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The Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike Act of 1823 allowed for the building of Calder Bridge, or Brighouse Bridge, over the river on what was to become the A641 road ; tolls were abolished on the bridge in 1875 and extensive widening work was undertaken in 1905 and 1999 ( both of these latter dates being commemorated in dedication stones on the bridge ).
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Halifax and Huddersfield
The local newspapers are the Brighouse Echo, the Halifax Evening Courier, the Mirfield Reporter and the Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
The current service is part of both the Huddersfield Line and the Caldervale Line, with services on the Huddersfield Line between Leeds and Manchester Victoria and services on the Caldervale Line between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate via Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.
Bus services operate frequently to Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield.
This was likely due to the semi-underground control bunker for the anti-aircraft guns in the West Riding, protecting Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax.
The pub received support from smokers and non-smokers alike from Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfield and Leeds.
Furthermore, to increase the isolation, the area had no canals and had few roads, apart from a few turnpike roads, including the major ones from Leeds to Huddersfield and Bradford to Halifax.
Locations and lines served by through trains or through coaches from London in 1947 but no longer so served include: Windermere ; Barrow-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Workington ; Huddersfield and Halifax ( via Stockport ); Blackpool ; Colne ( via Stockport ); Morecambe and Heysham ; Southport ( via ); and Stranraer Harbour.
Within this district were Barnsley, Batley, Bradford, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley, Leeds, Morley, Ossett, Pontefract, Pudsey, Rotherham, Sheffield, Todmorden ( partly in Lancashire until 1888 when it became wholly in Yorkshire where it remains to this day ) and Wakefield.
Initially there were five in number: Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, and Sheffield.
There are bus links to Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.
In addition to passing Warrington, Manchester, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield, the towns of Huyton, St Helens, Widnes, Bury, Rochdale, Dewsbury, Pontefract, Selby and Goole are designated as primary destinations along the road.
He studied at Kirkley High School ; he left part-way through his ' A ' Levels to study Music Technology at Huddersfield Technical College while living in Sowerby Bridge near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
** Todmorden to Halifax, Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Normanton, Goole, and Doncaster.
Since 2001 Radio Leeds has been carried on the Bauer Leeds DAB multiplex, and since October 2002 on the UTV EMAP Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax Multiplex.
The Government had however added two new metropolitan areas: West Yorkshire ( with the five Bradford / Leeds / Halifax / Huddersfield / Mid-Yorkshire unitaries as districts ), and South Hampshire based on the Southampton and Portsmouth unitaries, with the Isle of Wight being a separate district.
As a Methodist minister, his ministries included Goole ; the Methodist Central Hall, Carlisle ( 1914 – 26 ); Huddersfield ( 1926 – 29 ); and the King Cross Methodist Chapel, Halifax ( 1929 – 39 ), after which ill health forced him to give up the ministry.
The twenty-two clubs and their years of foundation were: Batley FC 1880, Bradford FC 1863, Brighouse Rangers FC 1878, Broughton Rangers FC 1877, Halifax FC 1873, Huddersfield FC 1864, Hull F. C.
The 22 clubs and their years of foundation were: Batley FC 1880, Bradford FC 1863, Brighouse Rovers FC 1878, Broughton Rangers FC 1877, Halifax FC 1873, Huddersfield FC 1864, Hull 1865, Hunslet FC 1883, Leeds FC 1864, Leigh FC 1878, Liversedge FC 1877, Manningham F. C.
* 2009 – Barrow Raiders v Halifax RLFC, Keighley Cougars v Oldham Roughyeds, Bramley Buffaloes v Huddersfield Underbank Rangers
* 2010 – Featherstone Rovers v Halifax RLFC, York City Knights v Oldham Roughyeds, Warrington Wizards v Huddersfield Underbank Rangers
Bradford's main historical rivalry is with Leeds and they have other rivalries with Huddersfield Giants and Halifax.
