Huddersfield is eight miles nearly southeast from Halifax, and the same distance southwest of Dewsbury. The market is held on Tuesday, and besides provisions, &c. great quantities of woollen cloth, yarn, and other manufactured articles, are here disposed of. This large town contains nearly 10,000 souls, and till after the conclusion of the late war, had been as flourishing as Halifax. It has also a navigable canal called Sir John Ramsden’s, from Cooper-bridge, on the Calder navigation, by which goods are brought here, or conveyed from thence to any part of the kingdom. This is joined on the south side of the town by the Huddersfield canal running to Marsden, whence it passes through a tunnel, of nearly three miles and a half in length, and soon enters Lancashire, where it joins the Ashton and Oldham canal, opening a communication between Huddersfield and Manchester. The church is a spacious handsome structure, but contains nothing remarkable. The large hall at Huddersfield, where the cloth is exposed to sale, was built by Sir John Ramsden, Bart. of Byram,near Ferrybridge.

The building is of a circular form, two storie high; for better security, there are no windows on the outside, but the light is admitted by windows in the inner wall. A middle row of one story in height, and supported by pillars, opens into the other parts and divides the area into two courts. Above the door is a handsome cupola, in which is a clock and bell, used for the purpose of opening and shutting the market. The hall is opened early in the morning, and is shut at half past twelve at noon. The resort to this market, of manufacturers from a large circuit in the neighbourhood, and of merchants and wool-staplers from the towns of Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, &c. is amazingly numerous, and the average return of the goods sold is supposed to be greater than that of any other market in the kingdom, though the amount cannot be particularly ascertained.

The parish of Huddersfield is very extensive, stretching from the river Calder on the north and northeast, to the borders of Lancashire on the west. Its breadth is less considerable. It contains, besides the townships of Huddersfield, those of Quamby, with Lindley, Longwood, Golian, and part of Seamanden, of Slaugthwaite, and of Marsden.

The market is held on Tuesday, and besides provisions, &c. great quantities of woollen cloth, yarn, and other manufactured articles, are here disposed of.

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HUDDERSFIELD is a parliamentary and municipal borough, a handsome and well built market town, head of a poor law union and county court district, first-class railway station, and a polling place for the Southern division of the Riding, in the wapentake of Upper Agbrigg, liberty of Pontefract, rural deanery of Huddersfield, archdeaconry of Craven and diocese of Ripon, and was created a parliamentary borough, with a single representative, by the Reform Act of 1832, and a municipal borough in the year 1868; the town stands upon the slope of a hill side, in the valley of the river Colne, the product of several brooks, rising about 7. miles to the southwest and south from the heights of Saddleworth and Holmfirth. which, after washing the Southern and eastern skirts of the town, flows northward to the Calder, which it joins between Heaton Lodge and Colne Bridge, 3 miles from the town; the river is crossed by three bridges. Huddersfield is distant 106 miles from Birmingham, 15 south from Bradford, 72 from Derby, 8 south-west from Dewsbury, 45 ¾ from Doncaster, 7 south-east from Halifax, 35 from Harrogate, 71 ½ from Hull, 16 ½ from Leeds, 101 from Leicester, 57 ½ from Liverpool, 189 ¼ from London. 38 from Macclesfield, 26 from Manchester, 29 from Rochdale, 26 ¾ from Sheffield, 78 from Stafford, 26 ¼ from Stockport, 20 ½ from Todmorden, 14 from Wakefield and 45 ½ from York.

The houses are all built of stone: the new streets are very spacious and handsome, well paved and lighted with gas; in other and older parts the streets are very narrow, but are being gradually improved; St. George’s square, John William street, the streets adjacent to these and the neighbourhood of the railway station, are the best and handsomest parts of the town, containing well-built stone structures of modern date, mostly occupied as offices by woollen manufacturers and the merchants of the town and district.

The municipal borough is divided into 12 wards, and is governed by a mayor, 14 aldermen and 42 councillors. The police force consists of 91 officers and men, under a head constable. There are four Police stations.

The Waterworks belong to the Corporation and have 5 storage reservoirs, capable of holding 900,000,000 gallons, viz. at Blackmoor Foot, Deer Hill, Wissenden Head, these being respectively 835, 1,149 and 1,200 feet above the sea level; there are also 2 reservoirs at Longwood; that at Blackmoor Foot is the largest, and covers an area of 100 acres. In addition to these there are service reservoirs for the distribution of the water in the various districts within the borough: the whole system of water supply has been designed by Mr. Hawksley C.E. and when finished will have cost, it is estimated about £750,000. The Gasworks, in Leeds road, also belong to the Corporation.

The London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Companies use the same station in St. George's square, a large and noble building in the Grecian style, opened in 1818, in the centre of which is a portico, with a pediment supported by Corinthian pillars; and opposite is a statute of the late Sir Robert Peel, bart.; the Lion arcade, on the other side of the square, consists externally of elegant shops and warehouses in the Italian style; the George hotel is on the north side of the square, close to the station; on the south side are Britannia buildings, consisting of ware-houses, built by the late G. Crosland esq.; the first story is adorned with large carved heads in stone, and in the centre, near the top, is a carved has-relief of the Royal arms, surmounted by a colossal figure of Britannia.

Huddersfield may be considered the head of the fancy woollen trade; the goods manufactured here consisting of plain and fancy woollens, broadcloths, doeskins, worsted coatings, trouserings, woollen cords, Bedford cords, vestings, tweeds, mantle cloths, Shawls, serges, cashmerettes, mohair and sealskin cloths. In addition to this, worsted, Bilk and cotton are worked up into an endless variety of fancy goods, including dress skirts and dresses of the finest quality, many of these articles being delicate in their texture and elegant in design.

