Kirkhamgate

Kirkhamgate is a village in the Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, England. It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE300224
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	WF2
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Morley and Outwood
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.6971°N 1.5471°W / 53.6971; -1.5471

Governance

Alverthorpe civil parish was formed on 31 December 1894 from part of Alverthorpe with Thornes in Wakefield Rural District. On 1 April 1916 the parish was renamed Kirkhamgate. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1,320.^[1] On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Stanley.^[2][3]

Geography

Houses and farm buildings in Kirkhamgate

At its western end, Kirkhamgate is situated on rising ground at the junction of Brandy Carr Road with the Wakefield to Batley road. Brandy Carr Road crosses the Alverthorpe Beck, flowing north to south, at Beck Bottom and continues past fields, housing and Brandy Carr Nurseries towards the A650 Wakefield to Bradford Road at its eastern end. The M1 motorway passes north and west and is accessed at Junction 41.^[4] Wakefield is to the southeast and Wrenthorpe is to the east where the boundary is the Carr Gate Beck.

Kirkhamgate is primarily a residential village surrounded by farmland that is part of the Rhubarb Triangle.^[5] Brandy Carr Nurseries, specialises in rhubarb and liquorice plants.^[6]

Events

Kirkhamgate holds an annual scarecrow festival in September.^[7]