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HISTORY    &    ANTIQUITIES 


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PUDSEY. 


BY 

SIMEON     RAYNER. 


Edited  by 
WILLIAM    SMITH,    F.S.A.S., 

AUTHOR  OF  "  MORLEY  :    ANCIENT  AND  MODERN  ;    EDITOR  OF  "OLD  YORKSHIRE." 


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To  collect  the  scattered   memorials  of  bygone  times,  and 

t     present    them    to    his    fellow-townsmen    in    a   connected    and 

I    readable  form,  was  the  life-long  desire  and  sincerest  wish  of  the 

Kauthor  of  the  following  pages.     In  preparing  this  work,  con- 

^    taining  an  epitome  of  nearly  all  that  relates  to  Pudsey  and  its 

neighbourhood,  he  spared  no  pains  to  obtain  the  best  and  most 

accurate  information,  and  carefully  consulted  many  manuscripts 

hitherto  unpublished. 

As  to  the  fitness  of  Mr.  Rayner  for  the  work  of  the  his- 
torian, no  one  who  had  the  pleasure  of  his  acquaintance,  can 
for  one  moment  doubt,  that  he  was  eminently  fitted  to  be  the 
chronicler  of  his  native  town.  He  had  spent  every  spare 
moment  in  the  acquisition  of  genealogical,  historical,  and  topo- 
graphical facts,  and  whether  they  came  under  his  notice  in 
written  papers  or  in  conversation,  he  carefully  noted  them,  and 
systematically  stored  them  away  for  future  use.  The  desire  to 
be  accurate  was  with  him  a  passion,  and  all  who  came  in  con- 
tact with  him  could  not  but  admire  his  industry  and  care  as  a 
genealogical  and  topographical  collector. 


vi.  PREFACE. 

For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  Mr.  Rayner  had  been 
accumulating  fact  upon  fact,  and  there  are,  probably,  not  many 
families  in  Pudsey,  save  recent  importations,  of  whom  he  had 
not  a  more  or  less  complete  account.  The  parish  registers 
received  careful  transcription  from  his  pen,  and  he  knew  well 
the  genealogical  value  of-  wills  and  deeds.  For  years  past  he 
was  the  oracle  to  whom  all  inquirers  into  Pudsey  history 
resorted.  Antiquarian  students  in  neighbouring  towns  per- 
petually made  use  of  his  kindly  advice  and  counsel,  and  those 
who  were  thus  benefited  gave  him  some  return  in  kind,  and  thus 
matters  came  into  his  possession  that  would  not  have  been 
entrusted  to  one  less  discreet. 

Although  the  author,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  had  written 
out  the  greater  part  of  his  work,  he  had  left  the  modern  history 
of  the  place  comparatively  untouched,  and  it  must  therefore  be 
understood  by  the  reader  that  the  chapters  dealing  with  the 
modern  development  of  the  town,  and  the  sketches  of  worthies, 
living  and  dead,  have,  in  the  main,  been  written  by  the  Editor, 
who  is  anxious  that  Mr.  Rayner  should  not  be  held  responsible 
for  another  person's  views  or  opinions. 

The  chapters  dealing  with  the  social  condition  and  manu- 
factures of  Pudsey  have  been  purposely  abbreviated,  these 
features  having  been  already  fully  described  in  an  excellent 
work  lately  published  by  Mr,  Joseph  Lawson,  entitled  "  Progress 
in  Pudsey  during  the  last  Sixty  Years."  The  opportune 
appearance  of  this  work  has  enabled  me  to  devote  the  space  at 
my  disposal  in  the  present  volume  to  matters  of  greater  anti- 
quarian interest. 

I  am  anxious  to  express  my  acknowledgments  for  all  the 
help  rendered  to  me  in  the  preparation  of  this  work,  for 
without  such  assistance  I  should  have  been  unable  to  present 
many  interesting  facts  and  pleasing  illustrations  to  the  reader. 
My  especial  thanks  are  due  to  Mr.  Samuel  Margerison,  of  Cal- 
verley,  for  his  careful  supervision  of  the  chapter  on  the   Early 


PREFACE  Vll. 

Civil  History  of  Pudsey,  and  for  other  valuable  communica- 
tions ;  to  Mr.  W.  VVheater,  for  his  notes  on  place-names  ;  to 
Mr.  J.  T.  Beer,  F.S.A.S.,  for  the  very  complete  and  satisfactory 
manner  in  which  he  has  woven  together  the  interesting  facts 
connected  with  the  history  of  the  Moravian  Establishment  at 
Fulneck  ;  and  to  the  following  gentlemen  I  am  also  indebted  for 
many  valuable  suggestions  : — The  Rev.  R.  V.  Taylor,  B.A., 
Messrs.  John  Boyes,  Joseph  Town,  Stephen  Kirkwood,  Geo. 
Haynes,  and  others. 

For  the  gift  or  loan  of  engravings  and  other  illustrations,  I 
am  indebted  to  Messrs.  Walter  Crawshaw,  of  Batley  ;  William 
Scruton,  of  Bowling  ;  J.  W,  Knight,  of  Bradford  ;  "  E.  M.  C"; 
J.  Horsfall  Turner,  of  Idle  ;  the  Bradford  Antiquarian  Society  ; 
John  Cliff,  F.G.S.  ;  W.  Andrews,  of  Hull,  and  Mr.  Pritchett,  of 
Darlington. 

It  is  a  matter  of  sincere  regret,  that  the  Author  was  not 
spared  to  see  his  work  through  the  press,  as  I  feel  satisfied 
that,  had  such  been  the  case,  a  much  more  valuable  book  would 
have  come  into  the  possession  of  the  reader,  but  in  under- 
taking the  work  of  Editor,  at  the  express  wish  of  my  deceased 
friend,  I  have  striven  to  carry  out  my  task  in  the  manner  which 
I  think  would  have  been  most  congenial  to  his  feelings  and 
desires. 


W.  S. 


Osborne  House,. 

MORLEY,  NEAR  LEEDS,  June,  1887. 


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Zn^moir. 


The  biography  of  a  man,  who  by  force  of  perseverance,  industry,  and 
integrity,  raises  himself  from  the  most  humble  surroundings,  to  occupy 
an  honourable  position  amongst  his  fellow  men,  should  be  a  stimulant  to 
all  thoughtful  minds;  and  when,  as  in  the  case  of  the  subject  of  our 
sketch,  time  is  found  (amidst  the  struggle  for  existence  in  the  fierce 
competition  of  business  life)  not  only  for  self-improvement,  but  for  the 
cultivation  of  literature,  and  the  discharge  of  important  social  and  public 
duties,  the  story  should  be  an  encouragement  to  young  men  entering 
life,  as  showing  to  them  that  work  is  noble,  and  that  any  position, 
however  humble,  may  be  turned  to  wise  and  profitable  uses.  Simeon 
Rayner  was  a  self-made  man,  and,  for  whatever  attainments  of  a  literary 
character  he  possessed,  he  was  indebted  to  his  own  plodding  industry, 
and  careful  cultivation  of  the  reflective  powers,  and,  above  all,  to  the  stern 
self-reliance  of  his  early  life.  He  was  no  child  of  fortune,  nor  was  he 
favoured  with  even  an  ordinary  education,  but  when  he  came  of  an  age 
to  understand  the  importance  of  knowledge,  he  became  a  diligent  and 
earnest  student  of  many  branches  of  learning,  including  archasology, 
topography,  and  kindred  subjects. 

Mr.  Rayner  was  born  at  Greenside,  Pudsey,  in  1832,  and  was  the 
son  of  Joshua  and  Esther  Rayner,  his  father  at  that  time,  being  engaged 
in  the  "listing"  trade,  an  article  extensively  used  in  the  woollen  manu- 
facture.    The  only  school  to  which  young  Rayner  was  sent,  was  taught 


X.  ■     MEMOIR. 

by  a  man  named  Samuel  Dufton,  the  School  being  "kept"  in  the  cottage 
tenanted  by  the  schoolmaster.  The  boy  left  this  training  ground  when 
nine  years  of  age,  and  the  rest  of  his  education  was  received  at  the 
classes  of  the  Mechanics'  Institution,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
originators.  While  still  a  young  man,  he  entered  heartily  into  every 
movement  for  the  welfare  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  more  especially  for 
the  young  men  of  the  village.  He  was  throughout  his  whole  life,  an 
earnest  advocate  of  education  for  the  young.  During  his  long  connection 
with  the  Mechanics'  Institution,  he  had  several  times  filled  the  various 
oiifices  of  government  and  trust  in  connection  therewith,  and  had  on 
many  occasions  represented  the  Institute  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the 
Yorkshire  Union  of  Mechanics'  Institutions.  Mr.  Rayner  was  for  several 
years  a  member  of  the  Pudsey  School  Board,  being  vice-chairman  at  his 
death.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Pudsey  Literary  Union, 
and  a  firm  supporter  of  the  Pudsey  Choral  Union,  being  a  vice-president 
for  many  years. 

In  religion,  Mr.  Rayner  was  a  Congregationalist,  and  was  a  member 
and  trustee  of  the  Congregational  Church.  In  politics,  he  was  a  firm  and 
consistent  Liberal,  with  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  but  did  not 
needlessly  and  offensively  obtrude  his  political  views  upon  others.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the  Liberal  Association. 

It  was  mainly,  however,  on  subjects  of  local  history  and  archseology 
that  Mr.  Rayner  was  most  enthusiastic,  for  he  was  an  ardent  antiquary, 
and  most  assiduous  in  his  researches  as  to  the  past  history  of  his  native 
town.  A  local  journal  sums  up  his  literary  career  as  follows  : — "  He  was 
a  member — and,  we  believe,  one  of  the  founders — of  the  Bradford 
Historical  and  Antiquarian  Society,  and  a  member  of  the  Yorkshire 
Arch  geological  and  Topographical  Association,  Particularly  did  any 
matter  in  the  history  of  his  native  town  interest  Mr.  Rayner,  and  he 
delivered  lectures  at  various  times  before  local  and  other  audiences,  on 
the  antiquities  of  the  district.  He  also  contributed  papers  to  the  societies 
named,  both  papers  and  lectures  bearing  evidences  of  deep  and  pains- 
taking research,  and  very  accurate  and  sound  views  and  conclusions. 
His  collection  of  local  memora''ilta  is  by  far  the  most  complete  known  in 
the  district.     In  the  fine  arts,  too,  Mr.  Rayner  displayed  considerable 


MEMOIR.  XI. 

taste,  and  could  himself  sketch  passably  well.  But  it  was  chiefly  in  literary 
matters  that  Mr.  Rayner  excelled,  and  here  his  patience,  industry,  and 
perseverance,  together  with  his  practical,  common  sense  view  of  things, 
rather  than  brilliancy  in  either  writing  or  speaking,  earned  for  him  a  good 
deal  of  success,  and  endeared  him  to  a  wide  circle  of  litterateurs  and 
friends."  Mr.  Rayner  was  a  regular  contributor  to  Notes  and  Queries,  the 
Leeds  Mercury  Weekly  Supplement,  and  also  furnished  many  valuable 
articles  and  poems  to  The  Yorkshire  Magazine,  Smith's  Old  York- 
shire, Cudworth's  Round  about  Bradford,  The  Yorkshireman,  Coutitry 
Words  of  the  West  Riding,  Bradford  Antiquary,  Hull  Miscellany, 
and  other  journals.  For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  was 
the  resident  correspondent  for  the  Leeds  Mercury  and  Bradford 
Observer,  and  a  regular  contributor  to  the  local  journals. 

In  June,  1886,  Mr.  Rayner  was  seized  with  a  fatal  illness,  and  not- 
withstanding all  the  care  and  attention,  and  best  medical  skill  obtainable, 
he  succumbed  on  the  25th  day  of  August,  to  the  serious  internal  malady 
which  afflicted  him.  The  Yorkshireman^  in  a  notice  of  his  death,  said  : — 
"  If  testimony  were  required  of  how  wide-spread  was  the  esteem  in  which 
a  worthy,  but  unostentatious  man  was  held,  by  those  who  had  the 
privilege  of  his  acquaintance,  it  was  furnished  at  the  funeral  obsequies  of 
Mr.  Rayner  on  Saturday  last.  Church  and  Chapel  men  closed  their 
places  of  business,  and  joined  with  Whigs  and  Tories,  in  the  funeral 
cortege,  in  which  they  found  ministers  and  laymen,  representatives  of 
literary  and  philanthropic  societies,  and  others,  who  felt  that  a  void  had 
been  created  in  the  sacred  corner  of  their  affections.  Simeon  Rayner 
was  not  a  brilliant  man  in  any  respect.  His  chief  virtues  lay  in  his 
persevering  industry  in  the  study  of  archaeology  ;  his  devotedness  to  his 
native  town ;  his  fidelity  to  mankind.  His  character  was  written  on  his 
face — in  fact,  he  was  a  fine  specimen  of  a  Yorkshireman.  This  tribute 
was  accorded  him  at  the  funeral,  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Collyer,  D.D.,  of 
New  York,  a  personal  friend,  and  no  mean  judge  of  character." 

Dr.  Collyer,  in  the  address  here  alluded  to,  referred  in  feeling  terms 
to  his  long  and  intimate  friendship  with  Mr.  Rayner,  and  bore  witness 
to  the  equable,  cheerful,  kindly,  and  intelligent  nature  of  the  deceased. 
In  the  opening  of  his  address,  the  rev.  gentleman  recited  the  following 


xii.  MEMOIR. 

beautiful  lines  by  the  Rev.  George  Dawson,  as  being  good  and  true  to 

the  time  and  to  the  deceased : — 

The  saints  of  God  are  holy  men, 
And  women  good,  and  children  dear ; 
All  those  who  ever  loved  the  Lord, 
And  lived  in  faith  and  fear. 

They  are  not  all  together  now, 
For  some  are  dead  and  gone  before. 
And  some  are  striving  still  on  earth. 
Their  trial  is  not  o'er. 

Great  numbers  are  they  of  all  states, 
And  born  in  every  place  and  land. 
Who  never  saw  each  other's  face 
Or  touched  each  other's  hand. 

But  they  are  all  made  one  in  Christ, 
They  love  each  other  tenderly, 
The  old  and  young,  and  rich  and  poor, 
In  that  great  company. 

And  there  shall  come  a  glorious  day, 
When  all  these  good  saints,  every  one. 
Shall  meet  within  our  Father's  home 
And  stand  about  His  throne. 

In  concluding  this  brief  notice  of  our  friend,  we  can  truly  say  that 
he  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  for  his  kind  and  genial  disposition. 
His  amiability  and  modesty  were  equal  to  his  knowledge,  and  his  literary 
characteristics  were  appreciated  by  all  who  were  of  kindred  tastes.  His 
cheery  words  and  frank  and  open  countenance  are  now  but  a  pleasant 
memory.  He  died  comparatively  a  young  man,  but  it  might  be  said  of 
him,  as  it  has  been  written  of  a  friend  of  his,  "  He  lived  his  fifty- four 
years,  and  not  merely  existed.  His  mind  was  essentially  an  active  one 
and  was  ever  busy.  He  was  a  good  man,  and  did  his  duty  unostenta- 
tiously, but  effectively,  in  that  state  of  life  in  which  it  had  pleased  God 
to  call  him."     Mr.  Rayner  left  a  widow  and  two  daughters. 

The  Editor. 


EARLY  CIVIL  HISTORY 

ECCLESIASTICAL  HISTORY 

POLITICAL  HISTORY     ... 

ETYMOLOGIES 

EXTENT,  FEATURES,  AND  POPULATION 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT 

BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES       ...  

BIBLIOGRAPHY        ...  

FOLK-LORE  AND   SUPERSTITIONS 
LOCAL  CUSTOMS  AND  AMUSEMENTS 

SOCIAL  CONDITION  AND   HABITS         

LITERARY  AND  EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS 

MANUFACTURES 

FULNECK 

APPENDICES       ... 

GENERAL  INDEX     ... 

LIST  OF  SUBSCRIBERS ,, 


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STEEL    ENGRAVINGS. 

I. — Portrait  of  the  Author    ... 

II.— Portrait  of  Robert  Salter,  Esq.  

III.— Portrait  of  W.  D.  Scales,  Esq. 

(^First  Chairman  of  the  Pudsey  Local  Board.) 

