Place:Golcar, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameGolcar
Alt namesGudlagesarcsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 316
Gudlagesargosource: Domesday Book (1985) p 316
Bolster Moorsource: settlement in parish
Leymoorsource: settlement in parish
Pole Moorsource: settlement in parish
Scapegoat Hillsource: settlement in parish
Town End (Golcar)source: settlement in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish, Urban district
Coordinates53.635°N 1.847°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoHuddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Colne Valley, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district in which it was located 1937-1974
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough covering the area since 1974
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Golcar (pronounced 'Goker' or 'Golker') is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

As of 2019, the population was just under 6,900. The main transport access is from the A62 (Manchester Road), through Milnsbridge in the valley bottom, or via Scapegoat Hill from the A640 (New Hey Road) at the top of the hill.

The township of Golcar consisted of Bolster Moor, Golcar, Leymoor, Pole Moor, Scapegoat Hill and Town End. During the Industrial Revolution Golcar became an important centre for weaving.

Historically, Golcar was in the ancient and ecclesiastical parish of Huddersfield in the Agbrigg Division of the Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake. From 1894 until 1937, it was an urban district. From 1937 until 1974 it was part of Colne Valley Urban District.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Golcar. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Huddersfield provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Golcar.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time also provides links to three maps for what is now South Yorkshire, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all blow up to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.
  • Ordnance Survey West Riding 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts) for the whole of the West Riding.
  • Ordnance Survey West Riding South 1900. The rural and urban districts, not long after their introduction. (the southern part of Bradford, the southern part of Leeds, the southern part of Tadcaster Rural District, the southern part of Selby, Goole Rural District, and all the divisions of Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield)
  • Ordnance Survey West Riding 1944. The urban and rural districts of the whole of the West Riding after the revisions of 1935.
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