| Kirkheaton | |
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  Kirkheaton Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Area | 0.9657 km2 (0.3729 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,496 (2021 census) |
| • Density | 3,620/km2 (9,400/sq mi) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01484 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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Kirkheaton (English: /ˈkərkhiːtən/) is a village in the parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Huddersfield, in the Dalton ward of Kirklees Council. In 2021 it had a population of 3,496.[1]
The name Heaton comes from Old English "heah" meaning high and "tun" meaning settlement and the Old Norse "kirk" meaning church.[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 2,610.[3]
From 1894 to 1938 Kirkheaton was an urban district.[4] On 1 April 1938 the urban district was abolished and merged with Kirkburton.[5]
The parish church in Kirkheaton,[6] dedicated to St John the Baptist, is one of the earliest churches in the area, there was a stone church on the site before the Norman Conquest. In the churchyard is a memorial to a disaster that shook the nation in 1818, a horrific fire in a local cotton mill, Colne Bridge Mill, in which 14 workers, all girls and many of them very young, were trapped and died.[7][8]
See the 'External Links' below for a survey of burials and transcripts of the parish registers.
Kirkheaton Primary School is on New Road.[9]
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