Northowram

Northowram

Coordinates: 53°44′06″N 1°49′30″W / 53.73499°N 1.824891°W / 53.73499; -1.824891

Northowram
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Northowram is located in West Yorkshire
Northowram

 Northowram shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE115265
Metropolitan borough Calderdale
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HALIFAX
Postcode district HX3
Dialling code 01422
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Northowram is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England that stands to the east of Halifax on the north side of Shibden valley. Southowram stands on the southern side of the valley.

The village was documented in the 19th century[1] as being in the parish of Halifax, 2½ miles north-east of Halifax and 6½ miles from Bradford. Its population at that point was 6841 and Northowram Hall was the seat of J.F. Dyson, Esq.

The village today has a total of twenty one shops including a newsagent's, a butcher's, a mini-supermarket, a cafe, a baker's, a florist's, two beauty salons, a barber's, two hair salons, a dry cleaner's, a chemist's, an art gallery, a sandwich shop, a fish and chip shop, a Post Office, a furniture shop, an optician's, a fancy dress shop and a farm shop.

The village also has three churches: a Methodist Church, a Church of England parish church, and a United Reformed Church. The village has a single school simply named Northowram Primary School.

References

  1. ^ Colin Hinson (2006). "Halifax Supplementary". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Halifax/more.html. Retrieved 2007-12-06. 

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