Battyeford

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = The Pear Tree Inn Battyeford - geograph.org.uk - 737857.jpg

| static_image_caption = The Pear Tree Inn, Battyeford

| coordinates = {{coord|53.681|-1.712|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Battyeford

| population =

| civil_parish = Mirfield

| metropolitan_borough = Kirklees

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Dewsbury

| post_town = MIRFIELD

| postcode_district = WF14

| postcode_area = WF

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE191205

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Battyeford is a village which is now part of the town of Mirfield in West Yorkshire, England.

History

From 1900 to 1953 the village was served by Battyeford railway station on the Leeds New Line.{{cite book |last1=Butt |first1=R V J |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |date=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |page=29}}

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Mirfield, and part of the Mirfield ward of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. The borough council is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire.

Religious sites

Christ the King in Battyeford is an Anglican church and part of the Diocese of Wakefield.{{cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/battyeford-christ-the-king/ |title=Christ the King, Battyeford |date= |accessdate=26 March 2011}} It was built in 1973 on the site of the original Christ Church which was built in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1971.{{cite web |url=http://www.christ-the-king.co.uk/ |title=A Parish for Battyeford |date=16 April 2010 |accessdate=26 March 2011}}

References

Category:Villages in West Yorkshire