Infobox England county name WestYorkshire motto map File WestYorkshire UK locator map 2010.svg 200px WestYorkshire within England br small Shown within England small status Metropolitan county & br ... 88.6 White br 8.7 S. Asian council No county council br File WYJS logo.PNG 200px br WestYorkshire ... Wakefield Kirklees Calderdale City of Bradford Bradford Start of article WestYorkshire is a metropolitan ... of ceremonial counties of England by population 2.2 million . WestYorkshire came into existence ..., C., Local Government Act 1972 , 1973 ref WestYorkshire, which is landlocked, consists of five ... west , Lancashire to the north west , North Yorkshire to the north and east and South Yorkshire to the south east . WestYorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts the metropolitan ... 2007. ref WestYorkshire encompasses the WestYorkshire Urban Area , which is the most built ... left Leeds Town Hall WestYorkshire was formed as a metropolitan county in 1974, by the Local Government ... Riding of YorkshireWest Riding of Yorkshire and the county boroughs of Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, and Wakefield. WestYorkshire Metropolitan County Council inherited the use ... and Politics in Britain , 1991 ref Organisations such as WestYorkshire Police WestYorkshire Police Authority and WestYorkshire Passenger Transport Executive continue to operate on this basis. Although the county council was abolished, WestYorkshire continues to form a metropolitan and non metropolitan ... Lieutenant of WestYorkshire and a High Sheriff of WestYorkshire High Sheriff . Wakefield s Parish ... 2005 pp 39,40 ref However the industrial revolution , which changed West and South Yorkshire significantly ... 5 Image WestYorkshire County.png 400px br center small WestYorkshire is an amalgamation of 53 ... left Geology of Yorkshire The county borders, going anticlockwise from the west Lancashire , Greater .... The rivers River Aire Aire and River Calder, WestYorkshire Calder drain the area, flowing from west ... more details
infobox UK place country England latitude 53.67 longitude 01.47 official name Calder population metropolitan borough Wakefield borough Wakefield metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster post town postcode district postcode area dial code os grid reference SE350200 Calder is a village in West Yorkshire , England. It is situated alongside the River Calder, West Yorkshire River Calder Category Villages in West Yorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub pl Calder West Yorkshire ... more details
Other uses Boothroyd disambiguation infobox UK place country England latitude 53.6894 longitude 1.6456 map type West Yorkshire official name Boothroyd population metropolitan borough Kirklees metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster Dewsbury UK Parliament constituency Dewsbury post town DEWSBURY postcode district WF13 postcode area WF dial code 01924 os grid reference SE235215 Boothroyd is a village located west of Dewsbury in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees , West Yorkshire , England . Category Villages in West Yorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub pl Boothroyd West Yorkshire ... more details
Monkhill is an area of Pontefract , in the Wakefield borough Wakefield District, in the English county of West Yorkshire . Amenities Monkhill has 2 post offices, a school and a railway station called Pontefract Monkhill railway station . References West Yorkshire A Z WestYorkshire geo stub coord 53.700048 N 1.296923 W display title Category Villages in West Yorkshire pl Monkhill West Yorkshire ... more details
Helme is a small village in the Kirklees District, in the county of WestYorkshire , England. It is near the town of Meltham and Blackmoorfoot Reservoir . TOC Amenities Helme has a primary school called Helme primary school and a church. References http www.ukvillages.co.uk Place 12798 Helme WestYorkshire http www.axcis.co.uk schools directory Helme CE J I School 27816 A Z WestYorkshire page 152 coord 53.6041 1.8503 type city 100 region GB display title Category Geography of Kirklees Category villages in WestYorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub pl Helme WestYorkshire ... more details
