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Frizinghall

District of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Frizinghall
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District of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

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Frizinghall is a district in the Heaton ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, lying 3 km north of the city centre close to the town of Shipley, itself a part of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District along with such other nearby towns as Keighley and Ilkley.

Frizinghall derives its name from a type of rough woollen cloth made in the area (frieze), and the hall was somewhere in the settlement (ing) where the frieze was made. Others believe the name comes from Old English; The Frisian's nook of land (Frisian being a personal name) or from Furze-covered Haugh (haugh being an enclosure).

Frizinghall is notable as the birthplace of famous cricketer (and later commentator) Jim Laker.

Frizinghall railway station is on the Airedale line which has frequent services to , , , , and .

The fictitious town of Frizinghall in Wilkie Collins' book The Moonstone is near the Yorkshire coast.

References

References

  1. (October 2005). "BMDC Heaton Ward Polling Districts". Bradford District Council.
  2. (2015). "Bradford & Huddersfield". Ordnance Survey.
  3. (13 March 2017). "Renewed calls for Keighley and Shipley to break away from Bradford Council control". Keighley News.
  4. (1896). "Manningham, Heaton and Merton (Townships of Bradford) Treated historically and topographically". Cudworth.
  5. (1961). "The place names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Part 3, Morley Wapentake". Cambridge University Press.
  6. (1960). "The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names". Oxford University Press.
  7. (29 July 2006). "The day Laker turned Ashes into one-man show". The Yorkshire Post.
  8. (29 March 2010). "Study highlights new rail stations success". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  9. "The Moonstone".
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