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Halifax (England)

LC control no.n 88132970
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingHalifax (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Halifax
Variant(s)Halifax, Eng.
Halifax (West Yorkshire)
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeWest Yorkshire (England) West Riding of Yorkshire (England) Calderdale (England)
Found inTo the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the petition of your dutiful and loyal subjects inhabitants of Halifax, 1833.
MYB, 1987, p. lvi (Halifax, West Yorkshire)
LC data base, 4/13/88 (hdg.: Halifax, Eng.)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 53°43ʹ00ʺN 001°51ʹ00ʺW)
Wikipedia, viewed 23 Oct. 2014 (Halifax, West Yorkshire; a Minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England; the ancient parish of Halifax was divided in the 19th century into a large number of civil parishes; incorporated as a municipal borough in 1848 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, and with the passing of the Local Government Act 1888 became a County Borough in 1889; since 1974, Halifax has been the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, once a part of the now-former metropolitan county of West Yorkshire)
Geographic area codee-uk-en