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Scholes, Holme Valley

Scholes is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Holme Valley, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 1 mile (2 km) to the south-east and above Holmfirth, 7 miles (11 km) south of Huddersfield, in the Holme Valley. It has a population of 1,990. The name Scholes may have originated from the Scandinavian language meaning 'the temporary huts or sheds'.

Local sports
Scholes has a successful cricket team in the Drakes Huddersfield League and a football team, (Scholes FC) who sealed promotion to Division 1 of the Huddersfield & District FA competition as of the end of the 2018–19 season with a game to spare finishing 2nd in Division 2 on 59 points. == Civil parish ==
Civil parish
Scholes became a civil parish on 31 December 1894 being formed from Wooldale, Fulstone and Hepworth, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Holmfirth, part also went to form Dunford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1571. ==Scholes in West Yorkshire==
Scholes in West Yorkshire
There are two other villages and a hamlet with the same name in the county of West Yorkshire. One village is near Cleckheaton and the other one is east of Leeds. The hamlet is east of Oakworth near Keighley. ==References==
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