dewsbury has a number of districts with different geographical and socio-economic patterns, they are, chickenley, crackenedge, dewsbury moor, earlsheaton, eastborough, eightlands, flatts, ravensthorpe, savile town, shaw cross, scout hill, thornhill lees, westborough, westtown. batley carr, hanging heaton and staincliffe have areas which lie in both dewsbury and neighbouring batley. thornhill, briestfield and whitley are part of dewsbury. thornhill was annexed in 1910.