Place:Oakworth, Yorkshire, England

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NameOakworth
Alt namesAcurdesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 318
TypeTown
Coordinates53.834°N 1.948°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England    
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Oakworth is a village in West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.

Oakworth railway station is on the route of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and was a location in the film The Railway Children.

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