Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale

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Sowerby Bridge is a town in Calderdale

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sowerby Bridge within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Sowerby Bridge in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Sowerby Bridge, manufacturing town with ry. sta., Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Calder, at terminus of Rochdale Canal, 2½ miles SW. of Halifax, pop. 8724; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. The town comprises parts of Norland, Skircoat, Sowerby, and Warley townships; it has risen rapidly, and is now a considerable and thriving place, with extensive wharves; it has worsted and cotton spinning, oilcloth mfr., dyeing and chemical works, and wire works and iron works.

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