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Cowlersley

Coordinates: 53°38′05″N 1°50′12″W / 53.6347°N 1.8366°W / 53.6347; -1.8366
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Cowlersley
Manchester Road, Cowersley (2008)
Cowlersley is located in West Yorkshire
Cowlersley
Cowlersley
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE108153
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUDDERSFIELD
Postcode districtHD4
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53°38′05″N 1°50′12″W / 53.6347°N 1.8366°W / 53.6347; -1.8366

Cowlersley is a district 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Milnsbridge and Linthwaite and south of the A62 and the River Colne.[1] The name Cowlersley means 'a charcoal burner's wood' and was first recorded in 1226.[2]

The district has a primary school which was inspected by Ofsted in 2013 and listed as "requiring improvement".[3]

Its claim to fame is that the former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was born and lived in Cowlersley in his early childhood,[4]at 4 Warneford Road.

References

  1. ^ "288" (Map). Bradford & Huddersfield. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244852.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  3. ^ "Cowlersley Primary School". Huddersfield Examiner. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ Sutcliffe, Robert (18 October 2014). "Power house: 50 years ago this week Huddersfield's Harold Wilson became Prime Minister - but who lives in his childhood Cowlersley home today?". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 7 March 2017.