KIRK-LEES, a hamlet in that part of the parish
of DEWSBURY which is in the wapentake of MORLEY,
West riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (N. N. B.)
from Huddersfield. The population is returned with the
parish. Here was a Cistercian nunnery, erected in the
reign of Henry II., by Reynerus Flandrensis, and dedi
cated to the Virgin and St. James, the revenue of which,
at the suppression, was valv.ed at £20. 7. 8.: the celebrated
Robin Hood was buried here, where his tomb
is yet to be seen.