infobox UK place country England latitude longitude official name WestYorkshire Urban Area population 1,499,465 area total km2 370.02 metropolitan borough metropolitan county WestYorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster post town postcode district postcode area dial code os grid reference SE455215 static image Image WestYorkshireUrbanArea.svg 300px static image caption small WestYorkshire Urban Area map small london distance The WestYorkshire Urban Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics ONS to refer to a conurbation in WestYorkshire , England , based around the cities of Leeds , Bradford and Wakefield , and the large town of Huddersfield . However, it excludes towns such as Castleford , Halifax, WestYorkshire Halifax , Pontefract and Wetherby which though part of the county of WestYorkshire are considered independently. There are substantial areas of agricultural land within the designated area more than in any other official urban area in England many of the towns and cities are only just connected with one another by narrow outlying ... sub divisions ref cite web url http www.statistics.gov.uk census2001 westyorkshire urban area.asp title WestYorkshire Urban Area date 1 November 2005 work National Statistics Online accessdate 2009 ... Bingley Bradford Brighouse Cleckheaton and Liversedge Dewsbury Guiseley Yeadon, WestYorkshire Yeadon Heckmondwike Holmfirth Honley Horbury Horsforth Huddersfield Keighley Leeds Lofthouse, WestYorkshire Lofthouse Stanley, WestYorkshire Stanley Menston Mirfield Morley, WestYorkshire Morley Ossett Pudsey Queensbury, WestYorkshire Queensbury Shelf, WestYorkshire Shelf Shipley, WestYorkshire ... title Category Urban areas of England Category Geography of WestYorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub bg id Wilayah Perkotaan WestYorkshire ru vi V ng th WestYorkshire ... more details
WestYorkshire Joint Services WYJS provides certain public services to the five districts of WestYorkshire , England City of Bradford Bradford , Calderdale , Kirklees , City of Leeds Leeds and City of Wakefield Wakefield . It is jointly funded by the five district councils, pro rata to their population, and is run by a committee of equal numbers of councillors from the five councils. It brings together a number of key services which the five district councils of WestYorkshire recognise can be more effectively delivered on a county wide basis . ref cite web url http www.wyjs.org.uk downloads Service 20Delivery 202008.pdf title Service delivery plan 2008 2009 Foreword work WestYorkshire Joint Services page 2 accessdate 2009 03 28 ref and its declared aim is protecting consumers, business and the heritage of WestYorkshire , ref cite web url http www.wyjs.org.uk downloads Service 20Delivery 202008.pdf title Service delivery plan 2008 2009 What do Joint Services do? work WestYorkshire Joint Services page 4 accessdate 2009 03 28 ref When WestYorkshire Metropolitan County Council was abolished in 1988, a Joint Committee Arrangement was established, to continue to provide archaeology, archives and trading standards services for the five successor district councils. In 1997 the Joint ..., WestYorkshire Morley , Leeds. file Sheepscar archives.jpg right WestYorkshire Archive Service ... are WestYorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service Archaeological Service WYAS , a commercial organisation WestYorkshire Archive Service WYAS WestYorkshire Ecology WestYorkshire Grants To Voluntary Bodies WestYorkshire Materials Testing Service WestYorkshire Public Analyst WestYorkshire Trading ... the West Riding Registry of Deeds Bradford Central Library, Halifax, WestYorkshire Halifax ... WestYorkshire Joint Services page 28 accessdate 2009 03 28 ref References reflist External links http www.wyjs.org.uk Official site Category WestYorkshire J Category County record offices in England ... more details
infobox UK place country England static image static image caption latitude 53.817 longitude 1.664 official name Bagley population metropolitan borough City of Leeds metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster Pudsey UK Parliament constituency Pudsey post town PUDSEY postcode district LS28 postcode area LS dial code 0113 os grid reference SE222356 Bagley is a village in West Yorkshire , England . Category Villages in West Yorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub pl Bagley West Yorkshire ... more details
infobox UK place country England official name Portsmouth latitude longitude population population ref civil parish Todmorden metropolitan borough Calderdale metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster Calder Valley UK Parliament constituency Calder Valley post town TODMORDEN postcode district OL14 postcode area OL dial code 01706 os grid reference london distance static image static image caption Portsmouth is a village on the A646 road in the Calderdale District, in the county of West Yorkshire , England. Nearby settlements include the towns of Burnley and Todmorden and the village of Cornholme . History The village was originally in Lancashire but the many boundary changes in the area have resulted in the current location of Calderdale , West Yorkshire . The village had a railway station, which was opened in 1849 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway . It was renamed by British