Supplementary Annals of the Church and Parish of Almondbury. July
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Gc 942.74019 AU52ha 1335212 OENEALCG ACTION PUBLIC III^M'il^l^MiS9,'firiT,y. LIBRAR 3 1833 00728 8159 ^€^^^^^^^^r From a Photograph by ]. E. Mayall, 164, New Bond Street, W. 1 SUPPLEMENTARY ANNALS CHURCH AND PARISH OF ALMONDBURY. JULY, 1882, TO JUNE, I 8 S 5 GAUDET TENTAMINE VIRTUS. CHARLES AUGUSTUS HULBERT. M.A. VICAR OF ALMONDBURY AND HONORARY CANON OF RIPON CATHEDRAL. London : Longmans and Co. HUDDERSFIELD : DAILY CHRONICLE STEAM PRINTING WORKS, LORD STREET. 1885. ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of the Earl of Dartmouth Frontispiece. Ground Plan of the Church in 1873 P'^gc 8 Portrait of Mrs. Hulbert 64 (Jld Hall, L'pptr Longley 167 1335212 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R William Walter, Eabl of Dartmouth, \ FOR ABOVE liriRTY YEARS HIS KIND FRIEND AND SUPPORTER, THESE ADDITIONAL ANNALS ARE RESrECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. A Intendbury Vi^aroi^v, June, 1885. P R K F A C E The desire to include several legal documents, which would have too much interrupted the narrative of the preceding volume, originated these Supplementary Annals, But as time advanced, interesting events occurred, and contributions were offered ; and lastly, sad Obituaries of departed friends presented their claims. That the Author has been spared to record these, and to copy all the Inscriptions in the Local Cemetery, is a matter of thankfulness. He is obliged to Mr. Jabez E. Mayall, the eminent Photographer in London and Brighton, for the portraits of the Earl of Dartmouth, and of the Author's own lamented wife, in remembrance of former years, when Mr. Mayall was his Lordship's tenant, and the Author's Parishioner at Slaithwaite. To his own younger surviving son, Percival Wood Hulbert, M.A., Vicar of Arthington, he is indebted for the plan of the floor of the Parish Church in 1873, and the view of the Old Hall, Upper Longley, since its Restoration in by Sir John William Ramsden, Bart., INLP., the present year ; and to his eldest son, C. A. Hulbert, junior, M.A., Rector of Nether Broughton, for the Lidex. The kind reception given to the former Annals has rendered the record of the three years which have elapsed still more, as kindly described by the Archbishop of York, "a labour of love." It has soothed the solitary hours occasioned by his sad bereave- ment, and he trusts it may console other mourners. Almondbury Vicarage, Whitsuntide, 1885. ; SUPPLEMENTARY AJ\^NALS CHURCH IN ALMONDBURY. The sun and showers, which bring forth the spring flowers, nourish also the moss and ivy that enrich the Ancient Towers. Time, the smiles of living friends, and tears for those who have passed away have tended to produce the Supplementary Part with which we close the Annals of the Church in Almondbury : and some documents will be appended, which, inserted in the body of the Work, would have too much taxed and interrupted the attention of the general reader, but may be of Antiquarian or hereafter of practical value, if added in the rear : and first of THE PARISH CHURCH. No very important addition or alteration has taken place in the structure ; which has been kept in good repair by the Church- wardens ; but it was discovered that Dry Rot had taken place under the floor ; and the new oak seats on the North side of the Nave had suffered by too great proximity to the wall. Both these evils are being remedied, in the Nave by subscription, and by Sir John William Ramsden, Bart., M.P., Lay Rector, in the Chancel and in the Kaye Chapel, by the Earl of Dartmouth ; and provision is made for better ventilation underneath the floors. This unexpected call interrupted a scheme for planting, adorning, and laying out paths in the North Churchyard ; towards which James Priestley, Esq., J. P., offered trees valued at ten pounds ; and his venerable relative, Mrs. Vickerman, gave five pounds, which ; PARISH CHURCH. Churchyard has been Savings' Bank. The are deposited in the been closed, though vaults ; having only used for interment in old a small compensation opening of the Cemetery ; far from full, on the the eighteenpence for every burial m beine given to the Vicar of that the intended improve- Consecrated portions. It is desirable the friends may conveniently visit ment should be carried out, that impart and learn the lessons they graves of their departed relatives of of England m the night The hurricane which visited this part other damage to the December nth and rath, 1883, besides the around, smote the Church from National School and buildings and Pinnacles of the Porch, 1 North-West, blowing down one of the Window in the Tgwer, represent- breaking through the great West and the Apostles also as