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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 567 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRIGHOUSE , a municipal See also:

borough in the See also:Elland See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 51 m. N. of See also:Huddersfield by the See also:Lancashire & Yorkshire railway, on the See also:river See also:Calder. Pop. (rigor) 21,735. It is in the .See also:heart of the manufacturing See also:district of the West Riding, and has large woollen and worsted factories; carpets, machinery and See also:soap are also produced. The See also:town was incorporated in 1893, and is governed by a See also:mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors. See also:Area, 2231 acres.

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