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Also known as Kirkburton, Kirklees, Kirkburton, West Yorkshire

Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and several hamlets, including Thunder Bridge, Thorncliffe, Storthes Hall and Linfit. According to the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 26,439, while the village had a population of 4,299.

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Place details

Locality
Kirklees
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
3,786
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
All Hallows Churchyard, Kirkburton - geograph.org.uk - 379522.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
All Hallows' Churchyard
UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Kirkburton
UK place.population
4,299
UK place.population_ref
(2011 census)
UK place.civil_parish
Kirkburton
UK place.metropolitan_borough
Kirklees
UK place.metropolitan_county
West Yorkshire
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster
Ossett and Denby Dale
UK place.post_town
HUDDERSFIELD
UK place.postcode_district
HD8
UK place.postcode_area
HD
UK place.dial_code
01484
UK place.os_grid_reference
SE1912

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Kirklees
Population
26439
Image
All Hallows Churchyard, Kirkburton - geograph.org.uk - 379522.jpg
Dialing code
01484
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Commons category
Kirkburton
OS grid reference
SE1912
postal code
HD8
historic county
Yorkshire
P8168
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
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Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and several hamlets, including Thunder Bridge, Thorncliffe, Storthes Hall and Linfit. According to the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 26,439, while the village had a population of 4,299.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kirkburton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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