Thornhill Lees

Thornhill Lees
Thornhill Lees is located in West Yorkshire
Thornhill Lees
Thornhill Lees
Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°40′22″N 1°38′04″W / 53.67282°N 1.63432°W / 53.67282; -1.63432

Thornhill Lees is a district of Thornhill near Dewsbury, in the borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Thornhill Lees is between Thornhill and Dewsbury town centre, in the area between the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Thornhill Lees is served by two schools: Thornhill Lees Infant & Nursery School and Headfield Junior School.[1][2][3]

Hector Munro Chadwick, a philologist, was born in Thornhill Lees.[4]

  1. ^ "Headfield School". Headfield School. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Thornhill Lees photos, maps, books, memories". Francisfrith.com. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Community organisation details - Thornhill Lees Community Centre". Kirklees.gov.uk. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  4. ^ Telfer, W.; Hiagh, John D. (23 September 2004). "Chadwick, Hector Munro". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32342. Retrieved 12 January 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)