Netherton, Wakefield

Netherton
Netherton
Netherton Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE2716
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wakefield
Postcode district	WF4
Dialling code	01924
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Wakefield
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°38′38″N 1°34′44″W / 53.644°N 1.579°W / 53.644; -1.579

Netherton is a village in the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It lies about 4 miles south-west of Wakefield, 3 miles south of Ossett and 1 mile south of Horbury. The village is in the Wakefield Rural ward of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. The village name is shown on map "Dvcatvs Eboracensis pars occidentalis" from 1646.^[1]

The h was dropped from nearby Shitlington and Sitlington was adopted in 1929 with the approval of the county council.^[2]