Place:Birkby (near Huddersfield), West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameBirkby (near Huddersfield)
Alt namesBirkbysource: from redirect
Bretebisource: Domesday Book (1985) p 313
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates53.651°N 1.796°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoHuddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandborough in which it was located until 1974
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: Do not confuse Birkby (near Huddersfield) with Birkby (near Northallerton) in the North Riding of Yorkshire which is a much smaller place but has also been populated for two or more centuries. Source references for Birkby (near Huddersfield) may have been transferred there in error.


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Birkby is a large multi-cultural suburb close to the town centre in Huddersfield, in the Kirklees borough of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 6,700.

An affluent suburb during Victorian times, Birkby sits in the Grimescar Valley, a greenbelt area of Huddersfield. Birkby contains Norman Park, a small park with a play area and war memorial, which commemorates those who died in the First World War.

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