Rail to rws Portsmouth Lancs and closed on 7 July 1958. References A Z West Yorkshire page 92 http wikimapia.org 11319361 Portsmouth West Yorkshire Wikimapia External links Commons category inline Portsmouth, West Yorkshire coord 53.732 2.154 type city 200 region GB display title Category Villages in West Yorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub pl Portsmouth West Yorkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England static image Image Wensley wharfe 026.jpg 250px static image caption West Burton village green latitude 54.2625 longitude 1.88019 official name West Burton population shire district Richmondshire shire county North Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster post town postcode district postcode area dial code os grid reference SE079852 West Burton is a village in the Yorkshire Dales , North Yorkshire , England . It lies on the B6160 road which eventually reaches Addingham . Two other roads leave the village both dead ends but one leading to the two hamlets of Walden, North Yorkshire Walden and Walden Head . This is Cauldron falls, a small but beautiful waterfall in the village. http www.wensleydale.org aagraphics photos large cauldron falls.jpg The village lies in probably the more famous of the Yorkshire Dales, Wensleydale . External links Commons category West Burton, North Yorkshire http www.westburton yorkshire.co.uk Parish Council http www.pardoe.net westburton West Burton on Pardoe.net Category Villages in North Yorkshire Richmondshire geo stub pl West Burton North Yorkshire ... more details
Netherton, WestYorkshire may refer to Netherton, Kirklees Netherton, Wakefield geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
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orphan date June 2010 Drub is a hamlet in the Kirklees District, in the county of WestYorkshire , England. It is near the town of Dewsbury . TOC References A Z WestYorkshire page 101 coord 53.7387 1.7025 type city 100 region GB display title Category Geography of Kirklees Category Hamlets in WestYorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub ... more details
Blackley is a hamlet in the Calderdale District, in the county of WestYorkshire , England . It is near the town of Elland and near the A629 road and the M62 motorway and can be accessed from junction 24. See List of road junctions in the United Kingdom 0 A for more detail. There is also the village of Ainley Top nearby. coord 53.68644 N 1.83845 W type city 1000 region GB display title Category Geography of Calderdale Category Villages in WestYorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub pl Blackley WestYorkshire ... more details
coord 53.614 1.516 display title region GB scale 10000 Woolley is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire , England . It has a population of 575. ref http www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk dissemination viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection 03070&productId 779& ph 60 61&datasetInstanceId 3070&startColumn 1&numberOfColumns 8&containerAreaId 790273 Office for National Statistics Census 2001 Parish Headcounts Wakefield Retrieved 2009 09 12 ref Until 1974 it formed part of Wakefield Rural District . West of the village is the escarpment known as Woolley Edge, which has given its name to the nearby Woolley Edge Services on the M1 motorway . See also Woolley Hall References reflist External links Commons category inline Woolley, West Yorkshire Category Villages in West Yorkshire Category Civil parishes in West Yorkshire Category Geography of Wakefield District WestYorkshire geo stub pl Woolley West Yorkshire ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Coord 53.602 1.558 display title region GB scale 5000 Haigh is a small village in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire , England . It lies half in the City of Wakefield Wakefield district and half in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Barnsley district . It grew up as a pit village and had its own colliery until 1968. Thereafter, Woolley Colliery became the main source of employment until its closure in 1987. Haigh suffered from significant decline for several years afterwards. It is now a commuter village for the large towns and cities of Yorkshire. Infamous serial killer John George Haigh is part of a family originally from this area. Category Villages in West Yorkshire Category Villages in South Yorkshire Category Geography of Barnsley Category Geography of Wakefield District pl Haigh West Yorkshire ... more details
