Hartshead
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK place Hartshead is a village in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, Template:Convert west of Dewsbury<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and near to Hartshead Moor.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref>
The village has pre-Norman Conquest origins; the Walton Cross is believed to be dated from the 11th century.<ref>Template:National Heritage List for England</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>Template:Cite web</ref>
Patrick Brontë served as curate of St Peter's Church in Hartshead between 1811 and 1815,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in which time he met his wife, Maria Branwell (although they met in 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, Branwell, Charlotte and Emily Brontë.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kirklees Hall is between Hartshead and the nearby village of Clifton.
Robin Hood is reputed to have been buried near Hartshead<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> or in the grounds of the nearby Kirklees Hall.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The exact place is not known, as the gravestone has been moved at least 3 times.
Governance
[edit]Hartshead was historically a chapelry in the parish of Dewsbury, becoming a civil parish in 1866.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 849.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 of Spenborough (which became a borough in 1955). The remainder was added to Brighouse.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>