Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FIXBY

FIXBY, a township in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the York and Manchester railway, 3½ miles NNW of Huddersfield. Acres, 890. Real property, £2, 109. Pop., 388. Houses, 75. Fixby Hall is the seat of the Thornhills.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fixby CP/Tn       Halifax AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Fixby

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