Kirkheaton

Kirkheaton is a village 3 miles (5 km) north east of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England with a population of 4,209 together with Upper Heaton. Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name Heaton comes from Old English "Heah" meaning high and "tun" meaning settlement along with Old Norse"Kirk" meaning church.

This article is about the village in West Yorkshire. For the village in Northumberland, see Kirkheaton, Northumberland.

Kirkheaton
St John's Church
Kirkheaton Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire

Parish Church

The Parish church in Kirkheaton,[1] dedicated to St John the Baptist, is one of the earliest churches in the area, there was a stone church on the site before the Norman Conquest. In the churchyard is a fine memorial to a disaster which shook the nation in 1818, a horrific fire in a local cotton mill in which 14 workers, all girls and many of them very young, were trapped and lost their lives.[2][3]

Education

Kirkheaton has a primary school, Kirkheaton Primary School, which is situated on New Road.[4]

Notable people

• England cricketers George Herbert Hirst, Allen Hill and Wilfred Rhodes were born in the village and played cricket for Kirkheaton Cricket Club. Also the cricketers, William Bates, John Thewlis Senior, and Lewis Wrathmell, were also all born in the village and played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
• Radio presenter Kai J Valentine was born, grew up and studied in Kirkheaton. Previously hosting Breakfast, Drivetime & a variety of specialist programmes on Siren FM between 2014-2019, he now presents The Bedtime Babble On show on Spark Sunderland, a late-night, largely non-political call-in talk show, that has attracted names such as Actor Adam Pearson (actor) & Broadcaster Iain Lee[5][6]

See also

• Listed buildings in Kirkburton

References

1. "St.Johns Kirkheaton". www.kirkheatonchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
2. The names and ages of the victims, and a description of the disaster, are carved into the monument itself.
3. "Tragedy at Atkinson's Mill". 2 March 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
4. Kirkheaton Primary School. Department for Education: EduBase. Retrieved 4 February 2018
5. "The Bed Time Babble On". Student Radio. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
6. "Student radio enters the late-night phone-in market – Media Snacks". Retrieved 7 August 2020.