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Quarmby is a district of Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England
England
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. It is situated 2 miles west of Huddersfield town centre between Oakes
Oakes, Huddersfield
Oakes is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of the town centre off the A640 New Hey Road towards the M62 motorway.It is situated between Marsh, Lindley and Salendine Nook....

, Paddock
Paddock, Huddersfield
Paddock is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 1 mile to the southwest of the town centre.It has a population of 3,117 according to the 2001 Census....

 and Longwood.

The holders of the land in the name of Eddward 1042-66 were Gamel and Godwin, whereas the cultivator at the time of the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

was Ilbert de Lacy. The Lacy family in Normandy derived their name from the commune of Lassy, the Lacius or Latius estates in the county of Calvados. The village of Lassy today is near the town of Vire
Vire
Vire is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.- History :In 1123, Henri I Beauclerc, King of England and Duke of Normandy, had a redoubt constructed on a rocky hill top, which was surrounded by the Vire river...

 in France
France
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. The name, originally Cornbei, is said to have been given by de Lacy.
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