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Stainland
Stainland is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The village is part of the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council and is approximately west of Elland, south of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax and north-west of Huddersfield. History Early routes and tracks followed high ground to avoid the marshy and wooded valley bottoms and it was on one such high level packhorse route that Stainland developed. The Stainland Cross remains as evidence of man's activity there in the medieval times. The village's name comes from Old Norse and means ''Stony land''; the land around Stainland is not very fertile. The village does not have a separate entry in the ''Domesday Book''. An economy that was based principally on wool and textile production led Stainland to develop as a hilltop village, in much the same way as Sowerby, West Yorkshire, Sowerby and Heptonstall. With the Industrial Revolution, mills developed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywell Green
Holywell Green is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale, district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately south-west of Elland, south of Halifax and north-west of Huddersfield. Holywell Green is part of the Greetland and Stainland Ward of Calderdale Council. History Holywell Green was recorded in the Domesday Book as being "a small hamlet within the township of Stainland." It gets its name from St Helen's Well which was known within the area during medieval times. The original location of this well is uncertain. Geography Holywell Green is the name given to the east side of Stainland. It is based around Stainland Road and Station Road, and built on an east-facing hill. Since West View and Bradley View were built, Stainland and Holywell Green have been conjoined. Landmarks Shaw Park Shaw Park is the largest park in the area. The main entrance is located off Station Road. The park was the garden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Lindley
Old Lindley or Over Lindley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is near the hamlet of Jagger Green, the village of Holywell Green and the town of Elland. Old Lindley has a moor called Old Lindley Moor. History The name "Lindley" means 'Flax wood/clearing', the 'Old' to distinguish from Lindley. Old Lindley was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Linlei''/''Linleie'', Old Lindley was also known as "Linley(e)", "Lynley(e)", "Lynlay", Hold(e) "Lynlay", Old(e) "Lynlay", "Over Lynlay", "Linneley", "Lyndeley" and "Ouldlindley". Governance Old Lindley was in the township of Stainland, in 1866 the civil parish of Stainland with Old Lindley was formed, on 1 April 1937 Stainland with Old Lindley parish was abolished and Old Lindley became part of Elland parish, which on 1 April 1974 became unparished. In 2017 it became part of the parish of Stainland and District. Landmarks There is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stainland And District
Stainland and District is a civil parish in the Calderdale, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The main settlements in the parish are Stainland, Holywell Green and Sowood, West Yorkshire, Sowood. Other settlements include Jagger Green, Old Lindley and Sowood Green. The parish also covers part of Outlane. History Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it was administered by Elland Urban District until 1974. From 1974 the area was part of Elland unparished area until the parish was formed on 1 April 2017. It was the first new parish creation since the borough of Calderdale was established in 1974. References External links Stainland and District Parish Council Civil parishes in West Yorkshire Geography of Calderdale {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greetland
Greetland is a village situated within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It falls within the Calderdale Ward of Greetland and Stainland. According to the 2011 Census, this ward had a population of 11,389. Geographically, Greetland is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Elland and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax. Historical records from 1870–1872, documented in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, describe Greetland as a village and chapelry in the Halifax parish, West Riding of Yorkshire. The village is noted to have been situated 1 mile west of the Elland railway station and 3 miles south-southwest of Halifax. It had amenities such as a post office under Halifax's jurisdiction during that period. The chapelry formed a part of the Elland-cum-Greetland township. The population at the time was 2,584, with local industries including stone quarries and several large mills producing woollens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sowood, West Yorkshire
Sowood is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale district of West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council. It is south-west of Elland, north-west of Huddersfield and south of Halifax. Geography Sowood, one of the highest places in Calderdale, is above sea level. The main road through the village, the B6112, which links it to Stainland, Greetland, and Outlane. It is close to the Calderdale and Kirklees Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, West Yorkshire, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It ... district boundary. See also * Listed buildings in Greetland and Stainland References External links Villages in West Yorkshire Geography of Calderdale {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barkisland
