Kirkhamgate

Kirkhamgate
Brandy Carr Road, the main street in Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE300224
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WAKEFIELD
Postcode district	WF2
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Morley and Outwood

Kirkhamgate is a village in the Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, England. It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Geography

Houses and farm buildings in Kirkhamgate

Kirkhamgate is situated on rising ground at a junction on the Wakefield to Batley road to the east of the M1 motorway. It is primarily a residential village surrounded by farmland that is part of the Rhubarb Triangle.

Events

Kirkhamgate holds an annual scarecrow festival in September.^[1]

Governance

Alverthorpe civil parish was formed on 31 December 1894 from part of Alverthorpe with Thornes in Wakefield Rural District. On 1 April 1916 the parish was renamed Kirkhamgate. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1,320.^[2] On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Stanley.^[3][4]

References

1. www.kirkhamgatescarecrows.co.uk Archived 19 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Population statistics Kirkhamgate CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
3. "Wakefield Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
4. "Relationships and changes Kirkhamgate CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

External links

Media related to Kirkhamgate at Wikimedia Commons