Friendly, West Yorkshire
Friendly is a settlement near
A646 road in the valley of the River Calder. It was described in Bartholomew's 1887 Gazetteer of the British Isles as a village 3 miles west of Halifax.[1]
It is the home of The Friendly Band, a brass band founded in 1868,[2] and has two pubs, the White Horse[3] and The Friendly Inn.[4]
Government
The settlement straddles the boundary of the
wards of the Metropolitan borough of Calderdale, part of the Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Friendly". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "History 1868 to 1993". The Friendly Band. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ Taylor, Arthur (12 December 2012). "Pint to pint: The White Horse, Friendly, West Yorkshire". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Public Houses". Sowerby Bridge.org. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Sowerby Bridge". 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
53°42′52″N 1°55′18″W / 53.71444°N 1.92167°W
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