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Wrenthorpe Cricket Club's senior teams compete in the Bradford Premier League. Wrenthorpe Cricket Club equalled the record of consecutive Heavy Woollen cup final victories, with four wins in a row. The feat was previously done 120 years ago by Dewsbury & Saville CC. The club has junior teams
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Wrenthorpe Rangers are a local football club with junior teams from U6 through to U18s and open age teams that compete in the Wakefield Sunday league. The New Pot Oil pub hosts an open age team which competes in the same league. The 2013–2014 season was the most successful season for Wrenthorpe
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which provides an education for pupils aged 2 to 18 and Hall Cliffe Primary School, which is a specialist day school for pupils aged 5 to 13 years, based at the old Sunny Hill House School site.
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that peaked in the 17th century, before declining over the course of the 18th. Such was the scale of pottery production, the village became known as "Potovens," attributed to the
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Club offers both social and competitive play, with teams in the Castleford & District League and the Barnsley & District League. It also provides junior
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and woollen textile production joined coal and agriculture as Wrenthorpe's major industries, both disappearing over the course of the 20th century.
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used to fire finished pottery. Reminders of this heritage can be found in local names, such as "Potovens Lane" and the remains of pottery and clay
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Rangers as they completed the league and cup double with a penalty shootout victory in the final of the cup over local rivals, the New Pot Oil.
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has played an important role in Wrenthorpe's history, building from the presence of a few potters in the 15th century, to a thriving
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areas. A smaller recreation ground with a football pitch, is located in the centre of the village on Wrenthorpe Lane.
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and pottery, have been found in the area, the current settlement dates from after the
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and car parking. Park paths connect with the neighbouring village of
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forcing houses were built in Wrenthorpe, contributing to
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Wrenthorpe is located in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE315225
Metropolitan borough
City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF2/WF1
Police
West Yorkshire
Fire
West Yorkshire
Ambulance
Yorkshire
UK Parliament
Morley and Outwood
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°41′54″N 1°31′20″W / 53.698208°N 1.522087°W / 53.698208; -1.522087

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