Wadsworth, West Yorkshire
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Wadsworth is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
in West Yorkshire
, England
. It has a population of 1,456, and was, until 1974, part of Hepton Rural District
in the West Riding of Yorkshire
.
The main settlements in the parish are Old Town
, Chiserley
and Pecket Well.
Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...
in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It has a population of 1,456, and was, until 1974, part of Hepton Rural District
Hepton Rural District
Hepton was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1894 to 1974.The district included four civil parishes:*Heptonstall,*Blackshaw*Erringden*WadsworthIt was created in 1894 as the Todmorden rural district...
in the West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, County of York, West Riding , was based closely on the historic boundaries...
.
The main settlements in the parish are Old Town
Old Town, West Yorkshire
Old Town is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Situated on a hilltop above Hebden Bridge and across the Hebden valley from Heptonstall. Both Old Town and nearby Pecket Well are served by Wadsworth Parish Council...
, Chiserley
Chiserley
Chiserley is a hamlet located on a hilltop near the town of Hebden Bridge, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.- History :It was called Chisley until 1964, but was changed to Chiserley on the 1979 OS map. Once it was a hamlet of farms, mills and terrace houses for mill-workers but now it is a...
and Pecket Well.