Editing Hartshead

{{short description|Village in West Yorkshire, England}}
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'''Hartshead''' is a village in the [[Kirklees]] district of [[West Yorkshire]], England, {{convert|6|km|order=flip}} west of [[Dewsbury]]<ref>{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Dewsbury Supplementary|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Dewsbury/more.html|website=www.genuki.org.uk|accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref> and near to [[Hartshead Moor]].<ref>{{cite map |title =Bradford & Huddersfield |map =288|date =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey|isbn =9780319244852 }}</ref>

The village has pre-[[Norman Conquest]] origins; the Walton Cross is believed to be dated from the 11th century.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1313305|desc=Walton Cross, 100 yards north of Walton Cross Farmhouse|grade=II*|accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref>

The name Hartshead is derived from Herteshevet or Herteshede which is Scandinavian in origin and means Hill of Heort, Heort meaning Hart in modern English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/qq_143.html|title=Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout|website=www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk|access-date=2018-06-25}}</ref>

[[Patrick Brontë]] served as curate of [[William Swinden Barber#Church of St Peter, Hartshead, 1881|St Peter's Church]] in Hartshead between 1811 and 1815,<ref>{{cite web |title=Brontë, Patrick |url=https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp |website=Clergy of the Church of England Database |publisher=King's College London |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref> in which time he met his wife, [[Maria Branwell]] (although they met in [[Rawdon, West Yorkshire|Rawdon]], some dozen or so miles away from Hartshead).<ref>Juliet Barker ''The Brontes''</ref> They were married in [[Guiseley]] and became the parents of [[Anne Brontë|Anne]], [[Branwell Brontë|Branwell]], [[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]] and [[Emily Brontë]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Reverend Patrick Brontë {{!}} Brontë Parsonage Museum|url=https://www.bronte.org.uk/the-brontes-and-haworth/family-and-friends/rev-bronte|website=www.bronte.org.uk|accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref>

[[Kirklees Hall]] is between Hartshead and the nearby village of [[Clifton, West Yorkshire|Clifton]].

[[Robin Hood]] is reputed to have been buried near Hartshead<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Hartshead, in Kirklees and West Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12850|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref> or in the grounds of the nearby Kirklees Hall.<ref>{{cite news|title=New book explores myths surrounding Robin Hood’s grave at Kirklees Estate|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-book-explores-myths-surrounding-4943636|accessdate=19 May 2017|work=Huddersfield Examiner|date=19 September 2012}}</ref> The exact place is not known, as the gravestone has been moved at least 3 times.

== Governance ==
Hartshead was historically a [[chapelry]] in the parish of [[Dewsbury]], becoming a [[civil parish]] in 1866.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12850|title=History of Hartshead, in Kirklees and West Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10431499|title=Relationships and changes Hartshead Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 849.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10431499/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Hartshead Ch/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished, with most of the area, including the village, being added to the parish of [[Liversedge]] in the [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban district]] of [[Spenborough]] (which became a [[municipal borough|borough]] in 1955). The remainder was added to [[Brighouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/halifax.html|title=Halifax Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> Spenborough Urban District was abolished in 1974 when Kirklees was created. No [[successor parish]] was created for the borough and it became an [[unparished area]].<ref>[[Local Government Act 1972]]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Liversedge and Gomersal]]

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==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in West Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Geography of Kirklees]]