Fixby

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Fixby is a suburb in north-west Kirklees bordering neighbouring Calderdale and is traditionally part of Huddersfield in the English county of West Yorkshire. Fixby is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

In the nineteenth century Fixby was a large estate to which social reformer Richard Oastler was appointed as steward from 1830 until 1838 when he was relieved of his duties for his political activities: pamphleteering, lobbying and in the establishment of Short Time Committees in industrial towns throughout Yorkshire. The Short Time committees organised public meetings in order to raise petitions to improve conditions for children in the workplaces of the day and resulted in the Factory Act of 1847, with which Oastler was never fully satisfied.

Much of the historical Fixby Estate is now a golf course, based at Fixby Hall and intersected by the Kirklees Way footpath.

Fixby is often now recognised as the most affluent area of Huddersfield and is home to numerous millionaires.

The area is home to a large shop which is part of the Nisa supermarket chain. The Huddersfield Crematorium is also situated in the area.

Notable people include

• James Homewood (1952-present) - Famous gay political activist. Most notable for the book "The female lesbian psyche and me in traditional feminist roles in modern UK society (1992) Opened Vietnam war memorial at the Huddersfield Crematorium in 1987
• Alex Nixon (1965-present) - Vetinarian practitioner, famous for research into animal transgender development
• Laura Beavoir (1968-present) - Famous feminist playwright.
• Erin McLoughlin (1987-present) - Child actress, most remembered for playing a role in long-running ITV drama, The Bill.