The annual Honley Agricultural Show[1] takes place on the second Saturday of June. The show has used farmland between Honley and
Meltham, and more recently farmland in
Farnley Tyas. Honley has both female and male voice choirs.
There are three schools in the village. Honley Infant and Nursery School for ages 3–7, Honley Junior School for ages 7–11 and
Honley High School which after abolishing its sixth form college is now for ages 11–16.[2]
The
parish church is St Mary's, a Grade II
listed mostly
Victorian church, constructed in 1843 by
Robert Dennis Chantrell, with later additions in 1888 and 1909.[3] The church was built on the remains of an earlier church, known as 'Old Peg' built in 1759. It is surrounded by a burial ground containing inscribed tombstones[4] with remnants of a set of village
stocks. Though an earlier building was possibly constructed in 1503.[5]
Sport
Honley F.C. fields junior teams at under-6 level to under-17 levels. The teams play in the Huddersfield Junior Football League,[6] and play competitive seven-a-side matches from under-7s to under-10s and eleven-a-side matches from under-11s to under-17s.[7] An adult side with three teams plays in the
Huddersfield and District Association Football League. The 'A' team is in the second division, the 'B' team in reserve division one, and the 'C' team in reserve division three.[8]
On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014
Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village.[9]
Governance
Honley was a
township and
chapelry in the parish of
Almondbury,[10] From 1866 Honley was a
civil parish until 1 April 1938 when the parish was abolished and merged with Holmfirth.[11] In 1931 the parish had a population of 4611.[12]
David Bintley, Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet and Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Japan. Born in Honley and former head of Maths at
Honley High School.[18]
^Tuck, Steven (June 2009).
"Kirklees Council". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from
the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
^Howell, David (1983). British workers and the Independent Labour Party, 1888–1906. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 309.
ISBN0-7190-1791-2.