The town of Bradford, nine miles westward from Leeds. It is a neat, middle-sized manufacturing town, containing about 8,000 inhabitants. The parish is very extensive, containing the following townships: Eccles-hill, Shipley, North Bierley Bowling, Horton, Clayton, Thornton, Heaton, Manningham, and Hawath, all which are very populous.

Bradford church is a handsome and spacious structure; but there was one more ancient erected here about the year 1268. The town stands chiefly on a rising ground, covering a strata of good stone. Coal and iron ore are found in great abundance in the neighbourhood, particularly upon the commons of Wibsey and Barling, where there are considerable iron works. The staple trade of Bradford consists chiefly of the manufacture of worsted stuffs, for the disposal of which they have a Piece Hall, 144 feet long, and 36 broad, divided into two departments: the upper, or chamber, is appropriated to the purpose of selling worsted yarn in the gross, and here occasionally is held the sessions for parochial business and common law. The ground floor is divided longitudinally, having a range of closets on each side to contain the goods, opposite to which is a show board, running the whole length.

In passing along the roads here, it is observed, on every side the traveller hears the rattling of looms and sees the smoke of steam engines employed for various purposes, whilst the whole country around exhibits a scene of active industry and crowded population. But at present, almost every vestige of this happiness and prosperity has been destroyed by the introduction of machinery, and the long continuance of the late war.

The town of Bradford is well built, almost entirely of stone, as a brick house is rarely to be seen. The air is sharp and healthful, and the environs extremely pleasant.

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BRADFORD is a market and union town, municipal and parliamentary borough and railway station, a polling place for the Northern division of the Riding, in the wapentake of Morley and liberty of the honor of Pontefract, rural deanery of Bradford, archdeaconry of Craven, diocese of Ripon and province of York, and is the principal seat of the worsted and stuff manufacture. The town is pleasantly situated at the junction of three picturesque valleys, on one of the tributary streams of the Aire, in the heart of the clothing district, about 200 miles from London, 8 north-east from Halifax, 10 west-by-south from Leeds, 14 north-west from Wakefield, 11 north from Huddersfield, 9 north-west-by-north from Dewsbury, 10 south-east-by-east from Keighley, 34 from York and 35 from Manchester. The greater portion of the town is built on acclivities, rising gradually to a considerable elevation, and has, consequently, when viewed from a distance, a very striking appearance. The houses are chiefly built of stone and there are in the suburbs many spacious and handsome residences. The parish of Bradford, forming part of the ancient Saxon parish of Dewsbury, includes an extensive range of high moorland, stretching westward to the confines of Lancashire, and is about 16 miles in length and from 6 to 9 in breadth, abounding in coal, iron and excellent building and paving stone; it is divided into thirteen townships-viz. Atterton, Bowling, Bradford, Clayton, Eccleshill, Haworth. Heaton, Horton, Manningham, North Bierley, Shipley, Thornton and Wilsden. The townships of Bradford, Horton, Bowling, Manningham and Bolton form part of the Bradford union; Haworth is in the union of Keighley, and the other townships in the North Bierley and Bradford anions.

The bounds of the municipal and parliamentary borough are the same, comprising the five townships of Bradford, Bowling, Horton, Manningham and Bolton, which was incorporated under the Bradford Improvement Act of 1873.

Bradford in 1832, was created a parliamentary borough, returning two members to parliament.

In 1847 Her Majesty granted a charter of incorporation to Bradford, with a commission of the peace and town council consisting of a mayor, fourteen aldermen and forty-five councillors; of the latter twenty-four are chosen for the four wards in Bradford township, six each for Bowling and Little Horton wards and three each for Great Horton, Manningham and Bolton wards.

The gas and water works now belonging to the corporation were first established by private enterprise, the former in 1823 and the latter in 1790.

The Leeds and Bradford railway passes through a thickly populated district in the vale of the Aire by a circuitous route of 14 ½ miles, with a branch to Shipley, which connects it with the North Western line at Skipton: this line, including its extension to Skipton, is leased by the Midland Railway Company and its station (called the Midland station) is at the bottom of Kirkgate. The Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern railway station (known as the Exchange station) is near St. George’s Hall, whence branches extend to Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Wakefield, whence also a district line to Leeds was opened 2nd August, 1854, with a station connecting it with the Great Northern railway at Bowling, on the Wakefield road and opened 1st June, 1855; by this route the distance between Bradford and Leeds is about 9 miles.

The parish church of St. Peter is a spacious edifice in the Perpendicular style, erected about 1458, the tower and the most western bay being of later erection by about fifty years: the edifice consists of a spacious and elevated chance], with side chapels in the two bays on the north and south sides, nave and aisles (the latter rebuilt in 1832) of equal width with the chancel, and an embattled tower containing a fine peal of 10 bells, and a clock designed by E. B. Denison, esq. Q.C.: the whole length of the church to the west window of the tower is nearly 170 feet: the church has a singularly fine and rich oaken roof, the nave and aisles are also seated with solid oak stalls; the font is a highly elaborated work, and is surmounted by a graceful canopy: the monument of Abraham Balme esq. of Bradford, by Flaxman, in the chancel, is a choice piece of “motionless grace,” an impersonation of venerable age instructing youth; there are similas memorials to Abraham sharp, a distinguished mathematician, who died 18th July, 1742, and to John Rand, by Noble, bar most of the mural monuments were, at the restoration, removed into the tower: the cost of the restorations, including the rebuilding of the east end, and the rehanging of the bells, amounted to about £5,000: five stained windows have been inserted, including the great window in the tower: two of these, the east and south windows of the chancel, are in the ancient style. The register dates from 1596. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £1,200 with a handsome residence in Horton road, in the gift of the trustees of the late Rev. Charles Simeon, and held by the Rev. Joseph Bardsley M.A. of Queens’ College, Cambridge. There is a lectureship, yearly value £60, founded in 1671 by Peter Sunderland of Fairweather green.

All saints’, in Horton lane, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1864, and is a beautiful structure in the Early English style; erected by F. S. Powell esq. at a cost of nearly £20,000, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts and tower surmounted by a beautiful spire: the church contains 1,060 sittings; and was consecrated March 31st, 1864. The register dates from the year 1864. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the founder, F. S. Powell esq. and held by the Rev. George Wyndham Kennion M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford F.R.G.S.

Christ Church, in Manningham lane, belongs to an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1833: this church is a building in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, vestry and bell turret, and was erected in 1879 in place of the old one in Darley street, which has been pulled down by the Corporation, for improvements. The register dates from 1837. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £275, in the gift of the vicar of Bradford and held by the Rev. Vincent John Ryan M.A. of Wadham College, Oxford, and surrogate.

St. James’ is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1842: the church, in Manchester road, is a beautiful specimen of the Early English style, consisting of nave, chancel, with a handsome tower and spire, and has 8 stained windows to various members of the Pilling family, the Rev. George s. Bull (first incumbent) and John Wood esq.: it was erected in 1837 at the sole cost of John Wood esq. who laid the first stone 31st of October, 1836; the whole expense of erecting the church, parsonage-house and schoolroom (inclusive of the cost of the land) amounting to nearly £14,000. The register dates from the year 1843. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £280 with residence, in the gift of F. and A. Wood esqs. and held by the Rev. John Edward Loughnan B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. John’s is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1854. The present church, situated in Little Horton lane, was built to supply the place of a former structure inconveniently placed and defective in arrangement, and is a building of stone in the Geometrical style, consisting of chancel, nave, transept and a lofty tower, with a slated octagonal roof, rising at the junction of the transept and nave with the chancel and containing a peal of 8 bells, the gift of J. R. Cordingley esq. The church was built from the designs of T. H. and F. Healey, of Bradford, at a cost of £9,500, exclusive of the site, and will seat 700. The register dates from the year 1840. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £370, in the patronage of the vicar of Bradford, and Messrs. Berthon and Preston, and held by the Rev. George Lloyd Blair Wildig M.A. of New College, Oxford, who has a good residence in Horton lane.

