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CLECKHEATON

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 478 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CLECKHEATON , an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district in the Spen Valley See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

West See also:

RIDING

Riding of See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, See also:

England, 5z m. S. by E. of See also:

Bradford, on the See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire & Yorkshire, See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern and See also:

LONDON

London & See also:

North-Western See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Pop. (1901) 12,524. A chamber of See also:

commerce has held meetings here since 1878. The See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries comprise the manufacture of woollens, blankets, See also:

FLANNEL

flannel, See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-card and machinery.

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