Battyeford
Village in West Yorkshire, England
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Battyeford is a village which is now part of the town of Mirfield in West Yorkshire, England.
| Battyeford | |
|---|---|
The Pear Tree Inn, Battyeford | |
  Battyeford Location within West Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE191205 |
| Civil parish | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MIRFIELD |
| Postcode district | WF14 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
History
From 1900 to 1953 the village was served by Battyeford railway station on the Leeds New Line.[1]
Governance
The village is part of the civil parish of Mirfield, and part of the Mirfield ward of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. The borough council is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire.
Religious sites
Christ the King in Battyeford is an Anglican church and part of the Diocese of Wakefield.[2] It was built in 1973 on the site of the original Christ Church which was built in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1971.[3]
