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Cleckheaton - Cleckheaton is an English town in the county of West Yorkshire, south of Bradford, east of Brighouse and west of Batley. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the pre-1974 borough of Spenborough.

Wilf Barber - Wilfred Barber (born April 18, 1901, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, died September 10, 1968, Bradford, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1935.

Peaceville Records - Peaceville Records is a British heavy metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Hammy in Cleckheaton, England in 1988.

Wendy Holden - Wendy Holden is a British journalist and the author of a number of humorous novels. Brought up near Harrogate, schooled in Cleckheaton and educated at Girton College, Cambridge, Holden's first job after university was on the arts magazine Apollo, after which she edited a magazine for foreign diplomats in London for several years.

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Cleckheaton - A hyperlinked profile of the modern town, with a history. [Wikipedia]

Rotary Club in Cleckheaton - Details of membership and their activities. Information on meetings and on Cleckheaton and its history.

Cleckheaton Folk Festival - Information on artistes, programme, and venues. Online request for more details, and archive of previous years' festivals.

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Keighley West Yorkshire - ... county boundary, covered rather less than one-half. Outside the industrial region other urban districts included Bingley, Castleford, Cleckheaton, Elland, Featherstone, Handsworth, Hoyland Nether, Liversedge, Mexborough, Mirfield, Normanton, Rawmarsh, Rothwell, Saddleworth, Shipley, Skipton, Sowerby Bridge, Stanley, Swinton ... in yellow.]] The term West Riding of Yorkshire. Within the industrial region other urban districts included Bingley, Castleford, Cleckheaton, Elland, Featherstone, Handsworth, Hoyland Nether, Liversedge, Mexborough, Mirfield, Normanton, Rawmarsh, Rothwell, Saddleworth, Shipley, Skipton, Sowerby Bridge, Stanley, ...