Heavy Woollen District
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The Heavy Woollen District is an area of West Yorkshire, England, historically known for its textile industry, particularly the production of heavyweight woollen cloth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heavy Woollen District canonical | 5 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical region
ⓘ
industrial district ⓘ |
| administrativeCentre | Dewsbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Batley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birkenshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Birstall NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleckheaton NERFINISHED ⓘ Dewsbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Drighlington NERFINISHED ⓘ Earlsheaton NERFINISHED ⓘ Gildersome NERFINISHED ⓘ Gomersal NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanging Heaton NERFINISHED ⓘ Heaton Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ Heckmondwike NERFINISHED ⓘ Liversedge NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossett NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravensthorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberttown NERFINISHED ⓘ Scholes NERFINISHED ⓘ Soothill NERFINISHED ⓘ Staincliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Thornhill NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasSportsTeam |
Batley Bulldogs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dewsbury Rams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink |
Dewsbury railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M1 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ M62 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfImportance |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mungo production
ⓘ
production of heavyweight woollen cloth ⓘ shoddy production ⓘ textile industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Borough of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield NERFINISHED ⓘ West Yorkshire ⓘ |
| partOf | Yorkshire textile industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | informal district ⓘ |
| traditionalIndustry |
blanket manufacture
ⓘ
military cloth production ⓘ rag sorting ⓘ woollen spinning ⓘ woollen weaving ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.