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]

See also

• Listed buildings in Dewsbury

References

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.

External links

Media related to Hanging Heaton at Wikimedia Commons

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