Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rastrick

Rastrick, town and township, Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Calder, 3½ miles N. of Huddersfield and 5 miles SE. of Halifax, 1371 ac., pop. 8039; P.O., T.O.; has cotton and woollen mfrs. and stone quarries; near the town is R. House, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Halifax AP/CP       Rastrick CP/Ch       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Rastrick

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