The name Honley possibly derives from the Old EnglishHanalēah meaning either 'cock wood or clearing', or 'Hana's wood or clearing'. Alternatively, the first element could be derived from the Old English hān meaning 'stone', specifically a whetstone.[1]
Community
The annual Honley Agricultural Show[2] takes place on the second Saturday of June. The show has used farmland between Honley and Meltham, and more recently farmland in Farnley Tyas. Honley has both female and male voice choirs. There is also a village hall which holds regular events, workshops, meetings and markets all year round.[3]
There are three schools in the village. Honley Infant and Nursery School for ages 3–7, Honley Junior School for ages 7–11 and Honley High School which after abolishing its sixth form college is now for ages 11–16.[4]
The parish church is St Mary's, a Grade II listed mostly Victorian church, constructed in 1843 by Robert Dennis Chantrell, with later additions in 1888 and 1909.[5] The church was built on the remains of an earlier church, known as 'Old Peg' built in 1759. It is surrounded by a burial ground containing inscribed tombstones[6] with remnants of a set of village stocks. Though an earlier building was possibly constructed in 1503.[7]
Sport
Honley F.C. fields junior teams at under-6 level to under-17 levels. The teams play in the Huddersfield Junior Football League,[8] and play competitive seven-a-side matches from under-7s to under-10s and eleven-a-side matches from under-11s to under-17s.[9] An adult side with three teams plays in the Huddersfield and District Association Football League. The 'A' team is in the second division, the 'B' team in reserve division one, and the 'C' team in reserve division three.[10]
On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village.[11]
Governance
Honley was a township and chapelry in the parish of Almondbury,[12] From 1866 Honley was a civil parish until 1 April 1938 when the parish was abolished and merged with Holmfirth.[13] In 1931 the parish had a population of 4611.[14]
Isabella Donkersley (1864-1938), the daughter of Joseph Bedford Donkersley, a violinist who studied at the Royal College of Music from 1884,[17] she married August Jaeger on 22 December 1898 at St Mary Abbots. Her sister Lucy (1859-1923) was a pianist. She had two children with Mr Jaeger, including Mary Jaeger (26 April 1900 - September 1991, East Sussex). Isabella Hunter died on Sunday 9 October 1938, at her daughter's house, in North Finchley[18]
Alonzo Drake, Yorkshire County Cricketer, born c.1885, d. 14 February 1919. Buried in Honley Cemetery.
David Bintley, Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet and Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Japan. Born in Honley and former head of Maths at Honley High School.[22]
↑ Tuck, Steven (June 2009). "Kirklees Council". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
↑ Huddersfield Chronicle Tuesday 20 January 1885, page 3
↑ Huddersfield Examiner Saturday 15 October 1938, page 11
↑ Howell, David (1983). British workers and the Independent Labour Party, 1888–1906. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p.309. ISBN0-7190-1791-2.
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