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about the village in Leeds the village in Aberdeenshire Potterton refimprove date November 2009 infobox UK place country England latitude 53.844 longitude 1.390 label position left official name Potterton population civil parish Barwick in Elmet and Scholes metropolitan borough City of Leeds metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster Elmet and Rothwell UK Parliament constituency Elmet & Rothwell post town LEEDS postcode district LS15 postcode area LS dial code 0113 os grid reference SE402388 Potterton is a village convert 1 mi km 0 north of Barwick in Elmet in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . References reflist External links http www.barwickinelmethistoricalsociety.com Barwick in Elmet Historical Society http www.leeds.gov.uk Leeds City Council WestYorkshire geo stub City of Leeds Category Places in Leeds Category Villages in West Yorkshire pl Potterton West Yorkshire ... more details
infobox UK place country England static image static image caption latitude 53.774598 longitude 1.894827 map type West Yorkshire official name Ogden population metropolitan borough Calderdale metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster post town HALIFAX postcode district HX2 postcode area HX dial code os grid reference SE070309 Ogden in West Yorkshire is a small Hamlet place hamlet to the north of Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax . Its most recognisable landmarks are a wind farm , which can be seen from as far as Scammonden reservoir near Huddersfield a golf course , which offers views of the surrounding moorland and Ogden reservoir, around which are footpaths for visitors to walk and view the local wildlife. More recently the area has become known as the birthplace of poet, writer and artist S an Walsh friend of the Bront sisters who lived in the area from 1802 to 1872. Fact date November 2008 See also Wind power in the United Kingdom References Unreferenced date November 2008 WestYorkshire geo stub Category Geography of Calderdale Category Villages in West Yorkshire Category Wind farms in England pl Ogden West Yorkshire ... more details
for the former parliamentary constituency West Riding of Yorkshire UK Parliament constituency infobox ... 100px Arms of the County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire br Coat of arms of West Riding County Council Start 1889 End 1974 Replace WestYorkshire br South Yorkshire br North Yorkshire ... code Code WRY The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire , England ... boundaries. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire lieutenancy at that time included ... of WestYorkshire , South Yorkshire and the Craven , Harrogate borough Harrogate and Selby district ... and, since 1996, the unitary East Riding of Yorkshire . Geography The West Riding encompassed ... of Yorkshire North & West and, later, the City of York which lay within the city walls and was not part ... Barnsley , Batley , Bradford , Brighouse , Dewsbury , Doncaster , Halifax, WestYorkshire Halifax , Huddersfield , Keighley , Leeds , Morley, WestYorkshire Morley , Ossett , Pontefract , Pudsey , Rotherham ... Nether , Liversedge , Mexborough , Mirfield , Normanton, WestYorkshire Normanton , Rawmarsh , Rothwell, WestYorkshire Rothwell , Saddleworth , Shipley, WestYorkshire Shipley , Skipton , Sowerby Bridge , Stanley, WestYorkshire Stanley , Swinton, South Yorkshire Swinton , Thornhill, WestYorkshire ..., which was inherited by the WestYorkshire County Council in 1974. ref New Municipal Buildings ... subdivision wapentake wapentakes . Wapentakes main List of wapentakes in Yorkshire Within the West Riding ... www.33rdfoot.co.uk 33rd Foot, First YorkshireWest Riding Regiment , a re enactment group based in Halifax, WestYorkshire Halifax who depict this Regiment during the Napoleonic Wars Royal Signals 49 ... at New Carlton Barracks in Leeds http www.51stlight.co.uk 51st 2nd Yorkshire, West Riding Light Infantry ... www.wrprovince.co.uk Provincial Grand Lodge of Yorkshire, West Riding , a province in Freemasonry West ... index.htm West Riding Sailing Club References reflist Yorkshire DEFAULTSORT West Riding Of Yorkshire ... more details
The WestYorkshire Constabulary was, from 1968 to 1974, the statutory police force for the West Riding of Yorkshire , in northern England. It was formed under the Police Act 1964 , and was a merger of the previous West Riding Constabulary along with six borough forces for the county borough s of Barnsley , Dewsbury , Doncaster , Halifax, WestYorkshire Halifax , Huddersfield , Wakefield . The other four West Riding county boroughs, Bradford , Leeds and Sheffield and Rotherham retained independent police forces a merged force for Sheffield Rotherham . The West Riding Constabulary had been originally set up in 1856, as required by the County and Borough Police Act 1856 . The first Chief Constable was Lt Col C. A. Cobbe . The force s strength was 354 by the end of the year, and its headquarters were at Wakefield . http