St. John’s, Bowling, is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1858, with a church erected at the sole expense of the Bowling Iron Company, at a cost of about £5,000, and consecrated in the year 1842; it is in the Early English style and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts and tower. The register dates from the year 1842. The living is a vicarage under Lord Blandford’s Act, yearly value £165 with good residence, in the gift of the vicar of Bradford and held by the Rev. Edward Brice B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. Thomas’, Butterfield place, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1863, and is a good specimen of the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave and aisles, with a tower on the south side; it was erected upon a site given by s. F. Powell esq. at a cost of about £4,000, and was consecrated October 15th. 1862: the church will accommodate about 700 persons. The register dates from the year 1863. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Bishop of Ripon, and held by the Rev. William Aston LL.B., B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. Stephen’s is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1860; the church, situated in St. Stephen’s road, West Bowling, is in the Decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a small tower: it has 600 sittings, all free, and was built on a site given by E. B. W. Balme esq. at a cost of £3,500, mostly provided by the liberality of the late Charles Hardy esq. of Odsal House, Low Moor. The register dates from the year 1860. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £320, with residence, in the gift of Charles J. Hardy esq. and held by the Rev. John Clarke M.A. Cantuar.

St. Paul’s, Manningham, situated in Church street, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1846, and was erected in 1847, at the sole cost of John Hollings esq.; it is a handsome structure in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and aisles, separated by handsome arcading of marble pillars, since added at the expense of the same gentleman, and a magnificent spire of considerable height: in 1876 four handsome two-light stained windows were added in memory of Mr. Abraham Ambler. The register dales from the year 1848. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300 with residence, pleasantly situated in Heaton road, in the gift of John Hollings esq. the founder, and held by the Rev. Welbury Mitton M.A., Cantuar. hon. canon of Ripon and surrogate of the diocese of Ripon.

St. Jude’s, situated in St. Jude’s place, Manningham, is the church of ecclesiastical parish formed in 1844, consisting of chancel, nave and aisles with small tower, and was erected in 1843 at a cost of £3,000; an organ, valued at £640, the gift of a lady, was erected in 1880. The register dates from the year 1843. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £400, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Bradford, and held by the Rev. John Eddowes M.A. of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

St. Philip’s, Washington street, Girlirgton, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1860, and is a plain cruciform structure, consecrated in 1860: there are seats for 600, of which 250 are free, and a fine stained window with elegant tracery, the gift of Eli Milnes esq. The register dates from the year 1860. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of Simeon's Trustees and held by the Rev. William Carson, of St. Bees.

St. Matthew’s, Bankfoot, Bowling, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1850, and is a plain Gothic structure, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a small turret containing 2 bells, erected in 1849, at a cost of about £2,000. The register dates from the year 1849. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £200, with good residence, in the gift of Sir John Hardy bart. and held by the Rev. John Hollywood M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. Andrew’s, Lister Hills, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1858, and erected by subscription, and opened for public worship September 21st, 1853: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, tower and lofty spire, with some very handsome stained windows, one of which, on the east side, was presented as a memorial by Mrs. John Turner; another, at the west end, in memory of the late W. Rouse esq. of Burley house, by his family, and a third by Mrs. John Rhodes, in memory of her husband: there are sittings for 950 persons. The register dates from the year 1853. The benefice is a vicarage, yearly value £330, with a good parsonage house, in the gift of Simeon's Trustees and held by the Rev. Knight Gale T.A.K.C.L.

St. Luke’s, in Chandos street, Wakefield road, is the church of the ecclesiastical parish formed in 1864, and is a fine structure in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south transept, and tower at the north-eastern angle: the church, built upon a site given by the late Charles Hardy esq. of Low Moor, at a cost of nearly £4,000, was consecrated June 27th. 1862, and will seat 750 persons. The register dates from the year 1862. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Ripon and held by the Rev. James Gallie M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. Mary’s, Laister Dyke, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1861; it was erected at a cost of about £3,000, consecrated March 1831, and has 600 sittings, and is a stone structure in the Late Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and square embattled tower. The register dates from the year 1861. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £280, with residence, in the gift of Simeon's Trustees and now vacant.

St. Augustine’s, Undercliffe, church is an edifice of stone built on a commanding site in Otley road, the gift of W. Garnett, esq.; it consists of apsidal chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, south chapel and tower, as yet incomplete, standing at the north-west angle of the nave and the base is used as a baptistery; the clerestory is lofty and is carried around the transepts; there are sittings for 900 persons; the whole work was carried out by Messrs. Healey, architects, at a cost of £14,000, raised by subscriptions, and was completed in 1877. The register dates from the year 1873 (baptisms) and 1878 (marriages). The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £350 in the gift of the vicar of Bradford and held by the Rev. William Martin B.A. Lond.

Holy Trinity (in the Leeds road) is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1865, and is a building; in the Early Pointed style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and eastern tower with spire, and contains about 800 sittings; the church was erected in 1861, at a cost of £3,000 and was consecrated November 1st in that year. The register dates from the year 1865. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of five trustees and held by the Rev. Charles Edwards M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge.

St. Mark’s, Manningham, consecrated in February, 1875, was built from the designs of Messrs. Walford and Pollard, of Bradford, and is capable of seating from 800 to 1,000 people; in plan the church consists of chancel, nave, aisles, baptistery and a tower (as yet incomplete) at the south-east angle, and is in the Early Decorated style; the seats of the nave and aisles are of pitch pine and the choir stalls of solid oak; the floors of the former being laid with encaustic tiles; and of the latter with marble; in the south-west corner of the church is the baptistery, lighted by a handsome window, the gift of F. W. Anderton esq. who also presented the font, a handsome work, composed of variously colored marbles: there are six stained windows; that at the east end erected to the memory of Rev. J. Hammond, is peculiarly striking: the organ, built at a cost of £3,000, was a gift of Edwin Anderton esq.; the western entrance to the church is by means of a decorated narthex or vestibule extending across the whole front; the tower when completed, will be 150 feet high and sufficiently strong to carry a peal of bells; the pulpit is an elaborate composition in marble, alabaster, and metal work. The register dates from the year 1876. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £400, in the gift of seven trustees and held by the Rev. Edward Wynne B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

The church of St. John the Evangelist, superseding an older structure, situated in High street, Great Horton, is attached to an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1863, and is a building in the Early English style, consisting of a nave with aisles and an incomplete tower, both very substantially built; the nave being especially remarkable tor its width and the wide span of the arches; the interior of the building is lined with dressed stone; sittings are provided for 717 persons: the church was built on a site given by F. S. Powell, esq. from the designs of Messrs. T. H. and F. Healey, at a cost of £6,500. The register dates from the year 1808. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the vicar or Bradford and held by the Rev. William Townsend Storrs B.D. Cantuar. M.R.C.S.

St. Michael and All Angels in City road is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1868, and was consecrated 4th December, 1867: it is in the Geometrical style and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, vestry, with organ chamber above, and a tower on the south side. The register dates from the year 1868. The living is a perpetual curacy, yearly value £260, in the gift of the Bishop of Ripon and held by the Rev. James Edward Perkins B.A. of University College, Durham F.R.S.L.

The church of St. Mary Magdalene has been erected as a memorial to the late Mr. William Wilson Harris, who was one of the chief projectors of a scheme for establishing an ecclesiastical centre at White Abbey, and on his death in November, 1875, the building of this church was undertaken as a fitting memorial of his pious and zealous life; the foundation stone was laid on s. Mary Magdalene’s day 1876, and the completed building consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Ripon on 26th January, 1878; the church is erected in the early style of the 13th century, severely treated; the nave and chancel are together 126 feet long within, and 26 feet wide; the north and south aisles, 10 feet wide; the choir is screened off with dwarf walls 4 feet high, the communion table being approached by a flight of 10 steps; the height of the nave is 40 feet to the wall plate, 60 feet to the flat part of the ceiling, and 70 feet to the ridge; the clerestory windows, consisting of coupled lancets, are 12 feet high and, together with similar windows at the west end, form its only source of light; sittings are provided for 700 adults, and are all free; the cost of the church, with its fittings, was £9,000, the architect being Mr. E. P. Peterson F.S.A, of Bradford. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200, in the gift of five trustees and held by the Rev. George Edward Redhead B.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge. There is a parsonage house and Sunday school premises.

St. Bartholomew’s church, Hall lane, Bowling, was erected as a memorial to the late Charles Hardy esq. of Odsal House, Low Moor, on a site given by Sir H. W. Ripley bart. and consists of apsidal chancel, nave and aisles, and is a building in the Early English style with an octagonal bell turret, not yet completed. The register dates from the year 1868. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Ripon and held by the Rev. Henry Brian M'Connagher Maguire Holden, of Queen’s University, Ireland, and Kings College, London.

