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Upper Cumberworth

Village in West Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Upper Cumberworth
static_image	Crossroads Upper Cumberworth - geograph.org.uk - 980264.jpg
static_image_width	250px
static_image_caption	Crossroads, Upper Cumberworth
population	1,122
population_ref	(2001 Census)
metropolitan_borough	Kirklees
metropolitan_county	West Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster	Ossett and Denby Dale
post_town	HUDDERSFIELD
postcode_district	HD8
postcode_area	HD
dial_code	01484
os_grid_reference	SE212088

Upper Cumberworth is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Denby Dale and the Diocese of Wakefield. It is between the villages of Denby Dale and Shepley, above the village of Lower Cumberworth. It occupies a rural location, surrounded by fields and woodland but close to Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Sheffield by public transport or road.

The 2001 Census gave the population of Upper Cumberworth and Lower Cumberworth combined as 1,222.

Historically Upper Cumberworth is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the Wapentake of Staincross in the ancient parish of Silkstone. The Wapentake almost corresponds with the current Barnsley Metropolitan Area, although a few settlements and townships within the Staincross Wapentake such as Upper Cumberworth were put outside the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and now lie within the current West Yorkshire Metropolitan Area since April 1974.

The name Cumberworth derives from the Old English Cumbreworð meaning 'Cumbre's enclosure' or 'the enclosure of the Cumbrians'.

Geography

The local woodlands are managed by the Upper Dearne Woodlands Conservation Group, who undertake tasks such as habitat conservation, access management, education and information. Many public footpaths run through the woodlands with information boards about plants and animals. The woodland runs into Birdsedge and contains more than 75 Hairy Northern Wood Ant (Formica lugubris) nests.

Education

The village has a small first school, Cumberworth CE (VA) First School.

Religious sites

The local Saint Nicholas' church is Anglican. The churchyard has a set of stocks by the entrance and some sculptural gravestones.

Sport

Upper Cumberworth and Lower Cumberworth have joint football and cricket teams. There is a small children's playground and a larger field which contains football and basketball facilities.

Notable people

John Hodgson, drummer/ percussionist with Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble and Violinski, an ELO offshoot.

References

[http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/statistics/census-by-settlement/KS02settle2003.xls "Community statistics"] {{webarchive. link. (2012-02-05 , Kirklees.gov.uk, Xls download required. Retrieved 7 January 2011)
"Upper Cumberworth". The Institute for Name-Studies.
[http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/community/education-learning/edresult.asp?dfee=3325 Kirklees.gov.uk - Local authority website]
[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/cumberworth-st-nicholas/ Church of England]
"Cumberworth United Cricket Club".
(13 September 2009). "Fresh: Huddersfield prog rock drummer launches new band with music students". YorkshireLive.

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