Mirfield

Mirfield

Coordinates: 53.6807° N 1.6888° W
Population	18,621
OS grid reference	SE205205
Parish	Mirfield
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MIRFIELD
Postcode district	WF14
Dial code	01924
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Dewsbury
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Mirfield is a town in West Yorkshire, England, near Dewsbury. It is on the main road between Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Wakefield.

[edit] Civic structure

The town is a civil parish, which according to the 2001 census had a population of 18,621. It had been an urban district from 1894 to 1974, when it was merged into the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. It gained a parish council again in 1988.

There are two secondary schools in Mirfield: Mirfield Free Grammar and Sixth Form and Castle Hall.

Amongst the primary schools there are Battyeford, Crossley Fields (formerly Wellhouse) and Crowlees.

The 13th century St. Mary's Church was rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott.

The Mirfield Theological College, the College of the Resurrection was where Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, lectured from 1976 for two years.

Archbishop Trevor Huddleston spent his last days in Mirfield at the Community of the Resurrection.

It is the birthplace of:

It has been the residence of:

Charlotte Brontë, a teacher at Roe Head school from 1835 to 1838 having previously been a pupil there
Roger Moore, Actor
Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, who lived in Mirfield from 1858 to 1860, when he was 6-8 years old
Robbie Paul, Rugby League player

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