St. Luke’s, Victor road, Manningham, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1880 from the parish of St. Paul’s, Manningham, and was consecrated November 23rd, 1880; it is in the Gothic style of the Rectilinear period, and consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles north and south chapels and a tower on the north side of the chancel, the lower stage of which is at present the only portion built, there being also a small octagonal turret with one bell, at the north-west angle; the internal length of the church is 106 feet and the greatest breadth 73 feet; the ground slopes towards the east, and advantage has been taken of this accident to obtain good vestries, and a large room for parish purposes, in the basements. There are sittings for 737 persons. The cost, inclusive of the site, which is of sufficient area to admit of school premises in addition, was about £6,000. Messrs. T. H. and T. Healey, of Bradford, were the architects. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £350 in the gift of the Church Provident society and held by the Rev. John Thomas Maguinness M.A. of St. Aidans.

Here are three Catholic churches-St. Patrick’s, Sedgefield terrace, Westgate; St. Mary’s, East parade, and St. Joseph’s, Grafton street.

The Catholic church of St. Mary, East parade, is a large Gothic structure of the Geometrical period, consisting of chancel, nave with clerestory, aisles, Lady chapel, organ-chamber and vestry: the dimensions of the church are upon a large scale; the height of the nave is 75 feet; the roof being in part closely boarded and in part open timbered: the exterior of the church is very massive and shows an aisle wall unbroken by windows, with porch and vestries projecting forward from the main building, the roof receding into that of aisles; the clerestory is pierced with two-light windows, having Geometrical traceried heads, and divided into couples by massive gabled buttresses, which are carried on arches over the aisles below; the range of clerestory windows, by which alone the church is lighted, extends entirely round the building; the same level of roof ridge is continued forward over the chancel, which terminates in a semi-octagonal apse; on the one side of the chancel is the organ chamber with priests’ vestry below it, and on the other the Lady chapel, divided from the chancel by a double arch, a series of chapels being also thrown out beyond the aisle at the back of the church; the east windows of the chancel and Lady chapel are filled with stained glass; the nave piers, as also the shafts of chancel arch, are of Irish marble on moulded stone bases and have foliated caps, and at the junctions of the hood mouldings of the nave arcade are a series of corbels, carved by Earp, representing angels playing musical instruments, upon which it is intended, when Funds are available, to place life-size figures of the twelve Apostles. Mr. Edward Simpson, of Tyrrel street, Bradford, was the architect, and the cost, including fittings, amounted to about £10,000; exclusive of aisles and side chapels, there are sittings for 900 persons. A residence for the clergy attached to the church has been erected from the designs of the same architect, at a cost of about £3,000.

There are places of worship in connection with the Baptists, Congregationalists, Wesleyans, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodists, United Methodist Free Church, Wesleyan Reformers, Wesleyan Association, Unitarians, Presbyterians, Moravians, Swedenborgians and Latter Day saints, and Catholic Apostolic Church, and Meeting Houses for the society of Friends.

Greenfield Congregational Chapel, situated at the junction of Marlborough road and Lumb lane, Manningham, is a handsome and substantial stone building in the Italian style, and was opened in October, 1876: it seats 950 people, and has an exceedingly light and graceful interior; the building cost £5,000, and was erected from the designs of Messrs. Hope and Jardine, architects, Bradford.

St. John’s Wesleyan Chapel, Park View road, Manningham, is a building in the Gothic style, carefully adapted to Methodist wants and purposes, so that every one can both see and hear the minister. The pulpit is of rich design, worked in Caen stone, with carved panels, and polished marble and onyx shafts; on one side of the pulpit is a stone font, and on the other a lectern, used at the week evening service: in the rear of the pulpit is a chancel which contains stalls for the choir, consisting of twelve men and eighteen boys; and at the extremity is the communion table, beneath a reredos of Caen stone, with polished marble panels, enclosed by onyx shafts and bearing inscribed the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten Commandments; the organ chamber is entered from one side of the chancel, the other leading to the ministers’ vestry; the Liturgyis used on Sunday mornings. The cost of the building, including land for schools and a chapel-keeper’s house, has been over £13,000; it was opened June 11th. 1879, by the Rev. Dr. Pope.

The Jewish synagogue, situated in Bowland street, was erected in 1880, on a site given by B. Cohen esq. of Bradford. The style is Arabesque in character, and is well preserved both in the building and the numerous and somewhat costly fittings which have been presented by J. Moser esq.: the dimensions of the chamber are 44 feet by 29 ½ feet, and at the east end is placed a semi-circular alcove containing an ark of stone and marble; over the western entrance is a gallery to contain the organ and choir; the ceiling is arched and finished with elaborate plaster panels; the windows are filled with coloured glass, and contains small shafted mullions and tracery. Rooms are provided at the rear of the building for the use of committees &c. The entire cost of the building was about £2,000. Messrs. T. H. & F. Healey, of Bradford, were the architects.

The Bradford Cemetery, beautifully situated at Undercliffe, on rising ground, and belonging to a company of shareholders, has been tastefully laid out and planted, under the superintendence of Mr. William Gay, the secretary. The Borough Cemetery is at Scole Moor, Great Horton, and was opened in 1860; it has two mortuary chapels for the Church and Nonconformists. The Catholic Cemetery is in the Leeds road.

Bradford Grammar school, founded by King Charles IT. in 1674, and re-organised by the Endowed school Commissioners in 1871, has an endowment of about £860 yearly, derived from money invested in Consols and Bradford Corporation stock. The present handsome school house at Manor row was erected in 1871 from the designs of Messrs. Andrews and Pepper, the style adopted being a modified adaptation of Early Gothic; and its total cost, including extensions, has been about £24,000, exclusive of site; the principal external feature of the building is the tower, a composition in three stages, forming the entrance to the schools, and rising to a height of 84 feet from the principal floor level; the interior, planned upon the class-room system, consists of a large assembling hall and a number of class-rooms, in which the work of the schools is carried on. The same endowment also maintains a grammar school for girls, with an income of £200 per annum, drawn from this foundation. In the boys’ school a high class education is given, Greek being optional; Latin, modern languages and natural sciences forming the chief subjects of study: the fees are £5 6s. 8d. per term. In 1873 Mr. Henry Brown gave £6,000 to be appropriated to the foundation of-(1) Three exhibitions of the annual value of £60, tenable for three or four years, at any university or other institution of higher education; (2) Five exhibitions, (a) for boys in school Board schools, (b) for deserving pupils of the Grammar school: and in 1873 Sir H. W. Ripley bart. presented £500, to be expended during the ensuing five years in exhibitions. The Right Hon. W. E. Forster M.P. has given an exhibition open to the public elementary schools of Bradford, There are also exhibitions in September of every year, entitling the holders to tuition free of expense. This school, with twelve other northern schools, is entitled to send competitors for the Lady Hastings’ exhibitions at Queen’s College, Oxford, three of which are annually offered for competition; these are held for five years, and are worth £90 a year. In 1874 Sir Titus salt bart. gave £6,000 for the foundation of a scholarship, tenable for three or four years, at any institution of higher education approved by the Governors. There is also a junior school, to which boys of eight years of age are admitted, on passing an examination, and in which a sound English education is given; fees, £3 6s. 8d. per term.

Airedale College Day school, a handsome building at Northwing, erected in 1845, at a cost of nearly £2,000, is now used as a board school, and known as the Otley road board school.

A Technical school, the foundation stone of which was laid June 16th. 1880, is in course of erection and will be completed in 1881; it id situated at the corner of Great Horton road and Carlton place, and is in the Italian style, with a tower rising to a height of 120 feet. The principal entrance hall divides that part of the building which fronts Great Horton road into two portions; that on the left being occupied on the ground floor by a spacious reading-room and library 38 feel by 19 feet; a council chamber, secretary’s, curator’s and cloak rooms; and on the right by the public hall, a handsome room 68 feet long by 48 feet wide and 30 feet high, with a gallery on three sides and capable of seating 800 persons: above the lecture hall is a spacious suite of rooms intended for the use of the art classes; over the library, is the industrial museum, 58 feet by 46 feet: that part of the building which faces Carlton place is devoted more especially to the educational work of the school, and has a separate entrance for the use of students; it contains on the ground floor a room for instruction in hand-loom weaving; one for power-loom weaving; one for drawing and twisting; one for spinning; a large workshop; four class-rooms and a lavatory; above will be a small lecture hall, a chemical laboratory and a lofty room in which dyeing will be taught.

