Boothtown
Not to be confused with Boothstown.
| Boothtown | |
 Bankfield Museum |
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  Boothtown |
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| OS grid reference | SE088269 |
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| – London | 150 mi (240 km) SSE |
| 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 |
| UK Parliament | Halifax |
Coordinates: 53°44′20″N 1°52′05″W / 53.739°N 1.868°W
Boothtown is a suburb of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
Boothtown is situated on the A647 road from Halifax to Bradford. It was on this road that Percy Shaw came up with the idea of cat's eyes as an aid to road safety. Boothtown falls within the Town Ward of Calderdale.
Boothtown includes Akroydon, a Victorian model housing scheme which was designed in the Gothic style by George Gilbert Scott in 1859 for the workers at the mills of Edward Akroyd. Akroyd's former home in Boothtown, now the Grade II listed Bankfield Museum and library, also houses the Regimental museum of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. [1]
The longest running Boys' Brigade Company in Calderdale is based at Boothtown.
See also
References
- ↑ "Name: BANKFIELD MUSEUM AND SCREEN WALL TO FORECOURT List entry Number: 1211183". Historic England. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
External links
Media related to Boothtown at Wikimedia Commons
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