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Briestfield
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OS grid reference SE2317
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Post town DEWSBURY
Postcode district WF12
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53°38′N1°39′W / 53.64°N 01.65°W / 53.64; -01.65

Briestfield is a hamlet south of Dewsbury, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England.

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It formed part of the township of Whitley Lower in the ancient parish of Thornhill. Whitley Lower was a separate civil parish after 1866, being absorbed back into Thornhill in 1896, which in turn was absorbed into the borough of Dewsbury in 1910. [1]

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References

  1. "Thornhill Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

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