| Official Name: | Gawthorpe |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Coordinates: | 53.6442°N -1.7181°W |
| Post Town: | HUDDERSFIELD |
| Postcode Area: | HD |
| Postcode District: | HD5 |
| Dial Code: | 01484 |
| Metropolitan Borough: | Kirklees |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
Gawthorpe, also known as Gawthorp, is a hamlet in the Kirklees district, in the English county of West Yorkshire, about 4miles east of Huddersfield.[1] The nearest major road is the A642 which passes about 0.3miles south of the place. In the 19th century Gawthorpe was listed variously as a village[1] or a hamlet[2] in Lepton township, part of the parish of Kirkheaton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Coal was mined at Gawthorpe around the middle of the 19th century.[3]
It was claimed that Chief Justice Gascoigne was born here,[4] however, he was a native of the abandoned estate of Gawthorpe Hall near Harewood House.[5]
Nearby settlements include the town of Huddersfield, the villages of Kirkheaton and Lepton and the hamlet of Gawthorpe Green where a dyeworks[6] and a scribbling mill[7] [8] were located.