Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Southowram within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Southowram, town and township, Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - township (partly in bor. of Halifax), 2546 ac., pop. 8813; town, pop. 3036; P.O., T.O.; is a local government district, and carries on stone quarrying, coal mining, and woollen mfrs.