Place:Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England

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NameCleckheaton
Alt namesClacktonsource: Family History Library Catalog
Hetonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 315
Hetunsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 315
TypeTown
Coordinates53.718°N 1.728°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Cleckheaton is a town in the Metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough.

Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cleckheaton has a history as a mill town, although this industry has now all but vanished.

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History of Cleckheaton and the Spen Valley

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