Ramsden Estate (Huddersfield)

Estate Buildings, the offices from which the estate was at one time managed

The Ramsden Estate is a property holding associated with the manor of Huddersfield, in the English county of Yorkshire, since the 16th century. It was in the possession of the Ramsden family, latterly holders of the Pennington-Ramsden Baronetcy, until 1920, when it was sold to Huddersfield Corporation. At the time of the purchase, the estate comprised the whole of the town centre, together with nearly half the land within the county borough boundary, a total of more than 4,300 acres (1,700 ha). The purchase came at a price was £1.3 million, required its own act of parliament and earned Huddersfield the reputation of "the town that bought itself".[1][2][3]

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