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Halifax (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.7167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 51 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.8500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on River Hebble, 22 miles NE of Manchester; long important for its cloth mills & markets; 18th-cen. Piece Hall contains display of textile machinery; Daniel Defoe is said to have written parts of the novel Robinson Crusoe in an inn here. |
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| Halifax (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Felsei (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Halifacia (H,V)
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| Haliflex (H,V)
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............ | used in 12th cen., meaning "holy flax field" |
| Hortonium (H,V)
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Halifax (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was noted medieval center |
| city (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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