Cackleshaw

Cackleshaw
View towards Cackleshaw from the east
Cackleshaw is located in West Yorkshire
Cackleshaw
Cackleshaw
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE0338
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKEIGHLEY
Postcode districtBD22
Dialling code01535
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
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UK
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Yorkshire
53°50′42″N 1°56′28″W / 53.845°N 01.941°W / 53.845; -01.941

Cackleshaw is a hamlet in West Yorkshire, England. It is located about one-third of a mile (0.5 km) east of Oakworth in the Worth Valley area of the City of Bradford. The name of the hamlet has been recorded historically as Cackeleshawe, Cackelshay, Cackwelshey and Cockleshaw. This derives from the Old English of kakele (a cackler, or a nickname) and Sceagh, which means copse.

Historically, the main occupation in the hamlet was farming, with much of the land tenanted from the Duke of Devonshire's estate.

Cackleshaw is on the 11-mile (18 km) circular Worth Way walk which starts and ends in Keighley. The walk follows the river and railway first up, then down the Worth Valley.

References

  1. ↑ "OL21" (Map). South Pennines: Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley & Todmorden. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319242605.
  2. ↑ "CBMDC Worth Valley Ward Polling Districts" (PDF). bradford.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cackleshaw :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Genuki: KEIGHLEY: SUGDEN burials - Keighley Parish Church 1778-1855, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Farm of the Week: Show time for Keighley's doorstep milk men". The Yorkshire Post. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Shand, Alistair (28 August 2014). "Family rakes in last of its hay". infoweb.newsbank.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Worth Way" (PDF). mediafiles.thedms.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

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