Oldfield is a small

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

within the county of

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, England, situated north of Stanbury and near to

Oakworth Oakworth is a village in West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area. Oakworth railway station is on the route of the Keighley and ...

. It is approximately west of the town of

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...

. It mainly consists of farmland and has panoramic views across the

Worth Valley Worth Valley is a ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 Census was 14,387. It is named after the River Worth that runs through the valley to the town of Keighley ...

towards

Brontë Country Brontë Country is a name given to an area of south Pennine hills west of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The name comes from the Brontë sisters, who wrote such literary classics as ''Jane Eyre'' (Charlotte Brontë), ''Wuthering Heights ...

Top Withens Top Withens () (also known as Top Withins) is a ruined farmhouse near Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, which is said to have been the inspiration for the location of the Earnshaw family house Wuthering Heights in the 1847 novel of the same nam ...

, the house featured in the novel

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

, is clearly visible. There are no shops in Oldfield; however there is a successful primary school with Mr. JK Travers as its Executive Head Teacher (with Lees Primary). It is part of the Brontë Academy Trust (Comprising Haworth, Oakworth, Lees and Oldfield Primaries). Oldfield has a population of over 100. The local public house is The Grouse Inn, although there is The Friendly, Wuthering Heights and The Old Silent in Stanbury, a short walk across the valley.

Margaret Wintringham Margaret Wintringham (née Longbottom; 4 August 1879 – 10 March 1955) was a British Liberal Party politician. She was the second woman, and the first British-born woman, to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Early ...

(née Longbottom); 4 August 1879 – 10 March 1955, who was a British Liberal Party politician, was born at Oldfield, where her father was the local schoolteacher. She was the second woman, and the first British-born woman, to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. As Member of Parliament for

Louth, Lincolnshire Louth () is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000): Louth serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor a ...

, she was in office from 22 September 1921 until 28 October 1924. A blue plaque was unveiled to honour her on the side on the school building in April 2021.

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Hamlets in West Yorkshire Geography of the City of Bradford {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub

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