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Name | Golcar |
Alt names | Gudlagesarc | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 316 | | Gudlagesargo | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 316 | | Bolster Moor | source: settlement in parish | | Leymoor | source: settlement in parish | | Pole Moor | source: settlement in parish | | Scapegoat Hill | source: settlement in parish | | Town End (Golcar) | source: settlement in parish |
Type | Township, Civil parish, Urban district |
Coordinates | 53.635°N 1.847°W |
Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | West Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) | | Yorkshire, England |
See also | Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish of which it was part | | Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | early county division in which it was located | | Colne Valley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | urban district in which it was located 1937-1974 | | Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England | metropolitan 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.
Categories: West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Golcar, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Colne Valley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England | West Yorkshire, England
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