Barkisland () is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is east of Ripponden, south of Sowerby Bridge and south-west of Halifax town centre. The village is in the Ryburn ward of Calderdale. Barkisland has a school, a church, a post office and a cricket club that plays in the Huddersfield Cricket League. There are two pubs in Barkisland, The Fleece Countryside Inn and The Griffin Inn. History A ten-thousand-year-old axe was discovered near Ringstone Reservoir, providing evidence of human activity in the area now known as Barkisland dating back to the Stone Age. The origin of the name is in dispute. In a book of place names printed in 1944 it was stated that Barkisland derived from it being a settlement ('land') of a chieftain called 'Barkis'. While much earlier, in 1789, the Rev. John Watson, vicar of Ripponden church between 1754 and 1769, theorised that "Barsey or Barkesey are Anglo-Saxon words meaning low- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlane
Outlane is a village in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, situated approximately south-west of Elland, north-west of Huddersfield and south of Halifax. The village is situated next to the M62 motorway near Junction 23 and straddles the Kirklees and Calderdale borough boundary; while the bulk of the village is within Kirklees, the north-western part of the village is part of Calderdale and the Stainland & District civil parish. The A640 Huddersfield to Rochdale (New Hey Road) road passes through the village. Outlane Cricket Club, who currently play in the Halifax Cricket League, objected to the building of the motorway in the 1960s as it would go through their ground. However the Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ... turned down the obj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calderdale
Calderdale () is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the upper river flows, while the actual landform is known as the Calder Valley. Several small valleys contain tributaries of the River Calder. The main towns of the borough are Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden. Calderdale covers part of the South Pennines, and the Calder Valley is the southernmost of the Yorkshire Dales, though it is not part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The borough was formed in 1974 by the merger of nine local government districts. Halifax is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough. Calderdale is served by Calderdale Council, which is headquartered in Halifax, with some functions based in Todmorden. History The Roman settlement of Cambo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norland, West Yorkshire
Norland is a dispersed village south of Sowerby Bridge, in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. History Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the settlement dates back to the 13th century when it consisted of timber-framed farmhouses on the hillsides above the valleys of the Calder and Ryburn rivers. They were replaced by stone houses in the 17th and 18th centuries and housed workers in the woollen industry that developed at this time. As the industry thrived, some houses built by yeoman farmers were substantial such as Lower Old Hall (dated 1634) and Fallingworth Hall (dated 1642). Norland Hall, lower down on the hillside near Milner Royd, was typical of an older timber-framed building encased in stone in the late 17th century. In 1911 it was struck by lightning and dismantled in 1914. The American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst bought the stones in 1922 with the intention of re-building the hall in the USA. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calder Valley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Calder Valley () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Josh Fenton-Glynn of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The constituency has a long record as a bellwether of national results in British elections. In every election since its creation for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, it has voted for an MP belonging to the largest party in the Commons; this record stretches back to February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 and 1960 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960 for its main predecessors, Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency), Sowerby and Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency), Brighouse and Spenborough respectively. Constituency profile The constituency covers most of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In 2021, it had a population of 88,109. It is also the administrative centre of the wider Calderdale Metropolitan Borough. Toponymy The town's name was recorded in about 1091 as ''Halyfax'', most likely from the Old English ''halh-gefeaxe'', meaning "area of coarse grass in the of land". This explanation is generally preferred to derivations from the Old English ' (holy), in ''hālig feax'' or "holy hair", proposed by 16th-century antiquarians. The probably-incorrect interpretation gave rise to two legends. One concern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elland
Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Elland was recorded as ''Elant'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. It had a population in 2001 of 14,554, with the ward being measured at 11,676 in the 2011 Census. Etymology The name of Elland is attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Elant''. The name comes from the Old English words ''ēa'' ('river') and ''land'' ('land'); the name relates to the settlement's location on the south bank of the Calder. History Elland retained continuity of tenure from before the Norman Conquest into the Middle Ages, as the Elland family were descended from Anglo-Saxon thegns. The Manor of Elland, with Greetland and Southowram, formed an exclave of the Honour of Pontefract in the surrounding Manor of Wakefield. In 1350 Sir John de Eland was murdered, as were his son and grandson in the following year, which extinguished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
