Kettlethorpe, West Yorkshire Explained

Official Name:Kettlethorpe
Country:England
Metropolitan Borough:City of Wakefield
Metropolitan County:West Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:WAKEFIELD
Postcode Area:WF
Postcode District:WF2
Dial Code:01924
Coordinates:53.644°N -1.5057°W
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Static Image Caption:Kettlethorpe High School Community Learning Centre

Kettlethorpe, originally a separate village, is a suburb that lies 4km (02miles) south of Wakefield city centre, in West Yorkshire, England.[1] The suburb has a secondary education school, Kettlethorpe High School, which is a specialist maths and computing college. It was deemed to be good by Ofsted in 2011 and again in 2016.[2]

Kettlethorpe Hall was built in 1727[3] by the Pilkington family. It has been converted into two separate houses.

Notes and References

  1. Sheffield & Barnsley . 278 . 2016. 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey. 9780319244753.
  2. Web site: Stuart. Tanya. Short inspection of Kettlethorpe High School, A Specialist Maths and Computing College. ofsted.gov.uk. 13 March 2017. 1. PDF. 12 January 2017.
  3. Howard Colvin, Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, 3rd ed. (Yale University Press) 1995: note p. 136. "the identity of its architect is unknown" but singles it out, with the east wing of Wentworth Castle by Johann von Bodt, as an "almost unique example of Franco-Prussian architecture in Georgian England".

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