Spinning, doubling and cotton warp manufacturing are carried on to a considerable extent; there are also several silk spinning mills, and extensive iron foundries for the manufacture of steam engines and boilers, hydraulic presses and other machines used in the different branches of the textile manufacture.

The Cloth Hall, erected in 1768, by Sir John Ramsden bart. and enlarged by his son in 1780, was restored and improved by his grandson Sir John William Ramsden bart. in 1848, and is a circular building of brick, two stories high, with a circumference of 880 yards, having a diametrical range of buildings, one story high, dividing the interior into two semicircles; one side of the main building exhibiting separate compartments or shops, and the other open stalls: the construction, since it admits of no windows on the outside, all the light being admitted from the inner face, affords great security against fire and depredation. In 1880 the ground floor of this building was converted into an exchange and news room, for which purpose it is eminently adapted. By this arrangement it has again, after the lapse of several years, become the centre of business for the woollen trade and also for other brandies of commerce. The circular portion of the ground floor of the hall is fitted up as offices for the use of members of the exchange. The Chamber of Commerce, formerly in Westgate, has also been removed here, the news room &c. which this institution provided being now amalgamated with that of the exchange.

The corporation, having purchased the market rights of Sir John Ramsden in 1880, erected a new Market Hall on the site of the old shambles in King street: this is a building in the Geometrical style, from designs by Mr. Edward Hughes, and is 270 feet in length by 101 feet wide, the roof having a span of 71 feet 6 in; the principal front is surmounted by an elegant clock tower 106 feet high; the total cost was about £30,000: the market days are Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, the first principally for the sale of woollen goods, the others for general produce. Fairs are held on March 31st, October 4th and May 14th and 15; the 14th of May is the chief cattle fair.

The Huddersfield and Ramsden canal, communicating with the great canals of Yorkshire and Lancashire, affords unusual advantages for the transit of goods.

The parish church of St. Peter is an edifice in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave with aisles, transepts, and a tower containing 10 bells and a clock, and was rebuilt in 1836 at a cost of nearly £10,000, and opened on the 27th of October the same years it is fitted with oak benches, and has sittings for 1,600 persons, 700 of which are free; there are galleries on the north, south and west sides: the east window, erected at a cost of £170, by Mr. T. Lockwood, to the memory of his wife, is of five lights; other stained windows are in the transept-one to B. H. Brook esq. by his son; one to Mrs. Jacomb, by her sons; one to John Lancaster esq. by his daughter, Mrs, Bentley Shaw; and one by W. B. Battye esq. to the memory of Mr. and Mrs, Walker, his maternal grandfather and grandmother, and his own son; a west window has been recently placed in memory of Mr. Samuel Oakes by his widow and daughter, and at the east end of the north aisle is another, inserted at the expense of Mr. Henry Barker, as a memorial to his parents; a mural tablet affixed by his friends and the parishioners, records the name of Mr. James Battye, who died October 10th. 1858; he was for twenty five years clerk of this parish, and was celebrated for his musical talents, as composer and performer; there is also a monument to the Rev. Henry Venn, Vicar from 1750 to 1771. The register dates from the year 1582; the older volumes have recently been well restored and rebound at the cost and under the kind supervision of G. W. Tomlinson esq. The living is a Vicarage, yearly value £453 With residence, in the gift of Sir John William Ramsden bart. M.P. and held by the Rev. William Bainbridge Calvert M.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge, rural dean and honorary canon of Ripon. Until lately the church was surrounded by houses at the west end, but these have been pulled down and a good street takes their place. The churchyard has also been considerably enlarged by the addition of land given by Sir John Ramsden.

Holy Trinity, Westfield, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1845; and was erected by the late B. Haigh Allen esq. and opened on the 10th of October, 1819; it is in the Perpendicular style and consists of chancel, nave with aisles, and a tower containing 1 bell; there are 1,500 sittings, one third of which are free: this church is about to be restored and re-seated, involving some material internal changes, including the introduction of a new organ, to be placed in the chancel. The register dates from the year 1819. The living is a vicarage, endowed with £133 a year, which, with the addition of pew rents, amounts to about £400 with residence, in the gift of B. H. Allen esq. and held by the Rev. Thomas Henry Sharpe M.A. of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

St. John the Evangelist, at Bayhall, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1853: and was built 1852—3 by Sir J. W. Ramsden bart. M.P. from drawings by William Butterfield esq. of London, at a cost of £10,000, and is a building in the Early English style, consisting of a spacious chancel, a nave of five bays with aisles, and a tower adjoining the chancel at the east end of the south aisle, and surmounted by a spire rising to a height of over 200 feet: the east window is stained; the church contains about 700 sittings, a large proportion being free. The register dates from the year 1853. The living is a vicarage, yearly Value £200 with a good house, in the gift of Sir J. W. Ramsden bart. M.P. and held by the Rev. George Edwin Wilson M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin; the population in 1871 was 5,052.

St. Paul's, in Ramsden street, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1859, and is a stone structure in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, tower and spire with 1 bell, and was built in 1829—30 under the direction of the honourable the Board of Commissioners for building new churches: the east and two other windows are stained: It Contains 1,243 sittings, 230 of which are free. The register dates from the year 1830. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £300, derived partly from pew rents, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Huddersfield and held by the Rev. Percy Frederic John Pearce. The area is 126 acres; the population in 1871 was 5,291.

