- Almondbury Parish.

I~NS AND TAVERNS. Sykes John *France Geo. H. MILLWRIGHTS. TAILORS. Commercial, George "\Valker Sykes Jph. Fol­ *Industrial Socy ; B amforth George Blackbum John Dartmouth Arms, Timothy Bamforth lingworth Jas. L. Haigh, Bamforth J oseph Kellam Albert Globe, Mrs Ann Wood Sy kes J ph. Brook manager Bamforth Joshua Lee Joseph Harp, Mrs Maria Ann Shaw side Hirst Mrs Betty SCRIBBLERS AND Shaw Humphrey LPwisham, Clement Wood (and clerk Sykes Rufus Hirst James FULLERS. TINNERS. to Local Board) Sykes Mrs Sarah Lee Thomas Farrar John Hutchinson John Rose and Crown, Mrs Betty Shaw Sykes William Lunn Richard Gledhill, Garside (executors of) Shoulder of Mutton, Joseph Dodson ·walker Edward Pears on Jas. & C. & Co. (& cotton Perry Abraham Star, Sidney Ashton Walker James, Pearson John spinners) WOOLLEN MFRS. Sun, David Wood, Palegate Hill top Pearson William SHOEMAKERS. Bamforth Chas. BUTCHERS. Barnforth Edmnd Walker James, Robinson Wm. C. Chadwick Wm. Berry J oseph Armitage Elijah Bamforth John, Wood nook Sutcliffe Sl. jun. Eastwood Ht:nry Cotton Wm. E. Bamforth Ephm. Wilberlee Wood James (and plumber) Hirst Alexr. B. Haigh George Hirst Hy. & Thos Carter John Bamforth John, FLQCK AND WASTE Sykes Benjamin Holro:vd• James Dyson Robert Castle DEALERS. *Sykes E.S. (and (and clogger) Hirst John Lightowlers Miss Bamforth John, Dyson John wine and spirit Mellor Jph. jun. Hirst Joseph Jane Laund Dyson Joshua merchant) (& clogger) Hopkinson Hy. Pearson William Bamforth John, Parkin James Sykes Mrs Hanh. Sykes A. Booth Horsfall Rd. V. Shaw John Ainley place GREENGROCERS. Sykes Misses My. Sykes John Shaw Henry Sbaw Joseph Bamforth Joseph Haigh Mrs Eliza and Elizabeth Sykes Joshua Sykes John Wood Fredk. R. Bamforth Joshua Haigh Sam *Sykes Thomas, Sykes Ralph Sykes Thomas T, COAL DEALERS. Bamforth "\Vm. Maxwell Homer Scar hall Sykes Rufus Walker Geo. Hy, Eastwood Henry Beaumont John Meal David •Sykes Thomas, Thorp William "\Valker Henry Lockwood James Bottomley Jph. Varley William Church street (and clogger) Walker James (and plasterer) Cotton Wm. E. GROCERS AND Taylor James STONE MERTS. Whitwam Joseph Meal David Garside J oseph SHOPKEEPERS, Walker John Eagland Eli and Wilkinson Henry Pickles & Sykes Haigh John (*Are Drapers JOINERS. Dd. (& buildrs) Wood John (and lime) Hirst Henry also.) Barker James Pearson J. & C. RAILWAY Sykes J oseph and Hirst William Armitage Elijah Barker Waiter SCHOOLS. Trains to all parts Son (William) Hoyle Anthony Balmforth Elijah Hey William Barn ford Isaac T. sevrl. times a day Walker Edward Pearson Jas. & C. Bamforth Joshua Varley John and National; J. Mel­ CARRIER FARi\rERS. Pearson Joseph Bamforth Thos. Son (Nathan) Ior To , Armitage Elijah Shaw James *Cock Joshua Varley John Shaw David Mrs My. Bottom­ Bamforth Da.vid Sykes Benjamin Eastwood Thos. Varley Thomas Walker Edward ley, Tu. & Thurd

