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Fixby

Suburb of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England

Summary

Suburb of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England

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2 is known use -- Fixby is a suburb in north-west Kirklees bordering neighbouring Calderdale and is traditionally part of Huddersfield in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

The area is now a sought-after suburban location of Huddersfield for homeowners. The village is just off the A6107 road and south of the M62 motorway.

History

The name "Fixby" derives from the Gaelic Irish personal name Fiach. Fixby is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

In the nineteenth century Fixby was a large estate to which social reformer Richard Oastler was appointed as steward from 1830 until 1838, when he was relieved of his duties because of his political activities: pamphleteering, lobbying and involvement in the establishment of Short Time Committees in industrial towns throughout Yorkshire. The Short Time Committees organised public meetings in order to raise petitions to improve conditions for children in the workplaces of the day, and resulted in the Factories Act 1847, with which Oastler was never fully satisfied.

Fixby was formerly a township in the parish of Halifax, in 1866 Fixby became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Huddersfield, Elland and Brighouse. In 1931 the parish had a population of 582.

Facilities

Much of the historical Fixby Estate is now a golf course, with Fixby Hall as the clubhouse for Huddersfield Golf Club, and intersected by the Kirklees Way footpath. Fixby Hall is a grade II listed building.

The Huddersfield Crematorium is also situated in the area.

References

References

  2. Census, 2001
  3. (25 March 2017). "The white stuff: How a bog-standard 1980s Yorkshire property was transformed into a dream home". The Yorkshire Post.
  4. (2015). "Bradford & Huddersfield". Ordnance Survey.
  5. (1960). "The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names". Oxford University Press.
  6. "Fixby {{!}} Domesday Book".
  7. (12 December 2012). "Factory King who battled to free child slaves". The Yorkshire Post.
  8. "History of Fixby, in Kirklees and West Riding". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
  9. "Relationships and changes Fixby CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
  10. "Halifax Registration District". UKBMD.
  11. "Population statistics Fixby CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
  12. (8 October 2011). "Conservationist background of man behind the development of Huddersfield's countryside". Huddersfield Examiner.
  13. "Kirklees Way - LDWA Long Distance Paths".
  14. {{National Heritage List for England
  15. (11 December 2016). "Huddersfield Crematorium needs a new furnace". Huddersfield Examiner.
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