Middlestown
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wakefield |
| Postcode district | WF4 |
| Dialling code | 01924 |
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| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
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Middlestown is a small village in the Wakefield District in West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Sitlington and located halfway between the city of Wakefield and the town of Huddersfield, and is 3 miles (5 km) south east of Dewsbury.[1]
History
The villages of Middlestown, Netherton, Overton and Midgley are built around and overlook the Coxley Valley.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Whilst the village is not recorded in the Domesday Book, the place-name is recorded as far back as 1322 as Middles(c)hitelington.[2] This was originally Middle Shitlington, the Middle part of that parish,[3]which was renamed to Sitlington in 1929, to avoid the rude inference of the word Shit.[4]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The Middlestown built-up area contains two Nature Reserves, managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust,[5][6] and is also home to the National Coal Mining Museum for England in neighbouring Overton. The population of the built-up area at the 2011 census was 2,366.[7]
The M1 motorway is within 5 miles (8 km) from the village.[8] The A642 road between Huddersfield and Wakefield passes through the village,[9] it was built in the 1830s as a turnpike.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Middlestown West Riding". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Middlestown :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 324. OCLC 1228215388.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shitlington :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stoneycliffe Wood | YWT". www.ywt.org.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stocksmoor Common | YWT". www.ywt.org.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."How To Find Us | National Coal Mining Museum for England". www.ncm.org.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Middlestown, Wakefield - area information, map, walks and more". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Faull, Margaret, ed. (2010). Sitlington Parish Plan 2010. Sitlington Parish Council. ISBN 978-0-9564766-0-9.
External links
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