| Official Name: | Fulstone |
| Civil Parish: | Holme Valley |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Coordinates: | 53.5817°N -1.7367°W |
| Metropolitan Borough: | Kirklees |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
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| Static Image: | Fulstone.jpg |
Fulstone is a village in the civil parish of Holme Valley, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is about 5 miles from Huddersfield. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2127.[1]
The name "Fulstone" means 'Fugol's farm/settlement'.[2] Fulstone was recorded in the Domesday Book as Fugelestun.[3] Fulstone was formerly a township in the parish of Kirkburton,[4] in 1866 Fulstone became a separate civil parish, from 1894 to 1895 Fulstone was an urban district,[5] from 1895 to 1938 it was in New Mill Urban District, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Holmefirth, part also went to form Dunford[6] and Fulstone became part of Holmfirth Urban District. In 1974 Fulstone became part of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees and the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.
Fulstone once had a Methodist church, it is now a private dwelling.[7]