Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded as "Crigeston" (along with neighbouring "Orberie") in the Domesday Book. The civil parish had a population of 9,271 at the 2011 Census. On 29 July 1941, an explosion occurred at the Crigglestone Colliery, killing 21 men. Since the 1970s, the site of the colliery has become an industrial estate on the western side, giving way to residential housing on the eastern side and a public amenity (Betty Eastwood Park) to the south.
The name Crigglestone derives from the Primitive Welsh crūg meaning 'hill' and the Old English hylltūn meaning 'settlement on a hill'.
This area has two Anglican churches: the Church of St James, Chapelthorpe, and the Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove.The Church of England: A church near you, St James, Chapelthorpe Retrieved 23 April 2014The Church of England: A church near you, St John the Divine, Calder Grove Retrieved 23 April 2014
Crigglestone once had two railway stations, both of which are now closed. Crigglestone West was on the line between Sheffield and Leeds via Wakefield, Crigglestone East on the closed and lifted line between Thornhill and Royston Junction. It is situated about south-west of Wakefield, and north of Barnsley.
See also Listed buildings in Crigglestone Newmillerdam, part of the civil parish Horbury Crofton, West Yorkshire
References
External links
Crigglestone Parish Council website Crigglestone on any-village.co.uk (includes map)