IV.— Portrait  of  William  Huggan,  Esq.  ... 
{Coundllor  of  the  Borough  of  Leeds.) 
V. —Portrait  of  Richard  Womersley,  Esq. 
[First  C hail  man  of  the  Pudsey  Burial  Board. ) 

VI. — Portrait  of  James  Banks,  Esq.  ...  

VII.— Portrait  of  George  Hinings,  Esq.    ... 
[First  Chairman  of  the  Ptidsey  School  Board.) 

VIII.— Portrait  of  E.  Sewell,  Esq.,  M.A 


To  face  Title  page. 

To  face  page         I 

152 

M  167 

171 

207 

,,         ,,  220 

257 


PHOTOGRAPHS. 

I.— Portrait  of  Rev.  R.  B.  Thompson   ... 
(  Vicar  of  St.  Lawrence  Church,  Pudsey.) 

ir.— Nesbit  Hall      ...  ...  ...  

(^The  residence  of  John  Cliff,  Esq.,  F.R.Hist.  Society.) 

III.— Grove  House 

( The  residence  of  W.  D.  Scales,  Esq. ) 


To  face  page       74 


205 


209 


ILLUSTRATIONS.  -XV. 

WOOD    ENGRAVINGS. 

Moravian  Establishment,  Fulneck      ...  ..             ...            ...Title  Page. 

Facsimile  OF  Domesday  Book           ...            ...  ...            ...            ...          6 

Bolton  Church,  Craven          ...            .  .  ..            ...            ...               14 

Brass  OF  Henry  PuDSEY       ..            ...            ...  ...            ...            ...         16 

Arms  OF  PuDSEY  OF  Bolton        ...            ...  ..             ...            ...               17 

Groat  of  Richard  II.          ...            ...            ...  ..,            ...            ...        33 

Old  Manor  House       ...            ...            ...  ...            ...            ...               42 

All  Saints' Chapel              ..            ...            ,.  ...            ...            ...        45 

The  Old  Parsonage     ..             ...            ...  ...            ...            ...               47 

All  Saints' Chapel             ...            ...            ...  ..            ...            ...        48 

Facsimile  of  Handwriting  by  Elkanah  Wales...  ...            ...                49 

St.  Lawrence  Church         ...            ...            ...  ...            ...            ...        67 

Portrait  OF  Rev.  David  Jenkins            ...  ...            ...            ...                74 

St.  Paul's  Church...            ...            ...            ...  ...            ...            ...        76 

Old  Independent  Chapel         ...            ...  ...            ...            ...               78 

Old  House  AT  PuDSEY         ...            ...            ...  ...            ...            ...        80 

Facsimile  OF  Rev.  E.  Berry's  Register...  ...            ...            ...               86 

Portrait  OF  Rev.  William  CoLEFAX             ..  ...            ...            ...        92 

Facsimile  Autographs  OF  Congregational  Ministers    ..  ...               94 

Portrait  OF  Rev.  John  Atkinson    ...            ...  ...            ...            ...        95 

Congregational  Church           ...            ...  ...            ...            ...               96 

Portrait  of  Rev.  Joseph  Sutcliffe,  M.A....  ...            ...            ...       ico 

Portrait  OF  Mr.  John  Shaw     ...            ...  ...            ...            ...              106 

Pudsey  Big  Pudding            ...            ...            ...  ...            ...            ..        124 

Pudsey  from  Railway  Station,  Bramley  ...            ...            ...             137 

Facsimile  Autographs  of  Towns'  Officials  ...            ...            ...       142 

The  Village  Stocks    ...            ...            ...  ...            ...            ...             144 

Facsimile  Autographs  OF  Towns' Officials  ...            ...            ...      148 

Portrait  OF  P.  A.  Strickland,  Esq.       ...  ...            ...            ...             172 

KiRKSTALL  Abbey  ...            ...            ...            ...  ...            ...            ...       184 

Football  in  Pudsey,  1887           ,.            ...  ...            ,.,            ...             196 


XVI. 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Cricket  IN  PuDSEY,  1887 

The  Ducking  Stool 

Riding  THE  Stang  ... 

Portrait  of  John  Farrer,  Esq.,  J. P. 

Co-operative  Stores 

Mechanics'  Institution 

Fulneck   ... 

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THE  HISTORY  OF  PUDSEY. 


EARLY    CIVIL    HISTORY. 


T  has  become  common,  in  some  parts  of  our  country,  to 
see  on  the  sites  of  what  were  formerly  obscure  villages 
and  hamlets,  considerable  towns,  whose  trading  con- 
nections are  in  touch  with  every  part  of  the  civilized 
world.     Although  we  cannot  claim  as  much  as  can  be 
done  for  many,  for  the  town  whose  history  forms  the 

r  subject  of  this  volume,  yet  it  is  not  very  long  since  it 
was  a  place  of  far  less  importance  than  it  now  is.  It 
has  outgrown  the  neighbouring  villages,  and  in  industrial  matters 
has  got  far  a-head  of  its  mother-town,  Calverley.  And  besides 
its  increased  population  and  commercial  prosperity,  it  has  lately 
had  conferred  upon  it  the  dignity  of  being  made  the  centre  of, 
and  giving  the  name  to,  a  polling  district  of  the  Eastern  Division 
of  the  West  Riding. 

Pudsey  is  a  township  in  the  parish  of  Calverley,  in  the 
diocese  of  Ripon,  the  archdeaconry  of  Craven,  and  the  rural 
deanery  of  Bradford.  Eor  civil  purposes,  it  is  in  the  wapentake 
of  Morley,  the  petty  sessional  division  of  Bradford,  and  the 
North  Bierley  Poor  Law  Union.  Pudsey  proper  contains  1,903 
acres,  and  the  hamlet  of  Tyersal  642  acres  ;    total,  2,545  acres. 

B 


2  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

Its  highest  elevations  above  the  level  of  the  sea  are,  625  feet, 
which  is  attained  at  Ovvlcotes  Hill,  and  at  the  Heights,  Green- 
top  ;  whilst  its  lowest  is  only  200  feet, — at  Hough  End.  The 
centre  of  the  township  is  four  miles  from  Bradford  and  six  from 
Leeds,  both  of  which  boroughs  it  adjoins  ;  the  former  on  the 
western  side,  and  the  latter  on  the  eastern,  whilst  on  its  southern 
boundary  is  the  lordship  of  Tong,  and  on  its  northern,  the  town- 
ship of  Calverley-with-Farsley.  Its  situation,  more  precisely,  is 
about  53°45'  north  latitude,  and  i'34'30"  west  longitude. 

Hitherto  the  history  of  Pudsey  has  been  passed  over  in  a 
few  lines,  both  by  local  and  general  historians,  but  that  it  has 
a  history  worth  recording  we  shall  endeavour  to  show  in  the 
following  pages.  Certainly  it  has  no  pre-historic  memorials 
upon  which  we  can  dilate,  no  Druidical  or  ancient  British  tumuli 
to  examine,  no  finds  of  flint,  stone,  or  bronze  implements  upon 
which  to  speculate,  no  Roman  roads,  and  little  in  the  way  of 
Roman  or  British  remains  to  describe.  The  only  memorials 
found  in  this  neighbourhood  relating  to  these  periods  are  an 
ancient  British  jar  or  urn,  and  some  Roman  coins.  The  jar  was 
found  in  a  stone  quarry  at  Hough  End,  just  outside  our  town- 
ship, in  December,  1879,  and  was  filled  with  calcined  bones. 
Unfortunately,  it  was  broken  into  fragments.  It  was  placed  on 
a  dish-shaped  hollow,  some  two  or  three  feet  deep,  with  charcoal 
and  burnt  earth,  as  usual.  My  friend,  Mr.  John  Holmes,  of 
Roundhay,  from  whom  I  received  these  particulars,  had  a  sketch 
of  the  vessel  in  his  museum.  No  doubt  the  urn  contained  the 
remains  of  a  Briton,  who,  one  of  a  party  hunting  or  wandering 
gipsy-like  through  the  district,  and  only  having  a  temporary 
abode  here,  died,  and  was  thus  disposed  of  The  Roman  coins 
were  found  under  circumstances  detailed  in  the  Annua/ Register 
for  1775,  p.  lOi,  as  follows  : — 

As  one  Benjamin  Scholfield,  of  Pudsey,  was  clearing  away  some  rubbish  from  a 
place  on  Pudsey  Common,  called  King  Alfred's  Camp,  adjoining  to  an  old  cave,  he 
accidentally  found  the  thigh-bone  of  a  horse,  in  the  cavity  of  which  were  upwards  of 
one  hundred  Roman  silver  coins,  many  of  them  of  prior  date  to  Julius  Ctesar. 

Pudsey  and  the  neighbourhood  seem  to  have  been  about 
the  centre  of  the  little  kingdom  of  Elmete,  which  maintained  its 
independence  for  upwards  of  200  years — long  after  the  other 
petty  kingdoms  had  been  subdued  by  the  Saxons.  Its  boundary 
stretched  from  Sherburn  in  the  east  to  Keighley  and  Halifax  in 
the  west,  from  the  Wharfe  in  the  north  to  the  Calder  in  the 
south.  The  royal  residences  existed  at  Barwick-in-Elmete  and 
Oswinthorpe,  near  Leeds.  One  of  the  kings  of  Elmete  was 
named   Hcnric,  \\ho  was   poisoned,  and  it  was  go\'erned  by  one 


THE    SAXONS    AND    THE    DANES.  3 

named  Cereticus  (supposed  to  have  been  a  Briton,  possibly 
himself  the  poisoner),  and  in  6i6  Edwin,  uncle  to  Henric, 
conquered  the  territory,  and  added  it  to  Deira,  a  neighbouring 
kingdom,  after  it  had  maintained  its  independence  for  200  years. 
This  district  was  the  last  to  come  under  the  dominion  of  a 
foreign  yoke,  and  the  inhabitants  possessed  the  forms  of  early 
Christianity  before  Augustine  came  over  from  Rome.  Bede  tells 
us  that  there  remained,  surrounded  by  the  desert  of  Saxon  Pagan- 
ism, a  little  kingdom  called  Elmete,  which,  despite  the  most 
furious  efforts  of  the  Pagans,  defied  their  military  prowess,  and 
preserved  the  literature,  arts,  and,  above  all,  the  Christian 
doctrines  left  to  the  British  Aborigines  by  their  former  con- 
querors ;  so  it  comes  to  be  historically  authenticated  and 
universally  admitted  that  the  light  of  the  gospel  once  lit  upon 
the  soil  was  never  quenched,  and  that  Elmete  maintained  and 
openly  practised  its  Christianity  during  Britain's  second  period 
of  Paganism*  Then  it  was  this  little  kingdom  of  Deira  (a  name 
expressing  its  wild  condition),  of  which  this  district  formed  a 
part,  during  the  450  years  when  the  Saxons  reigned  and  ruled 
as  with  a  rod  of  iron,  fought  many  bloody  battles,  and  filled  the 
cup.  of  British  misery  to  the  brim.  The  Danes  also  appeared 
upon  the  scene,  inflicting  most  shocking  brutalities  upon  the 
helpless  inhabitants  who  fell  into  their  power.  They  were  in 
this  immediate  neighbourhood,  and  had  a  camp  and  fortifications 
at  Giant's  Hill,  near  Armley ;  the  whole  of  this  district  being  over- 
run by  their  troops.  Both  the  Saxon  and  the  Dane  left  their 
impress  on  the  neighbourhood,  in  the  many  names  borne  by  the 
hills  and  valleys,  the  streams,  fields,  and  towns;  but  more  of  this 
anon. 

We  come,  in  the  eleventh  century,  to  the  oldest  known 
record  in  which  this  township  of  Pudsey  is  mentioned,  and  we 
learn  that  in  the  reign  of  King  Edward  the  Confessor  (1041- 
1066)  the  land,  estimated  at  about  800  acres,  more  or  less,  was 
owned  by  two  powerful  Saxon  thanes,  or  noblemen,  Dunstan 
and  Stainulf,  and  that  the  rateable  value  was  forty  shillings,  a 
considerable  sum  in  those  days.  Leeds  was  only  rated  at  six 
pounds,  Calverley  and  Parsley  at  20s.,  Bramley  40s.,  Armley 
20s.,  Tong  20s.,  Bradford  four  pounds,  Morley  40s.,  Horsforth 
30s.,  and  Rawden  los.  The  value  of  money  at  the  above-named 
period  has  been  variously  estimated  at  from  15  times  to  100 
times  as  much  as  its  present  value.     Between  30  and  40  times  as 

*  From  a  paper  by  John  Jajies,  historian  of  Bradford,  read  before  the  British  Archaeological 
Society  at  Leeds,  Oct.,  1863  ;  afterwards  published  in  their  journal,  and  re-pubHshed  in  vol.  li.  of  M  ay- 
Hall's  Annals  of  Yorkshire,  pp.  124-128. 


4  .      HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

much  will  most  probably  be  much  nearer  the  value  of  the  money, 
when  we  learn  that  labourers  could  be  had  for  id.  a-day,  and 
other  things  in  similar  proportion.  Before  the  Norman  Conquest 
in  1066,  Dunstan  held  lands  also  at  Gomersall,  Drighlington, 
Cleckheaton,  Morley,  Temple-Newsome,  Swillington,  Tadcaster, 
and  Batley,  and  in  York  he  had  a  house.  All  these  manors,  and 
his  house,  were  by  fortune  of  war  lost  to  him  :  confiscated,  and 
given  to  others  by  William  the  Conqueror.  Who  was  Dunstan, 
who  was  thus  cruelly  robbed  of  his  all?  Mr.  HUTCHINSON,  in 
his  Memoir  of  Elk.  Wales,  M.A.,  of  Pudsey,  says  that  this  "  Dun- 
stan was  Archbishop  of  York";  but  this  is  a  mistake,  as  there  has 
not  been  one  of  the  name  of  Dunstan,  Archbishop  of  York.  In 
the  year  1002  there  was  a  Wulstan  archbishop  ;  in  1023,  Afric 
Pullock  ;  in  1050,  Kinsius  ;  and  in  1060,  Aldred,  who  was  arch- 
bishop when  the  Norman  Conqueror  came  in  1066. 

It  appears  that  the  Norman  follower  of  the  Conqueror, 
Ilbert  de  Laci,  to  whom  all  the  manors  just  named  were  given, 
allowed  Dunstan  to  have  half  a  hide  of  land  at  Golcar,  near 
Huddersfield. 

Dunstan  held  of  Ilbert  de  Laci  lands  in  Gudlagesarc. 
[Guthlac's  Scar,  now  Golcar.]  It  is  remarkable  that  only  one 
of  his  name  occurs  in  the  Domesday  Survey  as  a  landowner  in 
the  reign  of  King  Edward,  for  all  the  entries  evidently  relate  to 
one  person,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that  he  was  the  same  who 
only  managed  to  obtain  the  devasted  half-hide  of  land*  at  Gol- 
car, which  had  been  Leninc's,  by  the  clemency  of  Ilbert,  to 
whom  had  been  given  his  former  manors  in  Swillington,  New- 
some,  Morley,  Pudsey,  Drighlington,  Gomersal,  [Cleck]  Heaton, 
and  Batley,  William  de  Perci  had  acquired  Dunstan's  manor  in 
Tadcaster,  and  a  house  in  York.  His  land  in  Howne,  which 
some  say  is  inland,  others  in  the  soke  of  Wakefield,  was  re- 
tained in  the  king's  hands.  The  men  of  the  wapentakes  of 
Barkston  and  Skyrack  say  that  Dunstan  had  not  Turchil's  land 
in  Tadcaster,  in  the  time  of  King  Edward,  as  had  been  asserted. f 
A.S  Dunstan,  son  of  Athelneth,  he  is  mentioned  by  Florence  of 
Worcester  as  one  of  the  Northumbrian  thanes  who  entered 
York  to  avenge  the  murder  of  Gospatrick,  on  the  Monday  after 
Michaelmas,  1065,  and  so  powerful  was  this  movement  against 
Earl  Tostig,  that  with  the  assistance  of  Earl  Edwin,  they  pro- 
cured his  outlawry  and  banishment.  $ 

*  A  hide  of  land  generally  contained  about  loo  to  120  acres. 

t  Claims,  fo.  373  b. 

t  The  Yorkshh-e  Archo'ological and  Topographical  Journal,  vol.  v.,  p.  297. 


