Emley
Sign in to saveEmley is a village in the parish of Denby Dale, in Huddersfield in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. The village lies roughly in the middle of a triangle between Huddersfield, Wakefield and Barnsley. It is around south-east of Huddersfield, south-west of Wakefield and north-west of Barnsley. In the 2021 census it has a population of 1,434. The village dates from Anglo-Saxon times and is on high ground, close to the Emley Moor transmitting station. The village is the home of the famous non league football club Emley A.F.C.
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- Population
- 1434
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- Welfare Ground, Emley.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01924
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- OS grid reference
- SE242130
- Commons category
- Emley, West Yorkshire
- postal code
- HD8
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Emley is a village in the parish of Denby Dale, in Huddersfield in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. The village lies roughly in the middle of a triangle between Huddersfield, Wakefield and Barnsley. It is around south-east of Huddersfield, south-west of Wakefield and north-west of Barnsley. In the 2021 census it has a population of 1,434. The village dates from Anglo-Saxon times and is on high ground, close to the Emley Moor transmitting station. The village is the home of the famous non league football club Emley A.F.C.
==History== The name "Emley" is derived from an Old English personal name, Em(m)a or Eama, and lēah, a wood or woodland clearing. The village was recorded as Amalaie and Amelai in the 1086 Domesday Book and usually as Emmeley by the 13th century. The Saxon settlement was at Emley Park. An influx of invading Danes settled in the area in the 9th century, as evidenced by place names ending in by and thorpe.
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