St. Thomas’, Longroyd bridge, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1859: and is a stone building in the Transitional style, consisting of chancel, with chapels, nave, aisles, and a tower at the south-west angle, surmounted by a spire; this church was built by the family of Starkey and opened on the 30th of June, 1859, having been begun by John and Joseph Starkey as a memorial to their brother Thomas, in fulfilment of his wish; before its completion, however, the two brothers, John and Joseph, died, and thus the Church eventually became a memorial to all three, and has been endowed by their surviving sisters; all the sittings are open, the aisles being free and the centre appropriated; the pulpit and font are of Caen stone, richly carved: nearly opposite the font, in the tower wall, is a memorial tablet, erected at the expense of the workmen in the employment of the late Messrs. Starkey Brothers, as a mark of respect to the memory of their masters; the tablet, which is an exquisite piece of workmanship, is supported by two elaborately carved brackets in the centre, with figures of angels on either side in the attitude of prayer, and is divided into three compartments by polished black marble columns with foliated Capitals, from which spring trefoil arches, each compartment bearing a portion of the inscription; the reredos of Caen stone, together with the altar-cloth were the gift of the late Mrs. Thomas Starkey; the chancel window, consisting of three lights, has been erected in memory of Thomas, John and Joseph Starkey; two other stained windows have been placed as memorials to Mrs. Starkey, and to Mrs. George Brooke of Springwood; the communion plate, linen and service books were presented by the family of the late John Starkey: the building, land included, cost about £10,000, and was erected from the designs of the fate Sir G. G. Scott R.A. the register dates from the year 1859. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £160, in the gift of L, R. Starkey esq. and held by the Rev. Edmund Snowden M.A. of University College, Oxford. The area is 166 acres; the population in 1871 was 3,051.

St. Andrew's, in the Leeds road, is the church of an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1871, and was opened on the 10th of August 1870; it consists of chancel with north and south chapels, nave with aisles and vestry; the porch is placed on the south side, and it is intended at some future time to erect a tower and spire; the chancel is divided from the nave by a pointed arch of lofty proportions, supported on clustered corbel shafts with carved caps, and is separated from the chapels by arcades, partly filled in with open wood screens; an arcade of two wide bays and a smaller one opposite the porch at the west end divides the nave and aisles; the nave roof is constructed of hammer beam trusses, with open traceried spandrils and moulded ribs in square panels, filled in with plaster and forming a coved ceiling; the chancel roof is similar, without the trusses and with an addition of carved bosses at the intersection of the ribs: the aisle and chapel roofs are open, the whole of the woodwork being stained dark and varnished; the chancel stalls and the benches are of deal, having traceried fronts and carved poppy-heads; two stained windows have been added, one at the east end to the late Mr. and Mrs. Learoyd, presented by their son, Fred Learoyd esq. and one on the north side to Mrs. Hopwood, of Blackburn, by John Turner Hopwood esq.; the font and pulpit are also memorials: the church stands upon an elevated site, presented by Sir J. W. Ramsden bart. and is Late Decorated in character, the windows throughout being enriched with elaborate tracery: the whole work has been accomplished for a sum of £4,000, from the designs of Mr. W. H. Crossland, of London and Leeds. The register dates from the year 1870. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200, in the gift of the vicar of Huddersfield, Sir J. W. Ramsden bart. M.P. William Brook, esq. and S. T. Learoyd esq. as trustees; the Rev. James Demain Grange TA. of Kings College, London, is the vicar. The Rev. Charles Farrar Forster of St. Bees is the curate in charge. The area is 337 acres; the population in 1871 was 3,517. There is a charity of 20a. 1r. 24p. and invented funds, now producing £150 yearly, which, under a scheme of the Court of Chancery, 1866, was appropriated to the establishment of Industrial Schools; but this scheme has not been carried out.

St. Patrick’s Catholic chapel, New North road, was built in 1832, at a cost of £2,000, and will seat 650.

The Wesleyan chapel, Queen street, erected in 1819, will hold 2,000 persons, and has about 500 free sittings. The Wesleyan chapel. Chapel Hill, will seat 1,500, and has large school premises underneath.

The Congregational chapel, Ramsden street, was built in 1825 and will seat 1,300, and has schools beneath the chapel. The Congregational chapel, Highfields, was rebuilt in 1843—4, and contains 1,400 sittings, with good school-rooms adjoining the chapel, now occupied by the Huddersfield Girls College. The Christians’ meeting-house, Bradford road, was built in 1861 and will seat 200 persons. The Free Wesleyan church, Brunswick street, is a fine structure, built in 1859, at a cost of £7,000, and will seat 1,400; there are schools under the chapel. The Congregational chapel, in George street, will accommodate about 700.

The Methodist New Connexion chapel, High street, was opened in January, 1867, and is a very handsome building in the Gothic style, erected at a cost of £12,000, and containing 1,600 sittings; the schools at the hack of the chapel were rebuilt in 1860, at a cost of £830. Fitzwilliam street Unitarian church was rebuilt in 1854, at a cost of £3,000, and contains 200 sittings. The Baptist chapel, a handsome building in the New North road, was erected in 1877. The Primitive Methodist chapel, Northumberland street, was built in 1847, and will accommodate 500.

The Cemetery at Highfields, the property of the Corporation, was opened in 1855, and comprises 12 ½ acres of land, enclosed and planted; one half being consecrated to the use of the Established Church; in the centre of the grounds are two mortuary chapels in the Gothic style united by a wide arch, surmounted by a handsome spire.

