A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STANSFIELD, a township, of three divisions, in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Calder, the Rochdale canal, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 4½ miles W of Halifax. It has post-offices under Todmorden; and it contains Crosstone church, three dissenting chapels, and a national school. Acres, 5,920. Real property, £25,419; of which £570 are in quarries, and £250 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851,7,627; in 1861, 8,174. Houses, 1,671. The manor belongs to the Earl of Scarborough. Much of the land is moor. Cotton-spinning, silk-spinning, and iron-founding are carried on.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, of three divisions" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Stansfield CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Stansfield |
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