Cowlersley | |
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Cowlersley shown within West Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE108153 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HUDDERSFIELD |
Postcode district | HD4 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
UK Parliament | |
Cowlersley is a district 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Milnsbridge and Linthwaite and south of the A62 and the River Colne. The name Cowlersley means 'a charcoal burner's wood' and was first recorded in 1226.
The district has a primary school which was inspected by Ofsted in 2013 and listed as "requiring improvement".
Its claim to fame is that the former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was born and lived in Cowlersley in his early childhood.