Pastors ing Christ as the Good Shepherd, was chiefly to the robe of the with their sheep. The damage compartment. The window was presented Saviour, in the central and late Mayor of Huddersfield, by John Fligg Brigg, Esq., J.P.. his expense. is being restored at for the second time, and on the North been inserted, ] Another Memorial Window has and family of the late Mr. Abraham side of the Church, by the of the Oaks, Quarry Hill, Mrs Martha Meller, formerly resident there; several Almondbury. An ancient family long in the adjoining North Church- generations of whom are buried upper the Memorial Window. The three yard, immediately under history of Abraham; in compartments represent incidents in the sacrifice of Isaac stayed by the the central one, the intended gifts to Melchisedeck right side, Abraham offering angel ; on the entertainment of the Angels by Abraham, and on the left side, the suitable texts are underneath :- Sarah listening. The following gave him tithes of all. Lay not thy hand upon the lad. He And Sarah, thy wife, shall have a son. of Mary, Martha The Lower Compartments depict the History texts :— and Lazarus ; with brother shall rise again. And But one thing is needful-Thy Lazarus come forth. following inscription :—" This A brass plate below has the glory of God, and in Memory of Abraham Window is erected to the PARISH CHURCH. ^ Meller, of the Oaks, Almoudbury, who died November 23rd, 1854 aged 69 years, and Martha, his wife, who died April 17th, 1858,' aged 71 years." The Artists of the Window were Messrs. John Hardman and Company, Birmingham. At Easter, 1884, the Reverend Francis Marshall, M.A., head master of Ahnondbury Grammar School (then recently married to Catherine Ann, eldest daughter of John Edward Taylor, Esq.), presented a handsome brass Lectern for the Communion Table, North side. And an octagon white marble pedestal, was provided for the brass Eagle Lectern in the Church, which had been presented by Richard Beaumont Taylor, eldest son of the above Mr. Taylor. The base being inscribed, " The Entrance of Thy Words Giveth Light." Psalm CXIX. v. 130. The Ancient incised Stone to the Memory of Arthur and Beatrix Kave, over the stone cofifin in the Kaye Chapel, has been raised upright and placed on a wall opposite the large Marble Monument connecting the Kaye and Legge families ; at the expense of the Earl of Dartmouth, by Mr. Richard Garner, of Huddersfield. It is replaced by a new Stone, with an incised copy of the Inscription (see page 40, part I Annals). A framed copy of the print there given of the Monument is appended to the wall. At the time of the Restoration of the Church and Chancel, great care was taken to preserve the remains in the vaults within the Church ; and as they are now covered with concrete and encaustic Tiles, a plan has been preserved and given with this volume. On the 31st of October, 1882, the Right Reverend Vincent Ryan, D.D., late Bishop of the Mauritius, presided at a Meeting of the Church Missionary Society, held in the Central National School ; and the next day, being All Saints', took part in Divine Service in the Church previous to the Consecration, on behalf of the Bishop of Ripon, of the residuary portion of the Almondbury Cemetery, an acre in extent. He was attended by the Clergy, Churchwardens, Mr. Thomas Midgley, Chairman, and the other Members of the Burial Board, and the Bishop of Ripon's Registrar, Thomas Greenwood Teale, Esq., of Leeds. ; 4 PARISH CHURCH. Copies of the Inscriptions in the Cemetery, both in the Consecrated and Unconsccrated portions, will be appended to this volume. While attention has been given to the care of the material Church and to the repositories of the dead, the interests of the members of the Spiritual or Mystical Church, " which is the blessed company of all faithful people," have not been neglected. Confirmations have been held on Tuesday, September 28th, 1880, by the late Lord Bishop of Ripon ; and on the 24th September, 1883, by Bishop Helmuth, on his Lordship's behalf. Mission Work has also been carried on in March, 1882, and October, 1883 ; it is hoped with much blessing. The Reverend Henry Whitley (now M.A.), of Trinity College, Dublin, has been occupied as Curate of the Parish Church District the Rev. Edward George Falconer, of St. Aidan's Theological College, and the Rev. John Alfred Bradley, of St. Bees' College, for the Longley District. On the death of Mr. William Garner, Clerk and Sexton, on the 26th June, 1882, after 19 years' service, Mr. Whitley was appointed also Clerk in Orders, and Mr. William Dobson as Sexton and Verger. The office of Churchwarden has been efficiently performed by Mr. Joseph Dyson Butler, of Rose Lea, and Mr. John Arthur Brooke, J. P., of Fenay Hall, continuously; assisted as Sidesmen by Messrs.