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Kirkheaton

Coordinates: 53°39′19″N 1°43′44″W / 53.6552°N 1.7290°W / 53.6552; -1.7290
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Kirkheaton
St John's Church
Kirkheaton is located in West Yorkshire
Kirkheaton
Kirkheaton
Location within West Yorkshire
Area0.9657 km2 (0.3729 sq mi)
Population3,496 (2021 census)
• Density3,620/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Dialling code01484
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°39′19″N 1°43′44″W / 53.6552°N 1.7290°W / 53.6552; -1.7290

Kirkheaton (English: /ˈkərkhtən/) is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Huddersfield, in the Dalton ward of Kirklees Council. In 2021 it had a population of 3,496.[1]

History

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The name Heaton comes from Old English "heah" meaning high and "tun" meaning settlement and the Old Norse "kirk" meaning church.[2] In 1894 Kirkheaton became an urban district, on 1 April 1938 the district was abolished and merged with Kirkburton Urban District.[3] On 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Kirkburton.[4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 2610.[5]


Religion

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The parish church in Kirkheaton,[6] 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 memorial to a disaster that 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 died.[7][8]

See the 'External Links' below for a survey of burials and transcripts of the parish registers.

Education

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Kirkheaton Primary School is on New Road.[9]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kirkheaton". City Population De. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Kirkheaton Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Kirkheaton UD through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Kirkheaton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Population statistics Kirkheaton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  6. ^ "St.Johns Kirkheaton". www.kirkheatonchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  7. ^ The names and ages of the victims, and a description of the disaster, are carved into the monument.
  8. ^ "Tragedy at Atkinson's Mill". 2 March 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  9. ^ Kirkheaton Primary School. Department for Education: EduBase. Retrieved 4 February 2018
  10. ^ Woodhouse, A. (1989). The history of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 3, 9, 101, 122, 133, 183, 558, 562, 565, 567, 569. ISBN 0-7470-3408-7.
  11. ^ "A Bit About Us". Innocent Drinks.
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