The Town Hall was completed in 1873 and contains the corporate offices of the borough, including a council chamber, mayor’s apartments, offices for the town clerk, borough surveyor, water works engineer, borough treasurer, and other public offices of the corporation. The central portion of the building is occupied by the municipal chambers, the west wing by the business offices of the corporation, and the east by the borough court and police department, each having its separate entrance and staircases: the principal facade is towards Market street and is 280 feet in length, broken by the projection of two wings and a central gable or principal entrance porch, behind which rises the tower, nearly 200 feet in height: the basement is massive and plain in character, with square windows, and above, the first floor has deeply recessed and richly moulded pointed windows, with coupled columns and double inner shafts: the second stage of windows forms a continuous arcade round the whole building, having double lights over each first floor window, with niches between, filled in with statues of the kings and queens of England, commencing with William the Conqueror and concluding with her present Majesty: the building is finished by a corbelled cornice and pierced parapet, surmounted by a lofty roof with boldly projecting dormer windows in stone; the tower is fitted with a large clock and carillon machine for striking the chimes on a fine set of bells, the tenor weighing upwards of 4 tons: the interior of the building is handsomely fitted, with carved wainscot, encaustic tile work, parquetry and painted glass, and has a sumptuous suite of rooms for the mayor’s receptions: the style is French Gothic and has been harmoniously treated throughout, the arrangement of the building being admirably adapted to the somewhat irregular nature of the ground on which it stands. The cost, exclusive of the ground, has been over £120,000; the architects were Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson, of Bradford and London.

The unions of Bradford and North Bierley form the Bradford superintendent Registrar’s district, constituting, until 1848, one union, when it was divided into two. Bradford union has a population (1871), of 147,101; North Bierley union, 110,605; rateable value of Bradford union, £890,235.

Bradford Union Workhouse, situated at Little Horton, is a spacious, handsome and well arranged building, erected in 1852, from designs by Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson, and has cost, including site and additions, upwards of £40,000; it has a large infirmary attached and is available for 1,000 inmates. The guardians meet in the board-room every Wednesday afternoon at two.

The Court House, in Hall Ings, is a building in the Classic style, erected in 1834, at a cost of about £7,000, half of which was paid out of the county rates and the remainder raised by subscription in the town and neighbourhood. The county magistrates meet here every Monday and Thursday, Here are also held Midsummer Quarter sessions for the West Riding. Courts leet and baron are held here at the County Court house.

The Exchange, a building in the Venetian Gothic style, was opened on the 13th March, 1867, the first stone having been laid by the late Lord Palmerston in 1864; the site upon which it is erected is in the form of a triangle, with the narrowest point towards the principal front; the great hall is 80 feet long and 72 feet wide and has, in addition, a large semi-circular projection on the north side; this room is separated into four compartments, the divisions on each side being 10 feet wide and forming, as it were, an ambulatory round the centre compartment, which is supported by eighteen large polished shafts of red granite, 2 feet in diameter, with carved capitals; from these columns arches spring, which are filled with glass; the roof is of open timber work; the principals or main supports being double, and enclosing allegorical figures bearing shields; at each end are large windows, filled with tracery, and dormer lights in the roof; the walls of the halls are of stone, with moulded plinths, above which, 3 feet in height, is a lining of encaustic tile, with which also the hall is paved, and is lighted by ten large gaseliers in hammered iron and copper illuminated in various colors, and gilded; the news-room is 68 feet by 28 feet, and is furnished throughout in oak; the extension of the hall, undertaken in 1877, has been effected by taking in the site of fire shops in Market street, the upper wall being supported by a series of stone pillars and arches, with elaborately sculptured capitals and arch mouldings; the first and second floors throughout are arranged in suites of offices; at the east end, and forming the principal entrance, is the clock tower, rising to the height of 150 feet; the windows in the principal front have coupled shafts of serpentine marble, and the building is crowned by an open and pierced parapet, terminated at each angle by corbelled turrets: on each angle of the tower are statues; on one side, Bishop Blaize, the patron saint of the woolcombers, and on the other, King Edward, who granted a trading charter to Bradford; between each of the large windows on the ground floor are circular medallions, containing heads, carved in stone, of those who have contributed to the commercial enterprise of the country and the prosperity of the town. A noble statue of Richard Cobden, about 7 feet in height, occupies a conspicuous place in the hall of the Exchange, and is executed in Carrara marble by Mr. T. Butler; this statue was a legacy to the town by Mr. G. H. Booth. an American, and formerly a partner in the Bradford firm of Firth. Booth & Co.; It was unveiled on the 25th July, 1877, by the Right Hon. John Bright, the old friend of Cobden and fellow labourer with him in the anticorn-Iaw struggle. Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson were the architects of the Exchange, which has cost about £40,000.

St. George’s Hall is a noble structure, fronting Hall Ings and Bridge street, the foundation stone of which was laid by the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetlaud, as Grand Master of England, assisted by the Freemasons of West Yorkshire, on the 22nd of September, 1851; on the 27th of August, 1853, the building was completed; it covers an area of 1,600 square yards; its outer walls and columns are of Yorkshire stone; the front or western elevation is 75 feet in height from the ground to the apex of the pediment, and is composed of a rusticated basement 27 feet high, surmounted by Corinthian columns and pilasters supporting an entablature: the principal entrance is by three arched doorways, with folding doors, on the basement of this facade, on each side of which are niches containing bronze candelabra: the entrance leads into a vestibule 46 feet by 25 and 22 feet in height, from the centre of which springs the grand staircase, branching off to the right and left, and terminating in a gallery on each side, leading to the stalls; the hall itself is 152 feet in length. 76 in breadth and 54 feet high, and with its area, stalls and gallery will seat 3,350 persons, besides an orchestra arranged for 300 performers; it is lighted by sixteen arched windows, 14 feet high, and artificially by four Sun.-lights in the roof; this building, erected at a cost of £28,000, is the property of a joint stock company, and is adapted for dramatic performances, musical and other entertainments, lectures and public meetings. Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson, of Bradford, were the architects.

The Victoria Hotel, opposite the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern railway station, was erected in 1867, and is a spacious and handsome building in the Italian style, with pavilion roofs at each end, and was built under the superintendence of Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson, at a cost of about £21,000.

The Bradford Library and Literary society was established in 1774, and has a handsome library and reading-room in Darley street, containing nearly 17,000 volumes.

The Bradford Mechanics' Institution was established in 1832, is well supported, and has a good museum and a library of upwards of 14,000 volumes. The building, erected in 1871, is in the Italian style, and covers an area of 1,000 square yards in one of the most prominent positions in the centre of the town: on the upper floors, large, commodious and well-arranged suites of class-rooms are provided, as Well as spacious and well-lighted rooms for the exhibition of drawings, models, casts and other works of art, forming at the same time drawing rooms for the school of Art in connection with the Institute: on the first upper floor, facing Bridge street, is arranged the library and reading-room, a lofty apartment and of ample dimensions; in rear of this is the lecture hall, seating 1,500 persons; two wide stone staircases, with entrances in Tyrrel and Market streets, lead to the lecture hall, and a central staircase from Bridge street conducts to the reading-room and library; the side staircases, when not in use for the lecture hall, can be used as a means of access to the class-rooms, and in case of panic the whole of the three large staircases can be made available for the lecture hall; the second upper floor is appropriated to class-rooms, the third upper floor being used for secondary class-rooms and drawing-rooms, the latter being lighted from the top; each floor is provided with a lavatory and each room is thoroughly and efficiently ventilated; the ground floor is principally arranged as shops with sufficient cellarage: the whole of the building is fire proof. The land has cost £12,500 and the building a further sum of £23,500.

The West Riding Bankers’, Merchants’ and Traders’ Association for the Protection of Trade was established in 1848, and has a branch office in Albany buildings, Market street. The Chamber of Commerce for Bradford and the worsted trade was established in 1837, and has offices at the Exchange, Market street. There is a good news and reading-room at 31 Kirkgate, established by Mr. William Morgan, which is well supplied with the principal London, provincial and foreign newspapers and with periodicals. There are Conservative and Liberal Registration societies.

