LC control no. | n 85081826 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Calderdale (England) |
Geographic subdivision usage | England--Calderdale |
Variant(s) | Calderdale District (England) Calderdale (West Yorkshire) Borough of Calderdale (England) Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale (England) |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Associated place | West Yorkshire (England) |
Found in | Clyde Surveys Scotland Ltd. Calderdale District, metromap, 1980. Muni. yr. bk., 1984 (Calderdale, Borough, W. Yorkshire, formed 1974) BL hdg. (Calderdale (England)) Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001 (former name: none; new name: Calderdale [short form], Borough of--ADM1, 52°20ʹN 02°00ʹW (UKC2)) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 53°42ʹ00ʺN 002°00ʹ00ʺW) Wikipedia, viewed 23 Oct. 2014 (Calderdale; Borough of Calderdale; Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale; a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name; Calderdale covers part of the South Pennines and is the southernmost of the Yorkshire Dales, though it is not part of the Yorkshire Dales national park; it was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the then county borough of Halifax, the boroughs of Brighouse, Todmorden and the urban districts of Elland, Hebden Royd, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, part of Queensbury and Shelf urban district and Hepton Rural District; Halifax is the main commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough) |
Geographic area code | e-uk-en |