Flockton

Flockton
Flockton
	Barnsley Road A637, Flockton
	Flockton Location within West Yorkshire
Population	2,107 (2020 Kirklees Council)
OS grid reference	SE242149
• London	160 mi (260 km) SSE
Civil parish	Kirkburton ;
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees ;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire ;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WAKEFIELD
Postcode district	WF4
Dialling code	01924
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Dewsbury and Batley ;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°37′48″N1°38′06″W / 53.630°N 1.635°W

Last updated August 29, 2024

Flockton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.^[2] It is halfway between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2020, the population of Flockton and Flockton Green was estimated to be 2,107.^[1]

History

Flockton grew in a coal mining area, Flockton Collieries are closed. Locals could find mining jobs at nearby collieries such as Bullhouse, Shuttle Eye, Emley Moor, or Caphouse Colliery ^[4] when the local pits were closed due to their inability to compete pricewise with collieries that were connected to the railways.^[5]

Governance

Flockton was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Thornhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire ^[6] and from 1866 Flockton was a civil parish^[7] and in 1894 an urban district. In 1938 the urban district was abolished and Flockton was added to Kirkburton.^[8]

Geography

Flockton contains the once separate areas of Over and Nether Flockton and Flockton Green. The village is about 6 miles (10 km) east of Huddersfield and the same distance south-west of Wakefield. The village extends along the A637 Grange Moor to Barnsley road. At Flockton Green, at the eastern end of the village, there is a junction with the road from Overton. To the west is Flockton Moor, a rural area containing mainly farmhouses. Parkside is an area of council housing and is close to where The Flockton Castle is located in someones front garden for everyone to marvel in all its plastic glory. In contrast there are stone-built private developments. House prices are above average for the area.^[1] Flockton is a commuter village because of its proximity to the M1 motorway, which brings with it a large amount of traffic.^[4]

The village had a population of 800 in 1809,^[9] 1,318 in 1951,^[10] and 2,107 in 2020.^[1]

Amenities

St James the Great Church is on Barnsley Road^[11] next to Flockton C of E (C) First School.^[12]

Flockton has a newsagent/convenience store, a working men's club, a motorcycle shop. There used to be a hairdressing salon and a fish and chip shop however both have closed. The Dartmouth Arms public house was replaced by an Indian restaurant in October 2007 and has since closed. The George and Dragon at Flockton Green is one of the oldest public houses in England, dating from 1485. This is now The Arc. The other pub in the village is The Sun. ^[13]

New Hall Prison

New Hall Prison is in New Hall Wood, 0.6 miles (1 km) east of Flockton.^[14] The prison holds female adults, juveniles and young offenders.^[15]

Sport

Flockton has a cricket team that plays in the Huddersfield Cricket League. The village football teams play in Huddersfield and District Association Football League leagues.^[5]

Related Research Articles

Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and several hamlets, including Thunder Bridge, Thorncliffe, Storthes Hall and Linfit. According to the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 26,439, while the village had a population of 4,299.

Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.

Shelley is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is 3 miles (5 km) north of Holmfirth and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Huddersfield.

Slaithwaite is a town and former civil parish in the Colne Valley area of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies in the Colne Valley, lying across the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huddersfield.

Hartshead is a village in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, 3.7 miles (6 km) west of Dewsbury and near to Hartshead Moor.

The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England; the main settlement is Barnsley and other notable towns include Penistone, Wombwell and Hoyland.

Clayton West is a village in the parish of Denby Dale, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 4.386 and 2,704 in 2008. It is 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Huddersfield and 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Barnsley.

Lepton is a village near Huddersfield in the parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.25 miles (7 km) to the east of Huddersfield on the A642 road, 120 metres (390 ft) above the town centre directly north of Lepton Great Wood. In 1931 the parish had a population of 3,323.

Holme is a village in the Holme Valley civil parish of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. The village straddles the A6024 road between Holmbridge and Lane village, 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Holmfirth. It is close to the boundaries of Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park: some properties lie outside of the National Park. Holme Moss, an area of high moorland with a prominent transmitter mast, overlooks the village from the south-west.

