Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SALTERHEBBLE

SALTERHEBBLE, a village and a chapelry in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile S of Halifax, and has a post-office under Halifax. The chapelry was constituted in 1845. Pop. in 1861, 4, 258. Houses, 897. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £160.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1858; and is in the early English style, with a lofty spire. There are a U. Free Methodist chapel, and a large national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Halifax AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Salterhebble

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