THE     NORMAN     CONQUEST.  5 

That  Dunstan  was  a  most  eminent  man  seems  certain.  It 
had  been  said  that 

The  virtues  and  vices  of  the  eleventh  century,  in  their  most  striking  form  and 
most  conspicuous  position,  cannot  be  more  adequately  represented  than  by  Dunstan, 
Canute,  and  Edward.  It  was  a  period  of  aspiring  ecclesiastics  and  of  savage  rulers — 
tinctured  with  some  rudiments  of  the  arts  of  war  and  government,  where  those  who 
escaped  atrocious  crimes  were  too  ignorant  and  base  not  to  embrace  superstition  in- 
stead of  religion.  Dunstan  was  a  zealous  and  perhaps  useful  reformer  of  religious 
instruction,  of  commanding  abilities,  of  a  haughty,  stern,  and  turbulent  nature,  with- 
out more  personal  ambition,  perhaps,  than  is  usually  blended  with  public  principle ; 
and  who,  if  he  were  proved  guilty  of  some  pious  frauds,  might  not  unreasonably  pray 
that  a  part  of  the  burden  of  such  guilt  might  be  transferred  from  him  to   his  age.* 

The  other  Saxon  proprietor  was  Stainulf,  who  had  pos- 
sessions also  in  Tong,  Wyke,  Batley,  Bierley,  Seacroft,  and  in 
the  parish  of  Rothwell,  where  he  had  a  hall,  according  to 
Domesday  Book,  page  142  of  Bawdwen's  translation.  These 
two  Saxon  thanes  lost  all  their  possessions.  For  what  ?  For 
their  patriotism  ;  for  standing  up  to  defend  their  hearths  and 
homes  against  the  ruthless  Norman  invader !  Their  estates 
were  all  seized,  confiscated,  and  given  to  Ilbert  de  Laci,  one  of 
the  favoured  followers  of  the  Conqueror,  and  afterwards  the 
mighty  Baron  of  Pontefract.  The  farms  and  buildings  were  all 
destroyed,  the  humble  tenants  either  fled  or  were  cruelly  put  to 
death  by  the  s^vords  of  the  savage  Norman  soldiers.  It  is  said 
that  the  Conqueror  assembled  his  forces,  and,  stimulating  them 
with  the  prospect  of  a  rich  booty,  marched  against  the  rebels  in 
the  north,  and  mowed  them  down  like  grass.  He  ordered  the 
whole  of  the  north  of  England  to  be  laid  waste,  the  houses  to 
be  reduced  to  ashes,  the  cattle  to  be  seized  and  driven  away, 
and  nothing  to  be  spared.  More  than  one  hundred  thousand 
persons  were  thus  destroyed  by  sword  and  famine.  Thus  vil- 
lages were  depopulated  ;  the  most  fertile  regions  were  laid  waste  ; 
fire  and  slaughter  made  desolate  the  face  of  the  land.  Ancient 
and  honourable  families  were  reduced  to  beggary  ;  the  nobles 
were  everywhere  treated  with  ignominy  and  contempt,  and  they 
had  the  mortification  of  seeing  their  castles  and  manors  possessed 
by  Normans  of  the  meanest  birth  and  lowest  stations. 

The  Conqueror,  having  thus  subdued  the  country,  ordered 
that  a  survey  of  all  the  lands  in  the  kingdom  should  be  made, 
and  for  that  purpose  appointed  commissioners,  who  registered 
the  name  and  particulars  of  each  district,  whether  meadow,  or 
pasture,  or  arid,  or  arable  land,  with  the  nature  of  the  tenure, 
value,  and  name  of  the  proprietor,  as  well  as  the  names  of  the 
former  owners.  In  some  of  the  entries  the  number  of  tenants, 
cottagers,  and  slaves  are  also  given.     The  survey  took  six  years 

*  Mackintosh's  History  of  Englnnd,  vol.  i.,  p  6S. 


6  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

to  compile,  1080  to  1086,  and  the  original  is  carefully  preserved 
in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Chancery  Lane,  London. 
The  record  of  Pudsey  is  as  follows  : — 

__  to  7  7 

m  In  Podechesale,  Dunstan  7  Stainulf  Ir.  br.   VIII.  Car.  tie  ad  gld.  ubi.    1111. 

Car.  poss.  ee.       Ilbt  ht"nc.~"  Sz  wast.  Tt.R.  E.  uni.   XL.    Sol    Silua  past    dim 

lev.  Ig — 7  dim  lat. 

The  following  is  a  translation  ; — 

II  Manors.  In  Podechcsaic  [Fudsey]  Dunstan  and  Stainulf  had  eight  caru- 
cates  of  land  to  be  taxed,  where  there  may  be  four  ploughs.  Ilbert  now  lias  it,  but  it 
is  waste.  Value  in  King  Edward's  time,  forty  shillings.  Wood  pasture  lialf-a-milc 
long  and  half  broad.* 

We  here  learn  then  that  this  township  had  suffered  severely 
in  the  devastation  which  had  swept  over  the  north  of  England, 
and  that  the  whole  cultivated  lands  here  had  been   laid  waste. 

Not  a  single  inhabitant  is  mentioned  ;  neither  a  thane,  bordar, 
sokeman,  nor  even  a  poor  villane.  Such,  however,  as  the  place 
was,  it  had  been  given  to  Ilbert  de  Laci,  one  of  the  most  favoured 
amongst  the  followers  of  William  the  Conqueror.  For  his  loyal 
service  to  his  master  he  received  from  him  nearly  200  manors, 
berewicks,  and  sokes,  150  manors  being  in  the  West  Riding,  and 
so  far  did  his  estates  extend,  that  it  is  said  he  could  ride  on  horse- 
back for  three  days  continuously  and  see  nothing  but  his 
own  lands.  If  this  township  fared  so  badly  at  this  period,  let 
us  also  look  a  moment  at  the  Domesday  Record  as  regards  our 
immediate  neighbours. 

In  Calverlei  and  Ferselleia,  Archill  had  three  carucates  of  land  to  be  taxed,  and 
there  may  be  two  ploughs.  Ilbert  has  it,  and  it  is  waste.  Value  in  King  Edward's 
time,  twenty  shillings.     Wood  pasture  half-a-mile  long  and  half  broad. 

*  Bawdwen's   Translation  of  Doiitesday  I>ooi,p.  141. 


DOMESDAY     BOOK.  7 

Tn  Brameleia  Archil  had  four  carucates  of  land  to  be  taxed,  and  there  may  be 
two  ploughs  there.  Ilbert  now  has  it,  and  it  is  waste.  Wood  pasture  half-a-mile 
long  and  half  broad.     Value  in  King  Edward's  time,  forty  shillings. 

Land  of  Gospatrick.  In  Brameleia  two  carucates  of  land  to  be  taxed.  Land 
one  plough. 

In  Tuinc  [Tong]  Stainulf  had  four  carucates  of  land  to  be  taxed  where  there 
may  be  two  ploughs.  Ilbert  has  it,  and  it  is  waste.  Value  in  King  Edward's  time, 
twenty  shillings.     Wood  pasture  half-mile  long  and  half  broad . 

And  so  wherever  we  turn  in  this  neighbourhood  it  is  the 
same  sad  story  almost  invariably — "  waste,"  "  waste,"  and  that 
"  Ilbert  has  it."  Ilbert  de  Laci,  who  was  created  Baron  of  Pon- 
tefract  in  the  year  1070,  built  there  a  strong  castle,  and  lived 
like  a  petty  king.  It  is  also  said  that  he  had  other  smaller 
castles  at  Leeds,  Bradford,  etc.,  and  fortified  manor  houses  in 
his  territory  to  enable  him  to  maintain  his  hold  upon  the  exten- 
sive estates  which  had  been  wrung  from  the  former  owners  and 
given  to  him,  who  now  held  his  estates  in  capite,  that  is,  direct 
from  the  head — the  king.  He  then  gave  or  sublet  some  of  his 
manors  to  others  of  his  favourite  friends  to  be  held  in  fee  simple 
— to  render  him  service  when  he  required  it,  as  he  was  to  render 
service  to  the  king  when  required. 

So  the  land  being  thus  settled  upon  Normans,  who,  as  is  the 
custom  in  their  country,  took  upon  themselves  surnames  from  the 
names  of  the  places  of  their  several  settlements,  and  the  better  to 
distinguish  them,  etc.,  as  de  Pudsey,  de  Calverley,  de  Bradford, 
etc.  It  was  thus  that  we  obtained  many  of  the  names  in 
existence  even  at  the  present  day.  Into  the  origin  and  history 
of  the  ancient  Pudsey  family  I  will  shortly  proceed  to  examine. 

In  my  inquiries  into  this  subject,  and  turning  to  the  pages 
of  Thoresby,  in  his  Ducatiis  Leodiensis ;  to  Whitaker,  in  his 
History  of  Craven  ;  to  FORSTER,  in  his  Pedigrees  of  Yorkshire 
Families^  I  find  that  all  are  blank,  all  are  dumb  as  to  the  origin 
or  commencement  of  the  family,  as  they  each  commence  the 
pedigree  with  the  name  of  Simon  Pudsey,  who  had  married 
Katherine,  the  daughter  and  rich  heiress  of  John  Bolton,  Lord  of 
Bolton,  near  Gisburn,  in  Craven,  in  the  reign  of  Edward.  But 
none  of  them  tell  from  whence  he  came.  In  the  last  edition  of 
Whitaker's  Craven,  edited  by  MORANT,  we  have  "  Simon 
Pudsey,  of  Barford,"  but  this  was  a  mere  assumption,  without  one 
tittle  of  proof*  Dr.  Whitaker,  in  his  first  edition  of  Craven, 
in  noticing  one  branch  of  the  family,  who  resided  at  Settle,  says  : 

The  family  of  Pudsey,  I  have  no  doubt,  was  originally  Norman.  Where  they 
resided  before  their  acquisition  of  Settle  in  the  time  of  Stephen,  I  know  not,  any  more 
than  when  they  parted  with  it. 

"^  In  fact,  the  Manor  of  Bereford  was  not  obtained  by  the  Pudseys  until  the  third  generation 
after  him,  viz.,  by  his  grandson,  Sir  Henry  de  Pudsey,  Knt.,  who  obtained  it  by  marriage. 


8  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

A  communication  of  inquiry  on  this  subject  was  sent  in 
1 85 1,  to  the  then  hving  representative  of  the  family,  and  he, 
Pudsey  Dawson,  Esq.,  of  Hornby  Castle,  in  a  letter  dated 
February  loth,  1851,  wrote  on  this  subject  as  follows  : — 

I  have  some  ancient  deeds  now  before  me,  and  a  draft  of  a  pedigree  sent  unto 
Bolton  Hall,  in  1750,  five  descents  higher  than  Simon  Pudsey,  wherein  we  are  called 
"  Pudsey  of  Pudsey,  Bolton,  and  Barforth,  in  the  (bounty  of  York."  The  above  draft 
was  taken  from  a  register  belonging  to  Kirkstall  Abbey,  now  in  the  hands  of  Sir 
Walter  Blackett,  Bart. 

The  names  in  this  pedigree  would  undoubtedly  be  the  same  as 
those  given  in  Hopkinson's  MSS.,  copied  by,  and  known  as  the 
Wilson  MSS.,  in  the  Leeds  Old  Library. 

This  pedigree  has  not  generally  been  considered  quite  satis- 
factory, though  the  names  are  of  those  who  had  undoubtedly  given 
lands  to  Kirkstall  Abbey,  and  as  liberal  benefactors  to  that  monas- 
tery we  shall  notice  them  in  the  proper  place.  The  best  pedigree, 
and  the  one  most  likely  to  be  correct,  as  far  as  it  goes,  is  the  one 
compiled  and  published  by  General  Plantagenet  Harrison.* 

Upon  inquiry  as  to  his  authorities  for  the  particulars  of  the 
statements  contained  in  his  pedigree  of  this  family  of  Pudsey,  he 
wrote  me  that  "  the  Pudsey  pedigree  was  compiled  principally 
from  the  Pleas  Rolls^'  adding  that  he  had  not  time  then  to  look 
up  references  amongst  his  MSS.,  but  that  if  he  could  serve  me 
he  would  with  pleasure.  In  a  second  letter  to  him  I  stated  that 
at  the  same  period  of  time  we  had  statements  in  numerous 
charters  of  the  Scotts  or  Calverleys  being  "  Lords  of  Pudsey,"  as 
well  as  the  Pudseys  being  "  Lords  of  Pudsey,"  and  asked,  v/ith 
his  vast  experience  in  these  subjects,  "  How  were  these  two 
statements  to  be  reconciled  ?"  He  replied  that,  "if  he  remembered 
rightly,  there  were  two  or  three  manors  in  Pudsey,  and  that  after 
a  certain  marriage  mentioned  in  the  pedigree,  the  Calverley 
family  had  the  whole  of  the  Manor  of  Pudsey."  Now  this  idea 
had  occurred  to  me  before,  that  there  were  probably  two  manors 
in  Pudsey,  as  there  were  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey, 
Thus  a  difficulty,  which  had  presented  itself  both  to  me  and  to 
others,  I  believe  to  be  quite  satisfactorily  explainable.  Many  of 
the  names  which  are  given  in  the  account  of  the  family  by  General 
Harrison  I  have  met  with  in  numerous  charters  relating  to  the 
Calverleys.     I  shall  now  proceed  to  give  the  pedigree  of  the 

FAMILY  OF  PUDSEY. 
Pagan  de  Pudsey,  Lord  of  Pudsey,  held  eight  carucates  of 
land  belonging  to  the  King's  geld  of  Robert  de  Lacy  in  the  time 
of  Kings  William,  Rufus,  and  Henry  I.  [1087-1135.] 

"  History  pf  Yorkshire,  vol.  i.  (1879).  Gilling  West. 


THE     PUDSEY     FAMILY.  9 

He  had  two  sons,  Geoi-frey  de  Pudsey,  who  was  Lord  of 
Pudsey,  and  HUGH  DE  PuDSEY,  who  was  the  famous  Bishop  of 
Durham. 

Geoffrey,  son  of  Pagan,  paid  62s  6d.  Danegeld  i  Hen.  H. 
[1154.]  He  married  Agnes,  daughter  and  heir  of  Robert  de 
Tireshall,  Lord  of  Tireshall,  co.  York.  [This  marriage  would 
most  probably  be  the  cause  of  the  hamlet  of  Tireshall  being  part 
of  the  township  of  Pudsey.]  He  went  into  the  Holy  Land  with 
Richard  L  In  5  John  he  gave,  conjointly  with  Agnes  his  wife, 
the  third  part  of  two  bovates  of  land  and  two  messuages  with  the 
appurtenances  in  Tireshall,  to  Richard  de  Tange,  to  hold  to  him 
and  his  heirs  for  ever  of  them,  the  said  Geoffrey  and  Agnes  and  their 
heirs,  at  the  yearly  rent  of  fourpence,  and  died  the  same  year.* 

Hugh,  who  became  Bishop  of  Durham,  being  consecrated 
bishop  by  the  Pope  himself  at  Rome,  Dec.  30,  11 53,  was  bishop 
above  40  years.  He  purchased  the  earldom  of  Northumberland, 
together  with  the  lordship  of  Sedberge  ;  and  he  gave  1,000  marks 
for  the  office  of  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  England  at  the  same  time 
(1189).  He  was  the  founder  of  Sherburne  Hospital,  in  the 
county  of  Durham.     He  died  3rd  March,  1 193-4. 

Geoff"rey  had  two  sons,  his  heir  being  Henry  de  Pudsey, 
Lord  of  Pudsey,  who  was  nephew  and  heir  to  Hugh  de  Pudsey, 
Bishop  of  Durham,  6  John. 

This  Geoffrey,  son  of  Pagan,  was  undoubtedly  of  Pudsey 
(S.R.),  and  ROGER  DE  Pudsey,  of  Tireshall,  who  levied  a  fine  of 
lands  there,  3  Hen.  HI.  [12 19.]  He  married  Agnes  d.  and  h.  of 
Lambert  de  Ringlawe  [or  perhaps  Tinglawe].  They  had  two 
sons,  Peiteum  and  Lambert.f  Peiteum  de  Pudsey  had  a  son 
named  Walter  de  Pudsey,  who  married  Emme  de  la  Schon,  and 
his  grandfather  and  grandmother,  Roger  de  Pudsey  and  Agnes 
his  wife,  as  the  right  of  the  said  Agnes,  gave  lands  in  Pudsey  to 
him,  3  Hen.  III. 

