Drighlington
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Drighlington
The village sits in the
Etymology
The earliest mention of Drighlington is to be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the forms Dreslintone and Dreslingtone,[2][3] followed by an attestation in 1202 in the form Drichtlington and subsequent spellings along these lines. The name comes from Old English. The first element is a personal name, whose original form is no longer clear but was probably Dryhtel, Dryhtla, or Dryhtwulf. The second element is the suffix -ingas, denoting a group of people. Thus the Dryhtlingas were a group descended from or otherwise associated with someone called Dryhtel (or the like). This group name was then compounded with the Old English word tūn ('farmstead, estate'). Thus the name once meant something like 'the settlement of the descendants of Dryhtla'.[4]
History
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The Roman road from York to Chester ran through the village and its mark may be seen in the more or less straight run from Birkenshaw to Drighlington traffic lights.
In 1576
The village is also the site of the
James Margetson, a native of Drighlington, built and endowed the Drighlington Free Grammar School and endowed it (1678). It was replaced in 1875 by the Drighlington Board School.[6]
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Lumb Hall, built for the Brookes family in 1640 and Grade I listed[8]
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Methodist church, 2000
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Drighlington crossroads, 2008
Governance
Since
The metropolitan district includes other towns and villages with their own clear identity, such as Morley and
The ecclesiastical parish of Drighlington was created in 1817. Drighlington was an
Geography
The village is at the junction of the A58 Leeds-Halifax road and the B6135 Tong to Gildersome Street road which used to be part of the A650 Bradford to Wakefield road. This junction is known as the Drighlington Crossroads. The A650 now bypasses Drighlington to the west of the village following part of the structure of what was the Bradford to Wakefield and London Great Northern Railway line.
Culture and community
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Drighlington_co-op.jpg/220px-Drighlington_co-op.jpg)
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Community facilities
The village has a small number of shops, a post office, a small library, a community centre and numerous public houses. From 2012 the library has been run by volunteers from Friends of Drighlington Community. The village also has a
Sport
Drighlington supports football, rugby league and cricket teams, including the Drighlington Amateur Rugby League Club, Adwalton Cricket Club, and Drighlington Cricket Club. There is "The Manor" golf course, a skate park, and a multi-use games area provided by the Parish Council.[further explanation needed]
Transport
The nearest railway station is
Company | Route | Destinations |
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Arriva Yorkshire | 254 | Leeds city centre, Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Dewsbury |
Arriva Yorkshire | 255 | Leeds city centre, Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Halifax |
Arriva Yorkshire | 425 | Bradford city centre, Morley , Wakefield
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Arriva Yorkshire | 427 | Bradford city centre, Morley, Wakefield |
Education
The village has one school: Drighlington Primary School. There are no secondary schools in Drighlington, however, there are three in neighbouring Morley and one in neighbouring
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Drighlington" Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2011
- ^ "Documents Online: Drighlington", Folio: 318r, 379v, Great Domesday Book; The National Archives. Retrieved 27 November 2011
- ^ Harry Parkin, Your City's Place-Names: Leeds, English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Name Society, 2017), p. 41.
- ^ Historic England. "Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643 (1000000)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Church of England, Drighlington St Paul". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST PAUL (1313446)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "LUMB HALL (1135127)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, October 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2011
- Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2007
External links
- "Drighlington", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2011
- Drighlington Parish Council. Retrieved 27 November 2011
- Google Maps: Street Map and Satellite Image