Rishworth is a village in
Calderdale,
West Yorkshire
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, England.
Historically
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part of the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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, it has a small church, farms and schools, including
Rishworth School.
St. Johns Rishworth CofE Primary School provides primary-level education for children in Rishworth and Ripponden. The school is a Church of England school, with classes making regular trips to the village's church situated on Godley Lane.
Former railway
Rishworth was the terminus of the
Rishworth Branch
The Rishworth branch was built in the Ryburn valley by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an ama ...
of the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...
from
Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge ( ) is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703.
History
The town was originally a fording point over the once mu ...
. It opened in 1881 and closed to passengers in 1929.
See also
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Listed buildings in Ripponden
Ripponden is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 181 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are l ...
References
Villages in West Yorkshire
Ripponden
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