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  Hartshead Location withinWest Yorkshire | |
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| Police | West Yorkshire |
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| 53°41′53″N1°43′30″W / 53.698°N 1.725°W /53.698; -1.725 | |
Hartshead is a village in theKirklees district ofWest Yorkshire, England, 3.7 miles (6 km) west ofDewsbury[1] and near toHartshead Moor.[2]
The village has pre-Norman Conquest origins; the Walton Cross is believed to be dated from the 11th century.[3]
The name Hartshead is derived from Herteshevet or Herteshede which is Scandinavian in origin and means Hill of Heort, Heort meaning Hart in modern English.[4]
Patrick Brontë served as curate ofSt Peter's Church in Hartshead between 1811 and 1815,[5] in which time he met his wife,Maria Branwell (although they met inRawdon, some dozen or so miles away from Hartshead).[6] They were married inGuiseley and became the parents ofAnne,Branwell,Charlotte andEmily Brontë.[7]
Kirklees Hall is between Hartshead and the nearby village ofClifton.
Robin Hood is reputed to have been buried near Hartshead[8] or in the grounds of the nearby Kirklees Hall.[9] The exact place is not known, as the gravestone has been moved at least 3 times.
Hartshead was historically achapelry in the parish ofDewsbury, becoming acivil parish in 1866.[10][11] In 1931 the parish had a population of 849.[12] On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished, with most of the area, including the village, being added to the parish ofLiversedge in theurban district ofSpenborough (which became aborough in 1955). The remainder was added toBrighouse.[13] Spenborough Urban District was abolished in 1974 when Kirklees was created. Nosuccessor parish was created for the borough and it became anunparished area.[14]
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