Kirkheaton
| Kirkheaton | |
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 St John's Church | |
  Kirkheaton Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Civil parish | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01484 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Kirkheaton (English: /ˈkərkhiːtən/) is a village and former civil parish 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Huddersfield, now in the parish of Kirkburton, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is in the Dalton ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2,610.[1]
History
The name Heaton comes from Old English "Heah" meaning high and "tun" meaning settlement along with Old Norse "Kirk" meaning church.[2]
Governance
On 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Kirkburton and Huddersfield.[3] From 1894 to 1938 Kirkheaton was also an urban district.[4]
Parish Church
The Parish church in Kirkheaton,[5] dedicated to St John the Baptist, is one of the earliest churches in the area, there was a stone church on the site before the Norman Conquest. In the churchyard is a fine memorial to a disaster which shook the nation in 1818, a horrific fire in a local cotton mill, Colne Bridge Mill, in which 14 workers, all girls and many of them very young, were trapped and lost their lives.[6][7]
Education
Kirkheaton has a primary school, Kirkheaton Primary School, which is situated on New Road.[8]
Notable people
- England cricketers George Herbert Hirst, Allen Hill and Wilfred Rhodes were born in the village and played cricket for Kirkheaton Cricket Club. Also the cricketers, William Bates, John Thewlis Senior, and Lewis Wrathmell, were also all born in the village and played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club[citation needed].
See also
References
- ^ "Population statistics Kirkheaton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Kirkheaton Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Huddersfield Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Kirkheaton UD through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "St.Johns Kirkheaton". www.kirkheatonchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ The names and ages of the victims, and a description of the disaster, are carved into the monument itself.
- ^ "Tragedy at Atkinson's Mill". 2 March 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ Kirkheaton Primary School. Department for Education: EduBase. Retrieved 4 February 2018
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