Batley Carr

District in West Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Batley Carr is a district which includes parts of Dewsbury and Batley in West Yorkshire, England.^[1][2]

Batley Carr housed workers from the mills of Dewsbury and Batley. As the settlement expanded with the growth of the textile industry, it gained its own railway station, Staincliffe and Batley Carr. The red brick station master's house still stands, but is now a private residence.

Shannon Matthews, who disappeared from Dewsbury Moor on 19 February 2008, was found alive on 14 March 2008 in Lidgate Gardens, Batley Carr.^[3][4]

Notable people

• Horace Waller, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and ninth Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds

References

1. "Where is Batley Carr" Archived 6 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Batley Carr Tenants and Residents Association
2. "Area Profile 2007 - Batley Carr Settlement" Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Kirklees
3. "Missing Shannon Matthews's mother: 'Someone who knows her knows something'", The Times, 3 March 2008
4. "Missing schoolgirl 'found alive'". BBC. 14 March 2008. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.