Battyeford
Appearance
Battyeford | |
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![]() The Pear Tree Inn, Battyeford | |
Location within West Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE191205 |
Civil parish | |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MIRFIELD |
Postcode district | WF14 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Battyeford is a village in West Yorkshire, England west of the town of Mirfield.
History
[edit]From 1900 to 1953 the village was served by Battyeford railway station on the Leeds New Line.[1]
Governance
[edit]The village is part of the civil parish of Mirfield, and part of the Mirfield ward of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. The borough council is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire.
Religious sites
[edit]Christ the King in Battyeford is an Anglican church and part of the Diocese of Wakefield.[2] It was built in 1973 on the site of the original Christ Church which was built in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1971.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Butt, R V J (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. p. 29. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- ^ "Christ the King, Battyeford". Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "A Parish for Battyeford". 16 April 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
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