464 DRIGHLINGTON AND ADWALTON. DRIGHLINGTON and AD- Turner Isaiah I Blakeley Jobu WALTON, two ancient Yillages on Bootii5Shoe mkrs. 1 Clegg John the Wakefield road, the former 4~ 1 Bradley Thos. Lawton Joseph and the latter 5 miles S.E. by E. of I Clough Thos. 1 Scholefield Jno. Bradford, are in the township and 1 Fletcher Wm. (Post office) chapelry of Drighlington, which 1 Gomersall Geo. MaliYle1·s. contains 2046 souls. The Church, 1 Holroyd Zach. 1 Barrau'l John at Drighlington, was built in 1793, Lord John Booth John and is a curacy, valued at £84, in 1 Mason Wm. 1 Bower Wm. the gift of J. Sykes, Esq. The Free Butchers. Cooper Joseph School was founded by Archbishop 1 Cooper Charles Lobley John Margetson, in 1618, with an endow- Cooper John Sykes George ment of £60 per annum, for which Cooper Wm. 1 Sykes Francis 12 free scholars are educated. The 1 Goodall Joseph Troughton Edw. N. C. Methodists have a chapel at 1 Sykes Brook Trough ton J ames Adwalton, and the Primitives have Cna{ Owners. TroughtonMichl. one at Drighlington. Adwalton, Garforth Samuel Troughton Saml. vulgarly called At/ierton, is noted Haigh & Bedford Tailors. for its large cattle fairs, established Hemingway Sus. Cooper Joseph in the reign of Elizabeth, and held HoldsworthRobt. 1 Elstuh Robert on Feb. 26th, on the Thursdays in l Moore John 1 Mann James Easter and Whit'lun weeks, and on 1 N owell Wm. Newton Joseph every alternate Thursday, till Sep- 1 Snowden Wm. Newton James tember 29th. and Co. Townend Luke lJfarlced I, are at Adwalton, and the l Sykes James WOOLLEN MFRS others at Driehtington. Farmers. Barnes Wm. Bailey Rev Henry Ives, incumbent l Akeroyd Wm. Clayton James 1 Field George, surgeon Lambert Wright EtheringtonWm. Halliday Anthony, Grammar School 1 Nelson Joshua Haliday John Hodgson John, rope maker Grocers. 1 Hudson John Holdsworth Robert, corn miller 1 Birkit Wm. Hudson Wm. Mitchell Thomas, sizing boiler 1 Bradley Thos. Ingham J ames :M:urgatroyd Mrs Ann Booth James MoorhouseStepb. Parker Benjamin, card maker Clayton John Porritt Robert Rhodes John, surgeon Carter John Webster Samuel l Snowden lsaac, plumber & glazier 1 Fearnley Thos. CARRIERS. l Sykes Joseph, plumber and glazier 1 Haliday James ToBradjd.Leeds, Thornton Jeremiah & Dd. gardeners Lawton Joseph and Wakefield Thorn ton John, stone mason l M ann J ames (market days) Ward Robert, stone mason 1 SnowdenJohn 1 RollanrlJoshua. l White Luke, saddler l Snowden Wm. 1 Clough John INNS AND TAVERNS. Joiners, ~c. ] Healey John l Black Bull, Samuel Booth lBarracloughTs. Greenwood John Fountain, J osep h Syi.es Blakeley Wm. 1 New lnn, Charles Ward -- l Old Cock, Edward Troughton HECKMONDWIKE, 2 mile! Spotted Cow, John Willey N. W. of Dewsbury, is rather a town l Unicorn, Samuel Rowbottom than a village, having a blanktt Victoria Hotel, MiPhael Troughton market every Monday and Thurs· 1 Waggon & Horses, Joshua Wil50n day, from 1 till half-past two, in a 1 White Hart, J oseph Bower Blanket Hall, built about 30 years l White Horse, Thomas Snowden ago. Its township has 3537 inha­ bitants, but only 680 acres of land. Beer Houses. Blar.ksmiths. Here are many blanket and several Etherington Wm. I Clough J onthn. large carpet manufactories, scrib­ Thurman George 1 El stub J ames bling mills, &c. The Church. (St l Ward John Hodgson J ohu James) was erected by Government, .
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