* Mirfield L & YR junctions here to Low Moor ( closed ) and Halifax ( the Caldervale Line ): the service from the Huddersfield Line operates to Brighouse
Halifax and Turnpike
In 1777 commissioners met there to agree upon the creation of the Halifax to Penistone Turnpike, the forerunner for the present Penistone Road.
Halifax and Act
The first attempt to obtain an Act of Parliament was made in 1740, as a result of a petition by the people of Halifax, Ripponden and Elland.
A new Act of Parliament was obtained on 31 March 1825, which authorised the raising of £ 50, 000 for the purpose of constructing a branch along the route of the River Hebble, from Salterhebble to the centre of Halifax, teminating near the railway station at Bailey Hall.
Together with Halifax he opposed both the arbitrary Conventicle Act of 1670 and the Test Oath of 1675, his objection to the latter being chiefly founded on the invasion of the privileges of the peers which it involved ; and he defended with vigour the right of the Peers to record their protests.
In 2006, the HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 legally transferred the assets and liabilities of the Halifax chain to Bank of Scotland which became a standard plc, with Halifax becoming a division of Bank of Scotland.
The Act was fully implemented on 17 September 2007 and the assets and liabilities of Halifax plc transferred to Bank of Scotland plc.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the then county borough of Halifax, the boroughs of Brighouse, Todmorden and the urban districts of Elland, Hebden Royd, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, and part of Queensbury and Shelf urban district, and also Hepton Rural District.
Halifax took an active part in Parliament's passage of the Test Act of 1673, and thereby forfeited his friendship with James.
Halifax spoke in favor of the Triennial Bill ( 12 January 1693 ) which passed the legislature but was vetoed by William, suggested a proviso in the Licensing Act of 1692, which restricted its operation to anonymous works, and approved the Place Bill ( 1694 ).
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality Act was implemented and the CBRM was created on August 1, 1995, whereas the amalgamation in Halifax County didn't take place until April 1, 1996, and Queens County several years later.
Established in 1764, this court proved to be too remote to serve all of the colonies, and so the 1768 Vice Admiralty Court Act created four district courts, which were located at Halifax, Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston.
" In contrast, the petition addressed to the House of Commons was more detailed, advancing economic arguments against the Stamp Act and requesting the repeal of legislation creating a jury-less vice admiralty court at Halifax.
Following that Act, many of the larger societies, beginning with Abbey National, the second largest, in 1989, and including the Halifax Building Society, the largest, soon converted into joint stock banking companies, some of which were subsequently acquired by other banks.
He supported the Test Act, but maintained a statesmanlike moderation amidst the tide of indignation rising against the government, and refused to take part in the personal attacks upon ministers, drawing upon himself the same unpopularity as his nephew, George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, incurred later.
In 1868, the first Penitentiary Act brought prisons in Saint John, New Brunswick and Halifax, along with Kingston, under federal jurisdiction.
Royal Canadian Dragoon, Boer War Sculpture by Renowned sculptor Hamilton MacCarthy, Halifax Public Gardens ( 1903 ) The Royal Canadian Dragoons is the most senior cavalry regiment in Canada, having been formed on December 21, 1883, 3: 03 pm, as the Cavalry School Corps, as a result of the Militia Act of 1883, which also created the Infantry School Corps ( now The Royal Canadian Regiment ).
* Zoo Bar ( Halifax, West Yorkshire )-The first establishment to be closed under the auspices of the Act.
The Act also authorised branches to Oldham and Halifax with a diversion at Kirkthorpe.
This is clearly defined in various Acts of the Nova Scotia Legislature ; for example 1902 c. 1, Act respecting the Halifax &# 38 ; South Western Railway Co .; 1902 c. 2 ; 1903 c. 152 ; 1905 c. 1 ; etc.
* Halifax Public Gardens Protection Act
All historic shipwrecks in Halifax Harbour are protected by Nova Scotia's Special Places Act which makes it illegal to remove artifacts without a permit.
Halifax was one of the first of eighteen national ports in Canada which implemented this administrative change as required by the Canada Marine Act which passed on June 11, 1998.
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