Lepton is a village and former civil parish near Huddersfield, now in the parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.25 miles (7 km) to the east of, and 120 metres (390 ft) above, the town centre directly north of Lepton Great Wood. In 1931 the parish had a population of 3323.[1]
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Some of the more notable aspects of the village include;
The name "Lepton" may mean 'leap farm/settlement'.[2] Lepton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Leptone.[3] Lepton was formerly a township in the parish of Kirkheaton,[4] from 1866 Lepton was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1938 and merged with Kirkburton.[5]
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