Cowlersley is a district west of
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into t ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exis ...
,
England
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. It is situated between
Milnsbridge
Milnsbridge is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, situated west of the town centre, and in the Colne Valley. The name is said to have derived from the water-powered mill and the bridge that stood alongside it in the 13th cen ...
and
Linthwaite and south of the
A62 and the
River Colne. The name Cowlersley means 'a charcoal burner's wood' and was first recorded in 1226.
The district has a primary school which was inspected by
Ofsted in 2013 and listed as "requiring improvement".
Its main claim to fame is that the former
British prime minister
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern ...
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
was born and lived in Cowlersley in his early childhood,
at 4 Warneford Road.
See also
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Listed buildings in Colne Valley (eastern area)
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Listed buildings in Golcar
Golcar is a village and an unparished area in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Golcar ward contains 165 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at ...
References
Areas of Huddersfield
Colne Valley
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