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Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre.
The HX postcode area, also known as the Halifax postcode area, [2] is a group of seven postcode districts in England, within four post towns. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in western West Yorkshire , including Halifax , Elland , Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge .
A county borough recognized the density of the developed area in 1888 which provided most functions for inhabitants, retaining the West Yorkshire ceremonial county. The municipal or county borough was under a mayor, five aldermen and 45 councillors and had an area of 13,967 acres (56.52 km 2 ).
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Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds on 95.3 FM, Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 102.5 FM, Heart Yorkshire on 107.6 FM, Capital Yorkshire on 105.1 FM , Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 96.3 FM and Phoenix Radio on 96.7 FM, which has its studios in Halifax. [16] The town is served by the local newspaper the Halifax Courier. [17]
West Yorkshire was formed as a metropolitan county in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, and corresponds roughly to the core of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire and the county boroughs of Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, and Wakefield.
Skircoat Green (/ ˈ s k ɜːr k ə t /) is an area to the south of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Skircoat is a ward of the Borough of Calderdale whose population at the 2011 Census was 12,712. [1] In the 13th century, the land was granted to the Earl Warren, and then passed to the Savile family. This was an independent township before ...
Pages in category "Areas of Halifax, West Yorkshire" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.