84-516: Crosland Moor is a district of the town of Huddersfield , West Yorkshire , England . It begins 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south west of Huddersfield town centre. Crosland Moor begins at the junction of the Manchester Road A62 and Blackmoorfoot Road the main thoroughfare. The area rises up the hillside to overlook the areas of Milnsbridge and Golcar in the Colne Valley . The name
168-485: A Roman fort were unearthed in the mid 18th century at Slack near Outlane , west of the town. The earliest surviving record of the place name is in the Domesday Book of 1086, Oderesfelt . It appears as Hudresfeld in a Yorkshire charter from 1121 to 1127, and as Huderesfeld in subsidy rolls in 1297. The name meaning has not complicated with the shifts of English, remaining 'Hud(d)er's field'. The modern name
252-472: A royal charter under section 245 of the Local Government Act 1972 granting the status of a borough from 1 April 1974. The grant of borough status entitled the chairman of the council to the title of " mayor ", effectively continuing the mayoralties of the former boroughs of Dewsbury (1862), Huddersfield (1898), Batley (1869) and Spenborough (1955). The mayor is elected from among the councillors for
336-676: A chorus in Handel's landmark Oratorio Messiah . The annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is held in the town which is also home to the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra and the Huddersfield Singers . On Christmas Day 1977, the Sex Pistols played their last two British shows, a matinee for the children of striking firefighters, at Ivanhoe's nightclub, before embarking on their ill-fated US tour which saw
420-482: A company concerned with the integration of disabled people into mainstream theatre. Kelly Rowlands also holds the 2003 Line Dancing championship Record. The John Smith's Stadium , (formerly the Galpharm Stadium and Alfred McAlpine Stadium), is a multi-use sports stadium with a gym, swimming pool, spa and offers sporting classes. The stadium is home to Huddersfield Giants and Huddersfield Town football team. Adjacent
504-718: A councillor, Dr Jackie Grunsell in the Crosland Moor ward. In January 2016 plans were announced to close the A&;E department of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and have all emergency cases go to Calderdale Royal instead. This sparked uproar in local communities as it would mean journeys from some areas of over 40 minutes to and from the hospital assuming that the main road into Halifax was not congested, as it frequently is. The former St. Luke's Hospital in Crosland Moor mostly provided geriatric and psychiatric care. It closed in 2011 and
588-410: A district without an obvious centre. Over the years there have been suggestions of splitting the district into two, administered from Huddersfield and Dewsbury. Graham Riddick , as MP for Colne Valley , campaigned for a split in the early 1990s. A similar ambition was mentioned by Elizabeth Peacock , MP for Batley and Spen in 1991. The boundaries of metropolitan boroughs were outside the remit of
672-423: A large number of niche manufacturers, such as Dual Seal Glass (maker of spandrel glass panels ) and Ellis Furniture (producer of kitchen and bathroom furniture). Huddersfield is home to Andrew Jones Pies, a regional award-winning pie-maker, and Mamas and Papas , a manufacturer and retailer of prams, pushchairs and related items and specialist pneumatics supplier Shelley Automation Ltd. Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
756-560: A large shopping unit empty in The Piazza Centre. In 2019 Marks & Spencer announced 17 closures within the UK, one of these was the Huddersfield store. Huddersfield Choral Society founded in 1836, claims to be the UK's leading choral society . Its history was chronicled in the book 'And The Glory' , written to commemorate the society's 150th anniversary in 1986 – its title derived from
840-597: A long-established Saint Patrick's Day Parade on c. 17 March. Huddersfield Caribbean Carnival in mid-July, begins with a procession from the Hudawi Cultural Centre in Hillhouse, through the town centre to Greenhead Park where troupes display their costumes on stage. Caribbean food, fairground rides and various stalls and attractions are available. A "young blud" stage presents Hip Hop, UK garage, RnB and bassline. Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees Kirklees
924-422: A mural crown sable masoned argent. Supporters : On either side a lion guardant purpure resting the inner hind leg on a cross crosslet Or embellished in each of the four angles with a fleur de lis azure. Badge or device : A roundel purpure charged with a Lacy Knot Or all within a circle of eleven roses argent barbed and seeded proper. The green colouring of the shield represents the fields, woods and moorland of
