Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire
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Birkenshaw is a village in the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It lies at the crossroads between the A58 Leeds to Halifax road and the A651 Bradford to Heckmondwike road.
St Paul's Church
Birkenshaw and Tong station closed in 1953
Heavy Woollen District
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The Heavy Woollen District is a region of textile-focused industrial development in West Yorkshire, England. It acquired the name because of the heavyweight cloth manufactured there from the early 19t
Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire
…road. At the 2011 census, the village was located in the ward of Birstall and Birkenshaw, which had a population 16,298. Birkenshaw forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. It is the site of the headquarters of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service…
Machell's shoddy and mungo mill in Dewsbury has been converted to flats but retains its signs
1917 book title page confirming the term "Heavy Woollen District" as used historically around West Yorkshire. The book was written by union official Ben Turner, who later was known as Sir Ben Turner, MP (Member of Parliament) for Batley and Morley.