West Riding Yorkshire. Saddleworth

983 WEST RIDING YORKSHIRE. SADDLEWORTH. of Trinity College, Dublin. The Congregationalists and 198 miles from London, and has a station on the North Wesleyan Methodists have chapels here. Fairs are held Western railway. The ecclesiastical parish of Christ here on Whit Wednesday and the first Wednesday in Octo Church, Friezland, formed in IB49, embraces Royal George, ber. A large hall 75 feeL by 40 feet, has been erected in Shaw Hall, Friezlaml, Frenches, Gra~scroft and Wharmton. connection with the Literary Institution, which has a library Christ Church, erected in 1850, is a handsome stone edific~ of 3,000 volumes ; here the petty sessions and the county in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, court are held. The /rincipal landowner11 of the township north aisle and baptistery, south transept, and a square tow~r are Messrs. J. & • Lees, Messrs. Bottomley, Jame:~ with spire containing 6 bells, and has been twice enlarged Buckley esq. Richard Buckley esq. Mrs. Brideoake, Mr. at tb.e cost of the late R. R. Whitehead esq. and his Schofield, Mrs. Whitehead, Sir Edmund Buckley bart. brothers : the church hM several stainell windows : ia the George Newton Wrigley esq. Messrs. J. Hirst and Sons, chancel is a. mural tablet to R. R. Whitehead esq. erecteci Messrs. J. W. Bradbury and Sons, Messrs. E. Butterworth by his widow in 1871; and another to Joseph Lawton esq. and Sons, Mr. W. D. Hall, Mrs. Broadbent and Mr. John of Delph, and his 3 infant children, erected by his willow Buckley. 'l'he population in I871 was I,250. in I855. The regiRter dates from the year I850. The living Sext071, Ben Broadbent Bradshaw. is a vicarage, yearly nlue £300, with resid~nce, in the gift of the trustees or R. R. Whitehead esq. and helri by the Rev. Dobcross is a populous villag-e, pleasantly situate on Thomas Green M.A. of Brasenose CollegP, Oxford. The an eminence half a mile from Saddleworth station and was ecclesiastical parish of St. Mary was formed in 1876, and formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1844. The church of the Holy Trinity is a plain stone building, in the Italian embraces Greenfield, Hey Top, Tunstead, Boarshurst anoJ Road End. St. Mary's, Greenfield, built and endowed by style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, porch and a small Richard Buckley esq. ;I. P. In I87!, is a stone edifice in th~ tower, containing I bell. The ~gister dates from the year Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, and 1780. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200 with tower with spire containing a clock and I3 carill9n bells. residencP., in the gift of the Bi~hop of Manchester and held The register dates from the year 1876. The living is a by the Rev. William ~impson M.A. of Queens' College, Cam vicara~e, yearly value .£3()0, without residence, in the gift bridge. Here is a Congregational chapel. Fairs are held of R. Buckley esq. and held by the Rev. J nhn Cheetham B.A. here on the third Thursday in March and first Thursday in August. Here is a branch of the Manchester and County of Christ's College, Cambridge. A reservoir, capable ot Bank Limited, alsl) a Mechanics' Institute. The manufac holding 208,000,000 gallons, was constructed here I876-80, for supplying Ash ton- under- Lyne with water. Over ture of fimcy woollen cloths, shawls and flannels, is carried lookin~ the valley, on a woody eminence commanding an on to a considerable extent by Messrt!. John Hirst ond ~ons and others; and of machinery by Messrs. Hurchinson, extensive view, is Wharmton Tower, a fine stone structure, Hollingworth and Company Limited. Dubcross is tB.e head form~rly the residence of the late Henry Gartsid~ esq. and now occupied by his widow. Fairs are held on the Tuesaay quo.rters of a company of the 6th West Ridin~ Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, a corps of nearly 400 men. The popula betore Easter at Bentfield. The population in 187I was 2,722. The pnpulation of Christ Church parish is now tion in I86I was I,972; I87l was 2,30'2. about 1,700, and of St. Mary's about 1,400. Delph, 2 miles north-west from Upper Mill, is a large Lydgate is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in ISH: and irn port ant village, situated in a deep and narrow valley, under Lord Blandford's Act, including Lydgate and part of and is the terminus of a branch of the North Western Lees and Quickedg-e, and is one mile from Grotton station. railway. St. Ann's church, erected in 1788, and situated on the Denshaw, formerly a part of Delph, but now a summit of a hill, in the hamlet of Lydgate, is a plain stone separate ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1864 is a scattered built:ling with cupola and I bell: tht>re is a memorial tablet vlllage, situated 2~ miles north-west from Delph, on the to Thomas Wrigley esq. (I867). The rt'gister dates from borders of Lancashire. Christ Church is a building of the year 1788. Tbe living is a vicarage, yearly value .