*  In  the  oldest  Pipe  Roll,  said  to  belong  to  the  ^i  Hen.  I.  or  the  5th  Stephen,  but  more 
probably  to  i  Hen.  II.,  Bertram  Bulmer.  Sheriff  of  Yorkshire,  renders  account  of  the  great  vassals 
of  F.arl  Steplien  of  Britany,  viz.  :--Various  names  follow,  with  the  amounts  of  their  respective  pay- 
ments. Then  continuing — And  in  pardon  by  the  King's  writ,  the  Earl  of  Britany,  22  marks  in  silver, 
of  his  lesser  vassals  ;  Kalph,  the  son  of  Ribald,  5  marks  in  silver  ;  the  Archbishop  of  York 
Gamel  de  Huchesworda,  20s  ;  Chetelle,  the  son  of  Sueini,  i  mark  in  'ilver  ;  Alan  de  Moncelle,  70s. ; 
the  Kat\  of  VVaren,  107;  Origrim  de  Frismareis,  40s.  In  demesne,  Roger  de  Moubrai,  £4  and  15s, 
of  his  drenges  ;  Wi  Ham,  the  son  of  kanulph,  40s.  ;  the  Prior  of  St  Oswald,  62s. ;  Bernard  de  Balloel, 
£6  15s.  Of  the  vassals  of  Blida,  2  marks  in  silver  ;  Robert  de  Bruis,  4  marks  in  silver  ;  Gaufrey, 
the  son  of  Pagan,  6s.  8d. 

Total,  ^^54  15s.  8d. ;  and  ^15  and  2od.  is  owing. 

Plant.  Harrison's  History  of  Yorkshire,  vol.  i..  pp.  12  and  13. 

t  I  find  he  had  two  other  sons.  In  AdiY.  Chaj-ter,  No.  16,590  it  is  stated  that  Gilbert,  son  of 
Roger  de  Pudegesaia,  quits  to  John  de  Bradforth  a  grange  [barn]  and  land  in  Pudegesaia,  and  land 
5  feet  in  the  length  and  width  of  the  grange,  toward-;  the  north,  for  19s.  of  silver  given  me  in  hand. 
The  witnesses  being  Will  Scot,  Hen.  Scot,  Sim  de  Fersele,  Robt.,  son  of  Geoffrey,  Roger  de  Farnley, 
John,  son  of  Geofirey,  Hugh  de  Wolhal,  William  ihe  clerk,  and  others.     [Time  of  Hen.  III.] 


TO  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

Lambert  de  Pudsey,  the  brother  of  Roger,  had  a  son, 
Simon  de  Pudsey,  to  whom  his  grandfather  and  grandmother, 
the  aforesaid  Roger  and  Agnes,  gave  lands  in  Pudsey,  3  Hen.  Ill , 
the  same  time  his  cousin  Walter  received  his  lands  also. 
Turning  back  to 

Henry  de  Pudsey,  Lord  of  Pudsey,  who  had  four  sons — 
I  William,  2  Roger,  3  Elias,  4  John. 

William  de  Pudsey,  son  of  Henry,  was  Lord  of  Pudsey. 
In  52  Hen.  III.  [1268],  he  took  a  writ  of  consanguinity 
against  Jordan  de  Wodehall  touching  two  bovats  of  land  with 
the  appurtenances  in  Pudsey,  but  did  not  appear  to  prosecute 
the  same,  having  died  in  that  year.  This  Jordan  de  Wodehall  I 
find  mentioned  in  several  charters  of  this  period.  Hen.  III. 

Roger  de  Pudsey,  the  second  son  of  Henry,  had  a  son, 
William  de  Pudsey,  who  was  a  defendant  in  a  plea  of  trespass, 
21  Edw.  I.  [1293] 

The  names  of  these  two  persons  I  find  in  Add.  Charters, 
16,675,  in  a  writing  in  which 

William,  son  of  Robert  de  Hecleshille,  gives  to  Alice,  daughter  of  William  son 
of  Roger  de  Pudgsay,  a  half  bovate  of  land  in  Pugsay,  to  be  paid  an  annual  rent  of  2 
pence.  Witnesses — J  oh.  de  Scotico  de  Calverlay,  Hug.  de  Wodehalle  and  others. 
{Temp.  Edw.  I.] 

This  same  William,  son  of  Roger  de  Podesey,  was  one  of  the 
witnesses  to  a  charter  in  which 

Eleana,  daughter  of  Gilbert  de  Podesay,  gives  to  John  at  the  Well  of  Podesay 
part  of  a  toft  in  Podesay  to  be  held  from  the  house  of  the  Hospitallers  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem  in  England.     \_Teinp.  Edw.  I.] — Add.  Charters,  16,677. 

Elias  de  Pudsey,  the  third  son  Henry,  had  two  sons, 
John  and  Peter.  John,  son  of  Elias  de  Pudsey,  was  a  juryman 
at  York,  21  Edw.  I.*     In  a  charter.  No.  16,674,  I  find  that 

•^ohn  de  Pudesay,  miller,  with  the  consent  of  Agnes  his  wife,  conceded  to  John 
Marecullo  and  Margerie  his  wife,  part  of  a  messuage  and  toft  and  some  land  in  Pudesay, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  4d.  Witnesses,  John  Scott  de  Calverleye,  Thos.  de  Horsforthe, 
and  others.     [Tlv;//.  Edw.  I.] 

This  John  had  a  son,  John  de  Pudsey,  and  in  a  charter.  No. 
16,680,  I  find  the  three  mentioned  thus  : — 

John,  son  of  John,  the  son  of  Elias  de  Poddesay,  gave  to  John  Scot  de  Calverley, 
his  chief  lord  {capilali  domino),  an  annual  rent  or  payment  of  6cl.  in  Podesay.  The 
witnesses  being  Sir  John  de  Thornhille,  Sir  Will,  de  Beston,  knights,  John  1  illey  and 
others.     [71?;;//.  Edw.  I.]     With  a  Seal. 

This  second  John  had  a  son  called  Hugh  de  Pudsey,  who 
claimed  against  Robert,  son  of  Jordan,  son  of  Peter  de  Pudsey, 

•  See  Add.  Charters,  16,727  and  16,749. 


THE     PUDSEY    FAMILY.  11 

24  acres  of  land  in  Pudsey,  13  Edw.  III.  Robert  was  half  cousin 
of  Hugh,  their  fathers  being  cousins. 

Peter  de  Pudsey,  the  other  son  of  Elias,  had  a  son,  Jordan 
de  Pudsey,  and  he  had  two  sons,  Robert  son  of  Jordan  de  Pudsey, 
as  stated  above,  13  Edw.  III.,  and  John  son  of  Jordan  de  Pudsey, 
17  Edw.  III. 

John  de  Pudsey,  fourth  son  of  Henry  aforesaid,  had 
William,  son  of  John  de  Pudsey,  17  Edw.  I.,  and  he  had  John, 
son  of  William  de  Pudsey,  ii  Edw.  II.  "William  son  of  John 
de  Pudesaye "  was  witness  to  a  charter,  No.  16,719.  [Temp. 
Edw.  I.] 

Having  thus  noticed  the  four  sons  of  Henry  de  Pudsey,  and 
the  descendants  of  three  of  them,  I  now  return  to  the  eldest  son 
and  heir,  William  de  Pudsey,  who  had  five  sons  : — 

1st.  Thomas  de  Pudsey,  who  was  Lord  of  Pudsey.  In  52 
Hen.  III.  [1268]  he  was  plaintiff  in  a  fine  touching  lands  in 
Pudsey,  co.  York  ;  claimed  lands  in  Gluseburne  in  right  of 
his  wafe  ;  was  a  man-at-arms  in  the  Scottish  wars  \teinp. 
Edw.  I.]  He  married  Emme,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Adam 
de  Wraton,  brother  and  heir  of  William,  son  of  Thomas  de 
Wraton,  Lord  of  W' raton,  co.  York,  and  had  issue,  John  and 
Simon. 

2nd.  John  de  Pudsey,  who  was  murdered  on  the  moor  at  Yew- 
cross,  by  some  persons  unknown  ;  and  Wm.  de  Bradley,  of 
Carleton-in-Craven,  was  attached,  being  present  at  the  said 
murder,  7  Edw.  I.  [1279.] 

3rd.  Robert  de  Pudsey,  Messer  of  Magna- Merley,  shot  William, 
son  of  Gibert  de  Penilton,  in  the  town  of  Magna-Merley, 
with  an  arrow  in  the  belly,  and  killed  him,  20  Edw.  I.  [1302.] 

4th.  Dionysius  de  Pudsey,  of  Stynclingflet,  had  a  son  William, 
against  whom,  8  Edw.  II.[i3i5],  Nicholas  de  Fiskergate,  of 
Styneclyngflet,  claimed  damages  for  unjustly  dis-seising  him 
of  two  messuages,  one  bovate  of  arable  land,  and  two  acres 
and  a  half  of  meadow,  in  Styneclyngflet,  co.  York. 

5th.  Simon  de  Pudsey,  seised  of  lands  in  Pudsey,  i  Edw.  I. 
[1272.]  He  was  one  of  the  witnesses  to  a  deed  of  lands  in 
Pudsey,  given  to  Kirkstall  Abbey  by  Walter  Sampson,  and 
in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Pudsey,  carpenter,  date  about 
1280,  He  had  "  Robert  son  of  Simon  de  Pudsey,"  who 
died  6  Edw.  II.,  siib  parentis  {i.e.  before  his  father).  His 
widow  Emma  was  living  two  years  afterwards,  viz.  8  Edw. 
II.  I  find  the  name  of  this  Robert  in  one  of  the  Add. 
Charters,  B.M.   No.  16,653,  in  which  "John   Touneslowerd 


12  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

de  Podesay  gave  to  John  Scot  de  Calverley  a  rent  of  4s.  in 

Podesay,  the  witnesses  being  John  de  Podesey,  clerico,  John 

de  Oulecotes,  Robt.  son  of  Simon  de  Podesey,  and  others." 

\Temp.  Edw.  I.] 

John  de  Pudsey,  Lord  of  Pudsey,  was  plaintiff  in  a  plea 
of  advowson,  20  Edw.  I.  [1292]  ;  defendant  in  a  plea  of  land  at 
the  suit  of  Wm.  de  Clervaux.  touching  one  messuage  in  York, 
21  Edw.  I. ;  was  surety  for  Wm.  son  of  William  de  Wodesome, 
in  a  plea  touching  lands  in  Pudsey,  7  Edw.  II.  [13 14]  ;  claimed 
lands  in  Glusburne,  2  Edw.  III.  [1329]  ;  died  before  15  Edw.  III. 
In  many  of  the  charters  in  the  British  Museum,  to  which  I  have 
before  referred,  there  occurs  the  name  of  John  de  Pudsey,  either 
as  granting  or  quit-claiming  lands,  or  as  witness  to  some  deed 
or  other,  but  to  which  John  it  is  not  always  easy  to  make  out, 
because  there  were  six  of  them  who  were  living  during  the  reigns 
of  the  three  Edwards,  viz.,  John,  son  of  Henry  ;  John,  son  of 
Elias  ;  John,  son  of  John  ;  John,  son  of  William  ;  John,  son  of  Jor- 
dan ;  and  John,  son  of  William,  who  was  murdered  at  Yewcross. 

The  brother  of  JOHN,  Lord  of  Pudsey,  was  SiMON  DE 
Pudsey,  Lord  of  Bolton-by-Bolland,  near  Skipton,  in  right  of 
his  wife,  Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  John  de  Bolton,  knight.  Lord 
of  Bolton-by-Bolland.  Simon  de  Pudsey  paid  the  subsidy  at 
Bolton,  6  Edw.  III.  [1333.]  He  was  plaintiff  in  a  plea  of  land, 
conjointly  with  Katherine,  his  wife,  and  Christiana  de  Reming- 
ton, against  William  Barlagh  and  others,  touching  lands  in 
Burton-in-Lonsdale,  7  Edw.  III.;  was  executor  to  the  will  of 
John  de  Pudsey,  his  brother  before-mentioned,  15  Edw.  HI.; 
died  16  Edw.  HI.  He  was  a  great  soldier  and  a  knight  in  the 
Scottish  and  French  wars  of  his  time.  From  him  the  pedigree 
of  the  Pudsey  family  of  Bolton  commences,  as  printed  in 
Thoresby's  Ducatiis  Leodiensis,  and  also  in  Whitaker's 
History  of  Craven,  but  both  of  them  are  silent  as  to  where  he 
came  from.  I  leave  him  and  his  descendants,  as  having  no 
further  connection  with  Pudsey,  and  return  to  the  descendants 
of  his  elder  brother  JOHN,  who  had  two  children,  Robert  and 
Isabella. 

Robert  de  Pudsey  was  Lord  of  Pudsey,  20  Edw.  HI. 
[1347.]  Isabella,  his  sister,  was  married  to  Richard,  son  of  Philip 
de  Clayton,  who  entailed  his  lands  by  fine  at  his  marriage,  12 
Edw.  HI.,  the  marriage  settlement  being  dated  in  that  year. 
Robert  had  two  sons,  William  and  Robert, 

William,  son  of  Robert  de  Pudsey,  against  whom,  42  Edw. 
HI.  [1369],  John  Judson,  of  Pudsey,  claimed  i^20  damages,  for 


thp:    pudsey    family.  13 

cutting  down  his  trees  at  Pudsey  on  Monday  next  after  the 
feast  of  St.  Crucis,  40  Edw.  III.  His  brother,  Robert  de  Pudsey, 
Hved  at  York,  and  was  plaintiff  in  a  plea  of  debt,  33  Edw.  III.  ; 
and  on  Palm-Sunday  that  same  year  (1360),  in  returning  alone 
from  Walmgate,  at  York,  to  his  own  house  in  Fishergate,  he 
tumbled  into  the  ditch  outside  the  bar  of  Fishergate,  called 
Barredyke,  and  was  drowned.  He  left  two  sons — John  Pudsey, 
of  York,  colyer  ;  Will  dated  January  20th,  1442,  leaving  Agnes, 
a  daughter  and  heir.  He  had  a  bastard  son  named  Hugh 
Beverley.  The  other  son  of  Robert  was  called  Thomas  Pudsey, 
of  York,  fishmonger.  His  wife  was  called  Johanna,  and  she  was 
executrix  to  her  husband's  Will,  15  Hen.  VI.  [1437.] 

Robert  de  Pudsey  (who  succeeded  William  aforesaid 
as  Lord  of  Pudsey)  married  Agnes,  daughter  and  heir  of  some- 
one of  Thorpe  Arch,  co.  York  ;  and  he  claimed,  conjointly  with 
Agnes,  his  wife,  against  Henry,  son  of  John  Mabelson,  of  Tok- 
with,  one  messuage  and  twenty-four  acres  of  land  in  Thorpe 
Arches,  as  the  right  of  the  said  Agnes,  9  Rich.  II.  [1386]; 
claimed  damages  against  Thomas  Berill  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  for 
waste  and  destruction  in  lands  in  Pudsey,  which  they  held  for 
the  life-time  of  the  said  Agnes,  11  Rich,  II.,  by  the  assignation 
of  William  Attewell,  of  Pudsey,  who  demised  the  same  to  the 
said  Agnes.  In  8  Hen.  IV.,  the  King  gave  him  an  annuity  of 
ten  marks  out  of  the  manor  of  Morton,  co.  Lincoln,  which 
belonged  to  Thomas  le  Despenser.  In  11  Hen.  IV.  he  was  one 
of  the  plaintiffs  in  a  fine  touching  lands  in  Kinewalmerske, 
Ekyngton,  and  Barlborough,  co.  Derby  ;  and  released  William 
de  Lodyngton  and  his  heirs  the  manor  of  Morton,  co.  Lincoln. 
He  was  one  of  the  executors  to  the  Will  of  Thomas  Neville, 
Lord  Furnivall. 