The Bradford branch of the Wesleyan Methodist Institute and Sunday school Union, 4 North parade, was established in 1876, and has lending and reference libraries, the latter containing about 150 volumes and the former about 2,000, also public reading rooms supplied with the principal daily and weekly papers and magazines; there are in addition class-rooms and a book depot for the supply of members.

The Liberal Club House, a building in the Italian style, opened in August, 1877, stands on the most costly ground in Bradford and has frontages to Bank street, Queensgate and Hustlergate; the ground floor is in part occupied as a bank, and otherwise let for shops, sufficient space being reserved for a handsome entrance; the internal accommodation of the upper floors is of a very superior character. The cost of the land and building exceeded £46,000, and the furniture £4,000. The architects were Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson, of Bradford and London: in 1880, the club was re-decorated throughout.

The Bradford and County Conservative Club, in Market street, was established in 1877 and has over 500 members.

The Union Club, Piece Hall yard, was established in 1857.

The Bradford Church Institute, in North parade, erected in 1871, is a building in the French Gothic style, with an elevation, and is divided into five bays on the ground floor, the extreme bays forming the entrances; it contains a spacious reading-room and library 42 ft. by 41 ft. a lecture hall capable of seating 550 persons, several good class-rooms and a gymnasium in the basement 50 ft. by 60 ft. and 20 ft. high. Messrs. Andrews and Pepper were the architects.

Manningham Mills, belonging to Messrs. Lister and Co. are among the most extensive in the kingdom, having a frontage to Heaton road of 350 yards and a depth of 150 yards, thus covering an area of nearly 11 acres, and reckoning the several stories of the mill and warehouse give a total extent of floorage of about 16 acres. The appearance of the building is effective and the elevated ground on which it stands makes it a prominent object in the landscape.

The Bradford Corporation Covered Market Hall, in Kirkgate and Darley street, is a spacious and handsome erection with two octagonal domes, 50 feet in diameter, containing 50 shops and 140 half-covered stalls, all lighted from the north; the outer belt of buildings fronting Kirkgate, Darley street and Godwin street, comprises many good shops and suites of offices, and at the north-east angle of the site, buildings have been erected for the free library. The meat and fish market is a separate building with frontage in Rawson place and Godwin street, and is well arranged for the purposes of the trade; the outlay on these buildings designed by Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson, of Bradford and London, was about £85,000.

The St. James’ Wholesale Markets are situated off Hammerton street, Leeds road, and are in direct communication with sidings from the Great Northern railway; the abattoirs are situate here also and there is a second establishment adjoining Bolton lane, near Manningham station, the latter being in direct communication with sidings from the Midland railway.

The Public Free Library and Museum has its central depot in Darley street.

The News Room is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. daily, except on Sunday, Christmas Day and Good Friday, and is well supplied with periodicals and the chief London and provincial newspapers. The Reference Library, open from 10 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. contains 11,152 volumes, which, however, are entirely confined to the library: the lending library contains 13,401 volumes, which are issued to the public daily, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. except on the days specified above. The Museum, open daily from 10 a.m. till dusk, contains a varying collection of oil and water colour paintings, statuary, art work in metal and porcelain, scientific apparatus, objects of natural history &c. the whole undergoing periodical re-arrangement and renewal as circumstances allow. A Branch Free Library with reading-rooms has been established at the Board school Great Horton, open from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. with a collection of 2.103 volumes of books, and a sufficient supply of current literature. There are also branch lending libraries at the Board school, Whetley lane, with 1,988 volumes; at the Board school, Barkerend, with 1,431 volumes; at the Board school, Bowling Back lane, with 1,334 volumes; and at the Board school, Ryan street, with 1,184 volumes: each branch being open for the exchange of books for home reading from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Here are several friendly societies, Freemasons’ and Odd Fellows’ lodges &c. Several building and investment societies, a Law society and two Temperance Halls. There are eight joint-stock banking houses, one of which, the “Old Bank,” was established about 1802 in Bank street by E. Peckover esq.; a savings Bank, established in 1818, and a branch of the Yorkshire Penny Bank.

A Coffee Tavern Company Limited, has been lately established and is well supported; the total number of branches being at present sixteen, besides the Central tavern, situated at the corner of Westgate and Kirkgate, a commodious building, well fitted up and containing reading rooms, well supplied with London and provincial papers, smoking-rooms, lavatories &c.

The town has three daily newspapers:-The ‘Bradford Observer, ’ published by Messrs. W. Byles & son, of 10 Piccadilly; the ‘ Bradford Chronicle and Mail, ’ published by the Bradford Chronicle Co. Limited, 61 Chapel lane; and the ' Bradford Telegraph, ’ published by Thomas shields, Market street; and three weekly newspapers:-the ‘ Bradford Observer Budget, ' published every Friday and Saturday by Messrs. W. Byles & son, 10 Piccadilly; the ‘ Bradford Times, ’ (established 1863, resuscitated October, 1880). published by the Bradford Chronicle Co. Limited, 61 Chapel lane; and the ‘ Yorkshireman, ’ published every Saturday by T. Brear, Kirkgate.

The town has also Agricultural and Horticultural societies, with a numerous list of members, giving several exhibitions every year.

Fairs are held March 3rd, June 17th and 18th and December 9th. 10th and 11th. for horses, cattle and sheep. Pleasure fairs on the first Monday in July and the first Monday in January. Monday and Thursday are the market days.

There are four public parks. Peel Park, containing an area of about 56 acres, is situated on the north-east side of the borough, and was conveyed to the Corporation on the 7th day of November, 1863, upon the following trusts:-“That with the exception of a certain number of days, not exceeding ten in any one year, to be fixed and determined as hereinafter mentioned, the Corporation shall suffer the park to be used and enjoyed from sunrise to not later than one hour after sunset, on all days in the week, without charge, preference, hindrance or restriction whatsoever, as a public walk, park, and playground, by all persons choosing to resort thither, and conducting themselves in a peaceable and orderly manner, subject nevertheless to such orders and regulations as shall from time to time be made by the Corporation for regulating the use and enjoyment there of; that the Corporation shall from time to time determine the number of days (if any), not exceeding ten in any one year, and the particular days to be so excepted; and that it shall be lawful for the corporation to order the park to be closed, and to close the same accordingly, and to exclude all persons therefrom, or to permit the same to be open for such purposes during such time, and upon such terms of admission, pecuniary or otherwise, as the Corporation may determine; that on no occasion shall it be lawful for the Corporation to sell, or permit any person or persons to sell, intoxicating liquors of any kind whatever at, in or upon the park or any part thereof, or in or at any refreshment room or other building therein; that it shall not be lawful for the Corporation, except on the excepted days above mentioned, to charge, demand or receive from any person for the use of any implements of play that shall be provided at the park any sum of money whatever more than shall be necessary and sufficient for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred in providing such implements or other things necessary to any game or play, and in keeping the same in repair, or on any day in the year to make any charges whatever for the use of any gymnasium in the park; that it shall not be lawful for the Corporation to permit any game to be played or carried on in the park on any Sunday.”

Lister Park, Manningham, which comprises about 54 acres, was purchased from s. E. Lister, esq. in 1870, by the Corporation, for the sum of £60,000, of which the vendor subscribed £20,000: it is well wooded, and from its picturesque situation is a favourite promenade in the summer months.

Horton Park contains an area of about 39 acres, and Bowling Park, opened in 1880, an area of about 53 acres; it is proposed to form a recreation ground at Bradford Moor, and the Corporation have purchased land for this purpose.

Bradford appears to have been in a flourishing condition about the latter part of the last century; but it was not until the introduction of machinery and the erection of large mills and factories, in the beginning of the present century, that any material increase took place in either population or trade. Before the Piece Hall was built in 1773, the manufacturers from the out-townships exhibited their pieces in a large room of the White Lion inn, where they had each closets, which they locked up from market to market. A gentleman, upon whose estimate reliance may be placed, says that then only about 3,000 pieces per week were sold in Bradford, whilst now more than one firm would alone do that. There were but few resident merchants in Bradford until about 1824. Since that time men of large capital from Manchester, Leeds and Germany have flocked to it in great numbers.