ALMONDBURY PARISH is a hilly district, in the Upper Division of Agbrigg Wapentake, and in the Honor of and l\lanor of \Vakefield, extending from the vicinity of Huddersfield, southward to Holm· firth, and westward to the mountainous heights of Saddleworth. It abounds in excellent building stone, and is watered by the river Colne, and several of its tributary streams. This extensive parish comprises tbe thirteen townships of Almondbury, Austonley, South Crosland, , H olme, , Liugards, , Lock­ wood, Marsden, , Nether Thong and Upper Thong, which contain together 28,092 acres of land, and in creased their population from 16,983 in 1801, to 30,606 in 1831; to 37,309 souls in 1841 and to 42,889 in 1861 They are in Huddersfield Union.

ALMONDBURY is a large village, nearly two miles E.S.E. of Huddersfield; and its township increased its population from 3751 in 1801 to 10,361 in 1861, and contains 2,585 acres of land. On the crown of the hill, overlooking Huddersfield. are traces of an extensive Saxon entrenchment, supposed by some antiquaries to have occupied the site of a Roman station. The Parish Church (All Saints) is a neat structure of pointed architec­ ture, with a tower and six bells. The vicarage, valued at £571, is in the patronage of Sir J. \V. Ramsden, the lord of the manor; and in the incumbency of the Rev. Chas. A. Hulbert, M.A. St. Paul's Church at Armitage Bridge, two miles from Huddersfield, was erected in 1846-7, at a cost of £4500, by Messrs. J. Brooke & Sons, aided by grants from the Incorporated and Diocesan Church Building Societies. It is in the decorated style, and has a. district of more than 2500 souls attached to it. Messrs. Brooke also gave the land (one acre), and built the parsonage house-a handsome Elizabethan mansion. The perpetual curacy, valued at £190, is in the gift of the vicar of Almondbury and J. Brooke, Esq., and in the incumbency of the Rev. James Gratrix, M.A. Here are two Wesleyan Chapels, built in 1824-6, and a New Connexion Methodist Chapel, erected in 1825. Two of them are at Berry Brow. The Wesleyan Reformers have a preaching room at Lockwood. The Free Gramr.wr School was foun!led in 1609, and is endowerl with about £100 per annum. Here is a National School, built in 1846, and also a. "\Vesleyan School, built in 1842. At N ewsome is a National School, built in 1837. Almond bury Mechanics' Institution has about 150 members. The poor have about £300 a-year from the charities of Robert Nettleton and Israel Wormald, left in 1621 and 1724. The PosT and Mo:sEY ORDER OFFICE and SAVINGS' BA:sK is at Mrs Rannah Midgley's, Nortbga.te, There is also a SuB-OFFICE at Mr. Henry Littlewood's, Berry .Brow. Letters via Huddersfield. Addy John (spinner), Lower houses Best Mr John Berry, Dam side Brooke Mrs Sarah, Parkgate Barker Wm. blacksmith, Northgate Blackburn Joshua. (machine maker), Brigg John, merchant, Fligg Battye Danl. (yarn spinner), Salford . Primrose hill Burdett Mrs Sarah, Northgate Beaumont Jph. watchmaker, Salford Botterill Thos. designr. St Helen's pl Calvert John, manager, High street Bensted Rev. Thomas Barton, M.A. Brierley Jas. camel. travellr. Salfurd Cockington William (architect), Dog (surrogate), rector of Lockwood Bottomley Joseph, manager, Northgt Kennel bank Bentley Jph. bookkpr. Primrose hill Boothroyd Joseph, manager, High st Copley All en, ginger beer manufac- Berry Emanuel, assistant overseer Boothroyd Robert, mngr. Newsomes turer, Parkgate and collector Bradley Matthew, collector for Water Dawson Edwin (mungo dlr),Taylorhl }3erry Nathaniel, dyer, Bink's mill Company, Berry Brow Dearden Mrs Elizabeth, Northga.te