A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
The largest part of this website is our collection of historical statistics, but these are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Brighouse. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.
Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Brighouse.
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Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.
We know of no constituencies that were named after Brighouse; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Brighouse will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.
This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Brighouse:
| Administrative Area: | Popu- lation |
Life+ Death |
Indu- stry |
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| Hipperholme With Brighouse CP/Tn | | | | ||||||
| Brighouse CP | | | |||||||
| Halifax CP/AP | | | | | |||||
| Brighouse MB | | | | | | | | ||
| Calderdale District | | | | | | | | | |
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| Halifax RegD/PLU | | | | | |||||
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| Yorkshire and the Humber GovOf | | | | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | | | | | | | | | |
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| the United Kingdom |
Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.
Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Brighouse.
| Constituencies | Start Date | End Date |
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| Yorkshire West Riding PDivCon | 1832 | 1860 |
| West Riding of Yorkshire Northern PDivCon | 1862 | 1884 |
| West Riding of Yorkshire Northern Part Elland PDivCon | 1885 | 1917 |
| West Riding of Yorkshire Elland PDivCon | 1918 | 1948 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough BCon | 1949 | 1982 |
| Calder Valley CCon | 1983 |
Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Brighouse. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.
