Denby Dale

Coordinates: 53°34′19″N 1°39′18″W / 53.572000°N 1.655000°W / 53.572000; -1.655000

Denby Dale
Holy Trinity Church
Denby Dale  Denby Dale shown within West Yorkshire
Population	14,982 (2001)
OS grid reference	SE229084
Parish	Denby Dale
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
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Dewsbury
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England, to the South East of Huddersfield. As a civil parish it covers the villages of Denby Dale, Lower Denby, Upper Denby, Upper Cumberworth, Lower Cumberworth, Skelmanthorpe, Emley, Emley Moor. This parish had a population of 14,982 according to the 2001 census.^[1] The parish council gives the electorate of the village itself as 2,143.^[2]

The river that runs though the village is called the River Dearne and was part of the 2007 United Kingdom floods.^{[clarification needed]}

The village is served by Denby Dale railway station.

Denby Dale viaduct

History

First recorded as Denby Dyke. Before the industrial revolution it was a sparsely-populated village with a small textile industry.

In 1825 the village was located at a crossroads of the Barnsley to Shepley Lane Head and the Wakefield to Denby Dale roads. Within 25 years the village had various factories and mills as well as a railway. Denby Dale provided the textile industry with raw materials, coal, and transportation. The silk used for the Queen Mother's wedding dress was made at the Springfield Mill in Denby Dale. With the economy flourishing the population increased and the village grew.

Education

Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a voluntary aided primary school associated with the Church of England and situated in the parish. The school has two classes, infants and juniors, with the infants running through years reception to year 2 and the juniors running through the years 3 to 5. At the turn of the millennium there were around 40-50 pupils in the school.

Denby Dale pies

Denby Dale is known for baking giant pies, a tradition first started in 1788 to celebrate the recovery of King George III from his mental illness. So far 10 pies have been made as part of 9 pie festivals (due to the spoiling and subsequent burial of one of the pies in 1887).^[3] The most recent (12 tonnes) was made in 2000 to celebrate the new millennium.^[3]

Notable people

• Paul Copley, actor
• Daniel Kitson, comedian

Nearby places

Towns and cities: Barnsley, Huddersfield, Wakefield

Villages: Birdsedge, Clayton West, Emley, High Flatts, Lower Cumberworth, Lower Denby, Scissett, Shelley, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe, Upper Cumberworth, Upper Denby

References

1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Kirklees Retrieved 2009-09-03
2. ^ Denby Dale Parish Council : Population by District retrieved 2009-09-03
3. ^ ^{a b} "A short history of the Denby Dale Pies". yorkshirefirst.co.uk. 2008. http://www.yorkshirefirst.co.uk/denbydale/history2.html. Retrieved 2008-02-16. 

External links

• Denby Dale Village website
• Denby Dale Parish Council
• Photoblog from Denby Dale and the surrounding area
• Artists/Photographers Documenting Denby Dale
• Denby Dale Visitor Information