A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LIGHTCLIFFE, a hamlet and a chapelry in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies on the Bradford, Leeds, and Halifax railway, 3 miles SE of Halifax; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Halifax. The chapelry was constituted in 1846. Pop. in 1861,2,347. Houses, 508. The property is subdivided; but much of the land belongs to E.S. Walker, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £140.* Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church is a plain edifice, in the Grecian style; and consists of nave, aisles, and cupola-shaped chancel, with a small tower. There are an Independent chapel and some charities.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Lightcliffe |
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