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Hanging Heaton

Hanging Heaton

Village in West Yorkshire, England

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]

St Paul's Church in Hanging Heaton

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Place name: Hanging Heaton, Yorkshire Folio: 379v Great Domesday Book ... 1086.
  2. [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. [3]
    Hunt, Andrew (11 May 2017). "Hanging Heaton maintain winning start thanks to impressive batting display". Batley News. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Home". www.hangingheaton.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Mill Lane Primary School Batley West Yorkshire". www.mill-lane.org.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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53.704°N 1.615°W / 53.704; -1.615



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