The Municipal Offices, in Ramsden street, were completed in 1878, and contain the Corporate offices of the Borough, including the Council chamber, Mayor’s apartments, offices of the Town Clerk, Borough surveyor, Waterworks Engineer, Borough Accountant and other Public offices of the Corporation; the basement and ground floors of the building are occupied by the business offices of the Corporation, the chamber floor by the Mayor and Town Council, each section having its separate entrance and staircase: the principal facade is towards Ramsden street, and is 68 feet wide, with a portico and four Doric columns, two on each side of the doorway, 11 feet 6 inches, in height, and surmounted by a frieze, moulded cornice and parapet; a flight of steps leads to the portico, which is 14 feet high; on either side of it, on the ground floor, are three segmental-headed windows, and on the chamber floor 7 windows with circular heads, plain pilasters, and moulded caps and bases; this portion is furnished with large moulded corbels and cornice, and panelled parapet; in the centre of the parapet, and directly over the portico, is an entablature, with the arms of the Borough carved in stone, surmounted by two ornamental vases with floral wreaths and rams’ heads displayed on the body of the vases; the side elevations to Peel street and Corporation street are lighted by 10 windows on ground and chamber floors, these being square, segmental, or circular headed from the basement upwards; the side elevations are carried out with ordinary hammer-dressed wallstones, relieved with ashlar heads, sills, strings and base course: the interior of the building in handsomely fitted up with moulded and panelled wainscot and encaustic tiles, and has a sumptuous suite of rooms for the Mayor's receptions: the cost of the building, including the interior fittings, was about £14,000: the architect was the late Mr. John Henry Abbey of Huddersfield.

The New Public Hall and Borough Court, fronting Princess street, Peel street and Corporation street, is rapidly approaching completion, and will be a handsome and spacious edifice. The foundation stone was laid by Alderman Wood-head, then Mayor of Huddersfield, on the 22nd of June, 1878. The building covers an area of about 1,315 square yards, the basement floor being chiefly occupied by cellars and offices in connection with the Police department. The ground floor is divided into 3 separate sections, that in the centre being occupied by the Borough Court and its offices. The length of this court is 38 feet, and its extreme height 20 feet; rooms are also set apart for witnesses, magistrates’ clerk and solicitors, with a retiring room for the magistrates, there being separate entrances for magistrates and the public: the remainder of the ground floor is occupied by the offices of the school Board, including a spacious board room with entrances in Peel street and Corporation street, these communicating also with the floor above, so as to afford an additional means of exit, in cases of emergency, for the general public: the whole of the first floor is occupied by the large hall or assembly room with its appurtenances: the principal entrance from Princess street leads into a vestibule, 37 feet by 22 feet and 30 feet in height, accessory to which are cloak rooms: immediately opposite the principal entrance is the grand staircase, conducting to a landing from which the hall is reached; this is an apartment 141 feet long, 62 feet broad and 55 high, and with its area, balcony, and gallery, will seat about 2,250 people: the front or Southern elevation is 160 feet in height from the ground to the apex of the pediment; the whole is surmounted by Corinthian columns and pilasters, supporting the entablature: the main entrance is 17 feet high, by 9 wide: the windows on the ground and first floor, front elevation, are of two lights, double sunk, with circular heads, moulded architraves and granite columns, with carved capitals and moulded bases; the side elevations to Peel street and Corporation street are in harmony with the front, though perhaps not quite so elaborate or richly ornamented: the total cost of the building including fittings, will be about £30,000: the architect was the late Mr. John Henry Abbey, of Huddersfield.

Huddersfield College is a large stone building in the castellated style, situated in New North road, and was established by a company of proprietors in the year 1838, for the purpose of affording a sound and liberal education to the sons of the gentry, inhabitants of Huddersfield and neighbourhood; it is divided into two schools, the lower or preparatory and the upper or collegiate, the course of studies being so arranged that boys may enter at 8 years of age, and remain until they are ready to enter upon commercial or professional life, or to proceed to the universities; the schools are under the superintendence of Henry Jefferson M.A. of London University, principal, aided by an efficient staff of masters; the college is affiliated to the University of London, and its pupils have both distinguished themselves at the examinations of this University and at the local examinations of Oxford and Cambridge; the college is now attended by about 130 students; several of the masters receive boarders.

The Collegiate, situated at Clare hill, was erected in the year 1839, and in intended to supply a first-class education for the sons of the gentry of the town and neighbourhood; it is a Gothic atone building, consisting of a large central block, with wings; that on the south being appropriated as a residence for the principal, while the northern wing contains the school-room and class rooms; the grounds cover 2 ¼ acres, and from the east a magnificent view is obtained of the surrounding country; the patrons are the Marquis of Ripon, the Earl of Dartmouth and Sir J. W. Ramsden bart.; the government of the institution being vested in a council of 12; during the past few years the number of pupils has gradually increased, and the school has taken a very excellent position in the local examinations of the University of Cambridge; the Rev. Abraham Smith M.A. of Queens’ College, Cambridge, principal.

The Huddersfield and Upper Agbrigg Infirmary, situated in the New North road, is a fine stone building, with a portico supported by four massive stone pillars, and was erected in 1831, by public subscription, at a cost of £7,518; an additional wing has since been built, for which the sum of £4,000 was subscribed; the building has 12 wards, and will hold about 100 patients; and besides waiting and committee rooms, contains apartments for consultation, surgeons’ and physicians’ chambers and a surgery.