The  Thomas  Berill,  here  mentioned  in  1388,  I  find  also  is 
mentioned  in  a  charter  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford,  No. 
280,  as  follows  : — 

Thomas,  son  of  John  de  Byrell,  of  Pudesay,  remits  and  quit  clanns  to  John  Scot 
of  Newton,  John  de  Roudon,  and  Sir  Nicholas  Adamson  of  Yeadon,  chaplain,  all 
rights  in  lands,  tenements,  etc.,  which  were  John  de  Byrell's,  his  father,  in  the  village 
of  Pudesay.     Dated  30  January,  21  Rich.  11.  [1398.]     With  a  Seal. 

The  William  Attewell  referred  to,  I  met  with  in  many  of 
the  charters  in  the  British  Museum.  I  here  give  an  extract 
from  one  as  a  specimen: — 

John,  son  of  Wathey  de  Bagley,  gives  to  William  Attewell,  of  Podesey,  and 
Beatrice,  his  wife,  2s.  annual  rent  in  Podesey.  Witnesses  : — Sir  John  de  Calverley, 
Rob.  le  Rede  of  Podesey,  and  others.  Given  on  the  watch  night  of  St.  Martin,  in  the 
year  18  Edw.  III.— .-7^'^/.  C/iar.,  16,736. 


THE     PUDSEY     FAMILY.  1 5 

There  are  also  two  William  Attewells,  sen.  and  jun.,  in  the 
subsidy  roll  of  2  Rich.  II    [i379-] 

Robert  de  Pudsey  had  three  brothers  and  one  sister  : — 
I  St.  John  Pudsey  of  Ungthorpe,  against  whom  Johanna,  who 
was  the  wife  of  Bernard  de  Brocas,  claimed  4s.  rents  in 
Elslake,  14  Henry  IV.  ;  claimed  lands  in  Misterton  con- 
jointly with  Alicia  his  wife,  8  Henry  V. 
2nd.    Katherine,    who    was    plaintiff   in    a    plea    of    trespass,    9 

Henry  IV. 
3rd.     Richard  de  Pudsey,  who  paid  the  poll  tax,  9  Rich.  II. 
4th.    Thomas  Pudsey,  who  paid  the  poll  tax,  both  2  Rich.  II., 
and  9th  Rich.  II.,  as  well  as  his  wife  Matilda,  who  was 
left  a  widow,  as  her  husband  was  killed,  12  Rich.  II.  [1389.] 
Robert  de  Pudsey  had  two  sons,  namely,  Robert  de 
Pudsey,   Lord   of  Pudsey,  who  with  Richard,  his  brother,  were 
plaintiffs  in  a  plea  of  debt  against  Roger  de  Pudsey  of  Bereford, 
5  Hen.  V.  [141 8.]     He  had  two  sons,  viz.  : — 

Sir  John  de  Pudsey,  Knt,  Lord  of  Pudsey,  defendant 
in  a  plea  of  debt,  20  Edw.  IV,  [1481.]  He  had  a  daughter, 
who  was  his  heir,  and  was  married  to  Walter  Calvcrley,  Esq., 
and  thus  the  manors  became  united,  and  held  solely  by  the 
Calverley  family.  So  says  General  Harrison.  His  brother  was 
Robert  Pudsey,  of  Pudsey,  who  was  seised  of  the  third  part  of 
the  manors  of  Hertlington,  Kirkby  Malghdale  [Malham],  Han- 
lyth,  Hankeswyk,  and  Oulston,  in  right  of  his  wife,  Agnes, 
second  daughter  and  co-heir  of  William  de  Hertlington,  Lord 
of  Hertlington,  etc.,  13  Edw.  IV.     She  was  a  widow,  12   Hen. 

VII.  [1497.] 

After  leaving  Pudsey,  the  members  of  this  influential 
Yorkshire  family  took  up  their  abode  at  Bolton,  in  Craven, 
where  their  fine  old  residence  is  still  in  existence.  Whitaker, 
in  his  History  of  Craven,  says  : — 

Bolton  Hall,  the  ancient  residence  of  this  ancient  family  (Pudsay),  had  beauties 
to  attract  the  eyes  even  of  Dodsworth,  who  seldom  looked  beyond  a  charter  or  a  painted 
window.  "  It  standeth,"  says  that  indefatigable  antiquary,  "  very  pleasantly,  among 
sweet  woods  and  fruitful  hills.  Here,  within  the  compass  of  a  moderate  estate,  the 
Pudsays  enjoyed  every  distinction,  feudal  or  ecclesiastic,  which  their  age  and  country 
could  bestow.  *  *  *  Here  they  sheltered  their  persecuted  sovereigns  ;  and  here, 
after  the  loyalty  or  dissipation  of  their  forefathers  had  abridged  their  resources,  the 
last  amiable  possessors  enjoyed  to  extreme  old  age  the  blessings  of  retirement  and 
religion.'' 

About  half  a  mile  north  from  the  manor  house  are  the  village 
church  and  parsonage  house  of  Bolton.  About  the  church  are 
many  references  to  the  Pudsey  family.  The  coat- of- arms  is  to 
be  seen  over  the  entrance  to  the  porch  and  on  the  font,  and  is 


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HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


also  carved  on  the  bosses  in  the  roof.     The  arms  are  also  to  be 
found  quartered,  first  with  those  of  the  Dawsons,  and  then  with 


those  of  the  Littledales  ;  the  first-named  having  the  motto  of 
the  Puds^y  family  Pcnser  pen  de  toi  ("  Think  little  of  thyself") 
beneath.  The  combined  arms  of  the  Pudsey-Dawson-Little- 
dales  arc  also  to  be  seen   in  Bolton   Church.      They  are  of  a 


BOLTON     CHURCH,    CRAVEN. 


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somewhat  elaborate  character,  but  the  Pudsey  shield,  with 
chevron  and  three  mullets,  figures  twice — a  proof  of  preponder- 
ance. The  date  is  1835  ;  at  the  base  is  a  skull,  and  beneath  is 
the  motto — "  O  Lord  in  Thee  have  I  trusted."  The  tombstones 
and  brasses  and  monuments  to  the  Pudsey  family  are  numerous. 
On  that  of  Henricus  de  Pudsey,  who  died  in  1509,  was  engraved 
Miserere  Jiiei  deiis.     JJm  iiierdi.     There  is  also  a  stone  engraved 

"Mr.    Marmaduke    Pudsey,   d.28 
day  of  March,   1650.''      "  Bridget 
l\  A  Pudsey,  spinster,  d.  29  Jany.,  1770, 

^^  "T'  -^  "7        aged   84."      This,  the  last   direct 

A/nA    ^j/^"***^^    \y^  descendant  of  the  Pudsey  family, 

the  name  afterwards  being  com- 
bined with  that  of  Dawson  (a  Mr. 
Dawson  marrying  a  niece  and 
heiress  to  Bridget  Pudsey,  and 
acquiring  the  family  estate).  Chris- 
topher Dawson  (nephew  above- 
named)  d.  1786  ;  and  Anthony 
Littledale  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Pudsey  Dawson.  But  the  most 
remarkable  tombstone  is  that  to 
Ralph  Pudsey.  It  is  of  grey 
marble,  close  to  the  altar,  and  is  of  very  large  dimensions.  It 
bears  the  following  inscription  : — "  Penser  peu  de  toi.  Ys  tomb  of 
he  Ralph  Pudsey,  ye  faithful  adherent  of  King  Henry  VI., 
whom  he  sheltered  at  Bolton  Hall,  1463,  was  restored  by  his 
descendant  and  heir,  Pudsey  Dawson,  of  Hornby  Castle,  esq., 
a.d.  1857."  This  Ralph  Pudsey  had  three  wives,  by  whom  he  had 
twenty-five  children — eight  sons  and  seventeen  daughters,  eight 
each  by  two  of  his  wives,  and  nine  by  the  other.  On  the  above- 
named  tomb  is  carved  in  bas-relief  the  figures  of  the  said 
Ralph  Pudsey,  his  three  wives,  and  the  whole  of  his  twenty-five 
children,  forming  one  of  the  most  remarkable  tombstones  in 
existence.  There  are  several  other  beautiful  monumental  shrines 
in  and  about  Bolton  Church  to  the  memory  of  the  Pudsey-Daw- 
sons  and  Littledales  ;  but  none  of  the  family  live  there  now.  Mrs. 
Littledale  (still  living)  the  last  of  the  representatives,  sold  the  family 
estates  about  thirty  years  ago  to  a  Mr.  Wright,  who  resides  at  Bol- 
ton Hall,  a  fine  old  castellated  building.  But  Mrs.  Littledale  re- 
tained the  right  of  presentation  to  the  living  at  Bolton  Church. 

I  now  proceed  to  notice  other  landholders  and  residents  in 
Pudsey  during  the  12th  and    13th  centuries.     I  am,  fortunately, 

C 


Pudsey  of  Bolton. 


1 8  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

enabled  to  do  this  from  the  calendar  of  a  large  number  of 
valuable  and  interesting  ancient  charters, — part  of  the  Calverley 
MSS.,  which  were  presented  to  the  British  Museum  by  Sir 
Walter  Calverley  Trevelyan,  Bart.,  in  July,  1866,  and  cata- 
logued; Add.  Chars.,  16,580  to  17,292;  and  also  from  the 
Hemingway  MSS.,  which  seem  to  be  "estrays"  from  the 
Calverley  collection. 

In  a  charter  of  the  12th  century  we  learn  that  Roger  Scot,  of  Kalverlay,  gave  to 
Geoffrey,  son  of  Peter  de  Ardington,  and  Mary,  the  sister  of  the  said  Roger,  and 
heirs,  one  half  carucate  of  land  in  Kalverlay,  out  of  his  demesne,  in  free  marriage  ; 
rendering  thence  two  spurs  of  gilt  annually.  The  witnesses  were  Will,  de  Lelay, 
Hugh  and  Robert,  his  sons,  Will.  Wart  [qy.  Ward  ?],  Ralph,  son  of  Baldwin  de 
Bramhop,  Hugh  de  Swinlington,  Serlo  [Cyril]  de  Povilla,  William,  his  son, 
Thomas  de  Tornetun,  John  his  brother,  Hugh  Stapletun,  Walter  de  Jeaddun  [Yea- 
don],  Jordan  of  the  Royds.      IVit/i  a  Seal. — Add.  Char.,  16,580. 

In  another  charter  [temp.  Hen.  III.?]  the  same  land  men- 
tioned in  the  above  deed  is  transferred  to  a  Pudsey  man  by  a 
descendant  of  the  first-named  recipient. 

Robert,  son  of  Ralph  de  Arthington,  gives  to  William  Thuneslouerd,  of  Pude- 
kesaye,  half  a  carucate  of  land  in  Kalverlaye,  which  by  deed  Roger  Scot  heretofore 
gave  to  Geoffrey,  son  of  Peter  de  ArtJiington  and  Mary,  sister  of  the  said  Roger,  to 
hold  of  John  Scot,  lord  of  the  fee,  rendering  to  the  said  John  one  pair  of  gilt  spurs 
annually.  The  witnesses  were  Jordan  de  W'odehall,  Will,  son  of  John,  Will,  son  of 
Roger,  Thomas  [Simpson?]  Will,  de  Wirkelay,  Peter  de  Wirkelay,  John  Normandy, 
Hugh,  son  of  Thomas  Sampson,  Gilbert  de  Ledes,  clerk,  and  others.  With  a  broken 
Seal.— Add.  Char.,  16,583. 

This  Roger  Scot  I  find  mentioned  in  Jennings'  translations 
from  Dodsworth  (Harl.  MS.,  797),  as  well  as  some  other  resi- 
dents in  Pudsey  at  that  time,  as  follows  : — 

Know  ye  that  I,  Simon,  son  of  Alex,  de  Pudkesay,  have  given  to  God  and  the 
poor  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Peter,  of  York,  3  oxgangs  of  land  in  Pudekesay. 

Know  that  I,  Roger  the  Scot,  of  Kalverley.  have  granted,  etc.,  to  Liod  and  the 
poore  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Peter  of  York,  etc.,  all  that  gift  which  Simon,  the  son  of 
Alex,  de  Pudekeshey,  my  man,  formerly  made  unto  them,  of  the  land  of  my  Fee,  to 
witt,  one  toft  in  Pudekeshey,  where  Davit  le  Estumer  resided,  and  one  essart,  etc. 
Witnesses,  etc.     Sans  date. 

In  the  coucher-book  of  St.  Leonard's  Hospital,  and  St.  Peter's  of  York,  is  also 
the  following: — Henry  Scott,  of  Pudekesay,  gave  to  the  Hospital  of  St.  Peter  of 
York,  by  charter,  one  essart  in  Pudkesey,  with  the  wood  and  meadow  of  the  said 
essart,  which  is  called  "  Holmesgate-rod,"  by  the  bounds  and  witnesses.     Sans  date. 

This  same  [?]  Simon,  who  was  so  generous  to  the  poor,  etc., 
I  find  mentioned  in  other  charters  : — 

William  Scott,  of  CaluT,  gives  to  Simon,  'serjeant  of  Pudegesay,  lands  in 
Pudegesay,  which  he  held  of  Roger,  father  of  the  said  William,  at  an  annual  rent  of 
4d.  The  witnesses  were  : — 'John  de  Thornhill,  Sir  John  de  Wridelsforth,  Ralph  de 
Beeston,  Thomas  Hede,  Henry  Scot,  Robert  de  Wirkel,  Robert  de  Boli'g  [Boiling?], 
Roger  de  Thornetun,  Ralph  de  Tilly,  Nicholas  de  Erdislaue,  William,  the  clerk,  and 
others. — Add.  Char.,  16,600.  [This  charter  states  that  in  Pudegesay  12  carucates  of 
land  make  a  knight's  fee.  ] 


PUDSEY      CHARTERS.  ip 

Richard,  son  of  Robert  de  Tyersale,*  gives  to  Robert,  son  of  Simon  the  Ser- 
jeant, of  Pudegesay,  for  los.,  all  his  land,  with  all  the  wood  of  that  land,  and  with 
the  meadow  which  lies  in  the  South  Koyds,  to  wit,  between  the  Bridge  of  Tyrsal  and 
the  land  of  Annabil  in  length,  and  between  the  arable  land  and  the  water-course  of 
Tyrsal  in  width.  Witnesses  :— Sir  William  Scott,  Henry  Scott,  Roger  Alan,  Stephen 
de  Ecclesil,  Jordan,  son  of  William,  Peter  Alan,  Roger  de  Farnelay,  John,  son  of 
Geoffrey,  Robert,  son  of  Yodlan,  William  de  Sama,  John  de  Bradeforth,  William 
d'Ulcotis,  and  many  others. — Add.  Char.,  i6,6oi. 

Robert,  son  of  Simon  de  Birle  gives  to  Robert,  son  of  Simon  the  Serjeant,  of 
Pugsay,  two  parts  of  one  bovate  in  Pugsay,  except  all  his  royds  and  forelands,  be- 
longing to  the  aforesaid  two  bovates.  The  half  an  acre  in  Horseiwllrod  and  two 
acres  in  [Stidr^estrodel^  in  the  town  of  Pugsay.  Rent  I4d.  Witnesses  : — Jordan  de 
Wodhal,  John  de  Bradforde,  William,  son  of  John,  Robert  Paitevin,  Elias  de  Ul- 
nistor,  and  others. — Heviw^injay  jl/SS. 

Alexander  de  Barkeston  gives  to  Ysabll,  his  daughter,  that  land  in  the  territory 
of  Pudekeysey,  which  lies  between  the  Farenly  Road  and  the  land  of  John  Walter- 
son,  stretching  towards  the  west,  up  to  the  land  of  Simon  the  Serjeant ;  and  five  rods 
in  my  essart  of  Pudekeysey,  which  lie  between  the  land  of  John  Barkeston  width- 
wise,  and  which  stretch  between  the  land  of  Robert  Jodlan-son  and  of  Simon  the 
Serjeant  lengthwise  ;  and  three  roods  that  lie  in  Ricardesclif.  Witnesses : — William 
Scot,  of  Calverley ;  Henry  Scot,  of  Pudekesey  ;  John  of  Berecroft ;  Simon  Walterson; 
Jordan  of  Wodehalle  ;  Alexander  of  Berecroft ;  Robert  of  Ferseley,  and  others. — 
Heiningway  MSS. 

This  last  deed  is  given  in  full,  with  a  translation,  and  some 
interesting  notes,  by  John  Lister,  Esq.,  in  the  Bradford 
Antiquary.,  vol.  i.,  p.  216  ;  as  is  also  the  next,  which  is  from  the 
same  collection,  and  refers  to  part  of  the  same  land. 

