Country: | England |
Official Name: | Soyland |
Map Type: | West Yorkshire |
Coordinates: | 53.6803°N -1.9428°W |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Calderdale |
Civil Parish: | Ripponden |
Metropolitan Borough: | Calderdale |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
Static Image: | Entrance to Soyland Town, Soyland - geograph.org.uk - 987870.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Entrance to Soyland Town |
Soyland is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden,[1] in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is just north of Ripponden off the A58 road and is 5miles south west of Halifax.[2] The village referred to as Soyland Town, used to be the site of several textile mills, but these have closed down.[3] The walking route Calderdale Way passes through the area.[4]
Soyland was formerly a township in the parish of Halifax,[3] in 1866 Soyland became a separate civil parish,[5] in 1894 Soyland became an urban district, on 1 April 1937 the urban district and parish were abolished, the urban district was merged with Ripponden Urban District[6] and the parish was merged with Ripponden.[7] In 1931 the parish had a population of 3059.[8]