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Name | Heptonstall |
Alt names | Crumbetonestun | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 316 |
Type | Village, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 53.753°N 2.037°W |
Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | West Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Todmorden Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district of which Heptonstall was a part 1894-1939 | | Hepton Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district of which Heptonstall was a part unti 1939-1974 | | Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England | metropolitan borough covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Heptonstall is a small village and civil parish within the Calderdale borough of West Yorkshire, England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of Heptonstall, including the hamlets of Colden and Slack Top, is 1,448, increasing to 1,470 at the 2011 Census. The town of Hebden Bridge lies directly to the south-east. Although Heptonstall is part of Hebden Bridge as a post town, it is not within the Hebden Royd town boundaries.
The village is on the route of the Calderdale Way, a circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale.
Historically, Heptonstall was in the ecclesiastical parish of Halifax in the Morley Division of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. From 1894 until 1939, Heptonstall was located in Todmorden Rural District and from 1939 until 1974 in the Hepton Rural District.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Heptonstall. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
- The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Halifax provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
- A Vision of Britain through Time on Heptonstall.
- A Vision of Britain through Time also provides links to three maps for what is now South Yorkshire, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all blow up to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.
- Ordnance Survey West Riding 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts) for the whole of the West Riding.
- Ordnance Survey West Riding South 1900. The rural and urban districts, not long after their introduction. (the southern part of Bradford, the southern part of Leeds, the southern part of Tadcaster Rural District, the southern part of Selby, Goole Rural District, and all the divisions of Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield)
- Ordnance Survey West Riding 1944. The urban and rural districts of the whole of the West Riding after the revisions of 1935.
Categories: West Riding of Yorkshire, England | West Yorkshire, England | Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England | Hepton Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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