A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BRIER'S, or St. Anne's-in-the-grove, a chapelry, with a village, in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the Manchester and Leeds railway, 3¼ miles ESE of Halifax. Post Town, Halifax. Rated property, £15,517. Pop., 6,570. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £160.* Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church is tolerable.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRIERS | BRIERS OR ST ANNES IN THE GROVE | ST ANNES IN THE GROVE |
| Place: | Briers |
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