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Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near the east Pennine foothills. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire , primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre.
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire to the south, Greater Manchester to the south-west, and Lancashire to the west. The city of Leeds is the largest settlement.
England. Yorkshire. 53°44′06″N 1°49′30″W / . 53.73499°N 1.824891°W. / 53.73499; -1.824891. Northowram ( / ˈnɔːrθɑːrəm /) is a village lying north-east of the town of Halifax in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the north side of Shibden valley. Southowram stands on the southern side of the valley.
5,646. Postcodes (total) 7,392. Statistics as at May 2020 [1] The HX postcode area, also known as the Halifax postcode area, [2] is a group of seven postcode districts in England, within four post towns. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in western West Yorkshire, including Halifax, Elland, Sowerby Bridge and Hebden ...
1 North • 2 West • 3 East. Yorkshire ( / ˈjɔːrkʃər, - ʃɪər / YORK-shər, -sheer) is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. [1] Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. [2] The county was named after its original county town, the city of York .
53°45′32″N 1°54′14″W / . 53.759°N 1.904°W. / 53.759; -1.904. Mixenden is a district of Halifax, Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the outskirts of the town. The name Mixenden derives from the Anglo Saxon 'mixen' ( compost or dung heap) and 'den' usually refers to pasture land, usually for pigs.
Illingworth is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. The appropriate Calderdale Ward is called Illingworth and Mixenden. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 12,739. [1] It is situated 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north-west of Halifax . Illingworth is one of the Halifax villages that have all ...
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Sowerby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was an important settlement long before Halifax began to dominate. The ancient district of Sowerbyshire , a stretch of forest centred on the town leading down the Ryburn and Calder valleys and almost up to Halifax, was a Royal chase.