Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate | |
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![]() Brandy Carr Road, the main street in Kirkhamgate | |
Location within West Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE300224 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WAKEFIELD |
Postcode district | WF2 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Kirkhamgate is a village in the Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, England. It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Geography
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Kirkhamgate is situated on rising ground at a junction on the Wakefield to Batley road to the east of the M1 motorway. It is primarily a residential village surrounded by farmland that is part of the Rhubarb Triangle.
Events
[edit]Kirkhamgate holds an annual scarecrow festival in September.[1]
Governance
[edit]Alverthorpe civil parish was formed on 31 December 1894 from part of Alverthorpe with Thornes in Wakefield Rural District. On 1 April 1916 the parish was renamed Kirkhamgate. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1,320.[2] On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Stanley.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ www.kirkhamgatescarecrows.co.uk Archived 19 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Population statistics Kirkhamgate CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Wakefield Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Kirkhamgate CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
External links
[edit] Media related to Kirkhamgate at Wikimedia Commons