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Brighouse

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Brighouse, town (1991 pop. 32,597), Calderdale metropolitan district, N central England, on the Calder River. It is a center of wool, cotton, and silk milling and produces carpets, leather goods, machinery, radio and television equipment, dyes, and soap. Stone quarries are nearby. In the vicinity is the traditional grave of Robin Hood.
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Harold. 1882--1958, British novelist and dramatist, best known for his play Hobson's Choice (1915)

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a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop.: 32 360 (2001)


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A COLLECTION of handmade bags will be on sale at a craft fair in Brighouse this weekend.
Under 10 Meltham All Blacks 62 Brighouse 60 DESPITE eight tries from MOM Innes Senior, only two points separated the teams at the end of an entertaining game in wet and windy conditions.
A MAN has been remanded in custody charged with two bank robberies in Brighouse.
 
 
 
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