Cackleshaw | |
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![]() View towards Cackleshaw from the east | |
Location within
West Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE0338 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KEIGHLEY |
Postcode district | BD22 |
Dialling code | 01535 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Cackleshaw is a hamlet in West Yorkshire, England. It is located about one-third of a mile (0.5 km) east of Oakworth in the Worth Valley area of the City of Bradford. [1] [2] The name of the hamlet has been recorded historically as Cackeleshawe, Cackelshay, Cackwelshey and Cockleshaw. This derives from the Old English of kakele (a cackler, or a nickname) and Sceagh, which means copse. [3] [4]
Historically, the main occupation in the hamlet was farming, with much of the land tenanted from the Duke of Devonshire's estate. [5] [6]
Cackleshaw is on the 11-mile (18 km) circular Worth Way walk which starts and ends in Keighley. The walk follows the river and railway first up, then down the Worth Valley. [7]
Media related to
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