Mirfield
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Mirfield () is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the A644 road between Brighouse and Dewsbury. At the 2011 census it had a population of 19,563. Mirfield forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Mirfield
- UK place.population
- 19,563
- UK place.population_ref
- (Ward. 2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Mirfield
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Kirklees
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Spen Valley
- UK place.post_town
- MIRFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- WF14
- UK place.postcode_area
- WF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01924
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE205205
- UK place.static_image_name
- Shops in town centre, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield - geograph.org.uk - 67962.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Mirfield town centre
- UK place.type
- Town
- COA wide.escutcheon
- Azure a chief Gules over all a ram's head caboshed between two ears of barley stalked and bladed in saltire Or.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 19563
- Official website
- www.mirfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk
- Image
- Bank Street - Stocks Bank Road - geograph.org.uk - 1439042.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01924
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- Commons category
- Mirfield
- postal code
- WF14
- OS grid reference
- SE205205
- P8168
- Clarence DeMar
- IPA transcription
- mɜːrfiːld
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Mirfield () is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the A644 road between Brighouse and Dewsbury. At the 2011 census it had a population of 19,563. Mirfield forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
The name Mirfield derives from the Old English myrgefeld meaning 'pleasant field'.
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