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Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in the Calderdale district now in West Yorkshire, England, but until 1974 in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703. [edit] HistoryThe town was originally a fording point over the once much-wider River Calder where it is joined by the River Ryburn. The town takes its name from the historic bridge which spans the river in the town centre. Before the Industrial Revolution the area was divided between the parishes of Sowerby, Norland, Skircoat and Warley. The boundaries between the old parishes were the rivers Calder and Ryburn and the valley, Warley Clough, which is now largely culverted. Textiles and an engineering industry grew up around the bridge. The Anglican parish church, Christ Church, situated on Wharf Street, and is a Grade II listed building erected in 1819. By the mid-19th century the population had grown and the settlement became an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1894. From 1892 to 1930 Pollit & Wigzell manufactured stationary steam engines for the cotton and woollen mills of Yorkshire, Lancashire and India. Wood Brothers, an engineering and millwright company, also produced engines from its Valley Iron Works. [edit] GeographySowerby Bridge is situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the town centre of Halifax. [edit] Research Tips
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