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#17328590401391008-521: A one-year term (the "civic year") at the council's annual meeting. Kirklees is the most populated borough or district in England not to have city status . In 2001 it was announced that a grant of city status was to be made to an English town to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II , and Kirklees council indicated that it was considering applying on behalf of Huddersfield. An unofficial telephone poll by
1092-648: A population of 216,011. Huddersfield has the merger of the shallow valley floors of the River Colne and the Holme south of the town centre. This is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines which blend into the moorlands of the South Pennines west of the town. As with all of West Yorkshire a temperate oceanic climate exists, wetter than the low plains rain shadow proper towards East Yorkshire but drier than Cumbria . It
1176-546: Is its railway station , which is a Grade I listed building described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England". It won the Europa Nostra award for architecture. Huddersfield hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College , Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College . The town is the birthplace of rugby league with the local team, Huddersfield Giants , playing in
1260-430: 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 . The borough
1344-577: Is a ram's head, found in the arms of the County Borough of Huddersfield and the Mirfield Urban District Council. The black mural crown stands for the district's status as a borough, recalling a city wall. The supporters are purple lions from the arms of the de Laci family, medieval lords of Huddersfield. For heraldic "difference" from other lion supporters a distinctive cross has been placed below their inner feet. This device, combining
1428-590: Is also on Dryclough Road. Beaumont Primary Academy is a new school based near the same grounds of Moor end. At the end of Dryclough Road, Beaumont Park , Huddersfield's first park, begins. Opened in 1883, the park mainly consists of woodland and is on a hillside that looks over the Holme Valley and the Lockwood railway viaduct. It is currently being restored to its former glory by the Friends of Beaumont Park. Housing around
1512-567: Is derived from the local landowners the Crosland family, who owned much of the area in 15th and 16th centuries. Their home Crosland Lodge , and business holdings at Crosland Moor Mill were situated in the area. The Walpole and Balmoral Avenue housing estates are also a part of Crosland Moor. The area (including Crosland Hill and Beaumont Park ) is bordered by Lockwood , Netherton , Linthwaite , Milnsbridge , Paddock and Thornton Lodge . The electoral ward of Crosland Moor and Netherton , in
1596-401: Is home to textile, chemical and engineering companies, including Brook Motors Ltd founded by Ernest Brook in 1904. Against conventional wisdom, he started making alternating current electric motors, and he did this in one room with two assistants and starting capital of just £300. On its 50th anniversary in 1954 it employed more than 2,000 people and, with Ernest's sons Frank and Jack in charge,
1680-532: Is in Lindley . Medical services are split between there and the Calderdale Royal Hospital at Salterhebble , near Halifax . Kirkwood Hospice provides care for the terminally ill , and is dependent on donations and charitable gifts. Princess Royal Hospital provided maternity facilities until the risks of not being able to get an ambulance to A&E in the event of complications were judged to outweigh
1764-470: Is mild for the latitude – overnight frosts are quite frequent in winter yet daytime tends to exceed such temperatures due to onshore breezes from around Britain and as the Gulf Stream moderates temperatures. Summers are usually warm, punctuated by frequent rainy and hot spells. Winters are usually cool and damp, punctuated by frequent cold spells where snow is possible, especially on higher ground. According to
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#17328590401391848-545: Is pronounced without a word-initial /h/ in the local dialect, a trait independently shared by many Norman scribes' dialects of the Domesday Book era (see Old and modern French ). Huddersfield has been a market town since Anglo-Saxon times. The market cross is on Market Place. The manor of Huddersfield was owned by long lease by the de Lacy family until its 1322 takeback by the Crown. In 1599, William Ramsden bought it, and
