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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Halifax. You may be able to find further references to Halifax in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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HALIFAX | a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, and a district | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Halifax.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Barkisland | township | Bartholomew |
BARKISLAND | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
Bradshaw | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
BRADSHAW | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
Briers | village | Bartholomew |
BRIER'S, or St. Anne's-in-the-grove | a chapelry, with a village | Imperial |
Brighouse | town with railway station | Bartholomew |
BRIGHOUSE | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
Catherine Slack | village | Bartholomew |
CATHERINE-SLACK | a village | Imperial |
Charlestown | ecclesiastical district and village | Bartholomew |
CHARLESTOWN | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
Coathill | hamlet | Bartholomew |
COATHILL | a hamlet | Imperial |
Coley | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
COLEY | a chapelry | Imperial |
COPLEY | a chapelry, with a r station | Imperial |
COTE | a hamlet | Imperial |
Craggbottom | hamlet | Bartholomew |
Cross Stone | ecclesiastical district (St Paul) and village | Bartholomew |
CROSSTONE, Cross-Stone, or Croston | a village | Imperial |
Denholme | hamlet with railway station | Bartholomew |
DENHOLME | a hamlet | Imperial |
Elland | town with railway station | Bartholomew |
Elland with Greetland | township | Bartholomew |
Erringden | township | Bartholomew |
ERRINGDEN | a township | Imperial |
Fixby | township | Bartholomew |
FIXBY | a township | Imperial |
FRIENDLEY | a hamlet | Imperial |
Friendly | village | Bartholomew |
GREETLAND | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
Haley Hill | ecclesiastical district and village | Bartholomew |
HALEY-HILL | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
Harley Wood | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
HARLEY-WOOD | a chapelry | Imperial |
Heath | hamlet | Bartholomew |
HEATH | a hamlet | Imperial |
HEBBLE-BRIDGE | a hamlet | Imperial |
Hebden Bridge | town with railway station | Bartholomew |
Heptonstall | township and village | Bartholomew |
HEPTONSTALL | a village and a parochial chapelry | Imperial |
Hipperholme | town and railway station | Bartholomew |
HIPPERHOLME | a village and a township | Imperial |
Hipperholme with Brighouse | township | Bartholomew |
Holdsworth | village | Bartholomew |
HOLDSWORTH | a village | Imperial |
Hollins | hamlet | Bartholomew |
HOLLINS | a hamlet | Imperial |
Holywell Green | village | Bartholomew |
HOLYWELL-GREEN | a village | Imperial |
Hove Edge | hamlet | Bartholomew |
Illingworth | ecclesiastical district and village | Bartholomew |
ILLINGWORTH | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
King Cross | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
KINGCROSS | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
KNOWLS | a hamlet | Imperial |
Langfield | township | Bartholomew |
LANGFIELD | a township | Imperial |
LEE-BANK, or Lee-Bridge | a village | Imperial |
Lightcliffe | ecclesiastical district with railway station | Bartholomew |
LIGHTCLIFFE | a hamlet and a chapelry | Imperial |
LINDLEY (OLD) | a hamlet | Imperial |
Luddenden | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
LUDDENDEN | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
Luddendenfoot | small town with railway station | Bartholomew |
LUDDENDENFOOT | a village | Imperial |
Midgley | town and township | Bartholomew |
MIDGLEY | a village and a township | Imperial |
Mixenden | village | Bartholomew |
MIXENDEN | a village | Imperial |
Mount Pellon | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
MOUNT-PELLON | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
Mount Tabor | village | Bartholomew |
MOUNT TABOR | a village | Imperial |
MYTHOLMROYD | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
NEW BANK | a village | Imperial |
Norland | township and village | Bartholomew |
NORLAND, or Northland | a township, with a village | Imperial |
Northowram | small town | Bartholomew |
NORWOOD-GREEN | a hamlet | Imperial |
OLD LANE | a village | Imperial |
OLD TOWN | a village | Imperial |
Ovenden | town and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
OWRAM (South) | a village, a township, and a sub-district | Imperial |
PELLON | a village | Imperial |
Rastrick | town and township | Bartholomew |
Ripponden | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
Rishworth | township | Bartholomew |
RISHWORTH | a township | Imperial |
Salterhebble | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
SALTERHEBBLE | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
SALTONSALL | a hamlet | Imperial |
Shelf | town and township | Bartholomew |
SHELF | a village, a township, and a chapelry | Imperial |
Skircoat | township | Bartholomew |
SKIRCOAT | a township | Imperial |
Southowram | town and township | Bartholomew |
Sowerby | town and township | Bartholomew |
SOWERBY-BRIDGE | a town and a chapelry | Imperial |
Soyland | town and township | Bartholomew |
Stainland | town and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
STAINLAND | a large village and a township-chapelry | Imperial |
Stansfield | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
STANSFIELD | a township, of three divisions | Imperial |
Triangle | village | Bartholomew |
Wadsworth | township | Bartholomew |
WADSWORTH | a township | Imperial |
Wainstalls | Bartholomew | |
Warley | township | Bartholomew |
WARLEY | a township | Imperial |
Wheatley | village | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Halifax within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 3: South and West Yorkshire | 23 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 4: Leeds and North Yorkshire | 9 |
William Camden | Yorkshire: West Riding | 5 |
George Head | The West Riding | 4 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 9: Eastern Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland | 2 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland | 2 |
William Camden | Yorkshire: East and North Ridings | 1 |
Charles Wesley | 1749: Marriage to Sally Gwynne | 1 |
Charles Wesley | Sept. 17 - Nov. 5, 1756: Midlands, Yorkshire and Manchester | 1 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 1, Part 3: Norfolk and Cambridgeshire | 1 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 12, Part 2: Glasgow and central Scotland | 1 |
John Wesley | 1777-80: On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lord George Gordon | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Illingworth | 0 | 2 |
Wheatley | 0 | 2 |
Ovenden | 0 | 2 |
Mount Pellon | 0 | 2 |
Mixenden | 0 | 2 |
Mount Tabor | 0 | 2 |
Holdsworth | 0 | 2 |
Catherine Slack | 0 | 2 |
Bradshaw | 0 | 2 |
Haley Hill | 0 | 2 |
Warley | 0 | 2 |
Northowram | 0 | 2 |
King Cross | 0 | 2 |
Luddenden | 0 | 2 |
Queensbury | 0 | 2 |
Skircoat | 0 | 2 |
Luddenden Foot | 0 | 2 |
Sowerby Bridge | 0 | 2 |
Denholme Gate | 0 | 1 |
Salterhebble | 0 | 2 |