Denby Dale

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Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England, to the South East of Huddersfield. As a civil parish it covers the villages of Denby Dale, Lower Denby, Upper Denby, Upper Cumberworth, Lower Cumberworth, Skelmanthorpe, Emley, Emley Moor. This parish had a population of 14,982 according to the 2001 census. The parish council gives the population of the village itself as 2143. [1]

1 History
2 Denby Dale pies
3 Notable people
4 Nearby places
5 External links

[edit] History

First recorded as Denby Dyke. Before the industrial revolution it was a sparsely populated village with a small textile industry.

In 1825 the village became to location for a crossroads for the Barnsley to Shepley Lane Head and the Wakefield to Denby Dale roads. Within 25 years the village had various factories and mills as well as a railway. Denby Dale provided the textile industry with raw materials, coal, and transportation. The silk used for the Queen Mother's wedding dress was in fact made at the Springfield Mill in Denby Dale. With the economy flourishing the population increased and the village grew.

[edit] Denby Dale pies

Denby Dale is well known for baking giant pies, a tradition first started in 1788 to celebrate the recovery of King George III from his mental illness. So far 10 pies have been made as part of 9 pie festivals, the most recent (12 tonnes) was made in 2000 to celebrate the new millennium.