Hartshead

{{short description|Village in West Yorkshire, England}}

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| metropolitan_borough = Kirklees

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

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Hartshead is a village in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, {{convert|6|km|order=flip}} west of Dewsbury{{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}} and near to Hartshead Moor.{{cite map |title =Bradford & Huddersfield |map =288|date =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey|isbn =9780319244852 }}

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

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.{{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}}

Patrick Brontë served as curate of St Peter's Church in Hartshead between 1811 and 1815,{{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}} in which time he met his wife, Maria Branwell (although they met in Rawdon, some dozen or so miles away from Hartshead).Juliet Barker The Brontes They were married in Guiseley and became the parents of Anne, Branwell, Charlotte and Emily Brontë.{{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}}

Kirklees Hall is between Hartshead and the nearby village of Clifton.

Robin Hood is reputed to have been buried near Hartshead{{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}} or in the grounds of the nearby Kirklees Hall.{{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}} The exact place is not known, as the gravestone has been moved at least 3 times.