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unusual facts about Brighouse


Boxford Lathe

In 1952, the founder, Horace Denford, sold the company with Boxfords continuing at Halifax (initially under the ownership of T.S.Harrison and later independently owned) and Denfords in Brighouse.


Brighton Marathon

In the 2013 race, a participant died: 23-year-old Sam Harper Brighouse of Camden collapsed in Grand Avenue and was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Elland Lower Edge

Elland Lower Edge is an area of Rastrick near the town of Brighouse, in the Calderdale District, in the English county of West Yorkshire.

Richard McNamara

Richard McNamara (born 23 October 1972, Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire) is the guitarist for the English band Embrace.

Salendine Nook

John Morton and Samuel Brighouse were two of The Three Greenhorns who emigrated to Canada in 1862 and bought land in the area that today is known as the West End, Vancouver.

West End, Vancouver

The area was purchased in 1862 by John Morton, Samuel Brighouse, and William Hailstone, three men known as the "Three Greenhorn Englishmen," or just the "Three Greenhorns," owing to the belief that the naive men paid too much for the remote land.

William Dyson

Born in Rastrick, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, Dyson was a right-handed batsman who scored 8 runs, at an average of 2.00, with a top score of 6.


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