Sir Herbert Butterfield (7 October 1900, Oxenhope, Yorkshire – 20 July 1979, Sawston, Cambridgeshire) was a British historian and philosopher of history who is remembered chiefly for two books—a short volume early in his career entitled The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) and his Origins of Modern Science (1949).
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Butterfield was born in Oxenhope in Yorkshire, and received his education at the Trade and Grammar School in Keighley.
Emmerdale actress and Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw lived briefly in Shaw Lane, Oxenhope with her then partner Jason King.
RAF Oxenhope Moor was a British Second World War radio station, located on Cock Hill Moor near the village of Oxenhope in Yorkshire.
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As well as Keighley, its circulation area includes Cross Hills, Cullingworth, Denholme, East Morton, Haworth, Oxenhope, Silsden and Steeton.