Place:Winterset, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameWinterset
Alt namesWintersettsource: wikipedia
TypeHamlet, Civil parish
Coordinates53.637°N 1.422°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoHemsworth Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part until 1938
Wakefield Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1938-1974
Wakefield (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Wintersett is a hamlet in the civil parish of Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell, in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 census the population of the whole parish, including several other settlements, was 164. Until 1974 it formed part of Wakefield Rural District. It gives its name to the nearby Wintersett Reservoir.

In 2013 "Wintersett Lakes Caravan site" opened at the rear of The Anglers Retreat public house, offering electric hookup standings at a location near to Anglers Country Park.

Prior to 1938, Wintersett was a civil parish in Hemsworth Rural District Council.

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