www.rotherhamweb.co.uk h timeline.htm In 1974 the force was split, under the Local Government Act 1972 . The bulk of the force went to form the new WestYorkshire Police with Bradford and Leeds and South Yorkshire Police with Sheffield and Rotherham , with other parts coming under the North Yorkshire Police , Cumbria Constabulary , Humberside Police , and Lancashire Police forces. The Constabulary was portrayed in a negative light in the Red Riding trilogy. References http www.westyorkshire.police.uk section item.asp?sid 10&iid 343 UK law enforcement agency stub Category Defunct police forces of the United Kingdom ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Birkenshaw latitude 53.7475 longitude 1.6934 map type West Yorkshire population metropolitan borough Kirklees metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster Batley and Spen UK Parliament constituency Batley and Spen post town BRADFORD postcode district BD11 postcode area BD dial code 01274 os grid reference SE203279 File Birkenshaw & Tong Station 1802134 b030f5f1.jpg thumb right 275px Birkenshaw & Tong station closed in 1953. These are the remains in 1961 Birkenshaw is a village in the county of West Yorkshire , England . It lies at the crossroads between the A58 road A58 Leeds to Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax road and the A651 Bradford to Heckmondwike road. Despite its proximity to Bradford and having a Bradford postal address and dial code, Birkenshaw forms part of Kirklees Kirklees Metropolitan Borough . ref http www.kirklees.gov.uk you kmc kmc howcouncilworks area committee committeedetails.asp?acID 47 Batley, Birstall and Birkenshaw Area Committee Kirklees Council ref It is home to the headquarters of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service . ref http www.westyorksfire.gov.uk contact Contacts West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service ref Birkenshaw was the birth place of Terry Uttley and Alan Silson , founding members of the band Smokie band Smokie . The Tetley family of malters, from whom brewer Joshua Tetley emerged hailed from Birkenshaw. ref ISBN 0 86254 127 1 pages 20 ref There are two schools in the village Birkenshaw First School and Birkenshaw Middle School. There is also a church and two playgrounds. Location grid NSEW Bradford Gomersal Drighlington Cleckheaton External links Commons category inline Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire References reflist Category Villages in West Yorkshire Category Geography of Kirklees pl Birkenshaw West Yorkshire ... more details
The office of Lord Lieutenant of WestYorkshire was created on 1 April 1974. Kenneth Hargreaves 1 April 1974 1978 previously Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of YorkshireWest Riding Lieutenant since 1970 ref The Lord Lieutenants Order 1973 S.I. 1973 No. 1754 ref William Bulmer 1978 1985 John Taylor, Baron Ingrow 1985 1992 John Lyles 25 September 1992 2004 ref London Gazette, issue no.53063, 25 September 1992 ref Ingrid Roscoe 2004 present if you are updating the current incumbent, please change List of Lord Lieutenants of the United Kingdom as well External links http www.westyorkshirelieutenancy.org.uk Lieutenancy web page References reflist Lord Lieutenancies Category Lord Lieutenancies of England Yorkshire, West Category Lord Lieutenants of WestYorkshire ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2009 infobox UK place country England official name Sowood latitude 53.662045 longitude 1.880791 map type West Yorkshire population metropolitan borough Calderdale metropolitan county West Yorkshire region Yorkshire and the Humber constituency westminster Calder Valley UK Parliament constituency Calder Valley post town HALIFAX postcode district HX4 postcode area HX dial code 01422 os grid reference SE079184 static image Image Sowood.jpg 237px static image caption small View over Sowood from Sowood Hill. Part of Stainland , Norland, West Yorkshire Norland Moor and the wind turbines at Ovenden Ovenden Moor can be seen. small Sowood is a village in Calderdale , West Yorkshire , England . It is Convert 4.5 mi km south of Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax , Convert 4 mi km north west of Huddersfield and Convert 2.5 mi km south west of Elland . Geography Sowood is one of the highest places in Calderdale, standing at Convert 280 m ft above sea level . The main road that passes through the village is the B6112, which links the village with Stainland , Greetland , and Outlane . It is very close to the Calderdale and Kirklees district boundary. External links Commons category inline Sowood, West Yorkshire Category Geography of Calderdale Category Villages in West Yorkshire WestYorkshire geo stub pl Sowood West Yorkshire ... more details
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