Английская Википедия:Gawthorpe, Kirklees

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox UK place Gawthorpe, also known as Gawthorp, is a hamlet in the Kirklees district, in the English county of West Yorkshire, about Шаблон:Convert east of Huddersfield.[1] The nearest major road is the A642 which passes about Шаблон:Convert south of the place. In the 19th century Gawthorpe was listed variously as a village[1] or a hamlet[2] in Lepton township, part of the parish of Kirkheaton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Coal was mined at Gawthorpe around the middle of the 19th century.[3]

It was claimed that Chief Justice Gascoigne was born here,[4] however, he was a native of the abandoned estate of Gawthorpe Hall near Harewood House.[5]

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the town of Huddersfield, the villages of Kirkheaton and Lepton and the hamlet of Gawthorpe Green where a dyeworks[6] and a scribbling mill[7][8] were located.

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