Kirklees

/ ˌkɜːkˈliːz /

noun

1. a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 391 400 (2003 est). Area: 410 sq km (158 sq miles)

Example Sentences

His wound was beating red-hot irons into his heart; hardly could they get him from his horse to the gate of Kirklees.

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It is a concise little history, beginning with the first day of his outlawry, and ending with the fatal scene at Kirklees.

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In it we read how he visited his cousin, the Prioress of Kirklees Nunnery, for the purpose of being bled.

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Cf. the commission to the rector of Aberford to be custos of Kirklees about the same time.

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"I will go to my cousin, the prioress of Kirklees, for she hath much knowledge of healing," he said.

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