Henry  Scott,  of  Pudegesay,  gives  to  God  and  the  House  of  John  the  Baptist,  and 
to  the  Brethren  of  the  Plospital  of  Jerusalem,  all  the  land  that  lies  between  the 
Farnelay  road  and  the  land  of  John  Walter-son,  extending  towards  the  west,  as  far  as 
the  land  of  Simon  the  Serjeant.  Witnesses: — William  Scott ;  Roger  of  Farnelay  ; 
Richard  of  Tyrsale  ;  Peter  Alan  ;  John  Geoffrey-son  ;  John  of  Bradeforth  ;  Ellis 
Richardson  ;  Roger  the  Greave  ;  Robert  Yodlan-son,  and  many  others. 

Henry  Scot,  here  mentioned,  was  witness  to  a  deed  relating 
to  Horsforth  and  Kirkstall  Abbey,  signed  "  Henry  Scot  de 
Pudhesaiae,"  belonging  to  the  period  1222- 1249.  The  Alans 
were  also  of  Pudsey,  and  we  shall  again  come  across  them  as  we 
proceed  to  notice  these  early  charters. 

In  Harl.  MS  ,  797,  I  find  that  :— 

Robert  Scot  granted  to  the  Hospital  of  St.  Peter,  of  York,  one  toft  of  3  perches 
of  land,  in  Pudekesey,  etc.     Sans  date. 

William  Scot,  of  Kalverl',  confiirms  to  the  Hospital  of  St.  Peter,  etc.,  all  the 
tenements  which  they  have  of  the  gift  of  Simon  de  Estburn,  in  the  territory  of 
Pudekesey.    Sans  date. 

Ralph  de  Ferseley  gives  to  the  Hospital,  etc.,  all  the  moiety  of  a  rode  of  land  in 
Pudesay. 

From  other  evidence  we  are  enabled  to  fix  the  time  when 
this  Ralph  de  Ferseley  lived,  as,  in  a  grant  of  the  Manor  of 
AUerton,  near  Leeds,  by  Simon  de  Allerton,  to  Kirkstall  Abbey, 

*  His  daughter  is  mentioned  in  the  Pudsey  pedigree. 


20  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

about  1 1 90,  are  the  names  of  Ralph  de  Ferselay  and  Alex,  de 
Kalverlay,  as  witnesses.* 

A  few  years  later,  we  find  again,  Ralph  de  Ferselay,  Nigel 
de  Horseforth,  and  others,  are  among  the  witnesses  to  another 
gift  of  land  to  the  same  monastery,  by  one  of  the  same  family.f 

Again  and  again  we  have  evidence  of  how  generous  these 
ancient  fathers  were  to  the  cause  of  religion  : — 

Simon  de  Ferseley,  on  the  occasion  of  his  marriage,  gave  to  God  and  St.  Mary, 
of  Wodekirke,  and  the  Canons  of  St.  Oswald,  in  that  place,  one  acre  of  land  in 
Tyrsale,  with  the  buildings,  which  Hugh,  son  of  Robert,  held,  and  the  essart,  called 
Date-rode  ;  and  Alice,  daughter  of  Robert  Scot,  of  Calverley,  confirms  this  gift  by 
charter.  Witnesses  :— Ric.  de  Tong,  John  de  Tylly,  John  de  Papelay,  Richard  his 
brother,  Hen.  de  Thingelan,  Simon  son  of  Jordan,  and  Adam,  the  writer  of  this  deed. 
\Temp.  Hen.  lU.iy-.-idd.  Char.,  16,584. 

William,  son  of  Thomas  Scott  de  Newton  [Potternewton]  gives  to  Will,  son  of 
Roger  Scott,  of  Caluirel',  his  right  in  a  carucate  of  land  in  Berecroft,  in  Pudegesay, 
being  an  annual  rent  los.,  which  Sir  Robert  de  Stapilton  paid  me  annually. 
Witnesses  :— Sir  John  Lungevilers,  Sir  Ric.  de  Tong,  Sir  John  de  Wridelesforth,  Sir 
John  de  Thornehil,  Geoffrey  de  Arthi'gtu',  Ralph  his  son.  Hen.  Scott,  Roger  Alan, 
Stephen  de  Ecclesil.     {7e»ip.  Hen.  \n.l\~Add.  Char.,  16,585. 

Simon,  son  of  Lambert  de  Tyrsale,  gives  to  William  Hare,  a  toft,  etc,  in  the 
town  and  territory  of  Tyrsale,  to  pay  from  thence  to  the  Hospital  of  St.  John,  4d. 
annually.  And  William  Hare  has  given  to  me  for  this  donation,  17s.  of  silver. 
Witnesses: — Ric  de  Tonge,  Will.  Scot,  Sir  Ralph  Tilly,  Hugh  de  Tyrsale,  Robert 
de  Wirkelay,  John  of  the  Cireen,  of  Tyrsale,  John,  son  of  Agnes  de  Pudekesay,  and 
others.^     Wilh  a  Seal.     {Temp.  Hen.  III.}]— Add.  Char.,  16,586. 

Hugh,  the  clerk,  of  Wodeali,  gives  to  Roger,  the  son  of  Thomas  the  chaplain, 
land  situate  between  the  e.xit  which  goes  towards  Ze  Merkiirg  and  the  croft  of  Robert, 
son  of  Gamel.  rendering  thence  annually,  for  all  service,  4d.  Witnesses : — William 
Scot,  Henry  Scot,  William  the  clerk,  Robert  the  parson,  Stephen  Ecclsil',  Roger 
Alan,  Robert  de  Ecclsil',  William,  son  of  Ralph,  Michael  d'  Ecclsil,  and  others. 
\_TemJ>.  Hen.  llU^—Add.  Char.,  16,587. 

William,  son  of  Bernard  de  Pudekesay,  quit-claims  to  Alexander  de  Barkestun, 
for  I4d.  in  silver,  one  perticate  (rood)  of  land  in  the  territory  of  Pudekesay,  to  wit,  in 
Ricardecbf.  [Have  we  not  here  the  origin  of  "  Rickardshaw  Lane  ?"J  Witnesses: 
Sir  Will.  Scot.  Hen.  Scot,  Sim.  de  Fersley,  Roger  de  Favell,  Robert  Jodlanson, 
Roger,  son  of  Gregory,  and  many  others.     [Temp.  Hen.  HL  ?] — Add.  Char.,  16,591. 

Adam,  son  of  Astini  [qy.  Austin  ?]  lets  to  Ale.x.  de  Barkestun  an  essart  lying 
between  the  essart  of  the  monks  and  the  essart  of  John  de  Barkestun,  rendering  thence 
annually  id.  Witnesses: — Will.  Scot,  Hen.  Scott,  Hugh,  son  of  the  same,  Roger  de 
FarneF,  John,  son  of  Geoffrey,  Alex.,  his  brother,  John  de  Bradeforth.  Will,  de 
Vlecotis  [Owlcotes],  Roger,  the  Greave  and  Ellis  de  Vlinsthorp  [Ulvisthorp]. 
[Temp.  Hen.  III.}]— Ada.  Char.,  16,593. 

Adam  Scot  quit-claims  to  Ellis,  son  of  Ric  de  Vlinsthorp,  his  riglit  in  Schircs- 
rodc,  for  four  marks,  e.xcept  the  service  of  his  chief  lord,  and  2d.  per  year. 
Witnesses :  —Will.  Scott,  WiU.  de  Ferselay,  Robert  the  clerk,  Robert,  son  of  Jodlan, 
Roger  de  Farnel,  Roger  son  of  *  *  *  Peter  Alan,  Ric.  de  Tirsale,  and  others. — 
Add.  Char.,  16,595. 

Ellis,  son  of  Walter  de  Frithebec,  sells  to  Will.  Alan,  of  Pudkesay,  an  annual 
rent  from  Hulvisthorpe,  paying  2s.  6d.  Witnesses  : — W^ill.  Scot  de  Calverley,  Adam 
Scott,  of  Pudkesay,  Philip  de  Fersley,  John  de  Bradford Berecroft, 

*  WHITAKER,Z.o/<f.  et  Elm.,  p.  125. 

t  Ibid,  p.  126. 

X  Capital  letters  used  in  this  deed  in  the  middle  of  words. 


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PUDSEY     CHARTERS,  21 

William  the  clerk,  and  others.  With  a  broken  Seal.  [Temp.  Hen.  III.?] — Add. 
Char.,  16,596. 

Walter  de  Frithebec  and  Sigreda  his  wife,  grant  to  Peter,  son  of  William  Alan,  in 
marriage  with  Alice,  daughter  of  the  grantor,  the  moiety  of  all  his  land  which  was  that 
of  Gilbert  Ulekotis,  and  the  moiety  of  the  rent  of  all  that  land.  Witnesses  : — Hugh 
de  Sittlington,  Thomas  de  Thornetun,  Roger  Scot,  Adam  the  clerk,  Robert  the  clerk, 
Plenry  Scot,  Simon  de  Fersifeld,  William,  son  of  Hugh,  Adam  Samson,  and  others. 
— Httidngwiy  AISS. 

John  Alan  grants  to  William  de  Tirsale  one  essart  in  the  fields  of  Podesay, 

csWeA  Hall  A' ode.     Witnesses: — Robert  le  Rede,  John  Attewelle,  John  de 

Will   Alayn,  Simon  Alan,  Will  Attewelle,  and  others. — Hei/iin^way  MSS. 

On  the  Monday  after  Easter,  2  Edw.  [1309],  Cecelia,  formerly  wife  of  Robert 
de  la  Wodehall,  quit-claims  to  Walter,  son  of  John  de  la  Wodehall,  all  right,  &c.,  in 
that  essart  called  Hallcrode,  in  Podeshay.  Witnesses: — John  Gliote  [Eliote?], 
Hugh  de  la  Wodehall,  John  his  brother,  Peter  de  Seleby,  John  Alayn.  and  others. 
Given  at  Podeshay. — Hemingway  MSS. 

In   1333,    Robert  del   Birkes  and  Isabel  his  wife  grant   "  Hallrode "  in   the 

territory  of  Podeshay,  to  John ays.     Witnesses: — John  Scot,  oi  Calverlay  ;  John 

Attewell,  of  Podeshay  ;  Robert,  son  of  John  le  Rede,  of  the  same  ;  Jordan,  son  of 
Peter  de  Selby,  of  the  same  ;  John  de  *  *  *  and  others.  Given  at  Podeshay. 
—  Hemingway  MSS. 

Gilbert,  son  of  Walter  de  Tirsale,  gives  to  Nicholas,  son  of  Robert  de  Byrkench, 
after  the  death  of  his  mother,  for  3s.,  land  in  Tyrsale,  which  lies  between  the  land  of 
Hugh,  son  of  Ric  de  Tyrsal,  and  the  land  of  Ric.  Walterson  of  the  same.  Witnesses : 
Ric  de  Tong,  Will.  Scot,  of  Kalverley,  Adam  Scot,  Hugh  de  Tirsal,  John  de  Brad- 
ford, John  de  Grave,  of  Pudekesey,  Alexander.  Adam  the  Grave,  of  Bradford,  and 
others.     [Temp.  Hen.  HI.?]— ^^(/.  Char.,  16,598. 

RolDcrt,  son  of  Jossam  [qy.  Jodlan],  of  Pudkesay,  sells  and  confirms  to  William, 
son  of  Adam,  of  Pudkesay,  the  whole  of  the  rent  which  Simon,  son  of  Clariz  and  John 
Pie,  used  annually  to  pay  him  for  certain  lands  in  Pudkesay  [circ.  1220- 1230.]  With 
a  Seal. — Bodl.  Lib.  Char.,  No.  279. 

Adam  Gamlon  grants  to  the  monks  of  Kirkstall  the  whole  of  his  land  which  he 
had  at  the  head  of  the  land  of  the  said  monks  in  Pudekessay  [circ.  1230-1240.] — Bodl. 
Lib.  Char.,  21. 

Peter  Alan  grants  to  Ric.  his  son,  half  a  bovate  of  land  in  Ulinsthorpe,  with  the 
buildings  planted  thereon,  and  that  to  wit,  which  lies  near  [sali  ?],  and  one  toft 
between  the  toft  of  Ellis  and  the  toft  of  William,  son  of  Bernard  ;  and  the  moiety  of 
that  essart  which  is  called  the  essart  of  Gilbert  both  of  wood  and  meadow  and  arable 
land,  paying  9d.  annually.  Witnesses  : — Will.  Scot,  Stephen  de  Ecclesil,  Roger  Alan, 
John  de  Bradforth,  John  de  Berecroft,  Jordan  de  Wodehalle,  Will,  de  Ulecotes,  and 
others. — Add.  Char.,  16,604, 

In  another  chapter  [Temp.  Hen.  III.?]  Robert,  the  son  of  Peter  Alan,  of 
Pudkesay,  confirms  to  Richard,  his  brother,  the  possession  of  the  above  land  at 
Ulvisthorpe,  before  the  same  witnesses. 

*  *  *  *  ^g  Wodhall  [Christian  name  omitted  in  original]  grants  to  John 
Attwell,  de  Podd  [sey]  one  toft  in  the  town  of  Podd  [sey]  to  be  held  of  the  Knights 
of  St.  John.  Witnesses : — ^John  de  Wodhall,  Roloert,  son  of  Simon,  Robert  de 
Oulcotis,  Simon  his  son,  John  Towneslouerde,  and  others.     Sans  date. — Hemingway 

John,  son  of  Walter  de  la  Bercroft,  grants  to  William  de  Tyresale  and  his  heirs, 
three   perticates   of  land   lying   in   the   field  of  Podesay.     Witnesses  : — Thomas  de 

Tyrsale,  Robert  le  Rede,  John  de Gilbert  Alayn,  John  Attwell,   and 

others. — Hemingtvav  MSS. 

Henry  Scot,  of  Pudekesay,  gives  to  Matilda  his  daughter,  the  service  of  Simon 
de  la  Green,  in  Calverley,  for  the  salary  of  20d,,  etc,  out  of  which  is  to  be  returned  a 
pair  of  white  gloves.  {Add.  Chart.,  16,632.)  In  another  charter,  Matilda,  daughter 
of  Henry  Scot,  of  Pudekesay,  quit-claims  to  William  Scot,  of  Calverley,  the  rent  to  be 
due  or  collected  from  Simon  de  la  Green,  of  Calverley.     [Time  of  Hen,  III,?] 


22  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

In  the  following  statement  we  have  a  peep  into  the  domestic 
slavery  of  that  period,  and  see  what  an  immense  power  the 
feudal  lord  had  over  his  living  chattels.  We  shall  meet  with 
other  similar  instances  as  we  proceed. 

Henry  Scot,  of  Puchegchesay,  quit-claims  to  the  Knights  of  the  Temple  of 
Solomon  of  Jerusalem,  Elias,  son  of  William,  the  son  of  Swayne,  of  Puchegchesay, 
with  his  following.  The  witnesses  being  : — Will.  Scot,  of  Calverley,  and  Richard  de 
Tong. — Add.  Cfiar.,  16,633. 

Having  thus  noticed,  though  somewhat  briefly,  the  various 
charters  relating  to  the  time  of  Henry  HI.,  we  must  now  turn  to 
the  troublous  times  of  the  three  Edwards,  when  the  kingdom 
was  continually  disturbed  by  wars  and  rumours  of  wars.  In  the 
following  translation  from  Kirkby's  Inquest,  written  by  John 
de  Kirkby,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  1284-5,  ^"^^  published  as 
written  in  Latin,  by  the  Surtees  Society,  in  1867,  and  in  the 
List  of"  Knight's  Fees  in  Yorkshire,"  31st  Edward  I.  [1303],  we 
meet  with  many  of  the  same  names  as  we  have  already  seen 
in  the  charters  noticed. 

Wapentake  of  Morley. 

In  this  Wapentake  are  25^  vills,  or  towns,  which  Henry  de  Lacy,  Earl  of 
Lincoln,  held  of  the  king  in  chief,  viz.  : — Fypelay  [Shipley],  Idell,  Calverlay, 
Ferselay,  Puduscey,  Bramlay,  W^irklay  [Wortley],  Hunslett,  Bestone,  Midylton, 
Morlay,  Drithlington,  Suthouerton  [Southowram],  Farnelay,  Tong,  Hundesworth, 
Nort  Vile  [North  Bierley],  Batlay,  Hecmundwyk,  Gomersalle,  Leversege,  Myrfeld, 
Claketon  [Cleckheaton],  Boiling,  EUand,  and  part  of  Ardeslawe. 

