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1430:Pontefract
1395:Liversedge
1288:Castleford
1136:1 November
812:A Rinder.
778:References
752:Lord Kagan
702:Scammonden
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576:Scammonden
525:Calderdale
507:Governance
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352:53°40′38″N
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1572:Windmills
1506:See also:
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1485:Todmorden
1415:Normanton
1363:Horsforth
1353:Holmfirth
1348:Hemsworth
1283:Brighouse
992:10 August
967:10 August
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895:"History"
758:Education
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677:Stainland
655:Ripponden
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568:Greetland
562:Geography
556:Ripponden
542:It was a
517:Ripponden
482:corn mill
466:Stone Age
355:1°55′08″W
341:Yorkshire
294:Yorkshire
289:Ambulance
229:Post town
141:Ripponden
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