Erringden

House & Farm at the Western end of the hamlet.

Coordinates: 53°44′02″N 2°00′40″W / 53.734°N 2.011°W Erringden is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. Previously it was a township within the chapelry of Heptonstall.

The first recorded mention of Erringden is in a deed from 1321, where it is named Heyrikdene,[1] and it is described as a park for hunting.

In the 2001 census it had a population of 194.[2] By the 2011 census the population had dropped to 159.[3]

Plans of an estate in Erringden produced in 1761 are the first known work by the land surveyor and engineer Robert Whitworth, who went on to become one of the leading canal engineers of his generation.[4]

In the 1870s Erringden was described as

'A township in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the York and Manchester railway, 7 miles NNW of Halifax. It includes part of Hebden-Bridge village, and part of Mytholmroyd hamlet; and has a fair, at Erringden-Moor, on the Friday after 11 Oct'.[5]

Bibliography

  • Skempton, Sir Alec et al. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: Vol 1: 1500 to 1830. Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-2939-X.

References

  1. ↑ John Watson (1775). The History and Antiquities of The Parish of Halifax (Book).
  2. ↑ "Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Calderdale". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Key Figures For 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Skempton 2002, p. 778
  5. ↑ Wilson, John (22 April 2013). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co.

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