Scholes is a village and former

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of

Holme Valley Holme Valley, formerly Holmfirth is a large civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 25,049 (2001 census), increasing to 34,680 for the two wards in the 2011 Census. Its administrat ...

, in

Kirklees Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, West Yorkshire, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...

, England. It is situated 1 mile (2 km) to the south-east and above

Holmfirth Holmfirth () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is located south of Huddersfield and west of Barnsley; the boundary of the Peak District National Park is to the south-west. The town is sited on t ...

, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

, in the Holme Valley. It has a population of 1,990. The name ''Scholes'' may have originated from the

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n language meaning 'the temporary huts or sheds'. The village contains one non denominational

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, originally built in 1908, modernised and extended in 1976 and then, further extended in 1986. The school caters for approximately 213 pupils aged four to eleven. Scholes was the birthplace of the

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Roy Castle Roy Castle (31 August 1932 – 2 September 1994) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. An accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could also play many other instruments. In a career as a versatile perfo ...

, well known as the

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of the long-running BBC show ''

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''.

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was born in Scholes to farmer parents.

Local sports

Scholes has a successful cricket team in the Drakes Huddersfield League and a football team, (Scholes FC) who sealed promotion to Division 1 of the Huddersfield & District FA competition as of the end of the 2018–19 season with a game to spare finishing 2nd in Division 2 on 59 points.

Civil parish

Scholes became a civil parish on 31 December 1894 being formed from

Wooldale Wooldale is a village in the civil parish of Holme Valley, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is nestled on a hill, overlooking the Kirkroyds area of New Mill. It has a population of 2,420. Co-operative Soci ...

Fulstone Fulstone is a village in the civil parish of Holme Valley, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is about 5 miles from Huddersfield. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1931 the parish had a popu ...

and Hepworth, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Holmfirth, part also went to form

Dunford Dunford is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Peak District and within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 568. Th ...

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1571.

Scholes in West Yorkshire

There are two other villages and a hamlet with the same name in the county of West Yorkshire. One village is near

Cleckheaton Cleckheaton is a town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and so ...

and the other one is east of

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

. The hamlet is east of Oakworth near Keighley.

References

External links

Scholes (Holmfirth) J&I School Ofsted Reports
Holme Valley Villages in West Yorkshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire Geography of Holmfirth {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub