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Metropolitan borough
  
City of Wakefield

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
WF4

Metropolitan county
  
West Yorkshire

Country
  
England

Post town
  
WAKEFIELD

Local time
  
Wednesday 11:09 AM

Dialling code
  
01924

Foulby

Region
  
Yorkshire and the Humber

Weather
  
13°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 56% Humidity

Foulby is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Nostell, between Crofton and Ackworth Moor Top, on the A638 east-south east of the city of Wakefield. The village falls within the Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward of Wakefield City Council.

Contents

Map of Foulby, Wakefield, UK

Persons

  • John Harrison (24 March 1693 – 24 March 1776) was an English carpenter and clock designer, who solved the problem of calculating longitude through the carrying of precise time on board ship, was born in this tiny village. There is a blue plaque on the house where he was born beside the main Wakefield to Doncaster road.
  • Windmill Inn the site of a former windmill designed by John Smeaton in 1786. This is now an Indian restaurant called Arkaan's.

    • References

    Foulby Wikipedia
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