| LC control no. | n 88278972 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Brighouse (England) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--Brighouse |
| Variant(s) | Borough of Brighouse (England) Brighouse, Eng. |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | West Yorkshire (England) West Riding of Yorkshire (England) Calderdale (England) |
| Found in | Geographia Ltd. Geographia Halifax, c1988: map recto (Brighouse) LC database, 2-13-89 (hdg.: Brighouse, Eng.) Barth. gaz. places Brit., 1986 (Brighouse, W. Yorks., tn.) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 53°42ʹ00ʺN 001°47ʹ00ʺW) Wikipedia, viewed 23 Oct. 2014 (Brighouse; a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England; historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire; it is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Halifax in the Pennines; the name Brighouse (or "Bridge House") originates from a building on (or close to) the bridge over the River Calder; historically part of the township of Hipperholme with Brighouse in the large ancient parish of Halifax; the township became a civil parish in 1866, but was abolished in 1894 and divided, and Brighouse became a Municipal Borough (and civil parish); Brighouse borough and civil parish was abolished in 1974 when it became part of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough) |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-en |
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