Skircoat Green

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Skircoat Green
Village green
Skircoat Green Show map of Calderdale Skircoat Green Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
Population	12,712 (Skircoat Ward. 2011)
OS grid reference	SE091228
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX3
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°42′08″N 1°51′49″W / 53.702348°N 1.863621°W / 53.702348; -1.863621

Skircoat Green (/ˈskɜːrkət/) is an area to the south of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Skircoat is a ward of the Borough of Calderdale whose population at the 2011 Census was 12,712.^[1]

In the 13th century, the land was granted to the Earl Warren, and then passed to the Savile family. This was an independent township before being absorbed by the Borough of Halifax in 1892. The name was originally Schircotes and means building on the rocks. The Skircoat Green Area of Halifax is north of Salterhebble and is one of the most expensive areas of Halifax.