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.
SKIRCOAT, a township in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Calder, the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and the Manchester and Leeds railway, adjacent to the S side of Halifax town. It contains the hamlets of S.-Green, S.-Heath, Shawhill, Woodhouse, and Bolton-Brow, the village of Salterhebble, and part of the village of Kingcross. Acres, 1,340. Real property, £28,316; of which £30 are in quarries, and £700 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 6,940; in 1861, 7,447. Houses, 1,604. Woollen and cotton manufactures are carried on. Churches are at Salterhebble, Kingcross, and Copley; and there are several dissenting chapels, two national schools, and a large orphanage. The orphanage stands at S.-Moor; was built in 1865, at a cost of about £50,000, defrayed by the Messrs. Crossley; is an ornate edifice; and comprises a home and schools for 200 boys, 200 girls, and 50 infants.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Skircoat CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Skircoat |
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