Calderdale
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Calderdale () is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the upper river flows, while the actual landform is known as the Calder Valley. Several small valleys contain tributaries of the River Calder. The main towns of the borough are Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden.
Key facts
- COA wide.crest
- On a Wreath Argent and Vert out of a Mural Crown a Rose Tree of nine branches proper each terminating in a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper.
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- On either side a Lion Or gorged with a collar wavy Azure and holding aloft in the interior forepaw a Crescent Sable.
- COA wide.motto
- (By industry, skill and foresight.)
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- Granted on 1 November 1977.
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- Vert a Paschal Lamb proper supporting over the shoulder a Cross Staff Or flying therefrom a forked Pennon of St. George between in chief a Bar wavy Argent charged with a Barruret wavy Azure and in base a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper.
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- Borough of Calderdale
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- Metropolitan borough
- Settlement.motto
- Industria Arte Prudentia(Latin: Industry, skill and foresight)
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- Mytholmroyd (26951020410).jpg
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- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- View over Mytholmroyd in the Upper Calder Valley
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- Coat of arms of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.png
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Coat of arms of Calderdale Borough Council
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- 150px
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- Calderdale UK locator map.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Calderdale shown within West Yorkshire
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- Sovereign state
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Calderdale () is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the upper river flows, while the actual landform is known as the Calder Valley. Several small valleys contain tributaries of the River Calder. The main towns of the borough are Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden.
Calderdale covers part of the South Pennines, and the Calder Valley is the southernmost of the Yorkshire Dales, though it is not part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The borough was formed in 1974 by the merger of nine local government districts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calderdale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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