This town has long been regarded as the chief seat of the worsted trade, being the centre of a populous district almost wholly employed in this branch of commerce, and carrying on operations of a most extensive character. All kinds of worsted stuffs are manufactured here, but principally Orleans and Coburgs. Alpaca and mohair goods are also made in large quantities, Saltaire being especially famed for this particular kind of manufacture. Latterly, Mr. S. C. Lister has been the means of introducing a new industry into the town-the making of silk and velvet. Except by the proximity of the iron works at Bowling and Low Moor, the iron trade does not particularly belong to Bradford, but the making of machinery, especially of power looms, constitutes one of its great industries; more than half of the product being exported. The stone trade is likewise considerable, many large quarries existing in the neighbourhood.

The Worsted Committee, whose office is in Bank street, was first established in 1777, by Act of Parliament passed in the 17th year of George III. for more effectually preventing frauds and abuses committed by persons employed in the manufactures of combing wool, worsted yarn, and goods made from worsted in the counties of York, Lancaster and Chester: the Committee was at first to consist of 27 members, who appointed inspectors to carry out the provisions of the Act: eight of these officers were engaged up to the end of 1853, since which, from various causes, principally want of funds, the number has been gradually reduced, and the Committee now consists of 14 members who have one inspector and one assistant inspector, whose duties are chiefly confined to Bradford, Halifax and Keighley.

The Bradford Infirmary and Dispensary was first established in 1825 in a small house in Barkerend road, in 1827 removed to Darley street, and in 1833 the funds of the dispensary having considerably increased, twelve beds were fitted up in the building to afford accommodation as an infirmary for in-patients: by the joint contributions of the board and the Medico-Chirurgical society, a valuable library has been gradually acquired, to which the best and most recent works in medical literature are being constantly added: there are now beds for 132 patients; in order to further improve the sanitary condition it has been decided by the Board to lay down a new floor, and carry out other work in one of the large wards, intending also to adopt a similar course hereafter with some of the other wards; this undertaking has been begun and will be completed with as little delay as possible: the present handsome building at the top of Westgate is in the Tudor style, and was erected in 1843—4, at a cost of about £10,000, including the sum of 3,000 guineas for the purchase of the ground. The staff consists of two physicians, four consulting surgeons, six medical officers, seven day nurses and two night nurses.

The Fever Hospital, or House of Recovery, stands on elevated ground in the Leeds road, in rear of Holy Trinity Church, and known as the “Penny Oaks,” and was opened in the spring of 1872. For this valuable addition to its institutions Bradford is indebted to the liberality of Mr. Alfred Harris and Sir Titus salt bart. At a general meeting of the governors of the Infirmary in 1867, the first named gentleman gave £3,800 for this purpose, to which Sir Titus salt subsequently added £5,000. The building is designed upon the “Pavilion” system, the wards being placed north and south and only one story in height: each ward contains twelve beds and has an attached private ward of smaller dimensions, a nurses’ room and scullery, together with a large room for convalescent patients. Provision is made for the treatment of small pox, enteric or typhoid fever, typhus and scarlatina in separate and distinct wards, each with its special staff of nurses: the administrative department is placed on the north side of the wards, with which it communicates by open and sheltered corridors, glazed on each side: the buildings are constructed with every modern improvement, and thorough ventilation has been specially provided for: laundries and wash-houses, stabling and a coach-house are situated at some little distance. Scarlatina being the kind of fever for some years past most rife in the town, the Board of Managers Lave this year (1880) erected six private wards for the convenience of wealthy townspeople who wish to send their children to the Hospital: these rooms are so arranged that any patient requiring it may have a suite of apartments during his convalescence: the number of patients treated from the opening to 1879 was 2,038. Sites are provided for the erection of temporary buildings in case of an epidemic. The cost of the buildings, erected from designs by Messrs. Andrews and Pepper, amounted to £22,800.

The Bradford Eye and Ear Hospital, in a healthy situation on the Hallfield road, is a handsome and commodious building, the first stone of which was laid by Titus salt esq. on the 29th March, 1864, and on the 28th June, 1865, the building was formally opened for the reception of patients by the mayor (Charles Semon esq.) at a cost of £5,500 raised by subscription: this hospital had its origin in a small private dispensary of Dr. Bronner, who had taken two rooms for the purpose of giving gratuitous advice to the poor people suffering from diseases of the eye and ear: in 1877 a new wing was added, at a cost of over £1,000 raised by subscriptions.

The Semon Convalescent home, at Ilkley-in-Wharfedale, was built in 1874 by the late Charles Semon esq. a Bradford merchant, who on the 25th October, 1876, presented it to the Corporation of the borough, of which he was mayor in 1865: it is intended to meet the wants of a deserving class of persons, who, although they cannot afford the expenses of such establishments as Ben-Rhydding or llkley Wells, are not so destitute as to need free quarters in a public hospital. The home and grounds cover an area of nearly six acres and are situated in a spot noted for its healthfulness: its total cost, including furniture and fittings, was £12,000, the gift being further accompanied by a sum of £3,000 intended to provide a fund towards the working expenses: this institution is exclusively limited to the relief of persons of slender means, at a uniform inclusive charge of twelve shillings and sixpence per week. Certain classes of cases are not admissible.

Richard Pollard, by will dated 20th August, 1735, bequeathed out of his estate at Goodman’s-end, in Bradford, three yearly rent-charges, viz.—25s. to the poor of Bradford, 25s. to the poor of Bierley and 50s. to the poor of Hawurth and Stanbury.

Field’s Charity Estate was bequeathed by William Field, in 1686, for the relief of poor persons of Bradford township: and consists of the Narr Old Earth. containing 2a. 32p. let at £12 a year, and part of the Abbey Croft, let in 1818—19, on building leases for 999 years, at rents amounting to £100 per annum.

Poor’s Estate and Quit Rents.-This property, as to the acquisition of which no deeds or writings are now extant, is appropriated to the use of the poor of the several townships within the parish of Bradford, with the exception of Clayton and Heaton, and consists of the Nornill Farm, in the township of Wilsden, comprising a house, barn and stable and four fields, containing together 40 acres, let for about £30; and two closes, formerly in one, called the Crack Field, in the township of Wilsden, let for £18 a year: the above property is under the management of the churchwardens of Bradford and is properly let, together with certain quit-rents issuing out of different land in Horton and amounting altogether to £418s. yearly.

Jowett’s Charity.-Mary Ann Jowett, spinster, in 1811 bequeathed to the vicar of Bradford and the churchwardens of the township of Manningham for the time being £400, upon trust to lay out the same upon Government security, and to dispose of the proceeds, after defraying the charges of the trust, yearly, in the vestry of the parish church of Bradford on Old New Year’s-day, among twenty-five poor women of Bradford and twenty-five of Manningham, Frizinghall and Carsyke, being either spinsters or widows, above fifty years of age, in sums not larger than 20s. nor less than 5s. to each: the sum of £360 being the amount of the legacy, after deducting legacy duty, was laid out in the purchase of £499 17s. 5d. New £4 per Cent. Annuities; the dividends are duly applied according to the directions of the testatrix.

Farrand’s Charity.-Thomas Farrand, by his will dated 27th June, 1724, directed his trustees therein named, to settle out of his estates an annuity of £10, to be applied in paying for the instruction of poor children belonging to the town of Bradford, in learning to read English, and write.

John Appleyard’s Charity, founded in 1864, amounts to £15 yearly for the township of Bradford, to be expended in bread, fuel and clothing.Stolen from Fore-bears

The Institution for the Blind enables its inmates to earn by industrial pursuits some part of the cost of their maintenance therein, the goods manufactured by them being sold at ordinary prices, and entering into fair competition with the trade generally; an extensive building was erected in 1867 in North parade, containing large workrooms for skep, basket, broom, brush and other manufactures, in which both men and women are engaged; besides which there are dining, reading and committee rooms, shops, offices, kitchens and many other conveniences; the cost, amounting to over £6,000, was raised by public subscription.

A Model Lodging House has been built in Captain street, Bolton road, by a limited company, with a capital subscribed in £100 shares: it offers accommodation to married couples, single males and females and children, and contains upwards of 160 beds: the charge is 3d. per night for a single bed, some few being reserved at 4 ½d.; married people and children are charged at proportionate rates, and weekly lodgers are not charged for Sunday. Gifts of books have been made for the use of inmates, and clergymen of different denominations attend and give their services gratuitously on Sundays and at other times: every convenience is provided for lodgers to cook their meals. The report of the superintendent shews the behaviour of his customers to be generally exemplary; and without naming the vast and obvious moral benefit, exercised by such institutions, it is satisfactory to state that it has, commercially speaking, proved so successful as to justify the opening of a second lodging house of similar characters by the same company in Paradise street.

