Place:Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameDenby Dale
Alt namesDenby-Dalesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCivil parish, Urban district
Coordinates53.583°N 1.633°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoDenby and Cumberworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district absorbed into Denby Dale in 1938
Emley, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district absorbed into Denby Dale in 1938
Skelmanthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district absorbed into Denby Dale in 1938
Clayton West, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district absorbed into Denby Dale in 1938
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which Denby Dale was located since 1974
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Denby Dale is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England, located southeast of Huddersfield. As a civil parish it covers the villages of Denby (also known as Denby Dale and made up of Lower Denby and Upper Denby), Cumberworth, Skelmanthorpe, and Emley (including Emley Moor). The parish had a population of 14,982 according to the 2001 census. The parish council gives the electorate of the village itself as 2,143.

Denby Dale was an urban district from 1938 until 1974, replacing the smaller urban districts of Denby and Cumberworth, Emley, Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West.

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History

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First recorded as Denby Dyke. Before the Industrial Revolution the village was sparsely-populated with a small textile industry at the crossroads of the Barnsley to Shepley Lane Head and the Wakefield to Denby Dale roads. Within 25 years, factories and mills had been built and had a railway station on the Penistone Line. Denby Dale provided the textile industry with raw materials, coal, and transportation. Silk for the Queen Mother's wedding dress was made at Springfield Mill. With the economy flourishing, the population increased and the village grew.

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