1932-696: Is the Wellfield quarry where Crosland Hill Sandstone comes from. According to the Building Research Establishment it is a durable stone not affected by acid rain or air pollution. Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire , England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in
2016-410: Is the local authority of the district. The council is composed of 69 councillors, three for each of the borough's 23 wards . Elections are held three years out of four, on the first Thursday of May. One third of the councillors are elected, for a four-year term, in each election. The council is currently led by a Labour executive. The shadow Kirklees District Council petitioned the privy council for
2100-637: Is the second oldest in the United Kingdom, started in 1889 lasting for nine days each year. Free music concerts have been put on for the town, including bands such as the Ordinary Boys, the Script and Elliott Minor. There are many local choirs, youth and adult, a noted example of the latter being the Honley Male Voice Choir. Home-grown musical talent of all kinds is complemented by the student intake to
2184-475: Is within a green belt region that extends into the Kirklees borough and wider surrounding counties. It is in place to reduce urban sprawl , prevent the towns in the West Yorkshire Urban Area conurbation from further convergence, protect the identity of outlying communities, encourage brownfield reuse, and preserve nearby countryside. This is achieved by restricting inappropriate development within
2268-549: The Banham Commission appointed to review local government structures in 1992 or its successors, and only minor boundary changes were made with neighbouring districts in 1994. The district includes parts of three postcode areas. Huddersfield and the rural areas to the south have HD postcodes, Birkenshaw , Cleckheaton and Gomersal have BD postcodes, and the rest of the Heavy Woollen area has WF postcodes. Similarly
2352-634: The Calder Valley Line and the TransPennine Express lines. These serve an important urban area around Leeds and Kirklees with services to further away stations including Manchester Victoria and Liverpool Lime Street . Most bus services in the Huddersfield area are operated by Team Pennine and First West Yorkshire , and most bus services in the Heavy Woollen area are operated by Arriva Yorkshire . The urban areas of Kirklees are served by
2436-476: The College of Arms by letters patent dated 24 June 1974. the blazon of the arms is as follows: Vert on a bend Argent a bendlet wavy azure on a chief Or a pale between two cog-wheels azure on the pale a Paschal Lamb supporting a staff of the fourth flying therefrom a forked pennon argent charged with a cross gules; and for a Crest , On a wreath of the colours a ram's head affronty couped argent armed Or gorged with
2520-452: The Colne Valley constituency. The area of Crosland Moor includes Beaumont Park , Crosland Hill and Walpole and has a population of 9,085 according to the 2001 census. The ward was renamed Crosland Moor and Netherton in time for the 2011 Census. Its population at the Census was 18,723. The former St. Luke's Hospital was situated alongside Blackmoorfoot Road. It was originally a workhouse for
2604-443: The Colne Valley , Holme Valley , Calder Valley and Spen Valley . Those areas of the district with a more urban character bound Calderdale to the west, Bradford to the north-west, Leeds to the north-east and Wakefield to the east. The district also includes several rural villages, with the largest rural area extending from the south of Huddersfield. The Pennine countryside to the south-west of Meltham and Holme lies within
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2688-487: The Huddersfield Examiner found a slim majority against the proposal, and the council did not proceed with the application. Borough status also allows the council to confer the freedom of the borough on "persons of distinction". Since its formation Kirklees Council has granted this right to two individuals and two groups: Kirklees is twinned with: Kirklees Borough Council was granted armorial bearings by
2772-672: The Köppen climate classification , Huddersfield is certified as Cfb . After boundary changes in 2004, Huddersfield now covers eight of the twenty-three electoral wards for Kirklees Council. Neighbouring wards in the Colne Valley , Holme Valley , and Kirkburton are often considered to be part of Huddersfield though they are predominantly semi-rural . The very centre of town forms the Newsome ward of councillors. Eight wards make up Huddersfield proper; these with populations, extent and constituent suburbs (mid-year 2005 estimates) are: Huddersfield
