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Sowerby, town and township, Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Halifax - township (containing parts of Sowerby Bridge and Luddendenfoot towns), 6894 ac., pop. 9462; town, pop. 6179. Sowerby is a local government dist., and has cotton and woollen mfrs.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "town and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Sowerby CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Sowerby |
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