Kirkheaton is a village in the 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.

Shepley is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It lies 8 miles (13 km) south south east of Huddersfield and 6 miles (9.7 km) north west of Penistone.

Emley is a village in the parish of Denby Dale, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In the 2021 census it has a population of 1,434. It is 6.4 miles (10 km) east of Huddersfield and 7.1 miles (11 km) west of Wakefield. The village dates from Anglo-Saxon times and is on high ground, close to the Emley Moor transmitting station.

Thurstonland is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of almost 400.

Farnley Tyas is a village in the parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Huddersfield. It is located on a hilltop between Almondbury, Castle Hill, Thurstonland and Honley. It is mostly rural and farmland with private housing and some local authority social housing. In 1921 the parish had a population of 486.

Whistlestop Valley, formerly the Kirklees Light Railway, is a visitor attraction featuring a 3+1⁄2-mile (5.6 km) long 15 in gauge minimum gauge railway. The attraction's main site is in the village of Clayton West in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England which was first opened to the public on 19 October 1991, with a second, smaller site in a rural area near the village of Shelley.

Thorncliffe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

Grange Moor is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2019, it had an estimated population of 1,101.

The Clayton West branch line was a standard gauge passenger and freight railway near Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. The line was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, opening to traffic in September 1879. Many proposals were considered to extending the line eastwards towards Darton, and then connecting to Barnsley, but these never came to fruition. In 1963, both stations on the line,, were listed for closure under the Beeching cuts, but the branch survived as a passenger carrying railway until 1983. The branch also forwarded coal from two collieries adjacent to the line, which maintained a freight service on the branch up until closure.

References

1 2 3 4 "E01011193 Flockton / Grange Moor". observatory.kirklees.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
↑ "Kirkburton Parish Council map" (PDF). kbpc.co.uk. Kirklees Council. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 182, 482. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
1 2 "Grange Moor and Flockton, West Yorkshire". Yorkshire Life. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
1 2 "FLOCKTON - Pits, Pubs and a Prison". Huddersfield Examiner. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
↑ "History of Flockton, in Kirklees and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
↑ "Relationships and changes Flockton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
↑ "Flockton West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
↑ Langdale, Thomas (1809). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. J. Langdale, 1809. p. 194. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
↑ "Population statistics Flockton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
↑ "St. James the Great Church, Flockton, in the Benefice of Lepton, Emley and Flockton with Denby Grange" . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ "Flockton C of E (C) First School - Home" . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ "Restaurant Review: The George & Dragon Flockton". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ "110" (Map). Sheffield & Huddersfield. 1:50,000. landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319262085.
↑ "New Hall Prison and Young Offender Institute". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

External links

Media related to Flockton at Wikimedia Commons

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Kirklees-1] 1 2 3 4 "E01011193 Flockton / Grange Moor". observatory.kirklees.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[2] "Kirkburton Parish Council map" (PDF). kbpc.co.uk. Kirklees Council. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[3] Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 182, 482. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.

[:YL:-4] 1 2 "Grange Moor and Flockton, West Yorkshire". Yorkshire Life. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[:HE:-5] 1 2 "FLOCKTON - Pits, Pubs and a Prison". Huddersfield Examiner. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[6] "History of Flockton, in Kirklees and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[7] "Relationships and changes Flockton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[8] "Flockton West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[9] Langdale, Thomas (1809). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. J. Langdale, 1809. p. 194. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[10] "Population statistics Flockton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[11] "St. James the Great Church, Flockton, in the Benefice of Lepton, Emley and Flockton with Denby Grange" . Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[12] "Flockton C of E (C) First School - Home" . Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[13] "Restaurant Review: The George & Dragon Flockton". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[14] "110" (Map). Sheffield & Huddersfield. 1:50,000. landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319262085.

[15] "New Hall Prison and Young Offender Institute". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]