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- The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 as part of a reform of local government in England.
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Eleven former local government districts were merged: the county boroughs of Huddersfield and Dewsbury, the municipal boroughs of Batley and Spenborough and the urban districts of Colne Valley, Denby Dale, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Meltham and Mirfield. The name Kirklees was chosen by the merging councils from more than fifty ...
From 1894 to 1974, Mirfield was an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire until it was merged into the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. In 1988 a parish council was formed, one of five in Kirklees, the others being:- Denby Dale , Meltham , Kirkburton and Holme Valley .
The mining industry flourished in and around Mirfield through the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Baines’ and Pigott’s directories of the early 19th century describe a thriving town with a miscellany of trades, including maltsters, woollen manufacturers, shopkeepers and traders in addition to professional persons, clergy ...
Mirfield through time. Mirfield is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mirfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
There seems little doubt that Mirfield men were among the Luddites who gathered near the Three Nuns Inn, not far from Robin Hood's reputed burial place in Kirklees Park, one night in 1812. They marched across the fields and attacked Rawfolds Mill in Cleckheaton where the new looms had been installed.
The wood had become overgrown but now, following funding from Kirklees Council, it has been brought back into general use with sculptures designed by a local primary school as well as bridle and cycle paths and is wheelchair accessible.
May 30, 2024 · In 1397 Sir John Mountenay, kt., John Amyas, and others gave the priory 50 acres and the advowson of the church of Mirfield (fn. 3) to provide a chaplain for ever for the soul of Sir John de Burgh at Kirklees.
