Skelmanthorpe
Sign in to saveSkelmanthorpe, known locally as Shat, is a village in the Denby Dale civil parish, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is from both Huddersfield and Barnsley. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 4,549.
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- Locality
- Kirklees
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,549
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Skelmanthorpe, known locally as Shat, is a village in the Denby Dale civil parish, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is from both Huddersfield and Barnsley. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 4,549.
The village sits on the south (right) bank of the first river-like flow, from three small headwaters (uniting in the northwest corner of the parish), of the Dearne.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skelmanthorpe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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