Upper Denby

Coordinates: 53°33′36″N 1°39′18″W / 53.560°N 1.655°W / 53.560; -1.655

Upper Denby is a village within the civil parish of Denby Dale, and the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. Lying to the South East of Huddersfield, on an east facing slope of the Pennines, it occupies a position 250 m (820 ft) above sea level. The southern edge of the village is bordered by the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley within the county of South Yorkshire. Although the village is one of the smallest in Kirklees it boasts one pub, a dentist, a church and cricket pitch. Upper Denby is home to Denby C of E first school.

In the 2001 census the population was given as 719 and includes the settlement of High Flatts.

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Denby

Coordinates: 53°01′11″N 1°25′31″W / 53.01974°N 1.42531°W / 53.01974; -1.42531

Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company.

Description

There is a memorial garden for John Flamsteed; opposite St Mary's church, which features the stellarsphere which shows the position of the stars and planets overhead at the current time.

Denby is three miles south-east from Belper and eight miles north of Derby. Denby is home to a secondary school which is named after John Flamsteed. It was once served by Denby railway station on the Midland Railway Ripley Branch.

The village is commemorated in the hymn tune Denby, composed in 1904 by Charles J. Dale.

Notable people

In addition to John Flamsteed:

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Denby (surname)

Denby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Denby (disambiguation)

Denby is a village in Derbyshire, England, UK.

Denby may also refer to:

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