Place details
Place nameHalifax
Other namesHaliflex, Halifacia, Felsei, Hortonium
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude53.733
Longitude-1.867
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located on River Hebble, 22 miles NE of Manchester; long important for its cloth mills & markets; 18th-cen. Piece Hall contains display of textile machinery; Daniel Defoe is said to have written parts of the novel Robinson Crusoe in an inn here.