2856-529: The M62 and M1 motorways. Parts of the local road network are considered to require improvement, such as the main route from Huddersfield to the southbound M1 which narrows as it passes through Flockton . Kirklees Council has developed a number of traffic-free cycle paths called Greenways in partnership with Sustrans . Tourism in Kirklees is based around the area's countryside and industrial heritage: Kirklees Council closed Dewsbury Museum and Red House Museum at
2940-543: The Peak District National Park. This moorland area mostly bounds Saddleworth , a traditional part of Yorkshire but now locally governed from Oldham , Greater Manchester . There is also a relatively short border with the High Peak district of Derbyshire , running across the summit of Black Hill , and the main border to the south of Kirklees is with Barnsley . The inclusion of two county boroughs resulted in
3024-588: The Ramsden family continued to own the manor, which was known as the Ramsden Estate , until 1920. During their ownership they supported the development of the town. Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet built the Huddersfield Cloth Hall in 1766 and his son the fourth baronet was responsible for Huddersfield Broad Canal in 1780. The Ramsdens endorsed the railway in the first wave of national railway building, in
3108-656: The Super League . It also has a professional football team called Huddersfield Town , that currently competes in the EFL League One , as well as two Rugby Union clubs Huddersfield R.U.F.C. and Huddersfield YM RUFC . Notable people include Labour British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and film star James Mason . The town has been classed under Yorkshire , the West Riding of Yorkshire and West Yorkshire for statistics throughout its history. The town's population in 1961
3192-588: The United Reformed Church ), Methodism , Quakers , and the Roman Catholic Church . Buddhism , Hinduism , Islam , the Jehovah's Witnesses , Mormonism and Sikhism all have congregational buildings. The town's religious makeup was 39% Christian , 37.4% No Religion, 20.4% Muslim , and has small Hindu , Sikh , Buddhist and Jewish communities. Huddersfield is a manufacturing town, despite
3276-519: The University of Huddersfield 's music department. "The Sheriff of Huddersfield" is a song by heavy metal band Iron Maiden on the B-side of their 1986 single " Wasted Years ", written about their co-manager Rod Smallwood , leaving his home town of Huddersfield and struggling to settle into life in Los Angeles. Huddersfield is home to thrash metal band Evile , dance rock band Kava Kava , the birthplace of
3360-463: The 1840s. Huddersfield was a centre of civil unrest during the Industrial Revolution in which Europe saw frequent wars during and after which, as to those most acutely affecting Britain, cloth trade slumped which could be compounded by local crops failure, many local weavers faced starvation and losing their livelihood due to the new, mechanised weaving sheds . Luddites began destroying
3444-558: The 1950s reflected in several Liberal social clubs. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the Huddersfield constituency is Harpreet Uppal , a Labour MP. The town's population in 1961 had reached 130,652. Per the United Kingdom Census 2001 the population of the town's urban sub-area of the West Yorkshire Urban Area was 146,234, and that of the former extent of the county borough was 121,620. The wider South Kirklees had
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3528-556: The Labour vote increased slightly, and they gained Dewsbury from the Conservatives. At the same time the Alliance vote fell, and the Conservatives took Colne Valley. The four MPs elected in 1992 were all returned in 1997. Kirkburton, Mirfield and Thornhill. Parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales continued to be defined in terms of the boroughs and districts abolished in 1974 until
3612-523: The benefits of specialist service provision. It now functions as a day clinic, family planning consultation centre and GUM Clinic . A decision to move most maternity services provided by the Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust to the Calderdale Royal Hospital ended the provision in 2007, despite strong local opposition. The campaign was led by Save Huddersfield NHS which elected
3696-468: The borough. The white stripe or bend represents the M62 motorway , while the blue wave upon it is for the many waterways of the area. On the chief or upper third of the shield is a paschal lamb , symbol of St John the Baptist . John was the patron saint of woolworkers, and the inclusion of the emblem represents the historic woollen industry. The cogwheels are for the modern engineering industries. The crest