In connection with the Infirmary, a complete set of baths has been erected by George Brooke esq. J.P. of Springwood, at a cost of about £2,000.

The new offices for the Huddersfield Union, erected at the junction of Ramsden street and Queen street south were opened in August 1880: these buildings have a frontage of 61 feet 6 inches to Ramsden street, and 100 feet to Queen street south; the rest of the site is enclosed as an open yard with entrance gates from Back Ramsden street for the use of applicants for relief: through a vestibule a wide and lofty hall is entered, on the right of which is the general clerks’ office, and communicating therewith the office of the clerk to the guardians: on the left of the entrance hall is a large room for marriages, with a committee room adjoining it; to the right of these are the principal stairs, well lighted, and constructed of stone; proceeding forwards through a pair of swing doors a corridor is reached, leading from which are rooms for the use of the collector, relieving officer and clerks, the pay office, and a paupers’ waiting room: offices on the ground floor are provided for the use of the overseers, with an entrance from Queen street south: the first floor is for the use of the guardians, and consists of a large and lofty board-room, ante-room, committee and private rooms, four sectional relief rooms, and a room for the archives: there is also a distinct staircase, so that paupers who may be required to see the several committees can come directly from their waiting-room: the fronts in Ramsden street and Queen street south are faced with ashlar, in the Italian style, with moulded cornices, strings and pilasters: the building was designed and erected under the superintendence of Messrs. John Kirk and sons, architects, of Huddersfield and Dewsbury.

The Estate Buildings, a noble pile, with a frontage to Railway street of nearly 200 feet, and to Westgate of over 100 feet, built by Sir J. W. Ramsden bart. M.P. consists of the Ramsden Estate offices, chambers for solicitors and others, woollen cloth warehouses, shops, and premises used by the Huddersfield Club: the front to Railway street has a centre and two slightly projecting towers with steep roofs; along the entire front of the centre portion of the building, and over the ground floor windows, is a range of recessed panels with shields of arms: the Ramsden Estate offices occupy the central portion of the building on the first floor, and include rooms for the agent, estate cashier, general office, estate surveyor, drawing office, consulting-room, waiting-room, with a residence for the porter, and an entrance on the ground floor, under a double archway or porch, into a large wainscoted hall, the end of which is occupied by a handsome circular staircase, lighted by stained windows: the Westgate portion has two slightly projecting towers with three intervening gables, and consists of a range of four shops, above which are the premises of the Huddersfield Club, comprising on the ground floor a very handsome wainscoted entrance hall and staircase, dining-rooms, news-room, smoke and card room, billiard-room and kitchen, with offices for the steward and a large staff of servants; all the furniture and fittings harmonise with the style of the architecture, and have been designed by William Henry Crossland esq. of London.

The Chamber of Commerce, in Westgate, founded in 1853, is a well conducted and useful institution, and being supplied with all the daily and many of the weekly papers, has become a general resort of the principal merchants and tradesmen in the town; it has about 500 subscribers.

Sir John Ramsden’s Charity, consisting of £80 yearly, from invested funds, was founded in 1767, and is expended in the purchase and distribution of clothing; there are a few other charities of small amount.

Armytage’s Technical Charity, producing about £300 a year, was founded by one Thomas Armytage, who left for its endowment certain small properties in the neighbourhood, and the income was, originally, distributed in the purchase of wood for poor people to work up; it afterwards became a money Dole, until in 1879 a new scheme was obtained, enabling the trustees to appropriate the income to the maintenance of an intended Technical school.

The Technical school is especially intended to supplement the education received in elementary schools, by providing instruction for young men in dyeing, designing, weaving, and other processes connected with the staple trade of the district. The required amount for carrying out this enterprise, £16.000, has been nearly all subscribed, towards which the Clothworkers’ Company of London has contributed £2,000.

The Mechanics’ Institution, now merged in the new Technical school, is situated in Northumberland street; the foundation stone was laid on the 5th of October, 1859, by the present Marchioness of Ripon, and the Institution opened on the 25th of February, 1861; the cost, including site and fixtures, being £4,500, the whole of which was raised by voluntary contributions: it is a substantial building in the Italian style, from the designs of Messrs. Travis and Mangwall, of Manchester, and consists of three stories, containing 22 rooms, 18 of which are class-rooms for evening instruction, 3 devoted to the reading-room, library and offices, and a large hall capable of seating 650 persons: there are 1,500 members, many of whom are subscribers sending presentees, nearly 750 being pupils in the 107 classes, in which the instruction is given by 22 paid masters, with 6 voluntary assistants; the library contains 5,000 volumes, and the reading-room is supplied with nearly 50 London and provincial newspapers and periodicals, daily and weekly. There is a Penny Bank, not confined to members, guaranteed by the leading magistrates and merchants of the district, and open every Saturday and Monday from 6.30 to 9 p.m.

A new building is about to be erected in Queen street south for the joint use of these institutions, under the new scheme for the administration of Armytage’s Endowment Charity.

The Huddersfield and Upper Agbrigg savings Bank is situated in Buxton road.

The Theatre Royal, in Ramsden street, a stone building in the Grecian style, erected in 1837, at a cost of about £3,000, was burnt down in 1879. A new theatre, on a much larger scale, is now [1881] being erected on the same site, from designs furnished by B. Entwistle esq. F.R.I.B.A, at an estimated cost of £9,000.

The Gymnasium Hall, Ramsden street, elected in 1847, has lately been acquired by the Huddersfield Public Baths Company Limited, and contains a swimming bath 81 feet by 26 feet.

