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Sharlston is a village and civil parish, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, and includes the settlements of Old Sharlston, Sharlston Common and New Sharlston. Its population at the 2001 census was 2,756, [1] reducing to 2,663 at the 2011 Census. [2]
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Sharlston developed as a mining village in the latter half of the 19th century due to the presence of local collieries, the nearest being New Sharlston Colliery 1.5km to the north with further collieries at Street House to the north east, Sharlston West Colliery to the west and Nostell Colliery to the south. Sharlston village remained rural at this...
The village ofSharlston, as depicted on mid-19thcentury mapping, was agreen-side settlement running for around 330m on the north and southside of Sharlston Green. The Green widened at its eastern end on toSharlston Common which still remains un-enclosed. It is likely thatSharslton originated as a medieval village. “Scharueston” wasfirst recorded in...
The village had asmithy and Sharlston Windmill (corn) was depicted in fields to thesouth of the hall. A reservoir was also depicted on the southernside of the common in c.1850, though the association is unclear. Sharlston Common is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM 30962, WYHERPRN 3831). It was an area of common that was subject to coal andironston...
Two small estates wereadded in the early 20thcentury at the western end of thevillage, comprising development around Northfield Road, Jubilee Roadand Birkwood Avenue. Development began in the 1930s and wascompleted in the early post-war period probably as social housingprovision for mining families. Piecemeal ribbon development alsooccurred on Weel...
New Sharlston is a small settlement, consisting of Long Row, Crossley Street and High Street. Crossley Street was named after the principal Sharlston Colliery Company shareholders, John Crossley and Sons Ltd, carpet manufacturers of Halifax (Taylor, 1976) Terraces of over 150 back-to-back houses were built from 1864 onwards by the New Sharslton Col...
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Sharlston is a village in West Yorkshire, England. It is located approximately 4 miles east of Wakefield. The village is divided into two parts: Sharlston Common and New Sharlston. Sharlston is part of the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough.
Sharlston is a village and civil parish situated 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, and includes the settlements of Old Sharlston, Sharlston Common and New...
Sharlston is a village and civil parish, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, and includes the settlements of Old Sharlston, Sharlston Common and New Sharlston. Its population at the 2001 census was 2,756, reducing to 2,663 at the 2011 Census.
- 484 hectares
- 39.9
- 588 people/km 2
- 2,848 (2021)
Sharlston is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sharlston itself, go to Units and Statistics .
Sharlston is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The parish contains six listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England .
