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Cleckheaton, town and township with ry. sta., Birstall par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5½ miles SE. of Bradford and 187 miles NW. of London, 1755 ac., pop. 10,653; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 3 newspapers; the staple industries are textile fabrics and machine making.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "town and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Cleckheaton |
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