The Melbourne Almshouses, in Sawrey place, founded by Mary Rathmell for eight poor women, were erected in 1845.

The Bowling Lodge Almshouses were erected in 1857, by Edward Ripley esq. for the benefit of aged widows.

The Tradesmen’s Benevolent Institution, for decayed tradesmen and their widows, was established in 1857, to which, in 1867, the Bradford Tradesmen’s Home was added, the pensioners of which have a prior claim to the consideration of the Home Committee; it was originally intended that thirty dwellings should be erected, and a plot of ground, at Lilycroft was purchased from Alderman J. A. Jowett for £1,000 the full value of the land being estimated at £1,600: the subscriptions, however, only warranted the erection of eighteen of the homes, and on the 10th September, 1867, the foundation stone of these dwellings was laid by the late Sir Titus salt; the remaining twelve houses were erected about a year later, and the whole now form a block surrounding three sides of a quadrangle; the ball or chapel occupies part of the central block; some of the windows are stained, and the grounds are tastefully laid out. Opposite the homes thirteen new houses were erected in 1867 at the sole cost of Mrs. Eliza Wright, in memory of her late husband and son. The thirty houses have cost £16,500, and the total outlay will be about £21,500.

There are, in connection with the town, various other charities and several provident institutions.

The manor and township of Bradford comprise 1,5950, 1r. 2p.; and include Bradford Moor and Laister Dyke on the east and the greater part of Undercliffe on the north; it is divided among a great number of small owners, but the principal proprietors are the Misses Rawson, of Nydd Hall, who are also ladies of the manor, which lies in the paramount jurisdiction of the honor of Pontefract. Rateable value, £441,266.

The area of the five townships comprising the borough is 7,221a. 0r. 32p. namely, Bradford, 1,5950. 1r. 2p.; Bowling, 1,561a. 2r. 16p.: Horton, 2,033a. Or. 39p.; Manningham, 1,318a. 2r. 22p.; and Bolton, 721a. 1r. 33p.; and of the entire parish 32,929 acres; the population in 1871, of the entire parish, was 207,149.

The population now estimated by Registrar-General as 197,190.

Places in the East Division of Morley are-Adwalton, Allerton, Beckhill, Calverley, Clayton, Clayton Heights, Cleckheaton, Denholme, Drighlington, Eccleshill, Farsley, Greengates, Heaton, Holme Lane, Hunsworth. Idle, Laister Dyke, Low Moor, Mountain, New Farsley, Pudsey, Queensbury, Saltaire, Scholes, school Green, Shipley, Stanningley, Storr Hill, Thackley, Thornton, Thornbury. Tong, Tong street, Wellhead, Wibsey, Wyke, Windhill & Woodlands.

MILITARY

Brigade Depot (No. 10).

Head quarters, Barracks, Bradford moor.

Officer Commanding Brigade Depot, Lieut.-Col. R. B. Montgomery.

Staff Paymaster (Army Pay Department), Major Grahame Craig.

Acting Adjutant, Capt. H. L. Woodland.

Royal Bombay Fusiliers (103rd), Col. Colville Frankland, commander.

West York Yeomanry Cavalry (2nd), depot, Belle vue, Manningham lane; Sir Henry Edwards bart. lieut.-col. commandant; Thomas G. Johnson, adjutant.

West Riding Yorkshire Artillery Volunteers (2nd), Edward Ripley, lieut.-col.; Capt. Henry T. T. Sandes R.A. adjutant; Walter Taylor, quarter-master; Harry Meade & Isaac Mossop L.R.C.P, Edin. Surgeons; Rev. Charles Edwards M.A. acting chaplain.

West Riding Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers (3rd), head quarters, Manningham lane; Henry Sagar Hirst, lieut.-col.; Major Thomas Nield, adjutant; Henry Thornton, hon. quarter-master; Samuel Johnston M.D. acting surgeon.

BRADFORD UNION

Bradford union comprises the townships of Bradford, Bolton, Bowling, Horton & Manningha.m.

Board day, Wednesday, 2 p.m.

Workhouse, Horton lane, John Heap, Rev. Joseph Bardsley M.A. chaplain; W. B. Procter, surgeon; Mrs. Mary Ann Heap, matron; Thomas Bilsborough, schoolmaster; Miss Wilkinson, schoolmistress.

CLUBS

Albert Club, 31 Manor row, Thomas Renton, secretary.

Bradford Club, Manor row, W. F. Atkinson & Gustavus Adolphus Stendhal, secretaries.

Bradford Catholic Club, 4 North parade.

Bradford & County Conservative Club, Market street, John Harris Aykroyd & William Greaves, hon. Secs.; Otto Schulz, manager.

Bradford Cricket Football Club, ground, Horton Park avenue, Priestley Casson, hon. Sec.

Central Liberal Club, Bank street, Thomas Priestley & J, Arthur Godwin, hon. Secs.

Liberal Club, Longside lane, Alexander Crabtree, manager.

Lister Hills Conservative Club, Mrs. Margt. Jessop, curator.

Park Lane Liberal Club, 209 Park lane, Wm. Fawcett, sec.

South Ward Central Liberal Club, 4 Hammerton street, James Lee, secretary.

Sterling street Liberal Club, 57 sterling street, James Wyrill, secretary.

Union Club, Piece Hall yard, Mark Dawson, jun. hon. sec.

FIRE BRIGADE

Superintendent, Joseph Hudson, Aldermanbury.

The corporation fire engines are kept at Fire Brigade station, Aldermanbury; at the Horton Police station, Southfield lane; at the Manningham Police station; & hose reels at the Leeds road, Great Horton, Manningham, Bowling & Little Horton Police stations, 339 Wakefield road; fire escapes are kept at the central station, Aldermanbury, Little Horton road & the Infirmary.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of service.

CHURCHES.

*** V. signifies Vicarage; P.C. Perpetual Curacy

MISSION CHURCHES AND ROOMS

Church of England.

Bramley street & Copthome road, Clergy of All saints, 10.30. 6.30; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Dirk hall, Great Horton, Clergy of All saints, 10.30. 6.30.

Lidget street (St. George’s.)

Little Horton lane, Rev. Wm. George Mason, 10.30. 6.30.

Longside lane, Rev. W. G. Mason, 3.0.6.30; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Thornton road, 10.30. 6.30; Tue. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist Mission Hall, Worthington street, Rev. George Onions, 6.30; Tue. 7.0 p.m.

Caledonian street Mission Hall, 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Plaintrees road, 10.45.6.30; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist Gospel Meeting Room, Binbrook street, 3.15. 6.30; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

United Methodist Free Church Mission Room, Binbrook street, 2.30 & 6.0 p.m.; Tue. 7.30 p.m.

SCHOOL BOARD

Office, District Bank buildings, Market street.

Clerk, John Arthur Palmer, 19 sawrey place, Horton lane.

Superintendent of schools, Joseph Taylor, 33 Southfield sq.

School Attendance superintendent, John James smith. 525 Manchester road, Manningham.

Treasurer, George Ackroyd, Bradford Banking Co. & North Park road, Manningham.

Solicitor, John Henry Wade, Piccadilly & 6 Oak avenue, Manningham.

Architect, E. P. Peterson F.S.A. 5 Charles street.

Board schools

Barkerend, Undercliffe street, Daniel Pick, master', Miss Elizabeth Pease, mistress’, Miss Maggie Henderson, infants’ mistress.

Belle Vue, R. Lishioan, master, Miss F. C. A. Williams, mistress; Miss E. Hawcridge, infants’ mistress.

Bolton-Woods (mixed), Alfred Edward Benney, master; Miss Hannah Shaw, infants’ mistress.

Bowling Back lane, William T. Thompson, master; Miss Mary Wood, mis tress; Miss Clarissa Stead infants’ mistress.

Bradford Moor, Alfred Naylor, master; Miss Florence Ferguson, mistress; Miss Helen M. Hunter, infants mistress.

Caledonia street (infants), Miss A. German, mistress.

Chapel Green (mixed), J. T. Holmes, master', Miss s. Matthews, infants’ mistress.

