Official Name: | South Crosland |
Country: | England |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Coordinates: | 53.6°N -50°W |
Static Image: | South Crosland Aerial View (Custom).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Aerial view of South Crosland, Huddersfield (2006) |
South Crosland is a village in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England.
South Crosland was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Almondbury,[1] in 1866 South Crosland became a separate civil parish,[2] it became an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. The parish and urban district was abolished under a County Review Order on 1 April 1938, being split between the county borough of Huddersfield, the Meltham urban district, and the Holmfirth Urban District.[3] [4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 2985.[5]