3780-550: The core Huddersfield line of the TransPennine Express network, with services calling at Huddersfield and Dewsbury . Direct Grand Central services to London King's Cross call at Mirfield . Other railway stations in the district on these routes and on the Penistone line have local Northern Trains services. Some towns in Kirklees have not been served by rail transport since the Beeching cuts . Dewsbury and Batley are served by
3864-544: The designated areas, and imposing stricter conditions on permitted building. The green belt surrounds the Huddersfield built-up area, a much-wooded buffer zone . Larger outlying communities such as Upper Hopton, Grange Moor, Highburton, Farnley Tyas , Netherton, Honley , Outlane , Slaithwaite , Wellhouse are exempt from this. Nearby smaller villages, hamlets and rural areas such as Thurgory, Gawthorpe Green , Bog Green, Upper Heaton, Wilberlee , South Crosland , Rushfield Bridge, and Bank End see their unbuilt land included in
3948-507: The designation. Much semi-rural land on the fringes forms the rest. It was chiefly defined in the 1960s, and across Kirklees covers about 70%, i.e. 23,050 hectares (57,000 acres) (2017, excluding the Peak District National Park). A subsidiary aim is to encourage play, sport and leisure, through woodland, moor, streams, green meadows, fields, small bogs. Features are: West of Marsden , Meltham and Holmbridge , it borders
4032-468: The district is split between several telephone dialling codes, with most residents in the 01484 (Huddersfield), 01274 (Bradford) and 01924 (Wakefield) codes. A small number of residents in Birchencliffe and Birkenshaw villages fall within the 01422 (Halifax) and 0113 (Leeds) codes respectively. Public transport information is provided by Metro , as is the case across West Yorkshire. Kirklees lies along
4116-540: The end of 2016, claiming it could not afford to continue running them following cuts to its budget . Tourist information in Kirklees can be obtained from major libraries. Huddersfield Town play football in the EFL Championship as of the 2022–23 season. They were the first English club to win three successive league titles. There are also 3 semi professional football teams within Kirklees, Liversedge , Emley and Golcar United . The birthplace of rugby league
4200-612: The foothills of the Pennines . The River Holme 's confluence into the similar-sized Colne is to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town. The rivers around the town provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds ; this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution . The town centre has much neoclassical Victorian architecture . An example
4284-523: The former constituency receiving Heckmondwike ward from Batley and Spen. The constituencies were first used at the 1997 general election , when the Labour Party came to power in a landslide , gaining all the seats in the borough. The party held the seats at the subsequent elections of 2001 and 2005 . The incumbent MP for Batley and Spen , Jo Cox , was murdered on 16 June 2016. A constituency by-election took place on 20 October 2016 and Tracy Brabin
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#17328590401394368-541: The group's acrimonious collapse. In the early-mid-1990s, Flex, an underground Jungle/ Drum 'n' Bass record label, was founded by musician and BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ, L Double. In 2000 another independent record label Chocolate Fireguard Records was founded by singer Pat Fulgoni who developed a three-stage community music event, Timeless Festival , in Ravensknowle Park, featuring a range of electronica, hip hop and rock music. There are other annual music festivals held in
4452-479: The hospital site with up to 200 homes, a retail unit and a small neighbourhood centre have been approved by councillors. Moor End Academy (formally Moor End Technology College) is Crosland Moor's secondary school based on Dryclough Road near Beaumont Park, the secondary school is very big and is probably the most popular school for children and teenagers who live in Crosland Moor Oak Primary School
4536-544: The incident occurred was named after Horsfall (William Horsfall Street). Just off Blackmoorfoot Road beyond the Crosland Heath Golf Course is the Crosland Moor airfield which was established by the David Brown Engineering Works based in Lockwood . Even further up the road is Huddersfield's Observatory which is situated high over the town for good views of the sky at night. Before the airfield
