Place:Liversedge, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameLiversedge
Alt namesLiversedgesource: from redirect
Flushsource: from redirect
Hightownsource: from redirect
Norristhorpesource: from redirect
Millbridgesource: from redirect
Popeley Hillsource: from redirect
Roberttownsource: from redirect
Liuresechsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 317
Livresecsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 317
Flushsource: hamlet in parish
Hightownsource: hamlet in parish
Littletownsource: hamlet in parish
Millbridgesource: hamlet in parish
Norristhorpesource: hamlet in parish
Popeley Hillsource: hamlet in parish
Roberttownsource: hamlet in parish
TypeChapelry, Civil parish, Urban district
Coordinates53.701°N 1.694°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoBirstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a chapelry
Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Spenborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district of which Liversedge was a part 1915-1974
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been located since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Liversedge was a chapelry in the former ancient parish of Birstall, since 1974 in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. Between 1894 and 1915 Liversedge was an urban district and from 1915 until 1974 it was part of the urban district of Spenborough in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is now called "Liversedge and Gomersal" with a population at the 2011 UK census of 19,420.

Liversedge comprises several settlements that are all distinctive. Norristhorpe clings to one side of the Spen Valley, looking over the town of Heckmondwike. Roberttown is on the opposite side of the A62 major road. Millbridge is the geographical centre of Liversedge and, with the neighbouring village of Flush, is the place the mills of the woollen industry stood. Towards Cleckheaton are Hightown, Littletown and Popeley Hill. [Most of these places are described briefly in Wikipedia.]

In the 15th century, the lord of the manor was a member of the Neville family and Liversedge was already involved in woollen manufacture. The trade grew and by the 19th century the town was busy in the manufacture of woollen goods. In 1812, the town was the scene of a Luddite attack on Rawfold's Mill when approximately two hundred armed weavers, croppers and other artisans attempted to destroy cropping frames at a mill operated by William Cartwright. Two Luddites were killed and some were injured by four soldiers and armed workmen defending the mill, with no losses on Cartwright's side.

The Heavy Woollen District

The Heavy Woollen District is a region of textile-focused industrial development in West Yorkshire, England. It acquired the name because of the heavyweight cloth manufactured there from the early 19th century.

The district is made up of parts of the modern day metropolitan boroughs of Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Located around the towns of Dewsbury, Batley, Heckmondwike and Ossett, the area extends to the towns and villages of Liversedge, Gomersal, Gildersome, Birkenshaw, Mirfield, Cleckheaton, Morley, Tingley, East Ardsley, Birstall and Horbury. The manufacture of wool cloth for clothing, blankets, rope and twine continues in the district.

The area was one of the key textile centres in Yorkshire, famed for its production of "shoddy and mungo". For years companies had tried to blend different fibres without success leading to the term, "munt go", i.e. "mustn't go" as a Yorkshire colloquialism. Machinery invented in Batley to grind soft rags (shoddy) is thought to have first been devised in 1813, and for hard rags (mungo) later on. Most mills have either closed or put to other uses, but some shoddy/mungo mills remain such as Edward Clay & Son Ltd in Ossett.

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