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Heckmondwike is a town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, south west of Leeds. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is close to Cleckheaton and Liversedge. It is mostly in the Batley and Spen parliamentary constituency, and had an estimated population of 17,066 in March 2001, reducing to 16,986 at the 2011 Census. Heckmondwike forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. In the nineteenth century Heckmondwike was considered to be in the ecclesiastical parish of Birstall in the Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake. It was in the Dewsbury Registration District. It existed as an urban district from 1894 until 1974. [edit] Research Tips
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