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LUDDENDEN, a village and a chapelry in Halifax Parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Calder, near the Manchester canal, 1 ¼ mile N of Luddendenfoot r. station, and 3½ W by N of Halifax; is partly in Midgley township, but chiefly n that of Warley; and has a post. office under Man.chester.—The chapelry contains also the villages of Midgley and Luddendenfoot. The acreage and pop. are returned with the parish. Rated property, £11,762. The property is much subdivided. The Hollins, Glen Royd, Oats Royd, Brearley, Brearley House, and Ewood Hall are chief residences. There are large cotton and worsted mills, a paper-mill, and stone quarries. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £.300. * Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church is a stone edifice, in the pointed style; was recently imp roved in the interior; and comprises aisles and chancel, with a tower. There are two chapels for Independents, one each for Calvinists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and New Connexion Methodists, a national school, and charities £39.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Luddenden |
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