Cowlersley is a district 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Milnsbridge and Linthwaite and south of the A62 and the River Colne.[1] The name Cowlersley means 'a charcoal burner's wood' and was first recorded in 1226.[2]
| Cowlersley | |
|---|---|
 Manchester Road, Cowersley (2008) | |
  Cowlersley Location within West Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE108153 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HUDDERSFIELD |
| Postcode district | HD4 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
The district has a primary school which was inspected by Ofsted in 2013 and listed as "requiring improvement".[3]
Its main claim to fame is that the former British prime minister Harold Wilson was born and lived in Cowlersley in his early childhood,[4] at 4 Warneford Road.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "288" (Map). Bradford & Huddersfield. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244852.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- ^ "Cowlersley Primary School". Huddersfield Examiner. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Sutcliffe, Robert (18 October 2014). "Power house: 50 years ago this week Huddersfield's Harold Wilson became Prime Minister - but who lives in his childhood Cowlersley home today?". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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