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Kirklees

borough, England, United Kingdom

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Kirklees, metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It takes its name from Kirklees Hall (17th century), whose estate houses a small Cistercian priory (1155) and the reputed grave of Robin Hood. The borough includes the towns of Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Mirfield, Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, and Batley as well as a number of small rural villages. Huddersfield is its largest town and its administrative centre. The borough extends from flat-topped and heather-clad gritstone moorland in the Pennines to more-open, industrialized valleys. From Huddersfield, in the River Colne valley, a metropolitan area sprawls into the River ...(100 of 153 words)

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