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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Soyland like this:
SOYLAND, a township, with S. village, and part of Ripponden village, in Halifax parish, W. R. Y Yorkshire; 4½ miles SW of Halifax. Acres, 4,960. Real property, £11,304. Pop., 3,373. Houses, 667. Part of the land is mountainous. There are several cotton mills, a large silk mill, the church of Ripponden, two dissenting chapels, and a national school.
Soyland is now part of CALDERDALE District. Click here for graphs and data of how CALDERDALE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Soyland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Soyland, in Calderdale and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/562
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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