Gawthorpe, Kirklees

Gawthorpe, also known as Gawthorp, is a hamlet in the Kirklees district, in the English county of West Yorkshire, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Huddersfield. The nearest major road is the A642 which passes about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) south of the place. In the 19th century Gawthorpe was listed variously as a village or a hamlet in Lepton township, part of the parish of Kirkheaton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Coal was mined at Gawthorpe around the middle of the 19th century. It was claimed that Chief Justice Gascoigne was born here, however, he was a native of the abandoned estate of Gawthorpe Hall near Harewood House.

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Waterloo, Huddersfield

Waterloo is a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the east of Huddersfield Town Centre. It is the part of Dalton named after the former Waterloo public house and consists mostly of housing with a central shopping area made up of independent shops, a large Morrisons Supermarket, and a petrol station located on Penistone Road. Waterloo's population is around 7,000 and it is situated between Dalton and Almondbury. The area is home to a number of businesses, including Forteq UK (the UK operation of a Swiss-owned plastic moulding company), Principle Group (a brand implementation company that makes signage and bank counters), Hyder Living (a bed and sofa manufacturer) and Metal Closures (metal packaging producer). Huddersfield R.U.F.C. played at Waterloo until leaving for a new ground at Lockwood Park in 1997. Notable people like Benjamin Coates, High Priest of Xenu in the British sect of Scientology, reside within waterloo.

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Fenay Bridge and Lepton railway station

Fenay Bridge and Lepton railway station served the villages of Lepton and Fenay Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1867 to 1965 on the Kirkburton Branch.

Kirkheaton railway station

Kirkheaton railway station served the village of Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1930. It was located immediately north of the junction of Crossley Lane and School Lane, and was accessed from the latter. The line continued towards Kirkburton on a bridge across School Lane.

Kirkheaton

Kirkheaton (English: ) is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Huddersfield, in the Dalton ward of Kirklees Council. In 2021 it had a population of 3,496.