Barnside

Barnside

Barnside hamlet, Hepworth
Barnside
 Barnside shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan boroughKirklees
DistrictWest Yorkshire
Shire countyYorkshire
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Holmfirth
Postcode district HD9
Dialling code 01484
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentColne Valley
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Coordinates: 53°33′01″N 1°44′35″W / 53.550233°N 1.743017°W / 53.550233; -1.743017

Barnside is a hamlet on Barnside Lane approximately 3/4 mile to the southeast of Hepworth in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the civic parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees.

History

In 1822 Thomas Langdale recorded that Barnside-Wood in the township of Hepworth comprised four farm houses.[1]

Barnside Colliery, approximately 1/2 mile from the current hamlet operated from c. 1855–c. 1887.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Langdale, Thomas (1822). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. Northallerton, Ripon & London: J. Langdale & T. Langdale.
  2. ↑ "Barnside Colliery – Hepworth, West Yorkshire" (PDF). www.aditnow.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

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