Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORLAND, or Northland

NORLAND, or Northland, a township, with a village, in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Calder, and on the Manchester and Yorkshire railway, 2½ miles S W of Halifax. Acres, 1, 140. Real property, £4, 478. Pop., 1, 718. Houses, 356. The manor belongs to the Earl of Scarborough. Chemical works are near the village; and the Lad stone is on Norland moor. There is a New Connexion Methodist chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Halifax AP/CP       Norland CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: NORLAND     |     NORLAND OR NORTHLAND     |     NORTHLAND
Place: Norland

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