Daisy Hill (mixed), B. Thornham, master; Miss A. Madgin, infants' mistress.

Dudley Hill, Lorne street; Joseph Addison, master, Miss Jessie Stewart, mistress, Miss M. Brear, inifants’ mistress.

Feversham street (boys), W. Jagger, master.

Feversham street (mixed), A. Gunnell, master; Miss A. E. Stansfield, mistress.

Great Horton (junior & infants’), High street, Thomas Butterworth. master, Miss Mary Ann Mortimer, mistress; Miss Mary Dawson, infants’ mistress Horton Bank Top, Great Horton, James William Breare, master; Miss Annie Phillips, infants’ mistress.

Horton road (girls), Miss Sarah Elizabeth Dowell, mistress.

Lidget Green (mixed), John Pendlebury, master.

Lilycroft, A. Shorter, master; Miss H. Austin, mistress; Miss M. E. Milnes, infants’ mistress.

Lister Hills (mixed), E. Robinson, master; Miss L. Batty, infants’ mistress.

Muff Field (mixed), Abraham M. Nicholl, master, Mrs. S. J. Nicholl, infants’ mistress.

Otley road, Frederick Betteridge, master; Miss Lydia Ann Wainwright, mistress; Mrs. Ellen Rogers, infants’ mistress.

Princeville (mixed), J. E. Briggs, mistress; Miss M. M. Anderson, infants’ mistress.

Ryan street, Manchester road, Rufus Bentley Appleyard, master; Miss Mary Alice Wilson, mistress; Miss H. Battersby, infants’ mistress.

Tetley street (mixed), H. Jowett, master; Miss E. Burroughs, infants’ mistress.

Undercliffe (mixed), s. Ward, master; Miss A. Harrison, Usher street, John Edward Russell, master; Miss Margaret Howson, mistress; Miss Sarah Jane Scafe, infants’ mistress.

Wapping road (mixed), W. H. Sykes, master; Miss R. Pullen, infants’ mistress.

Whetley lane, William Jones, master; Miss H.M. Cowgill, mistress; Mrs. Anna Mirah Jessop, infants’ mistress.

SCHOOLS

Bradford Grammar, Manor row, Rev. William Hulton Keeling, M.A. Wadham College, Oxford, headmaster; A. W. Bowyer, M.A. University College, Oxford, second master; Lawrence Kay, B.A. Balliol College, Oxford; R. Whattam, B.A. London University; R. Elliot steel, B.A. Magdalen College, Oxford; M. L. Lewis, M.A., LL.M.

Downing College, Cambridge; Mons. A. Domry, Lycee Bonaparte, Paris; Herr A. de Ratti, Berlin University;T. R. Ablett, London University; Rev. W. K. Smart M. A, st, John’s College, Cambridge; W.J. Newton B.A. London University; assistant masters, W. Claridge B.A. Trinity College; A. G. Lewis M.A. Jesus College, Oxford, and G. N. Elliott; T. Lawson, J. Galloway (laboratory), C. Stephenson and J. W. Stubbs, student assistants; Corporal Warne, gymnastic instructor; Samuel Batty, 10 Melbourne terrace, secretary & receiver.

Bradford Grammar (girls), Manningham lane, Miss Mary Elizabeth Porter, headmistress; Miss Dora A. Smiddy, secretary & receiver.

Bradford Technical school, Great Horton road (in course of erection), Henry Mitchell, esq. J.P. president; Major W. H. Shepherd, vice-president; Henry Ollingworth. treasurer, George Charles Sim, hon. sec.

All saints’ (National), Little Horton green, Henry singleton, master; Miss Rachel French, mistress; Miss Eliza Cook, infants’ mistress.

Bolton National (mixed), Joseph Naylor, master; Miss Ann Gibson, infants’ mistress.

Borough West (British), sterling street, Thomas Potter, master; Miss J. A. Yates, mistress; Mrs. A. Holt, infants’ mistress.

Broomfield Industrial, 5, 7 & 9 Bolling street, James Thomas Hewett, master; Mrs. Elizabeth C, Hewett, mistress.

Catholic (mixed), Guff street, Broomfield, Miss Margaret Plant, mistress; Miss Mary McCabe, infants’ mistress.

Chapel Green (National), Little Horton lane, Henry Hainsworth. Master.

Christ Church (National), Simes street, Westgate, Walter stead, master, Miss Velness Mortimer, mistress; Miss Emmeline Greenhough, infants’ mistress.

Congregational, Lister Hills road, Edward Robinson, master; Miss Emma Batty, mistress.

Eastbrook (British), Carrol street, Philip Baxendale, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Baxendale, mistress.

Eastbrook ( Wesleyan), Chapel street (high school), Christopher Gatenby, master (boys), Henry T. Tracey, master, (girls), Mrs. Jessie M. Gatenby, mistress.

Great Horton (National), Southfield lane, Robert Waite, master; Miss Mary Sarah Ann Crossley, mistress; Miss Elizabeth Airey, infants’ mistress.

Holy Trinity (National), Mount street, Frederick D.King, master; Miss Isabella Darnbrough, mistress; Miss Mary Ann Dickson, infants’ mistress.

Model Factory, Ashley street, Frederick Bergau, master; Miss Agnes Fearnley, infants’ mistress.

Ripley ville (British), Merton street, Henry Exon, master; Mrs. Sarah Exon, mistress.

St. Andrew’s Mission (National) (mixed), Longside lane, Samuel Nutter, master.

St. Andrew’s (National), Lister Hills road, Richard Forryan, master; Miss Mary Elizabeth Otter, mistress; Miss R.J. Morris, infants’ mistress.

St. Augustine’s Church (mixed), Otley rd. Henry Fearnley, master; Mrs. Mary Kenyon, mistress.

St. James (National), St. James' square, Manchester rd. John Sowden, master; Mrs. Eliza J. Sowden, mistress; Miss Harriett Bottomley, infants’ mistress.

St. John’s Bowling (National), Wakefield road, John Hodgson Beall, master; Miss Fanny Pearson, mistress.

St. Jude’s (National), St. Jude’s place, Manningham la. Jesse Rimmington, master; Miss Harriett Aked Ward, mistress; Mrs. Elizabeth Kay, infants’ mistress.

St. Luke’s (Infant), Moody street, Mrs. North. Mistress.

St. Philip’s (National), Bingley street. Brown royd, Wm. Price, master.

St. Matthew's (National), Bankfoot, Levi Swaine, master.

St. Michael’s (National) (mixed), City road, Robert Lindsay, master; Miss Rachael Bierley, mistress.

St. Paul’s (National), Church street, Manningham, James Bradley Johnson, master; Miss Lavinia Sissling, mistress; Miss Charlotte Ann Haresceugh, infants’ mistress.

St. Peter’s (National), Captain street, Edwin Simpson, master; Miss Jane Gibson, mistress; Miss Emily F. Randall, infants’ mistress.

St. Philip’s (National), Girlington road, Charles James Llanwarne, master; Mrs. Louisa Llanwarne, mistress.

St. Stephen’s (National), Bowling Old lane, squire Kershaw, master; Miss Jane Burnet, mistress; Miss Eliza Brearley, infants’ mistress.

St. Thomas’s (National), Wigan street, Sluingsley Grange Driver, master; Miss Elizabeth Hudson, mistress.

School of Industry, 23 Northgate, Miss Hannah Richardson, mistress.

St. Joseph’s (Catholic), Grafton street, Miss Annie McLauglin, mistress; Miss Helen Murphy, infants’ mistress.

St. Cuthbert (Catholic), Beamsley street, Manningham, Miss Jane smith, mistress; Miss Elizabeth F. Hennessy, infants’ mistress.

St. Marie’s (Catholic), Stott hill, sisters of Mercy, mistresses; Miss Mary Heligan, infants' mistress.

St. Patrick’s (Catholic), Paradise street, sisters of Charity, mistresses.

St. Peter’s (Catholic), Leeds road, Miss Mary Jane Collins, mistress; Miss Mary O’Keefe, infants’ mistress.

Wesleyan, Richmond road, Miss Harriet Septima Newman, mistress.

Wesleyan, White abbey, Alfred Herridge, master; Miss Mary Jane Rushworth. Mistress.

Wesleyan Reform, Muff field, Bowling Old lane, Abraham Mitchell Nicholl, master; Mrs. Sarah Jane Nicholl, mistress.