Frizinghall
Frizinghall is a district in the Heaton ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, lying north of the city centre close to the town of Shipley, itself a part of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District along with such other nearby towns as Keighley and Ilkley.
Frizinghall derives its name from a type of rough woollen cloth made in the area, and the hall was somewhere in the settlement where the frieze was made. Others believe the name comes from Old English; The Frisian's nook of land or from Furze-covered Haugh.
Frizinghall is notable as the birthplace of famous cricketer Jim Laker.
Frizinghall is served by a railway station on the Airedale line which has frequent services to,,,, and.
The fictitious town of Frizinghall in Wilkie Collins' book The Moonstone'' is near the Yorkshire coast.
