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.

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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.

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Kirkwood Hospice

Kirkwood Hospice is a hospice situated in Dalton, Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. It provides Specialist palliative care for the terminally ill in Kirklees. It was built on the site of the former Mill Hill Isolation Hospital, which closed in 1971 Kirwood hospice provided help and assistance in the formation of the Laura Crane Trust.

Dalton, Huddersfield

Dalton is a suburb of Huddersfield, in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire in England, approximately one mile east of the town centre between Moldgreen, Rawthorpe and Kirkheaton. Located in a small valley it is mostly housing, with a small number of engineering firms to the north-west, surrounded by farmland used in the production of milk. Germaine Lindsay, one of the suicide bombers involved in the 7 July 2005 London bombings, had lived in the area following his arrival from Jamaica aged five.

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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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