Battyeford

Village in West Yorkshire, England

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53°40′52″N 1°42′43″W / 53.681°N 1.712°W / 53.681; -1.712

Battyeford is a village in West Yorkshire, England west of the town of Mirfield.

History

From 1900 to 1953 the village was served by Battyeford railway station on the Leeds New Line.[1]

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Mirfield, and part of the Mirfield ward of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. The borough council is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire.

Religious sites

Christ the King in Battyeford is an Anglican church and part of the Diocese of Wakefield.[2] It was built in 1973 on the site of the original Christ Church which was built in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1971.[3]

References

  1. ^ Butt, R V J (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. p. 29. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  2. ^ "Christ the King, Battyeford". Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  3. ^ "A Parish for Battyeford". 16 April 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
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