Rishworth

For other uses, see Rishworth (disambiguation).

Rishworth is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a small church, farms and schools, including Rishworth School.^[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 838.^[2]

Rishworth
Oldham Road, Rishworth
Rishworth Show map of Calderdale Rishworth Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
Civil parish	Ripponden
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOWERBY BRIDGE
Postcode district	HX6
Dialling code	01422
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Calder Valley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.665°N 1.949°W / 53.665; -1.949

St. Johns Rishworth CofE Primary School provides primary-level education for children in Rishworth. The school is a Church of England school, with classes making occasional trips to the church situated on Godley Lane.

Former railway

Rishworth was the terminus of the Rishworth branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from Sowerby Bridge. It opened in 1881 and closed to passengers in 1929.

Governance

Rishworth was a township in the parish of Halifax.^[3] From 1866 Rishworth was a civil parish^[4] until 1 April 1937 it was abolished to form Ripponden.^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Ripponden