Place:Halifax, Yorkshire, England

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NameHalifax
Alt namesFelseisource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 212
Halifaciasource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 169
Haliflexsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 212
Hortoniumsource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 169
TypeTown
Coordinates53.733°N 1.867°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (100 - )
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Elland
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece Hall. Halifax is known for its Mackintosh chocolate and toffee (now owned by Nestlé), the Halifax bank (formerly Halifax Building Society), and the nearby Shibden Hall.

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