4620-531: The keynote central building freeholds belong to the local authority, as in a few towns in Britain such as Basingstoke . Huddersfield was incorporated as a municipal borough in the ancient West Riding of Yorkshire in 1868. The borough comprised the thus sidelined civil parishes of Almondbury, Dalton, Huddersfield, Lindley-cum-Quarmby and Lockwood, later dissolved. When the West Riding County Council
4704-428: The land was sold to a developer; this land is now home to Fitzwilliam Grange, a housing estate. Platform 1 is a charity established in 2018 and provides a space and advice for men struggling with mental health. The Lawrence Batley Theatre , opened in 1994, in what was once the largest Wesleyan Chapel in the world, and presents dance, drama, comedy, music and exhibitions and is the base for Full Body and The Voice,
4788-477: The mills, sheds and machinery at such times; one of the most notorious attacks was on Cartwright – a Huddersfield mill-owner who had a reputation for cruelty – and his Rawfolds Mill. Kirkpatrick Sale describes how an army platoon was stationed at Huddersfield to deal with these; at its peak, having about a thousand soldiers and ten thousand civilians. Luddites thus began to focus criminal damage on nearby towns and villages (less well-protected); their most damaging act
4872-690: The mills. Two Prime Ministers spent part of their childhood in Huddersfield: Harold Wilson , born locally attended Royds Hall School , and H. H. Asquith . Wilson is commemorated by a statue on the ( forecourt ) to the town's station. In 1920, the Corporation bought the Ramsden Estate from that family that had owned much of the town at least as to the reversion of long leases (a minor, overarching interest) since 1599, for £1.3 million. The town became "the town that bought itself". Most of
4956-566: The north limb of the Peak District National Park . As of 2021, the town of Huddersfield's population was enumerated at 141,692, and its ethnic makeup was 66% White , 20.4% Asian , 5.6% Black , 5.2% Mixed , 2% Other and 1% Arab . The town has many churches, mosques, temples and synagogues. These include Christian denominations: the Church of England , Baptists , Presbyterians and Congregationalists (sometimes as their main fusion
5040-515: The northern parts commuting to Leeds and York for work and education. People living in the western parts commute to Bradford , Halifax and Huddersfield for education and work. People living in the southern and eastern parts commute to Wakefield , Barnsley , Sheffield and Manchester for work and education. The largest towns and principal districts in the borough are Huddersfield , Dewsbury , Batley , Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton . The principal settlements of Kirklees are mill towns in
5124-583: The original draft of the Act, the district would have included Ossett , part of the Dewsbury Parliamentary constituency at that time. It was eventually decided that Ossett was too remote to be governed from Huddersfield and the town was included within the Wakefield district instead. Kirklees sits in quite a central position to all the other surrounding unitary boroughs of West Yorkshire, with people living in
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#17328590401395208-453: The other side of the town centre. The town centre is home to several national high street retailers and chain stores. There are also a variety of small specialist and independent shops, many in the three-storey Victorian shopping arcade, Byram Arcade, on street, Westgate. However over the last decade many shops have closed down causing a general decline of the town centre. Most notability the closure of British Home Stores (BHS) in 2016 left
5292-445: The park is some of the most expensive in Huddersfield. Along Blackmoorfoot Road beyond the junction with Dryclough Road was the spot where in April 1812 mill owner William Horsfall was shot and killed by the Luddites George Mellor, William Thorpe, Thomas Smith and Benjamin Walker. They objected to the introduction of machinery at Horsfall's mill in Marsden . Walker turned informer, and the other three were hanged. A side street where
5376-407: The poor and needy of the area in the 19th century. This ended up being a hospital that included the headquarters for the Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust, a psychiatric unit and also other services such as physiotherapy . The hospital closed in December 2010 and over time, all the buildings on that site have been demolished and the site has been fenced off. However, in 2015 a plan to regenerate
