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Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary which
provides a varying amount of descriptive, geographical or statistical
information, making it a useful primary source when studying
the history and geography of a particular area. One which covered
Halifax was Martin, Benjamin. 'The natural history of England'
(1763). In the title the words natural history would, perhaps,
be better replaced by topography. This is arranged county by
county with a description of each. Yorkshire is divided into
Ridings and by town. A brief description of Halifax includes
its location and trade. E. Hargrove's 'The Yorkshire gazetteer'
(1806) covers the towns, villages, hamlets, mountains and rivers
of the county, and Thomas Langdale's 'A topographical dictionary
of Yorkshire' (1822) lists towns, villages, and country seats,
and includes distances between major towns, Market Days, fairs, bankers, inns, churches
and population figures. A brief history is given of each place,
with notes on eminent men of the town and a list of printed historical
accounts.
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