The Young Men’s Christian Association, Queen street, established in 1875, has a library containing upwards of 350 volumes, and a reading-room well supplied with daily and weekly newspapers and periodicals.

The Female Educational Institute, Beaumont street, established in 1846, is on the same principle as the Mechanics’ Institute, but is exclusively for females; it has a library of 800 volumes and has about 200 pupils.

The Huddersfield Church Institute, in Hawxby’s court, New street, established in 1860, has a library and reading-room.

The Masonic Hall, erected in 1838, and situated in south parade, consists of a large room used for masonic purposes, together with ante and retiring rooms. There is also a Freemasons’ Hall, in Fitzwilliam street.

The Huddersfield Armoury, situated in Ramsden street, erected in 1847, at a cost of about £2,000, is a handsome stone building, occupied by the West Riding Rifle Volunteers and the Yeomanry Cavalry for drill purposes.

The Model Lodging House, in Chapel hill, erected in 1854 and enlarged in 1879, is divided into four sections, viz.: 1st, mechanics’ home, with 41 beds; 2nd, male department, with 124 beds; 3rd. married couples’ with 10 beds; and 4th. single females’ department, with 12 beds; making a total of 187 beds: there is a library in the building for the use of the lodgers.

The County Police station for the Upper Agbrigg division of the West Riding is in Princess street, and contains a lock-up with five cells and superintendent's house: in the court-house, over the lock-up, petty sessions are held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the borough of Huddersfield, and on Tuesday for the division of the county. The Borough Police station is in Victoria street.

There are three newspapers published here every Saturday, the “Huddersfield Chronicle,” “Huddersfield Examiner,” and “Huddersfield Weekly News,” besides two dally papers, the “Huddersfield Daily Examiner,” and”Huddersfield Daily Chronicle.”

There is but little to interest the antiquarian in the history of Huddersfield, although the Castle Hill, at Almondbury, is the Bite of a Saxon fortress, and the adjoining township of Longwood, it is believed a Roman station, under the name of Cambodunum; among the surrounding hills and valleys some Druidical remains, including several enormous rocking stones, have been discovered.

The soil of the surrounding country is not very good for agricultural purposes, but is especially rich in elements important to manufacturers. There is abundance of coal and stone, and the neighbouring streams furnish a large amount of water power highly essential in the cloth manufacturing districts.

Sir John William Ramsden, bart. M.P. is lord of the manor and owner of the soil.

The parish of Huddersfield consists of seven townships, viz.: Huddersfield, Golcar, Lindley-cum-Quarmby, Longwood, part of Marsden, Scammonden-with-Deanhead and Slaithwaite, containing altogether 16,230 acres, and in 1871 a population of 58,608. The township of Huddersfield includes the hamlets of Fartowk, Bradley, Deighton-with-Sheepridge and Marsh-with-Paddock, containing 4,055 acres, and in 1871 a population of 38,654.

The population of the municipal and parliamentary borough in 1871 was:—

FIRE ENGINE STATIONS

Corporation Fire Brigade, John Ward, captain; C.C. B. Holt, sergnt.; engine house at the police station. Princess st Liverpool & London & Olobe Fire Engine, John Jones, superintendent, Pack Horse yard.

INSURANCE AGENTS

British Empire Mutual Life, W. A. Beevers, 14 Lancaster's yard, Cloth Hall street; F. Rollinson, Lindley & O. Shaw, Meltham road, Lockwood.

British Equitable, J. H, Hall, Milton place.

Commercial Union, J. H. Abbey, 20 Ramsden St. T. H. Hey, 19 Macaulay St. & R. H. Walker, Mold green.

County Fire & Provident Life, Barker, sons & Yeoman, 14 Estate bldngs. & T. Ruddock, Greenfield ho. 38 Bath bldgs.

Engle Life, J. A. Robinson, 21 Queen street, & W. Schofield, 3 Queen street.

Equitable Fire, J.A. Clapliam, 9 Estate buildings.

General Fire & Life, F. Lockwood, 3 Albert chambers, Victoria lane.

Guardian Fire & Life, North & Bolton, Devonshire chambers, Victoria lane.

Guardian Plate Glass, W. Schofield, 3 Queen street.

Hand-in-Hand, W. B. Taylor & son, 51 New street & H. Thompson, Lord street.

Indemnity Fire Income Limited,3 J.H. Hall, Bradford rd.

Liverpool & London & Globa Fire & Life, J. W. Cocking, 2 Albert buildings; Fitton & son, 42 Fitzwilliam street; F. H. Johnson, 10 Exchange & 7 Bow street; Laycock, Dyson & Laycnck, Lion arcade; J. A. Robinson, 24 Queen St.; S. Smart, 26 Queen St. & H. Wilde, 1 Market walk.

Liverpool Protective, J. Robinson, 8 ½ Woodland mount.

London Assurance Corporation, J. Batley, 47 New street.

London & County Plate Glass, J. H. Hall, Milton place, Bradford road.

London & Lancashire Insurance, Geo. Sykes, 11 Queen st London & Provincial Horse & Carriage Insurance Co. J. H. Hall, Milton place, Bradford road.

Lion Fire, J. Sykes, 2 Lord street & J. Newbould, 35 Commercial street.

Manchester Fire, W. H. Bedford, 15 New street; J. Haigh, Britannia buildings & Haigh & son, 1 Albert bldngs. New st.

Mutual Fire Insurance Corporation Limited (Benj. Adney, district manager), Bank buildings, Westgate; (W. J. Dunderdale, agent), 25 John National Provident, W. Hoskin, 52 New street.

