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Cleckheaton

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

an urban district in the Spen Valley parliamentary division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, 51 m. S. by E. of Bradford, on the Lancashire & Yorkshire, Great Northern and London & North-Western railways. Pop. (1901) 12,524. A chamber of commerce has held meetings here since 1878. The industries comprise the manufacture of woollens, blankets, flannel, wire-card and machinery.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cleckheaton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cleckheaton.html. 1910.