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Oxenhope
Sign in to saveOxenhope is a village and civil parish near Keighley in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population was 2,476 at the time of the 2001 census and had increased to 2,626 at the 2011 Census. Oxenhope railway station is the terminus for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway heritage railway.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Oxenhope
- UK place.population
- 2,626
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Oxenhope
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- City of Bradford
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Keighley
- UK place.post_town
- KEIGHLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- BD22
- UK place.postcode_area
- BD
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Bradford
- Population
- +2626
- Image
- Oxenhope070805.jpg
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Oxenhope is a village and civil parish near Keighley in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population was 2,476 at the time of the 2001 census and had increased to 2,626 at the 2011 Census. Oxenhope railway station is the terminus for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway heritage railway.
==History== The name Oxenhope derives from the Old English hop which means valley head, so Oxenhope literally means Oxen Valley Head. The industrialisation of the village came about through the cloth and wool trade and by 1850 Oxenhope had more than 20 mills.