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Overthorpe, Dewsbury — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Overthorpe is a district on the Thornhill side of Dewsbury, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, on ridge ground above the River Calder.
About Overthorpe
Where to stay in Overthorpe
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Beds cluster in Dewsbury rather than on the Thornhill ridge, so Overthorpe works better as a place to walk to, past the Church of St Michael and All Angels and the market cross stone on Combs Road. Ossett and Wakefield are close. Both widen the search when Dewsbury has nothing left, though neither sits as near the River Calder.
About Overthorpe
What are the main landmarks in Overthorpe?
Anglo-Saxon crosses sit inside the church. The Church of St Michael and All Angels holds that collection, and Thornhill Hall gives the other name on the list, with a memorial stone and the base of a market cross standing opposite the junction with Combs Road. The hall and the church carry the Thornhill name into Overthorpe's own listings.
What is the history of Overthorpe?
Thornhill was absorbed into Dewsbury County Borough in 1910, ending a long spell in which this ground, Overthorpe included, answered to the West Riding of Yorkshire, the historic division that covered this corner of England. The crosses are far older. Anglo-Saxon work kept in the parish church puts worship here centuries before Kirklees or West Yorkshire existed as names.
Overthorpe carries that inheritance as a district of Dewsbury.
Where is Overthorpe?
Overthorpe lies on the Thornhill ridge on the south side of the River Calder, part of Dewsbury in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.
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Updated August 2026