Northowram

NORTHOWRAM is again the name of a hill top village which was also a township. It was situated in the north east of the parish. Following the Industrial Revolution the south western portion adjoining the Hebble stream and Halifax became heavily industrialised and when Halifax received Borough status in 1848 this was the portion which was incorporated.

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COLEY, a village lying just within the northern boundary of the township of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse. The church of St. John the Baptist catered for the spiritual needs of people from a wide area including parts of the Northowram and Shelf townships. The noted cleric Oliver Heywood who was the minister at Coley was deprived of his living following the Act of Uniformity when Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660.