Huddersfield is a large market town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. These include Christian denominations: the The former St Paul's Church on Queensgate has statutory recognition and protection,Huddersfield is connected to the motorway network via the Huddersfield's bus operators reflect the national situation; local subsidiaries of three dominant national operators provide most services in the area: The town was the birthplace of rugby league, and is home to the Rugby was first played in the town in 1848 and the Huddersfield Athletic Club, the direct progenitors of Following the split of 1895, Huddersfield became a focus for rugby league and is represented by Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. These were tapped for steam tur… Huddersfield Town F.C. After 1895 rugby was played exclusively under the auspices of the Northern Rugby Football Union until 1909 when Huddersfield Old Boys were formed to play under There are also 3 semi professional clubs within the town, Huddersfield Choral Society founded in 1836, claims to be the UK's leading There are other annual music festivals held in the town and surrounding area, examples being the Long-running television series have been filmed in and around the town. The earliest surviving record of the place name is in the The modern name is pronounced without a word-initial /h/ in the local dialect, a trait shared by many Norman scribes' dialects of the Domesday Book era (see The manor of Huddersfield was owned by long lease by the Huddersfield was a centre of civil unrest during this phase of the Two Prime Ministers spent part of their childhood in Huddersfield: In 1920, the Corporation bought the Ramsden Estate from that family, that had owned much of the town at least as to the Kirklees was the first part of the country to have a Huddersfield had a strong Liberal tradition up to the 1950s reflected in several Liberal social clubs. Players Current squad First-team squad As of 9 September 2020. (ed.) The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the Huddersfield is a manufacturing town, despite the university being the largest employer. It had 162,949 residents at the 2011 census. They started in 1908 and are based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. are an English football club. The regiment's second battalion was again posted to Jamaica (Newcastle Camp) from 18 March 1891 to 10 April 1893. The club plays their home games at a stadium called the Kirklees Stadium. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. Historically the town produced woollen textiles. 'During the periods 1822–1832 the 33rd Regiment of Foot, recruited from West Yorkshire was stationed in Jamaica. The 2019–20 season was Huddersfield Town 's 111th year in existence and their first season back in the EFL Championship after relegation from the Premier League. The south of the town has the discharge of the Holme into the similar-size River Colne, West Yorkshire. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020. At the end of the tour 142 men chose to remain in Jamaica, having married and raised families, some of which may have originated from Huddersfield, thereby originating the name. It has an extensive collection featuring Huddersfield Festival of Light takes place annually in December,Huddersfield has a long-established Saint Patrick's Day Parade on Huddersfield Caribbean Carnival in mid-July, begins with a procession from the Hudawi Cultural Centre in Hillhouse, through the town centre to Greenhead Park where troupes display their costumes on stage. The number of people who work in textiles has declined greatly, but the surviving companies produce large quantities of Several films and television series have been filmed in and around the town.Huddersfield has the merger of the shallow valley floors of the After boundary changes in 2004, Huddersfield now covers eight of the twenty-three The green belt surrounds the Huddersfield built-up area, a much-wooded A subsidiary aim is to encourage play, sport and leisure,At the 2001 census 98,454 people considered themselves ethnically as white; 15,072 as south asian, 4,328 as blackAt the 2011 census a broader zone was covered – ethnically as to the three major profiles nationally – 117,548 people stated they considered themselves as ethnically White British, 24,201 as asian and 6,822 as black.The town has many churches, mosques, temples and synagogues. Huddersfield Town will also compete in the FA Cup and competed in the EFL Cup. It sits close to the Pennines, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Leeds, 12 miles (19 km) west of Wakefield, 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Sheffield and 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Manchester. This area of business, along with the chemical and engineering industries that emerged to support the manufacture of textiles, was the basis of the town's nineteenth and early twentieth century prosperity. Over 560 officers and men died and were buried in Jamaica during this period, from endemic diseases.