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The earliest written account of Moorthorpe is in the Domesday Book of 1086, when Moorthorpe is mentioned as part of the manor of South Kirkby. However, there is known evidence of Iron Age [2] and Roman [3] occupation and activity in the surrounding countryside and it is known that Sweinn and Arnketill, two Anglo-Saxon noblemen held the manor prior to the Norman Conquest.
Todmorden (/ ˈ t ɒ d m ər d ən / TOD-mər-dən; locally / ˈ t ɒ d m ɔːr d ən, ˈ t ɒ d m ər d ən, ˈ t ɔː m d ɪ n /) [1] [2] is a market town and civil parish [3] in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
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A decision was made, in 2004, to transfer the district's extensive council housing to Wakefield and District Housing (WDH), an 'independent' housing association, who would be more efficient with repairs and maintaining decent accommodation; as council housing represented almost 30% of the district, this was the second-largest stock transfer in ...
Woodkirk was part of the Ardsley urban district 1894–1937, which also included West Ardsley and East Ardsley and was then part of Morley municipal borough 1937–1974. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The village once formed part of the former municipal borough of Morley, and is still classed as part of Morley in the census. [ 4 ]
Hemsworth is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire and had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, [ 2 ] with it increasing to 13,533 at the 2011 Census.
Slaithwaite (/ ˈ s l æ θ. w eɪ t / SLATH-wayt, ; Old Norse for "timber-fell thwaite/clearing") [1] is a town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the Colne Valley and on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huddersfield.
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. [1] Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.