| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.611°N -1.751°W |
| Map Type: | West Yorkshire |
| Official Name: | Farnley Tyas |
| Civil Parish: | Kirkburton |
| Metropolitan Borough: | Kirklees |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituency Westminster: | Dewsbury |
| Post Town: | HUDDERSFIELD |
| Dial Code: | 01484 |
| Static Image: | Farnley Tyas P6030024.JPG |
| Static Image Width: | 250px |
Farnley Tyas is a village in the parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England 3miles south east of Huddersfield. It is located on a hilltop between Almondbury, Castle Hill, Thurstonland and Honley. It is mostly rural and farmland with private housing and some local authority social housing. In 1921 the parish had a population of 486.[1]
It has a public house, the Golden Cock Inn, a First School catering for around 50 children, aged from four to ten years old, a bowling club, a small sports field and the Church of St Lucius. It is part of the Parish of Almondbury with Farnley Tyas.[2]
First mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, it was then called Fereleia. Tyas is a family name from the le Tyeis who held land in the neighbourhood from the 13th century.
Extract from Pigot & Co's National Commercial Directory, 1834
Farnley Tyas was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Almondbury,[3] in 1866 Farnley Tyas became a civil parish and in 1894 became an urban district,[4] [5] the urban district was merged with Thurstonland urban district in 1925. Farnley Tyas and Thurstonland Urban District was abolished in 1938 under a County Review Order, with the majority of the district merging into the Kirkburton urban district and the remainder into the Holmfirth urban district.
The Honley Agricultural Show, which is held every July, has used farmland alongside Moor Lane as venues for recent shows.