Upper Cumberworth

Upper Cumberworth
Crossroads, Upper Cumberworth
Upper Cumberworth Location within West Yorkshire
Population	1,122 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SE212088
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode district	HD8
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Dewsbury
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°34′34″N1°40′55″W / 53.576°N 1.682°W / 53.576; -1.682

Upper Cumberworth is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Denby Dale and the Diocese of Wakefield. It is between the villages of Denby Dale and Shepley, above the village of Lower Cumberworth. It occupies a rural location, surrounded by fields and woodland but close to Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Sheffield by public transport or road.

The 2001 Census gave the population of Upper Cumberworth and Lower Cumberworth combined as 1,222. ^[1]

Historically Upper Cumberworth is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the Wapentake of Staincross in the ancient parish of Silkstone. The Wapentake almost corresponds with the current Barnsley Metropolitan Area, although a few settlements and townships within the Staincross Wapentake such as Upper Cumberworth were put outside the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and now lie within the current West Yorkshire Metropolitan Area since April 1974.

Geography

The local woodlands are managed by the Upper Dearne Woodlands Conservation Group, who undertake tasks such as habitat conservation, access management, education and information. Many public footpaths run through the woodlands with information boards about plants and animals. The woodland runs into Birdsedge and contains more than 75 Hairy Northern Wood Ant (Formica lugubris) nests.

Education

The village has a small first school, Cumberworth CE (VA) First School. ^[2]

Religious sites

The local Saint Nicholas' church is Anglican. ^[3] The churchyard has a set of stocks by the entrance and some sculptural gravestones.

Sport

Upper Cumberworth and Lower Cumberworth have joint football and cricket teams. ^[4] There is a small children's playground and a larger field which contains football and basketball facilities.

Notable people

John Hodgson, drummer/ percussionist with Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble and Violinski, an ELO offshoot. ^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Denby Dale

References

1. "Community statistics" Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine , Kirklees.gov.uk, Xls download required. Retrieved 7 January 2011
2. Kirklees.gov.uk - Local authority website
3. Church of England
4. "Cumberworth United Cricket Club". Archived from the original on 8 April 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
5. "Fresh: Huddersfield prog rock drummer launches new band with music students". YorkshireLive. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

External links

• "Cumberworth: The Village", Ckcricketheritage.org.uk, Pdf download required. Retrieved 7 January 2012