Staincliffe
The area is centred on top of a hill between Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmondwike, north and east of Halifax Road (A638 road) are in Batley (WF17). The section south of Halifax Road, including Dewsbury & District Hospital has a Dewsbury (WF13) postal addresses.
Until the 19th century, the hamlet of Staincliffe consisted of Staincliffe Hall (dating from at least the 17th century) a few farms and some 18th-century cottages, many of which survive amongst the later developments. Staincliffe expanded in the 19th century with the growth of the heavy woollen industry. In 1867, a new parish church of Christ Church Staincliffe was consecrated which, along with the vicarage and church school, was designed by William Henry Crossland.
Today Staincliffe has many 19th-century houses, but also contains a couple of council housing estates built during the 1950s, as well as a mix of small shops along Halifax Road.
See also
References
- ^ Goodall, Armitage (1913). Front cover image for Place-names of South-west Yorkshire : that is, of so much of the West Riding as lies south of the Aire from Keighley onwards Place-names of South-west Yorkshire : that is, of so much of the West Riding as lies south of the Aire from Keighley onwards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 267. OCLC 4245528.
External links
- Christ Church Staincliffe Staincliffe Parish Church
- Staincliffe ARLFC Staincliffe Rugby Club.