Elland

Other current and historical names

Eland
Elant
Elont
Elland With Greetland

Built-Up Area: Elland
Parish/Community: Calderdale, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Calderdale
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°41'4"N 1°50'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 410890, 420924
OS Grid: SE108209
Mapcode Local: GBR HTMT.5W
Mapcode Global: WHC9T.RNM4

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Elland within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Elland in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Elland, town with ry. sta., Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Calder, 3 miles SE. of Halifax, pop. 8278; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Elland with Greetland, township, Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3448 ac., pop. 13,007; contains the town of Elland.

Elland in the Domesday Book

A village in Morley hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal son of Barth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure

British Place Names

Elland, Calderdale

Elland is a town in Calderdale

Elland in historic gazetteers

Elland in the Domesday Book