Mount Tabor is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
in
Calderdale
Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, whose population in 2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the u ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England, named after the biblical
Battle of Mount Tabor mentioned in the
Book of Judges
The Book of Judges (, ') is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom i ...
. It is situated approximately 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
Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. The bus station was opened in 1989 and is made of up 4 large islands (A, B, C and D) with 20 stands in total. ...
.
A post box in the hamlet is painted gold, to commemorate one of
Hannah Cockroft's
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
gold medals.
The author
Whiteley Turner
Whiteley Turner (1866 – 20 February 1921) was an English mill worker, shopkeeper and author.
Turner was born in Sowerby, Yorkshire, the third son of Robert, a wool sorter, and Elizabeth Turner. At the age of eight, he was sent to work at Pe ...
lived in Mount Tabor.
See also
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Listed buildings in Warley, West Yorkshire
Warley is a ward to the west and northwest of Halifax in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 32 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are ...
References
External links
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Hamlets in West Yorkshire
Geography of Calderdale
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