North British & Mercantile, G. H. Crowther, 40 New street; Learoyd & Co. 5 Buxton road; T. Pearson, Yorkshire Bank, 14 New street; J. R. Riley, Gledholt lane; G. F. Tinker, 22 Ramsden street; J. Yeoman, Estate buildings & G. Tinker & son, 1 New street.

Norwich & London Accident Limited, J. H. Hall, Milton pl.Stolen from Fore-bears

Norwich Union Fire, C. Mills, 2 station street & F. R. Jones, 1-a, Market place.

Ocean, Railway & General Accident, F. Lockwood, 3 Albert chambers, Victoria lane.

Phoenix Fire, W. Schofield, 3 Queen street; W. Lodge, 8 Littlewood buildings & G. A. Wood, Berry brow.

Provident Life, Barker, sons & Yeoman, Estate buildings.

Queen, Barker, sons & Yeoman, 14 Estate buildings; F. Carter, 1 Cloth Hall street; H. Moseley, 6 New street; A. Roberts, Woodland mount; T. Westerby, 9 Queen street; C. Wheawill, 1 Imperial arcade; Butler & Illingworth. Ramsden Estate buildings, Railway street & J. Hudson, 10 Exchange.

Queens & Ocean, Railway if General Accident, Robert Welsh, 6 Queen street.

Rock Life, Wm. Schofield, Wellington buildings, Queen st.

Royal, V. Howgate, Old Halifax road; J. Bottomley, 52 New street; G. H. Brook, John William street; J. Eastwood & R. Welsh, Victoria chambers. Queen street; E. Watkinson, Halifax & Huddersfield Union Bank, Westgate; Mills & Bibby, 2 station street; E. Sykes & sons, 33 Market street; N. Jaeger, Crescent house; & S. W. Gledhill, Lindley & J. J. Miles, 36 New street (agent for Dalton.)

Royal Exchange, T. Drake, Imperial arcade, New St. & J. Sharp, Guildhall chambers, Queen street.

Scottish Amicable Life, J, Yeoman, Estate buildings.

Scottish Equitable Life, J. G. Berry, West Riding Union Bank, Market place; J. H. Tinlinson, Halifax & Huddersfield Union Bank, 3 Westgate; G.Sykes, 11 Queen St.; J.Varley, Springfield terrace, Almondbury & G. A. Woods, Berry brow.

Scottish Union & National Fire & Life, C. E. Freeman, 47 New St.; H. Dyson, Aspley; W, Hick, 37 Kirkgate; H. Shaw, 62 Fitzwilliam street; & J. Crossland, Bentley street, Lockwood.

Scottish Widows’ Fund; C. W. Sikes, Huddersfield Banking Co. Cloth Hall street & S. Shaw, 5 Imperial arcade, New street.

Standard Fire, J. H. Hall, Milton place.

Standard Life, J, F. Bold, 26 Queen street; W. J. Dunderdale, 25 John William St.; J. Haigh, 1 St. Peter St.; & J. Hellawell, 28 Buxton road.

Sun Fire, C. Hall, jun. 9 station street.

Westminster Fire, W. H. Bedford, 15 New street & J. Hird, Alfred street.

Yorkshire Fire & Life, R. P. Berry, Market place; A. Bennett, 33 John William street; J. A, Bottomley, 32 New street; W. Armitage, Lord street; & G. Berry, Mold green.

Huddersfield Union

The union is divided into four relief districts: Huddersfield district-containing the townships of Huddersfield, Dalton, Lindley-cum-Quarmby & Lockwood. Kirkburton district-containing the townships of Almondbury, Cumberworth. Cumberworthhalf, Farnley-Tyas, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Shelley, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe, Thurstonland & Whitley Upper. Slaithwaite district-containing Golcar, Lingards, Linthwaite, Longwood, Marsden-in-Huddersfield, Marsden-in-Almondbury, Scammonden, Slaithwaite & South Crosland. Holmfirth district-containing Austonley, Cartworth. Fulstone, Hepworth. Holme, Honley, Meltham, Netherthong, Upperthong & Wooldale. The union comprises 68,884 acres, with a population (1871) of 140,150; rateable value, £510,202.

The Workhouses are at Crosland moor & Deanhouse.

PLACES OF WORSHIP (with times of service).

CHURCHES.

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

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

Huddersfield College

64 New North road.

(Established 1838.)

(Affiliated to the University of London, 1844.)

President, Wright Mellor esq. J.P.

Vice-President, William Mallinson esq.

Treasurer, James E. Willans.

Hon. Secretary, Rev. Robert Bruce M.A.

Principal, Henry Jefferson M.A.

Writing & Commercial subjects, W. Binner.

Classics, The Principal Chemistry, W. Binner.

Mathematics, F. H. Stubbs M.A. (Cambridge.)

Latin & English, W. T. Alexander B.A. London; W. Fairweather: W. Clegg & G. Keith M.A.

French, Mons. C. Feugly.

German, Dr. Staehll.

Natural science, W. Binner.

Drawing, W.H. Stopford.

Secretary, Joseph Bate.

Huddersfield Collegiate

Clare hill.

Principal, Rev. Abraham smith M.A., F.R.A.S, assisted by 7 other masters

Huddersfield Girl's College

Highfields.

President, Wright Mellor esq. J.P.

Principal, Miss Harriet M. Cheveley.

Secretary, Joseph Bate.