5460-425: The public library, with a grassed area, used for relaxation and events throughout the year such as entertainment, international markets and iceskating in winter. Through the adjacent Market Arcade is a covered market hall, which has listed building status, due in part to its distinctive roof formed by hyperbolic paraboloids . It is adjacent to the town hall and public library. An open market trades next to Tesco , on
5544-569: The stadium is an Odeon cinema (formerly UCI). There are many pubs, restaurants and night clubs, one of which, Tokyo , which closed in 2019, occupies the former Huddersfield County Court , a 19th-century Grade II listed building . The oldest pub is The Parish , trading since 1720. Huddersfield has a large and diverse retail shopping area, enclosed within the town's ring road, compared with other towns of its size. There are three shopping areas: Kingsgate , The Packhorse Precinct and The Piazza Centre . The Piazza offers an outdoor shopping mall near
5628-465: The symbols of Christ and the Virgin Mary, represents the priory from which the borough took its name. In five areas of the borough there is a second tier of local government: the civil parish . Parish or town councils have limited powers of a purely local character, such as owning or maintaining allotments, burial grounds, footpaths and war memorials. Four of the parishes were formed as successor parishes to urban districts abolished in 1974. The fifth
5712-465: The synthpop musician Billy Currie (of Ultravox and Visage ), and the hard rock bassist John McCoy who played with Neo and Gillan . Huddersfield Art Gallery occupies the top floor of the library at Princess Alexandra Walk. It has an extensive collection featuring Francis Bacon , L.S. Lowry and Henry Moore , as well as significant regional artists. It has other halls for its temporary exhibitions for established and emerging artists. Ian Berry
5796-497: The town and surrounding area, examples being the Marsden Jazz Festival, Mrs Sunderland, Electric Spring, Janet Beaumont, the Holmfirth Festivals, and the Haydn Wood (Linthwaite). The Haydn Wood (for under 21s) and Mrs Sunderland festival focus on musical and oratorial performance. The Electric Spring festival is an exploration of electronic and experimental music, featuring the 50-channel, 64-loudspeaker Huddersfield Immersive Sound System (HISS). The Mrs Sunderland Music festival
5880-588: The town centre adjacent to the railway station. Each year there is a performance by a theatre company. The finale is a firework display. The 2007 show was performed by French company Plasticiens Volants, which used large inflatable sea creatures in a parade through the streets as they told the story of 'Pearl'. The 2005 and 2008 performances were by the Valencian artists Xarxa Teatre. The 2010 festival featured Belgian company Company Tol and their suspension act – Corazon de Angeles (Angels' Heart) and ended on 5 December with fireworks in St George's Square. Huddersfield has
5964-465: The university being the largest employer. Historically the town produced woollen textiles. This area of business, along with the chemical and engineering industries that emerged to support the manufacture of textiles, was the basis of the town's nineteenth and early twentieth century prosperity. The number of people who work in textiles has declined greatly, but the surviving companies produce large quantities of woollen products with little labour. The town
6048-518: Was 130,652 with an increase to 162,949 at the 2011 census; it is in the West Yorkshire Built-up Area . The town is 14 miles (23 km) south-west of Leeds , 12 miles (19 km) west of Wakefield , 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Sheffield and 24 miles (39 km) north-east of Manchester . Local settlement dates back over 4,000 years. Castle Hill , a major landmark, was the site of an Iron Age hill fort . The remains of
6132-596: Was abolished in 1974 and its former area was combined with that of other districts to form the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire. Council bids to gain support for city status were rejected by the people in a poll held by the Huddersfield Daily Examiner ; the council did not apply for that status in the 2000 or 2002 competitions. Huddersfield had a strong Liberal tradition up to
6216-680: Was at the George Hotel, Huddersfield ; local clubs include Super League side Huddersfield Giants , alongside Batley Bulldogs and Dewsbury Rams who both play in the Championship . Kirkless is served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire broadcasting from the Emley Moor transmitter which is situated near the village of Emley , in Huddersfield . Local radio stations are: Local newspapers are Huddersfield Daily Examiner , Yorkshire Evening Post and Yorkshire Post . Kirklees Council
