Sitlington is a

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in the

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of the

City of Wakefield Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a Local government in England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status and a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settl ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...

, England. The parish contains ten

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that are recorded in the

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. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of

Middlestown Middlestown is a small village in the Wakefield District in West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Sitlington and located halfway between the city of Wakefield and the town of Huddersfield, and is south east of Dewsbury ...

, Netherton, and Overton, and the surrounding countryside. In the parish is the large house, Netherton Hall, which is listed together with associated structures. Also in the parish is the former

Caphouse Colliery Caphouse Colliery, originally known as Overton Colliery, was a coal mine in Overton, Wakefield, Overton, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Denby Grange estate owned by the Lister Kaye family, and was worked from the ...

, later the

National Coal Mining Museum for England National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995. History Caphouse Coll ...

, which contains two listed buildings. The other listed buildings consist of farm buildings, a wagonway tunnel and its

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, a row of cottages, a milepost, and a church. __NOTOC__

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* * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sitlington Lists of listed buildings in West Yorkshire