£300 stone, iu the Early English style, and consi .. ts of a chancel, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester and nave, aisles, porch and a square tower with 1 bell; it was held by the Rev. John Fothergill Jeukin M.A. of St. Joh11's erected and consecrated in 1863 at the sole expense of the College, Cambridge. There is a Congregational chapel at late Henry Gartside esq. of Wharmton Tower, Saddleworth, Sprin[{head. The principal landowner is Sir Edmunrl who also endowed it with the interest of £1,000, to which Buckley hart. The population of Lydgi:ite ecclesia.stical the Ecclesiastical Commit~sioners added an annuity of £t9 ; parish in 1877 was 4,560. the church will seat about 400 persons. The register dates from the year 1863. The living is a vicarage, constituted Roughtown is a populous ~illage and ecclesiastical under the Rochdale Vicarage Act, November 2nd, 1866, of parish, formed from the parish of Lydgate in 1869, under the yearly value of £160 with residence, in the gift of Sir Robl'rt Pl'el's Act; it is 3 miles south from Upper Mill, Henry Gartside esq. and held by the Rev. HAnry Heppin and adjoins Mossley, LancMhire, being often in~orrectly stall. The manufacture of woollen cloths, flannels, and called by that name. The church of St. John the Baptist, the printing woollens and calicoes is carried on here. At erected in I877 -78 by Messrs. R. R. Whitehead and Bro• Dowry, about a mile distant from the village, extensive thers, ilt a building in the Early Decorated style, consisting reservoirs are being constructed to supply the town of of chancel, nave, south aisle, and tower with spire, and wru~ Oldham with water. The population of the parish is about consecrated in April, 1878. The register dates from the 1,081; the area is 1,381 acres. Letters from Manchester year I869. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £235, via Deiph. with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester and held by the Rev. Joseph Telford Macdonogh B.A. of Friar Mere is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1844. Trinity College, Dublin. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The The church of St. Thomas, on the heights, and distant population in I871 was 3,366. Letters through Man about 1 mile north, was erected in I765, and is a plain cheater via Mossley; the latter being the nearest money atone structure, consisting of chancel and nave. with a order&. tr:egraph office. wooden belfry and 1 bell. The register dates from the year DIGG.L.E is a station on the Manchester and Huddersfielrl I766. The living is a vicarage, constituted under the branch of the London and North Western railway, 15 mil~s Rochdale Vicarage Act1 November 2nd, 1866, yearly value from Manchester. £200 with 40 acres ot glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of The following are villages, hamlets and places, wi~h Manchester and held by the Rev. Albert Workrnlin Head- their distances from Upper Mill :-Austerland:~, 3 mile:t each M.A. of Wadham College, Oxford. There are Congre- south-west; Bleak-Hey-Nook, 3 north-north-west; Castle gational, Wesleyan and New Connexion Methodist chapels Shaw, 3~ north-north-west; Cherry Clough, 4~ north here. Faira are held here .April 24th, July 9th, and Sep- west; Dean Shaw, 4 north-west; Grains, 4 west-north tember 24th. .A considerable business is carried on here in west; Greenfield, I mile south; Lees, 3 miles south-w~"t the manufacture of woollen cloths, shawls, flannels, and felt (the greater part in Lancashire); Lydgate, Il miles south; for hats. The population in 1871 was 2,206 ; the area is Quick, 2 miles south; Rougbtown, 3 miles south ; Running 2,600 acres. · Hill, I§- miles north-ea!lt ; Springhead, 21 miles south- Greenfi.eld is a. scattered village, situated in a beautiful west; Stand edge, 2i north; and Waterhead Mill, 4 west and picturesque valley, about 1 mile south of Upper Mill, (mostly in Lancashire). Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. PosT, MONEY ORDER & TELEG-RAPH OPPICE, Savings are received through Manchester, arrive at 6.30 a.m. k Bank & Government Insurance & .Annuity Office, Up~r 1.20 p.m. ; dispatched at 9.40 a. m. &. 7.30 p.m. & 5.30 p.m. Mill. James William Haigh, receiver. Letters through on sundays Manchester arrive at 7 a.

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