Talk:Birstall, West Yorkshire

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Nice work... If you're going to the Black Bull say hello to dave or mel, and try the guest beer. Photo is badly exposed and could live without the transit van background. I'll try and get a replacement.

[edit] Village

Someone recently said that Birstall was not a suburb of Batley but a village. I disagree: 1 Birstall was part of Batley Municipal Borough between 1937 and 1974 2 On the census, Birstall is listed as part of Batley [1] 3 On Kirklees website, Birstall is included as part of Batley [2] 4 The big brown "Welcome to Batley" signs can be found on the way to Birstall from Gomersal or from Morley.

Birstall is a village by two of the three definitions shown in Wikipedia for an English Village [3], and by most definitions found elsewhere. Unlike other districts of Batley (say Soothill, or Staincliffe) Birstall has its own market. Also the article does mention that Birstall is a district of Batley, as well as being a village in the accepted definition of the term.

Decided to remove the ^{[dubious – discuss]} bit. It's not clear if it's a town, village or suburb, but most people seem to call it a village. From my history knowledge, there was once the town of "Gomersal & Birstall". As it had a town charter, it could hold markets; these took place in Birstall. At some point, Gomersal got sent into Spenborough, and Birstall got sent into Batley. I don't know why this happened. The status of both Gomersal and Birstall is a mystery, but most locals seem to see them as villages. 212.159.30.47 14:52, 21 February 2007 (UTC)