Flockton Green

Flockton Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is immediately east of Flockton village, on the junction of the road from Overton with the A637 road between Grange Moor and West Bretton and close to the border of Kirklees and Wakefield districts.[1] Flockton Green has a pub called The George and Dragon.[2]

Flockton Green
George and Dragon public house on Barnsley Road
Flockton Green is located in West Yorkshire
Flockton Green
Flockton Green
Location within West Yorkshire
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

History

Flockton Green was formerly called "Nether Flockton".[3][4] Flockton Green has a pub called The George and Dragon.[5] It is recorded as having a population of 800 in 1809.[6] Plans were approved for Flockton Green Working Men's club (in Flockton itself) to be turned into 87 new homes in 2016.[7]

References
  1. "Flockton Green". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. "The George and Dragon, Wakefield - pub details". Beer in the Evening. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. Albert Hugh Smith (1961). The Place-names of West Riding of Yorkshire. University Press. p. 204. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. "Flockton Green". Survey of English Place-Names. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. "The George and Dragon, Wakefield - pub details". Beer in the Evening. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. Thomas Langdale (1809). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. J. Langdale, 1809. p. 194. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. "Flockton is to get 87 new homes ... and a new working men's club". Yorkshire Live. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2022.


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