Cleckheaton
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 44 ′ N , 1 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 26,796 (as of April 29, 2001 including Liversedge) |
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| Post town | CLECKHEATON | ||
| ZIP code section | BD19, WF15 (Liversedge) |
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| prefix | 01274 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | West Yorkshire | ||
| District | Kirklees | ||
| British Parliament | Batley and Spen | ||
Cleckheaton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees the English county of West Yorkshire . According to the 2001 census, it had a total of 14,937 inhabitants.
history
Originally at Birstall , the place became quite prosperous in the 14th century due to textile processing. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution , the good coal quality in the north led to the establishment of eleven carding factories by 1838 .
From 1915 the incorporation of Liversedge ( Domesday Book : Livresec) and Gomersal led together in what was then called Spenborough , which was transferred to the Metropolitan Borough Kirklees from 1974 .
Even today, Cleckheaton and Liversedge, located south of Mirfield , which is postal assigned to Wakefield , are administratively combined.
geography
Cleckheaton is about three miles south of Bradford . The A638 A-road runs through the city and meets the M62 and the M606 in a roundabout in the north .
Personalities
- Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988), children's author
- Ken Mackintosh (1919–2005), jazz and entertainment musician
- Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949), painter