Almondbury Grammar, founded by King James I. in 1609 & has an endowment of about £120 a year, with 12 scholars on the foundation; Rev. Francis Marshall M.A. master.

Huddersfield school Board.

Offices, Byram buildings, 2 station street.

Meet first Monday in each month.

Chairman, William Marriott.

Vice-Chairman, Charles Glendinning.

BOARD SCHOOLS

Almondbury, Frederick W. Walker, master; Miss Anne Beard, iniants’ mistress.

Beaumont street, Alfred Bowen, master; Miss Keen, mistress; Miss Mary Hunter, infants' mistress.

Berry Brow, opened in November 1875 for 410 children, Charles William Lidgate, master: Miss Jane Reid, mistress; Mrs. Miriam Leigh, infants’ mistress.

Deighton (Infant), Miss Rebecca Coulter, mistress.

Hilihouse, George Petfield Stather, master; Miss Sarah Ann Shaw, infants’ mistress.

Lindley, for 500 children, William Poole Strickland, master; Miss Eliza Hope, mistress; Miss Margaret Osborne, infants’ mistress.

Lindley (Infant), Miss Caroline Howarth. mistress.

Lockwood, Mount Pleasant, consist of a handsome block of buildings, forming three Bides of a quadrangle, opened in 1875 at a cost of more than £1,000, & will hold 1,000; Thomas Metcalfe, master; Miss Catherine Nicholson, mistress; Mrs. Aidienne Cummings, infants’ mistress.

Mold Green, Thomas Alcott, master; Miss Margaret Fraser & Miss Catherine Russell, mistresses.

Paddock, opened January, 1881, John Rhyls Jones, master Miss Rebecca Coulter, infants' mistress.

Spring Grove, erected in 1880, a large & handsome building in the revived Queen Anne style, is available for 616 boys & girls, & 467 infants; the total cost, including site, was upwards of £14,000, Mr. E. Hughes, architect; Samuel Brown Tait, master; Miss E. Heywood, mistress.

Stile Common, Robert Denison, master; Miss Elizabeth Ann Garside, mistress; Miss Jesse Fraser, infants’ mistress.

Almondbury Central National, founded in 1846, with residence for master & mistress, since enlarged.

Almondbury National, Lower houses, William Hey, master.

Armitage Bridge National (mixed & infants), available for about 300 children, Joseph Hy. Ward, master; Mrs. Emily Jane Clay, infants’ mistress.

Birchencliffe (infant), Miss Martha Lumb, mistress.

Bradley Church, erected in 1869—70, at a cost of more than £1,000, Jsph. Lee Smith, mastr.; Mrs. Sarh. Jne. Smith, master.

Catholic, New North road, Miss Mary Ann McCarten, mistress; Miss Ada Cattle, infants’ mistress.

Congregational, Paddock, built 1858—9, at a cost of about £1,000.

Cowcliffe, National, attached to St. John’s Church, Huddersfield, Christian Hoyer Millar, master; Miss Ellen Millar, mistress.

Crosland Moor Mission, supported by voluntary contributions and a Government grant, will hold 250 children, William Millington, master; Mrs. Emma Millington, infants’ mistress.

Holy Trinity National, Portland street, David Holmes, master; Miss Eleanor Holmes, mistress.

Huddersfield Church Ragged, Wellington buildings, 3 Queen street, Alfred Arthur, master.

Lindley National, built in 1865, by subscription and errant, from the National society at a cost of nearly £2,000, and will hold about 600 children, Thomas Ward, master; Miss Charlotte smith, mistress; Miss Sarah Lowther, assistant mistress.

Lockwood Infants, Miss Mary Neill, mistress.

Lockwood National (Emmanuel), (mixed & infants) erected in 1853, at a cost of upwards of £2,000, Roberts Donkersley, master; Mrs. Donkersley, mistress.

Marsh Memorial (mixed), erected in 1865, Miss Mary Baggott, mistress.

Newsome National, enlarged in 1877, and available for 420 children, William Alfred Newborn, master; Miss Emma Hall, infants’ mistress.

Paddock (All saints) National, James Hands, master; Miss Jane Ewbank, mistress; Miss Louisa Burrans, infants’ mistress.

St. Thomas’ (Paddock) National, Manchester road, James Halkyard, master; Miss Emma Green, mistress; Miss Mary Ann Oxley, infants’ mistress.

Paddock (girls), Miss Clara Jenkins, mistress.

Rashcliffe National, (mixed) erected in 1860, in memory of the late James Crosland Fenton; George Ramsey Bountiff, master; Miss Mary Bradbury, infants’ mistress.

St. Andrew’s National, Leeds road, William Hurlestone, master; Miss Mary Ann Lumb, infants’ mistress.

St. John’s National, Hillhouse, James Clay, master; Miss Susannah Warren, mistress; Miss Catherine Fitton, infants’ mistress.

St. Paul’s National & Infants’, Princess street, J. Schofield Ainley, master; Miss Sarah Ann Sykes, mistress; Miss Fanny Mellor, infants’ mistress.

St. Peter’s National & Infants’, Seed hill, James Allott, master; Miss Mary Maude Wilson, mistress: Miss Eliza Horton, infants’ mistress.

St. Peter's National Girls' f Infants’, Northgate, St. Peter street; Miss Caroline Wilcox, mistress; vacant, infants’ mistress.

Woodhouse National (mixed), erected in 1836, Hargraves Brown, master; Miss Frances Ann Dupere, mistress.

Yorkshire school for the Blind, William Schofield, collector, Wellington buildings, 3 Queen street.