Fulneck History

Fulneck, 5 miles from Bradford and 6 from Leeds, on the south side of Pudsey, and adjoining that village, is one of the principal settlements in England of the United Brethren, commonly called Moravians, and was established about 1746 as a centre of evangelical labour and educational enterprise. The principal buildings are the Sisters’ House, where the well-known and beautiful Moravian needlework is executed; the Widows’ House, a comfortable home for the sole use of the bereaved ones of the community; the Boarding school, containing about 140 boarders of both sexes; the Chapel, a very fine building in the Italian style; the Brethren’s House, a handsome covered Gymnasium and Lecture Hall, and the Boys’ Boarding school, which includes all these, are erected in a line facing the south on the side of a steep hill, upon a beautiful terrace fronted by gardens sloping towards a lovely valley, and commanding a fine view of the surrounding country. A handsome and commodious boys’ Sunday school was erected and opened in 1874, on the hill to the north of the settlement. The Theological seminary was removed in 1875 to Fairfield, near Manchester. The girls’ day school and the infant schools are under the superintendence of the resident minister, the Rev. Godfrey Clemens.

Kelly's Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1881)