Hanging Heaton

St Paul's Church in Hanging Heaton

Hanging Heaton is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Partly in both Batley and Dewsbury, it is an historic village mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name 'Etun'.[1] The prefix 'Hanging' refers to a steep hillside hanging above lower ground, while 'Heaton' means 'High Farm', meaning the village was once a hillside farmstead.[2]

With housing dating from the 16th century to the present day, it is a varied community with a successful cricket club,[3] golf club, two churches, a pub and a community group. Hanging Heaton is also home to both Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J & I School[4] and Mill Lane J I & EY School.[5]

Hanging Heaton was the birthplace of physiologist Robert Edwards, who was the pioneer of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).[citation needed]

  1. ^ Place name: Hanging Heaton, Yorkshire Folio: 379v Great Domesday Book ... 1086.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 230. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  3. ^ Hunt, Andrew (11 May 2017). "Hanging Heaton maintain winning start thanks to impressive batting display". Batley News. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Home". www.hangingheaton.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Mill Lane Primary School Batley West Yorkshire". www.mill-lane.org.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.