Warmfield cum Heath is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
City of Wakefield in
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
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. It has a population of 844. increasing to 941 at the 2011 Census.
Until 1974 it formed part of
Wakefield Rural District
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...
and as of 2004, its under the electoral ward of
Normanton.
The parish consists of the villages of
Warmfield in the east,
Heath
A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler a ...
in the west, and
Kirkthorpe in the north, and the hamlet of Goosehill north of Warmfield. The
A655 road traverses the area of the parish from southwest to northeast, and the southwestern parish boundary follows the
A638 road. North of Kirkthorpe, the
railway between Wakefield and Normanton passes through the area, but there is no station. At Goosehill there was a junction with the
North Midland Railway
The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masbrough) and Leeds in 1840.
At Derby, it connected with the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at wha ...
.
Neighbouring settlements are
Agbrigg and
Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...
in the west,
Normanton in the northeast,
Streethouse
Streethouse is a semi rural village in West Yorkshire, England that is situated to the east of Wakefield, the west of Featherstone and the south-west of Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Engl ...
in the east,
New Sharlston in the southeast, and
Walton Walton may refer to:
People
* Walton (given name)
* Walton (surname)
* Susana, Lady Walton (1926–2010), Argentine writer
Places
Canada
* Walton, Nova Scotia, a community
** Walton River (Nova Scotia)
*Walton, Ontario, a hamlet
United Kingdo ...
in the south.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Warmfield cum Heath
References
Civil parishes in West Yorkshire
Geography of the City of Wakefield
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