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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Brighouse, Elland, Greetland, Sowerby Bridge, Copley, West Yorkshire, Todmorden, Rastrick, Heptonstall, Ripponden, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Shibden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, Stainland, King Cross, Holywell Green, Cragg Vale, Southowram, Eastwood, West Yorkshire, Sowerby, West Yorkshire, Clifton, West Yorkshire, Norland, West Yorkshire, Lightcliffe, Illingworth, West Yorkshire, Warley Town, Hipperholme, Luddenden, Walsden, Old Town, West Yorkshire, Northowram, Shelf, West Yorkshire, Cornholme, Barkisland, Skircoat Green, Ovenden, Norwood Green, West Yorkshire, Upper Calder Valley, Luddendenfoot, West Vale, Mankinholes, Sowood, West Yorkshire, Mixenden, Chiserley, Ogden, West Yorkshire, Bailiff Bridge, Salterhebble, Boothtown, Hebden Royd, Midgley, Sowerbyshire, Walshaw Dean Reservoirs, Shibden valley. Excerpt: Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece Hall. Halifax is internationally famous for its Mackintosh chocolate and toffee (now owned by Nestle), the Halifax Bank (formerly Halifax Building Society), and the nearby Shibden Hall. The oldest written mentions of the town have the spelling as Haliflax, apparently meaning "holy flax" (Hair), the second "l" having been subsequently lost by dissimilation. Local legend has it that the head of John the Baptist was buried here after his execution. The legend is almost certainly medieval rather than ancient, though the town's coat of arms still carries an image of the saint. An alternative explanation for the name of the town could come from a corruption of the Old English/Old Norse words Hay and Ley for 'hay' and '...