6300-579: Was born in Netherton, Huddersfield and was educated in the town and went to Greenhead College and is internationally renowned for his art using only denim jeans and was named as one of the top 30 artists under 30 in the world in 2013. In 1996 aged 11 he won the Huddersfield Daily Examiner 125th Birthday competition that saw his design printed on to mugs, tea towels and posters. Huddersfield Festival of Light takes place annually in December, usually in
6384-468: Was chosen by the merging councils from more than fifty suggestions, including Upper Agbrigg , Brigantia and Wooldale . It was named after Kirklees Priory , which is claimed to be site of Robin Hood's death , situated midway between Huddersfield and Dewsbury. The priory was located within the present-day Kirklees Park estate, most of which actually lies in the neighbouring borough of Calderdale . Under
6468-547: Was elected. A further by-election will be held in the constituency on 1 July 2021, after Brabin's resignation, following her election as Mayor of West Yorkshire . 2010–present: Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Liversedge and Gomersal. 2010–present: Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West, Kirkburton, Mirfield. 2010–present: Horbury and South Ossett, Ossett, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural, Wakefield West. The 1983 general election
6552-425: Was formed in 1889, Huddersfield became a county borough , exempt from its control. A more confined Huddersfield seat than the early 20th century scope has been represented by Labour since its creation in 1983 and is, by size of majority and length of tenure, a strongly-Labour leaning seat . Kirklees was the first part of the country to have a Green or other environmentalist party councillor – Nicholas Harvey – he
6636-661: Was formed in 1988. The five town or parish councils are: The remainder of the borough is unparished , with the borough council exercising parish powers. Since 1997 Kirklees has been divided into five constituencies: four being entirely within the borough, while one ward (Wakefield) is included in the Wakefield Council borough. The boundaries of two of the Colne Valley and Huddersfield constituencies were virtually unchanged from those defined in 1983. Denby Dale and Kirkburton wards were transferred from Dewsbury to Wakefield, with
6720-511: Was formed on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 as part of a reform of local government in England . Eleven former local government districts were merged : the county boroughs of Huddersfield and Dewsbury , the municipal boroughs of Batley and Spenborough and the urban districts of Colne Valley , Denby Dale , Heckmondwike , Holmfirth , Kirkburton , Meltham and Mirfield . The name Kirklees
6804-619: Was instrumental in protesting against the intended closure of the Settle and Carlisle Railway line. The council has councillors of Labour, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrat parties; these retained the deposit , reaching more than 5% of the vote in the last general election (for an MP who serves in the House of Commons). Huddersfield expanded in 1937, assimilating parts of the Golcar , Linthwaite , and South Crosland urban districts. The county borough
6888-512: Was the first at which constituencies based on the administrative areas created in 1974 were used. Kirklees was divided into four constituencies. The Conservative Party polled well in the 1983 election, and took two of the borough's constituencies. Labour held Huddersfield, while the Liberals, running in an alliance with the Social Democrats , held Colne Valley. In the following election in 1987
6972-657: Was the largest exclusive producer of AC motors in the world, and had a turnover of £4,500,000. That same year Brook Motors Ltd operated 10 factories in Huddersfield, its biggest being Empress Works on St Thomas's Road, and opened one at Barugh Green, Barnsley. Other local manufacturers are Cummins Turbo Technologies , founded in 1952 as Holset by Messrs. Holmes and Croset. (turbochargers), David Brown Gear systems (industrial gearing), Huddersfield Fine Worsteds (textiles), Taylor & Lodge (textiles), C & J Antich (textiles), Syngenta AG ( agro-chemicals ), Pennine Radio Limited ( electronics transformers and sheet metalworking ) and
7056-446: Was to destroy Foster's Mill at Horbury – a village about 10 miles (16 kilometres) east. The government campaign that crushed the movement was provoked by a murder that took place in Huddersfield. William Horsfall, a mill-owner and a passionate prosecutor of Luddites, was killed in 1812. Although the movement faded out, Parliament began to increase welfare provision for those out of work, and introduce regulations to improve conditions in
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