Battyeford

Battyeford
Battyeford
	; The Pear Tree Inn, Battyeford
	Battyeford Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE191205
Civil parish	Mirfield;
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MIRFIELD
Postcode district	WF14
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Dewsbury;

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

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

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[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.