Mount Tabor, West Yorkshire

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Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor is located in Calderdale
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor
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• London170 mi (270 km) SE
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHalifax
Postcode districtHX2
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53°44′28″N 1°55′12″W / 53.741°N 1.920°W / 53.741; -1.920Coordinates: 53°44′28″N 1°55′12″W / 53.741°N 1.920°W / 53.741; -1.920

Mount Tabor is a hamlet in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, named for the biblical Battle of Mount Tabor mentioned in the Book of Judges. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Halifax town centre. The hamlet is in the Warley ward of Calderdale.

The hamlet is served by buses from Halifax bus station.

Hannah Cockroft's gold postbox

A post box in the hamlet is painted gold, to commemorate one of Hannah Cockroft's 2012 Summer Paralympics gold medals.

The author Whiteley Turner lived in Mount Tabor.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "A moorland Saunter with Whiteley". Halifax Courier. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

External links[]

Media related to Mount Tabor at Wikimedia Commons


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