South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire.
Retail in South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
There are great places to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe including some great cities, villages, woodlands, parks, historic buildings, museums, gardens, country parks, hiking areas, towns, lakes, historic monuments, hills, ancient sites, nature reserves, shopping centres, airports, bluebell woods, ruins, rivers and streams, castles, waterfalls and boroughs.
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe has some unmissable cities nearby like Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.
Don't miss Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden's villages if visiting the area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe.
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe's best nearby woodlands can be found at Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.
The area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe features a number of interesting parks including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.
Don't miss Cartwright Hall, Ilkley Manor House, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, and Wainhouse Tower's historic buildings if visiting the area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe.
Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are great places to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe if you like museums.
Places near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe feature a number of interesting gardens including Cartwright Hall Gardens.
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe has some unmissable country parks nearby like Penistone Hill Country Park, Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Chevin Forest Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough are some of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe best hiking areas to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe.
There are a several good towns in the South Kirkby and Moorthorpe area like Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.
Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir are some of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe best lakes to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe.
There are a several good historic monuments in the South Kirkby and Moorthorpe area like Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
Hills to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe include Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin.
Ancient Sites to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe include Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
Nature Reserves to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe include Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Don't miss Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market's shopping centres if visiting the area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe.
Airports to visit near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe include Leeds Bradford Airport.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe like Middleton Park.
The area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe features a number of interesting ruins including Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.
The area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.
The area around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe's best castles can be found at Sandal Castle.
There are a several good waterfalls in the South Kirkby and Moorthorpe area like Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.
Kirklees is a great place to visit close to South Kirkby and Moorthorpe if you like boroughs.
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe History
There are some historic monuments around South Kirkby and Moorthorpe:
Places to see near South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
History of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
The earliest written account of Moorthorpe is in the Domesday Book of 1086, when Moorthorpe is mentioned as part of the manor of South Kirkby. However, there is known evidence of Iron Age and Roman occupation and activity in the surrounding countryside and it is known that Sweinn and Arnketill, two Anglo-Saxon noblemen held the manor prior to the Norman Conquest. After the Conquest William gave the manor to Ilbert de Lacy.
Whilst there are no medieval maps of the village in known existence the earliest maps appear to show that Barnsley Road (known then as Mellwood Road) was the only or main route through what would have remained a sparsely occupied farming hamlet. Langthwaite House, situated alongside what is now known locally as the “library field” was flanked by Langthwaite Beck, where an ancient well and natural spring were found. The former Empire Theatre
The industrial revolution brought the railways and coal mining to the area and along with it a need for housing and recreation. On Barnsley Road there were a number of shops and the Empire Theatre, which is now an apartment block, though it does retain some of its obvious features externally. The Moorthorpe Picture Palace was located nearby but has been demolished. Also in the village was the miners institute building, although it is now privately owned and its elaborate carved entrance featuring a miner at work has been obscured.
