Country: | England |
Official Name: | Rishworth |
Coordinates: | 53.665°N -1.949°W |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Calderdale |
Civil Parish: | Ripponden |
Metropolitan Borough: | Calderdale |
Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituency Westminster: | Calder Valley |
Post Town: | SOWERBY BRIDGE |
Postcode District: | HX6 |
Postcode Area: | HX |
Dial Code: | 01422 |
Static Image: | Oldham Road - Rishworth - geograph.org.uk - 987928.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Oldham Road, Rishworth |
Rishworth is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a small church, farms and schools, including Rishworth School.[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 838.[2]
St. Johns Rishworth CofE Primary School provides primary-level education for children in Rishworth. The school is a Church of England school, with classes making occasional trips to the church situated on Godley Lane.
Rishworth was the terminus of the Rishworth branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from Sowerby Bridge. It opened in 1881 and closed to passengers in 1929.
Rishworth was a township in the parish of Halifax.[3] From 1866 Rishworth was a civil parish[4] until 1 April 1937 it was abolished to form Ripponden.[5]