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Queensbury (or Queenshead), town with ry. sta., Bradford and Halifax pars., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles N. of Halifax, 1593 ac., pop. 6824; P.O., T.O.; has stone quarries and coal mines, and shares in the manufacturing industries of Halifax.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | QUEENSBURY | QUEENSBURY OR QUEENSHEAD | QUEENSHEAD |
Place: | Queensbury |
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