The  said  Earl  held  of  the  king  in  chief  24^  knight's  fees  in  the  honour  of  Ponte- 
fract  ;  to  render  service  in  the  place  in  which  the  fees  are,  names  not  given  in  the 
aforesaid  inquisition. 

The  same  to  return  per  annum  to  the  aforesaid  wapentake  105s.  4d.,  full 
particulars  of  which  are  given.  — Kirkby  s  Inquest,  p.  30. 

PoDESEY.  —  Hugh  of  Woodhall  held  in  Podesey  of  John  Scott  of  Calverley,  two 
carucates  of  land  where  24  make  a  fee ;  of  which  John,  son  of  Simon,  held  one  ox- 
gang,  Robert  his  brother,  one  oxgang,  John  de  Camera,  one  oxgang,  John  de  Tounes- 

leuerd,  one  oxgang,  John  of  the  Well,  one  oxgang,  son  of  Jordan,  Simon,  son  of 

Robert,  one  bovate,  William  the  Wayt  and  Magot  de  Bramley,  one  oxgang,  Richard 
de  Bercroft  and  Margaret  his  wife  (or  mother),  one  oxgang,  Peter  de  Selleby,  Simon, 
son  of  Thomas  de  Oulcotes,  and  William,  son  of  Roger,  one  oxgang,  John,  son  of 
Alan,  one  oxgang,  William,  son  of  Roger,  one  oxgang,  John,  son  of  Ellis,  one  ox- 
gang, Robert  the  Cowper,  one  oxgang,  John  de  Berill  [Bierley?]  one  oxgang,  William, 
son  of  Melkeous  [or  Mallemouse],  one  oxgang,  the  wife  of  John  de  Bradford,  one  ox- 
gang, and  John  de  Oulecotes,  one  oxgang. — Knights'  Fees  in  Yorkshire,  p.  226.* 

*i.  A  Knight's  Fee  was  so  much  inheritance  as  was  sufficient  yearly  to  maintain  a  knight  with 
convenient  revenue,  which  in  Henry  Ill's  days  was  {^x^. — Camd.  Brit.,  p.  in.  In  the 
time  of  Edward  HI.,  £,10.  Ail  persons  holding  knight's  fees  were  bound  to  be  in  readiness 
to  attend  their  sovereign  for  forty  days'  service  every  year.  8  to  16  carucates  were  contained 
in  a  knight's  fee.     See  p.  15. 

2  A  Carucate  was  as  much  land  as  a  plough  could  till  in  a  year,  and  was  variously  estimated  at  from 
60  to  as  high  as  180  acres.  If  we  say  about  120  acres,  this  may  be  about  an  average. 
A  hide  of  land,  and  a  plough  land,  were  each  of  the  same  extent  as  a  carueate. 

3.  An  Oxgang  or  bovate  of  land  consisted  of  from  13  to  16  acres,  or  as  much  land  as  one  o.\  could 
plough  in  a  year. 


PUDSEY     CHARTERS.  23 

To  the  aid  of  the  King  in  his  numerous  wars,  levies  were 
occasionally  made  upon  the  knights  and  landowners  for  their 
contributions,  and  from  a  Subsidy  Roll  preserved  among  the 
records  in  the  Queen's  Remembrances  in  the  Exchequer,  and 
published  by  the  Surtees  Society  in  1867,  we  learn  that — 

PuDESAY. — From  Hugh  de  Wodhall  for  two  carucates  of  land  in  Pudesay,  4od. 
TONG. — From  Richard  de  Tong  for  three  carucates  of  land  in  Tong,  6s.  8d. 

The  aid  was  granted  to  Edward  I.,  in  1 290  (the  1 8th  year 
of  his  reign),  but  was  not  collected   until  the  31st  Edward   I. 

[1303.] 

As  well  as  their  contributions  in  money,  the  whole  of  the 
knights,  and  there  were  several  hundreds  in  Yorkshire,  were 
liable  to  be  called  upon  for  military  service,  and  they"  were 
followed  to  the  field  of  battle  by  several  thousands  of  yeomen, 
burghers,  and  peasants,  armed  with  bill,  bow  and  arrows,  the 
ordinary  weapons  of  the  English  soldiers  at  that  time.  Every 
man  in  England  was  required  to  be  trained  to  the  use  of  arms 
in  the  time  of  Edward  I.,  and  the  whole  population  was  trained 
to  the  use  of  the  bow  and  arrow,  from  boyhood  to  manhood,  and 
all  were  required  to  have  arms  in  their  possession.*  In  the  year 
1300,  according  to  Rymer's  Fcedej^a,  King  Edward  I.  called 
on  the  county  of  York  to  furnish  five  thousand  nine  hundred 
men  for  the  invasion  of  Scotland.  The  mass  of  the  population 
was  thus  organized  for  war  by  the  Barons  and  Knights  of  each 
county.  In  the  Testa  de  Nevill,  an  ancient  record  of  the  time  of 
Henry  III.,  the  father  of  Edward  the  I.,  Calverley  is  stated  as 
being  half  a  Knight's  fee,  John  de  [Cauverlay  ?]  being  the  Knight 
mentioned  before. 

The  town  and  valley  of  Bradford  was  only  half  a  Knight's 
fee  ;  the  Abbot  of  Kirkstall  held  two  Knights'  fees  ;  Richard  de 
Tong  one-fourth  part  of  a  Knight's  fee  ;  Robert  de  Horton  one- 
third  of  a  Knight's  fee  ;  Gilbert  Juvenis  de  Horton  tenth  of  a 
Knight's  fee. 

Amongst  the  MSS.  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Edw.  Hail- 
stone, F.S.A.,  of  Walton  Hall,  are  grants  relating  to  Pudsey,  as 
follows  : — 

Grant  by  Robert  de  Birley,  of  Podekesay,  to  the  Brothers  of  the  Hospital  of 
Jerusalem,  for  ever,  of  an  annual  rent  of  twelvepence.  Not  dated,  but  appearing  to 
have  been  made  about  the  year  1300. 

Grant  by  Adam,  the  son  of  Attun,  of  Pudesreshey,  of  an  annual  rent  of  one 
penny  to  God  and  the  Blessed  Mary  and  the  Brothers  of  the  Hospital  of  Jerusalem 
serving  God  there.     Not  dated,  but  made  about  the  year  1300. 

*  For  a  full  description  of  the  arras  required  to  be  kept,  see  Baines's  Yorkshire,  Past  and  Presi-vt. 

Div.  ii.,  p.  508. 


24  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

In  the  Wakefield  Manor  Rolls  it  is  recorded  that  in  1297, 
"  Richard,  son  of  Hugh  de  Schepdene,  took  8d.  from  the  widow 
of  Wm.  de  Pudesheye,  and  was  charged  with  other  robberies." 
Whether  they  caught  the  thief  or  not  the  Rolls  do  not  say. 
Returning  again  to  the  Calverley  Charters  we  find  a  MS.,  written 
by  his  own  hand,  in  which 

John  Scot,  of  Calverley,  grants  land  to  John  Touneslouerd,  of  Podesey,  on 
condition  that  after  two  years  from  the  feast  of  St.  Martin,  1305,  he  should  pay  20s. 
rent  from  that  time  to  the  said  John  Scot,  out  of  which  a  payment  of  4s.  should  be 
returned  to  the  said  John  Touneslouerd,  in  Podesey.  [a.d.  1305.] — Add.  Char., 
16,642.  Hugh  de  Wodehal  quit-claims  to  John  Scot,  of  Calverley,  the  service  per- 
taining to  two  bovates  of  land  in  Pudessay.  The  witnesses  being  :— John  de  Wode- 
hall,  John  de  Puddessay,  and  others.  [Time,  Hen.  HI.,  or  Edw.  I.  '^]~Add.  Char., 
16,649. 

No.  16,652  is  a  document  in  his  own  handwriting,  in  which 

William  Touneslouerd,  of  Podesey,  devises  to  John  Scot,  of  Calverley,  a  rent  of 
eleven  shillings  per  annum,  in  Podesey,  to  be  held  from  the  feast  of  Penticost  A.D., 
1304,  to  the  end  of  eleven  years.  The  witnesses  being  : — Mr.  Hugh  de  Wodehalle, 
John  de  Oulcotes,  and  others,     [a.d.  1304.] 

John  Touneslouerd,  of  Podesey,  gave  to  John  Scot,  of  Calverley,  four  shillings 
rent  for  land  in  Podesey.  The  witnesses  being  : — John  de  Podesey,  clerico,  John  de 
Oulcotes,  and  Robert,  son  of  Simon  de  Podesey.     [Time  of  Edward  I.] 

All  these  five  persons  named  in  this  Charter  appear  in  the 
knights'  fees  list, 

John  Cuper,  of  Puddessay,  gave  to  John  Scot,  of  Calverley,  rent  of  1 2d.,  for  two 
bovates  of  land  in  Puddessay.  The  witnesses  being  : — Master  Hugh  de  Wodehalle, 
and  Will,  de  Boiling.  [Te/np.  Edward  \.'t]—Add.  Char.,  16,664.  Robert,  son  of 
John  the  Coupere,  of  Pudesay,  sold  to  John  Scot,  of  Calverley,  his  chief  lord,  two 
acres  of  land  in  Pudeshey.  Witnesses  :— Master  Hugh  de  la  Wodehalle,  Will,  de 
Boiling,  and  John  Clerico  de  Pudeshey. — Adcf.  Chart.,  16,665. 

In  the  next  charter,  No.  16,666,  we  have  the  land  mentioned, 
and  the  place  where  one  of  the  witnesses  lived,  namely,  Oule- 
cotes,  still  bears  the  same  name. 

Robert,  son  of  John  the  Coupere,  of  Pudesay,  sold  to  John  Scot,  of  Calverley, 
land  in  essarto  called  Olderode  in  Podesheye.  Witnesses  : — Hug  de  la  Wodehalle, 
John  de  Oulecotes,  and  John  de  Podeshey,  clerico.     [Time  of  Edward  I.  ?]     With  a  Seal. 

In  another  charter.  No.  16,66^.,  the  same  Robert  sells  to  the 
same  purchaser  another  clearing  or  essart,  called  "  Horsivellerode 
in  Podesey,"*  but  I  know  of  no  place  or  land  having  this  name 
at  present.  In  charter  No.  16,668,  the  same  Robert  agrees  to 
pay  to  the  aforesaid  John  Scott,  an  annual  rent  of  i8d.,  from  two 
bovates  or  oxgangs  of  land  in  Podesheye.  Dated  at  the  Feast 
of  Annunciation  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  1308.  {With  a  fragment 
of  a  Seal.)  In  the  charters,  Nos.  16,669,  and  16,670,  the  afore- 
said Robert  sells  to  John  Scott,  land  only  in  first,  and  in  the 
second,  "  a  messuage  and  land  with  the  reversion  of  land  in 
Podesey."     Each  have  a  Seal  attached. 

*  See  p.  16. 


PUDSEY     CHARTERS.  2$ 

William  Fayre  de  Neuton  and  Christiana  his  wife,  sold  to  John,  named  Scot,  of 
Calverley,  an  acre  of  land  in  Podusey.  The  witnesses  being  : — Ric.  de  Tong.  Ric. 
de  Morlay,  Joh.  de  Rothelay.  [Time  of  Edward  I.  ?  No.  16,672.]  William,  son  of 
Bernard  de  Pudesay,  gives  to  John  Hylkley,  a  messuage  and  toft  in  Pudesay.  The 
witnesses  being  : — Joh.  Scotte  de  Calverlay,  Hug.  de  Wodehalle,  and  others.  [Time 
ofEdwardl.  ?] — AJd.  Char.,  16,673. 

The  following"  extract  has  an  especial  interest  : — 

Elena,  daughter  of  Gilbert  de  Podesay,  lets  to  John,  at  the  Well  of  Podesay, 
part  of  a  toft  in  Podesay,  to  be  held  from  the  house  of  the  Hospitallers  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem  in  England.  Witnesses  '.  —  John  .Scot  de  Calverley  and  Will,  son  of  Roger 
de  Podesey.*     {Temp.  Ed.  I.  ?] 

The  queston  presents  itself  to  me,  where  was  the  Well  near 
to  which  this  John  lived  ?  as  we  often  shall  come  across  his 
name.  Was  it  Bankhouse  Well,  or  Acres  Well,  or  Smale  Well, 
or  Jumbles  Well,  or  Green  Well  ?  as  these  are  all  old  wells. 
Continuing  we  have  the  following  : — 

Richard,  son  of  John  de  la  Green,  of  Tyrsale,  lets  to  William,  son  of  Richard 
Alayn,  of  Pudesay,  through  free  marriage  with  Matilda,  his  sister,  a  messuage  and 
lands  in  Tyrsale.     Witnesses  :— Joh.  Scot  de  Calverley  and  Hug.  de  Wodehalle. 

John,  son  of  Isabella  de  Podusay,  gives  to  John,  named  Scot,  of  Calverley,  and 
to  Jane,  or  Joan,  his  wife,  a  toft  and  a  croft  in  Tirsale  hamlet  of  Podusay.  Witnesses  : 
Joh.  de  Bollinge  and  Ada  de  Oxinhope. — Add.  Char.,  i6,68r. 

The  previous  nineteen  charters  noticed  are  of  the  time  of 
Edw.  I.,  A.D.  1272  to  1307. 

Mstr.  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  son  of  Jordan,  quit  claimed  to  John,  son  of  John 
Scot,  of  Calverley,  lands  and  rents  at  Berecroft  and  Pudessay.  The  witnesses  being  : 
Rob.  de  Plumpton,  Sir  Simon  Warde,  Sir  Joh.  de  Heton,  Sir  Hug.  de  Swillington, 
Knights.     [Time,  Edw.  H.,  a.d.  1307  to  1327.] 

John  the  Cooper  [le  Coupar],  of  Pudesay,  gave  to  John  Scot,  Lord  of  Calverley, 
one  essart  of  land  in  Pudesay.     Witnesses  :  —  Hug.  de  Wodehalle  and  Hen.  de  Tiresale. 

Richard,  son  of  Henry  de  Gotham,  gave  to  John,  Lord  of  Calverley,  six  acres  of 
land  in  the  essart  called  .Schiresroyde,  in  Podusay.  Witnesses : — Richard  de  Tong, 
and  Richard  de  Morley. 

John,  son  of  Ellis  de  Pudesay,  let  to  John,  Lord  of  Calverley,  the  services  of 
John  le  Rede,  of  Pudesay,  for  the  payment  of  6d.  held  in  fee,  and  a  full-blown  rose 
annually.     Witnesses  :-  -Richard  de  Tong  and  John  de  Rothelay.      With  a  Seal. 

Hugh  del  Wodhalle  gave  to  John,  Lord  of  Calverley,  an  annual  payment  of  7d. 
in  Priestthorp,  to  hold  as  long  as  the  said  John  holds  the  tenements  by  feoffment  of 
the  said  Hugh,  in  Calverlay  and  Wodhalle.  Witnesses  : — Richard  de  Thonge,  John 
Clerico  de  Poddesay,  and  others. 

Hugh,  son  of  Master  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  grants  to  his  father  and  Isabella  his 
mother,  messuages,  lands,  tenements,  etc.,  which  his  father  formerly  held  in  fee- 
service  in  Pudesay.  Witnesses  .-—John,  Lord  of  Calverlay,  Walter  his  son,  and  John 
de  Rothelay. 

Robert  [le  Rede]  of  Pudesay,  granted  or  let  to  Robert,  son  of  William  Fraunke- 
tenant  [free  tenant  or  freeholder]  of  Bramley,  three  acres  and  a  half  of  land  in  Pude- 
say.    Witnesses  : — John,  Lord  of  Calverley,  and  John  de  Otthelay. 

Here  is  another  specimen  of  the  domestic  slavery  which 
existed  at  the  period  : — 

John  Alan,  of  Podusay,  granted  to  John,  Lord  of  Calverley,  and  Johanni  his 
wife,  the  service  of  William,  son  of  Hugh  Bayard,  at  the  wage  of  gd.  in  Podusay. 
The  witnesses  were  : — Thomas  de  Storneton  and  John  Bollinge. 

