Crigglestone

Crigglestone
Crigglestone
Crigglestone shown within West Yorkshire
Population	9,271 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE316164
Civil parish	Crigglestone
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	WF4
Dialling code	01924
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Wakefield
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°38′38″N 1°31′21″W / 53.644004°N 1.522586°W / 53.644004; -1.522586Coordinates: 53°38′38″N 1°31′21″W / 53.644004°N 1.522586°W / 53.644004; -1.522586

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. The site of the colliery is now an industrial estate.

This area has two Anglican churches: the Church of St James, Chapelthorpe, and the Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove.

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