.

The bus station and some bus stops within the Brighouse area are equipped with Real Time Passenger Information Screens.

The Calder and Hebble Navigation links Brighouse with Wakefield ( junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation ), Mirfield ( junction with the Huddersfield Broad Canal ) and Sowerby Bridge ( junction with the Rochdale Canal ).

* Brighouse Online – A site full of information about Brighouse with guides, shops, maps etc