Roberttown

{{Short description|Township in West Yorkshire, England}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Roberttown

| coordinates = {{coord|53.69987581841|-1.70336438178|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = West Yorkshire

| population =

| population_ref = (Ward. Liversedge and Gomersal)

| metropolitan_borough = Kirklees

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Spen Valley

| post_town = LIVERSEDGE

| postcode_district = WF15

| postcode_area = WF

| dial_code = 01924

| dial_code1 =

| os_grid_reference =

| static_image_name = Roberttown village street - geograph.org.uk - 68929.jpg

| static_image_caption = Village street

}}

Roberttown is a village, in the township of Liversedge in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England and is historically, part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web |title=History of Roberttown, in Kirklees and West Riding {{!}} Map and description |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25755 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=3 December 2018}}

==Industry==

For most of the 1980s and early 1990s Roberttown served as the Headquarters of Halewood International after the company headquarters relocated there from Horbury.

Religion

File:All Saints, Roberttown, Liversedge.jpg

All Saints' is the local Anglican church. It is located on Church Road.{{cite news |title=Raising the roof in Roberttown church appeal |url=https://www.spenboroughguardian.co.uk/news/raising-the-roof-in-roberttown-church-appeal-1-4717331 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |work=Spenborough Guardian |date=7 July 2012}}

Education

Roberttown C of E Junior and Infant School stands on Church Road not far from All Saints' Church.{{cite news |date=17 January 2024 |title=Roberttown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School |url=https://www.roberttownschool.co.uk/ |accessdate=17 January 2024 |work=Roberttown School Website}}

Sport

Liversedge Cricket Club have their ground in the village near the New Inn public house on Roberttown Lane. They play in the Central Yorkshire League.

See also

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Category:Villages in West Yorkshire

Category:Geography of Kirklees

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