Haigh, West Yorkshire
Village in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Haigh, West Yorkshire. It is not to be confused with Haig Colliery.
53.602°N 1.558°W / 53.602; -1.558
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Haigh is a hamlet,[1] straddling the counties of South and West Yorkshire in England. It is split between the Barnsley and Wakefield districts. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it grew as a pit village and had its own colliery until 1968. Thereafter, Woolley Colliery became the main source of employment until its closure in 1987.