Fixby

Fixby
Allison Dike, Fixby
Fixby is located in West Yorkshire
Fixby
Fixby
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE132194
• London165 miles (266 km)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUDDERSFIELD
Postcode districtHD2
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°40′22″N 1°48′00″W / 53.67271°N 1.80004°W / 53.67271; -1.80004

Fixby is a suburb in north-west Kirklees bordering neighbouring Calderdale and is traditionally part of Huddersfield in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

The area is now a sought-after suburban location of Huddersfield for homeowners.[1] The village is just off the A6107 road and south of the M62 motorway.[2]

History

The name "Fixby" derives from the Gaelic Irish personal name Fiach.[3] Fixby is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[4]

In the nineteenth century Fixby was a large estate to which social reformer Richard Oastler was appointed as steward from 1830 until 1838, when he was relieved of his duties because of his political activities: pamphleteering, lobbying and involvement in the establishment of Short Time Committees in industrial towns throughout Yorkshire. The Short Time Committees organised public meetings in order to raise petitions to improve conditions for children in the workplaces of the day, and resulted in the Factories Act 1847, with which Oastler was never fully satisfied.[5]

Fixby was formerly a township in the parish of Halifax,[6] in 1866 Fixby became a separate civil parish,[7] on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Huddersfield, Elland and Brighouse.[8] In 1931 the parish had a population of 582.[9]

Facilities

Much of the historical Fixby Estate is now a golf course, with Fixby Hall as the clubhouse for Huddersfield Golf Club,[10] and intersected by the Kirklees Way footpath.[11] Fixby Hall is a grade II listed building.[12]

The Huddersfield Crematorium is also situated in the area.[13]

References

  1. ^ "The white stuff: How a bog-standard 1980s Yorkshire property was transformed into a dream home". The Yorkshire Post. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ^ "288" (Map). Bradford & Huddersfield. 1;25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244852.
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 181. OCLC 1228215388.
  4. ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Fixby | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Factory King who battled to free child slaves". The Yorkshire Post. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  6. ^ "History of Fixby, in Kirklees and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Fixby CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Halifax Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Population statistics Fixby CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  10. ^ Whitwam, Linda (8 October 2011). "Conservationist background of man behind the development of Huddersfield's countryside". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Kirklees Way - LDWA Long Distance Paths". www.ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Fixby Hall (Grade II) (1134236)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  13. ^ Sutcliffe, Robert (11 December 2016). "Huddersfield Crematorium needs a new furnace". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

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