ERRINGDEN is a mountainous moorland township, comprising within its boundaries a part of the villages of Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, at both of which there are stations on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway; it forms a part of the south side of the Vale of Calder and is 6 to 8 ½ miles west from Halifax, in the Eastern division of the Riding, Morley wapentake, Halifax parish, Todmorden union and county court district, rural deanery of Halifax, archdeaconry of Craven and diocese of Ripon. There is neither church nor chapel within the township, but at Cragg Vale, on the east side, it forms a part of the district of St. John-in-the-Wilderness; at Mytholmroyd, on the north-east, a part of St. Michael’s; and at Hebden Bridge, on the north-west, a part of St. James’ district. The principal landowners are William Foster, John Sutcliffe and John Hodson esqrs. The soil is light and sandy; subsoil, stone. Half of the township is uncultivated moorland, with patches of wheat. Cotton spinning is extensively carried on here.

The area is 3,012 acres; rateable value, £12,640; and the population (1871) 1,724.

National School (connected with the church of St. John-in-the-Wilderness), George D, Walker, master; Mrs. Walker, mistress.