Denby Dale

Coordinates: 53°34′19″N 1°39′18″W / 53.572000°N 1.655000°W / 53.572000; -1.655000
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53°34′19″N 1°39′18″W / 53.572000°N 1.655000°W / 53.572000; -1.655000

Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles north-west of Barnsley and 10 miles south-east of Huddersfield

The village is the main village in the Denby Dale

Emley Moor and Clayton West. The parish had a population of 14,982 according to the 2001 census,[3] increasing to 16,365 at the 2011 census.[2] The parish council gives the electorate of the village itself as 2,143.[4] The River Dearne runs through the village; in the floods of 2007 it burst its banks on two occasions and caused damage to Springfield Mill.[5]

History

First recorded as Denby Dyke. Before the

the Queen Mother's wedding dress was made at Springfield Mill. With the economy flourishing, the population increased and the village grew.[citation needed
]

Transport

Denby Dale Viaduct

The village is served by Denby Dale railway station,[6] and also has 2 bus stops. The D1 Denby Darts bus service runs to Skelmanthorpe and Huddersfield.

Education

Denby Dale First and Nursery school (formerly known as Gilthwaites First School and Denby Dale Nursery) provides education from aged 2 to aged 10.[7]

Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a voluntary aided primary school associated with the Church of England in Upper Denby.[8] The school has two classes, infants and juniors, with the infants running through years reception to year 2 and the juniors running through the years 3 to 5. At the turn of the millennium, there were around 40 to 50 pupils in the school.

Pies

Denby Dale has a tradition of baking giant pies, which started in 1788 to celebrate the recovery of

Denby Dale Pies was founded in the village.[13] In 1940 it was agreed by the Denby Dale Local Comforts Fund, the giant pie dish would be sold for scrap to help the war effort. There was a procession, cricket match, dancing all followed by the selling of the dish.[citation needed
]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ This church was opened in 1939 to replace a "tin church" dating from 1893.--Friends of Churchfield; history
  2. ^
    Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Denby Dale Parish (00CZ001)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Population by District". Denby Dale Parish Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Counting the costs of the floods". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  6. ISBN 1-85260-072-1
    .
  7. ^ Denby Dale First and Nursery School Edubase2, Department of Education. Retrieved 8 January 2017
  8. ^ Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School Edubase2, Department of Education. Retrieved 8 January 2017
  9. ^ "Welcome to our village of Denby Dale". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  10. ^ "A short history of the Denby Dale Pies". Yorkshire First. 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  11. ^ "The Pie's the limit in Denby Dale!". Bradford & West Yorkshire. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  12. ^ The Mammoth Pies of Denby Dale. Plates and Ticket Committee. 1964.
  13. ISBN 978-0-7112-2865-8
    .
  14. ^ "Exclusive interview with Denby Dale born actor Paul Copley". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Reluctant star Kitson earns the plaudits on comedy circuit". The Yorkshire Post. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

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