*  Named  in  the  Pedigree. 


26  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

William  Touneslouerde,  of  Podesay,  granted  to  John  de  Calverley,  a  messuage 
in  Calverley,  at  a  rental  of  4s.  Witnesses  : — John  de  Thornhille  and  Richard  de 
Tonge.      With  a  Seal. — Add.  Char.,  16,740. 

Hugh,  son  of  Master  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  grants  to  John  de  Calverley, 
his  chief  Lord,  the  services  of  Richard  de  Morleyes,  in  respect  of  messuages  and  lands 
in  Oidecotes.  at  Pudesey.  Witnesses  : — Sir  John  de  Thornhille  and  Will,  de 
Biestone,  Knights,  and  others. — Aud.  Char.,  16,743. 

Hugh,  son  of  Master  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  grants  to  the  above  said  John  de 
Calverley,  the  service  or  homage  of  Richard  son  of  Reyner  de  Tyrsale,  and  1 2d. 
annual  rent  in  Tyrsale  ei  alia.  Witnesses  : — Sir  John  de  Thornhille,  Will,  de 
Biestone,  Knights,  and  others. — Add.  Char.,  16,744. 

John  le  Rede,  of  Podesey,  gives  to  John  de  Calverley,  a  toft  in  Tyrsale. 
Witnesses  : — Sir  John  de  Thornhille  and  Will  de.  Biestone,  Knights,  and  others. 

Thomas,  son  and  heir  of  Robert  Rede,  of  Pudsay,  grants  to  John  Stauntton,  and 
Matilda,  his  wife,  and  their  heirs,  seven  selions  lying  on  Quaywellrode  and  two 
selions  lying  on  Gylkakrode  side  ;  and  three  roods  of  land,  whereof  one  rood  lies 
between  the  land  of  Walter  de  Calverley  and  the  land  of  Robert  Lumby.  and  two 
roods  lie  near  the  land  of  John  Wilson,  in  the  town  of  Pudsey.  Witnesses  : — Thomas 
de  Tyrsale,  John,  son  of  Jordan  de  Pudsey,  Will,  son  of  Robert,  of  the  same,  Robert 
Lumby,  of  the  same.  Given  at  Pudsey,  Feast  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  41  Edw.  IH. 
— Hemingway  AJSS. 

Hugh,  son  of  Magistri  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  quit  claimed  to  John  de  Calverley, 
the  service  of  Richard  de  Morleyes  in  Oulcotes  at  Pudesay. — Add.  Char.,  16,746. 

John,  son  of  Simon  de  Oulcotes,  paid  to  John  de  Calverley  i8d.  for  a  bovate  or 
oxgang  of  land  in  Pudesey.  Witnesses  : — Sir  John  de  Thornhille  and  Will,  de 
Biestone,  Knights,  and  others. — Add.  Char.,  16,748. 

John,  son  of  Ellis  de  Pudesay,  quit-claimed  to  John  de  Calverlay  the  rent  of  6d. 
for  an  essart  called  Schirebrooke,  which  John  le  Rede,  of  Pudesay,  held  in  Pudesay. 
Witnesses  : — Sir  John  de  Thornhille,  Knight,  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  and  others.  With 
a  Seal. — Add.  Char.,  16,749. 

John,  son  of  Walthew  de  Bagley,  gives  to  William  at  the  well  in  Podesay,  an 
essart,  called  AnstnUh  Rode,  and  an  acre  of  land  in  Vinrodes,  at  a  rental  of  4s.  per 
annum,  to  John  de  Calverley.  Witnesses  : — John  de  Calverley,  Knight,  John  de 
Morley,  and  others. — Add.  Char.,  16,751. 

The  essart  here  mentioned  would  probably  be  the  clearing 
which  Ann  Smith  had  made.  Rode,  or  Royd,  signified  a  clear- 
ing ;  that  is,  a  place  cleared  of  wood — trees,  brushwood,  etc.,  and 
so  put  into  cultivation. 

John,  at  the  Well,  of  Pudesay,  quit-claimed  to  John  de  Calverlay  and  Johanne 
his  wife,  an  acre  of  land  in  Pudesay.  Witnesses  : — Richard  de  Tonge,  John  de 
Bollynge,  and  others. — Add.  Char.,  16,754 

William  Touneslouerd,  of  Podesey,  quit-claimed  to  John  de  Calverley,  lands  and 
tenements  in  Calverley,  Wodehalle,  and  Priesthorpe.  Witnesses  : — John  de  Thorne- 
hille,  Ric.  de  Tonge,  and  others.  Given  on  the  Feast  of  St.  Gregory,  1310.  With  a 
Seal. — Add.  Char.,  16,763. 

John  de  Calverley,  in  a  letter,  assigns  a  place  to  William,  the  son  of  Simon  de 
Calverley,  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  the  rents  in  regard  to  a  messuage  and  land  in 
Pudesay,  occupied  by  William,  son  of  Hugh,  son  of  Juliana.  Dated  on  the  5th  day 
of  the  i^east  of  .St.  Bartholomew  the  Apostle,  1319. — Add.  Char.,  16,766. 

Hugh,  the  son  and  heir  of  Master  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  in  Calverley, 
appoints,  in  a  letter,  Richard  de  Morleyes  for  the  purpose  of  rendering  homage  to 
John  de  Calverley,  the  chief  lord,  for  lands  held  in  Oulcotes  at  Pudesay.  Given  in 
December,  in  the  last  days  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  13  Edward  H.  [1309.] — Add, 
Char.,  16,810. 


THE     SCOTTISH     INVASION,  2/ 

In  1316,  Richard  de  Goteham  leases  to  William  Alayn,  of  Podesay,  and 
Matilda,  his  wife,  all  the  land  which  he  took  with  Alice  his  wife,  in  the  town  of  Pode- 
say, except  one  acre,  with  buildings  thereon,  which  Alice  de  Morlay  then  held. 
Term,  12  years.  Rent  lis.  Witnesses  : — Hugh  de  Wodehall,  John,  son  of  Will,  de 
Podesay,  John  de  Royethlay,  Jordan,  son  of  Peter,  and  Thomas  de  Tyrsale. — 
Hemingway  M/SS. 

We  have  thus,  in  these  charters  and  letters,  Httle  pictures 
of  how  they  were  buying  and  selHng  property  in  houses  and 
lands,  and  even  in  human  chattels,  at  the  very  time  when  the 
land  was  distracted  by  war,  for,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  II.,  the 
time  to  which  these  records  refer,  the  Scots  over-ran  Yorkshire, 
and  committed  serious  devastations  in  many  districts,  in  revenge 
for  the  wars  which  Edward  I.  had  carried  on  in  Scotland.  It  is 
extremely  probable  that  the  humble  homes  of  some  of  our  fore- 
fathers would  suffer  from  some  of  these  Scottish  raids,  and  that 
some  of  the  men  would  be  called  out  to  help  in  doing  battle  with 
the  invading  Scots.  We  are  warranted  in  this  very  probable 
supposition,  when  we  know  that  the  district  around  Leeds  was 
occupied  and  despoiled  by  them,  and  that  for  some  time  a  part 
of  the  Scottish  army  was  encamped  at  Morley,  within  a  few 
miles  of  Fudsey  ;  and  also  when  we  know  that  one  of  our  neigh- 
bouring gentry,  residing  at  Tong,  within  two  miles  of  our  village, 
played  an  important  part  at  this  crisis.  "  On  the  loth  of  August, 
1 3 14,  Edward  II.  issued  writs  from  York  to  Richard  de  Tong* 
and  Thomas  de  Heaton  for  the  wapentakes  of  Morley  and  Sky- 
rack,  and  to  other  gentlemen  for  their  wapentakes,  to  raise  all 
men  between  fifteen  and  sixty  who  were  capable  of  bearing  arms 
to  repel  the  invading  Scots,  who  were  in  the  meantime  burning 
and  harrying  the  fairest  portions  of  Yorkshire,  and  destroying 
the  harvest  as  on  former  occasions." 

Two  years  after  this  event  a  record,  called  the  Nomina 
Villariim  for  Yorkshire!  was  taken,  and  which  is  now  amongst 
the  Harleian  MSS.,  No.  6,281.  In  contains  a  list  of  the  towns 
and  villages  in  Yorkshire,  with  the  names  of  the  Lords  of  the 
Manors  at  that  time,  viz.,  9th  Edward  II.  [13 16.]  Of  this 
district  it  records  : — 

'■  Calverlay  et  Puddesay.       Johannes  de  Calverlay. 
Ferslai  Kicardus  Wade. 

Tonge  Ricardus  de  Tong." 

Three  years  after  this  account  was  written,  the  Scots  again 
made  another  terrible  descent  into  this  district,  viz.,  in  13 19,  and 
on  the  8th  June  of  that  year,  writs  were  issued  for  a  general  levy 
of  men  in  these  northern  counties.     The  very  men  whose  names 

*  He  died  in  the  year  1348. 
t  Pub.  by  tlie  Surtees  Society  in  1867,  vol.  xlix, 


28  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

occur  as  witnesses  to  some  of  these  charters  which  I  have 
noticed,  viz. : — John  de  Thornill,  WilHam  de  Beeston,  Warren  de 
Scargill,  Nicholas  de  Stapleton,  and  others,  were  ordered  to  raise 
the  men  of  the  West  Riding. 

About  this  time  Walter  de  Calverley  devised,  by  an  indenture  to  William,  son  of 
Robert  de  Wodehalle,  residing  in  Ledes,  one  bovate  of  land  in  Puddesay,  to  be  held 
to  the  end  of  a  period  of  five  years  from  the  Feast  of  St.  Martin,  A.D.,  1318,  at  an 
annual  rent  of  iijs.  Witnesses  : — John  de  Calverley,  John  the  clerk  de  Puddesay,  and 
others.     \Temp.  circ.  1320.] — Add.  Char.,  16,812. 

Walter  de  Calverlay,  %  an  indenture,  conceded  to  William  de  Grenefelde,  on 
the  understanding  that  if  Hugh  de  Wodehalle  after  five  years  shall  pay  ten  pounds  to 
the  said  William,  then  Walter  shall  deliver  to  the  said  William  his  lands  and  tene- 
ments in  Pudesay.  Given  on  the  Monday  next  after  the  Feast  of  St.  James,  12 
Edw.  II.  [1318.]      With  a  broken  Seal.— Add.  Char.,  16,813. 

On  the  same  date,  this  William  de  Grenefelde,  had  by  a 
charter  with  a  seal,  conceded  to  Walter  de  Calverlay,  messuages, 
lands,  etc.,  formerly  belonging  to  Hugh,  son  of  Hugh  de  Wode- 
halle, in  Pudesey.  The  witnesses  being  : — Sir  John  de  Thorn- 
hille  and  Will,  de  Bestone,  knights,  and  others.  {Add.  Char., 
16,814.)  It  thus  seems  very  plain  that  this  William  de  Gren- 
felde  was  obliged  to  give  his  land  and  tenements  to  Walter  de 
Calverlay,  as  a  security  until  Hugh  de  Wodehalle,  the  former 
owner,  had  paid  ten  pounds  to  Walter,  which  was  doubtless  a 
very  improbable  event,  as  ten  pounds  was  a  large  sum  at  that 
time,  and  if  this  amount  was  not  paid  in  five  years,  poor  William 
would  lose  his  property. 

Again,  on  this  same  day  both  these  persons  appoint  their 
respective  representatives  or  agents  to  look  after  this  land, 
etc.,  on  their  behalf  Wm.  de  Grenefelde  appointed  John  de 
Pudesay,  clerk  {Add.  Char.,  16,815),  ^^ho  was  very  probably  the 
clerk  at  the  chapel  at  the  time,  as  his  attorney  in  respect  of 
this  dispute  about  his  lands,  etc.,  and  Walter  de  Calverley 
appointed  Adam  Bendescheue  his  agent  in  the  same  matter. 
This  latter  appointment  has  attached  to  it  a  {Add.  Char.,  16,816) 
broken  seal.  In  a  letter  about  this  time  John  Aleyn,of  Podesey, 
agrees  to  pay  to  Walter  de  Calverley  an  annual  rent  of  vi  pence 
for  two  bovates  or  oxgangs  of  land  in  Podesey.  Witnesses  : — 
Richard  de  Tonge  and  others.  {Add.  Char.,  16,817.)  John  le 
Rede,  of  Podesey,  gave  to  Walter  de  Calverley  the  moiety  of  a 
toft  in  Podesey.  Witnesses  : — Ric.  de  Tonge,  John  de  Bollynge, 
and  others.     \Tcmp.,  Ed.  H.]     {Add.  Char.,  16,811.) 

Having  thus  briefly  noticed  these  various  local  charters 
of  the  time  of  Edw.  H.,  we  proceed  with  others,  relating  to 
transactions  which  occurred  in  the  reign  of  Edward  HI.  [1327 
to  1377.] 


PUDSEY     CHARTERS.  29 

John,  son  of  Wathey  de  Bagley,  gave  by  charter  to  William,  at  the  Well  of 
Podesey,  and  Beatrice,  his  wife,  an  annual  rent  of  ijs.  in  Podesey.  The  witnesses 
being  :— Sir  John  de  Calverley,  Robert  le  Rede,  of  Podesey,  and  others.  Given  on 
the  watch  night  of  St.  Martin,  in  the  year  18  Edw.  III.  [1344.]— .4cW  Char.,  16,736. 

This  Rob.  le  Rede  would  perhaps  be  the  son  of  the  John  le 
Rede  mentioned  above. 

William,  at  the  Well  of  Pudesay,  grants  to  John  his  son,  lands,  tenements,  and 
goods  in  Pudsay.  Witnesses  : — John  de  Morley,  Rob.  le  Rede,  of  Pudsay,  and  others. 
Given  at  the  feast  of  St.  Timothy,  21  Edw.  III.  [1^47.]— AM.  C/iar.,  16,791. 

On  the  Sunday  next  after  the  P'east  of  St.  Hillary,  1374.,  Thomas  del'  Isle, 
perpetual  vicar  of  Calverley,  and  Thomas  de  Bergehby,  chaplain,  give,  grant,  and 
confirm  to  William,  son  of  John  Attewell,  of  Podesey,  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  all  the 
lands  and  tenements  they  had  of  the  gift  of  the  said  William*  in  the  town  of  Podesay. 
To  have  and  to  hold  to  the  aforesaid  John  and  Margaret  his  wife  and  their  heirs. 
Remainder  to  the  aforesaid  William,  son  of  John.  Witnesses  :— Walter  de  Calverley, 
Thomas  de  Tirsall,  Robert  Attewell,  of  Pudsey,  John  de  Tirsall,  of  Pudsey,  William 
Gilleson  of  the  same,  and  others  — Heiningxuny  MSS. 

46  Edw.  III.,  Sept.  I.  John,  son  of  John  de  Bercroft,  of  Pudsay,  quit-claims 
to  John,  son  of  William  Attewell,  rector  of  the  church  of  Quixlay,  and  Robert  and 
William,  brothers  of  the  same  John,  son  of  William,  their  heirs  and  assigns,  all  the 
right  in  all  land,  etc.,  which  the  said  William  Attewell  had  of  the  gift  of  the  aforesaid 
John  Bercroft.  Witnesses  : — Sir  Robert  de  Neuill,  Knt.,  Robert  Passelewe,  Roger 
de  Lede,  Walter  de  Calverlay,  Thomas  Dautre,  John  Passelewe,  Thomas  Osmond, 
and  others. — Hetningway  MSS. 

In  a  Charter,  with  two  seals,  John  de  Bercrofte,  son  of  »Valtheii  de  Bagley, 
and  Agnes,  his  wife,  give  to  William  Attewelle,  of  Podesey,  and  Beatrice,  his  wife, 
lands  in  Podesey.  Witnesses  :— Sir  John  de  Calverley,  Rob.  le  Rede,  of  Podese}', 
and  others.  Given  on  the  nativity  of  the  blessed  Virgin  Mary,  20  Edw.  III.  [1346.] 
— Aad.  Char.,  16,796. 

No,  16,797  is  a  letter  of  agreement,  with  two  seals,  between  John  de  Bercroft  and 
Agnes,  his  wife,  in  regard  to  lands  in  Podesey.  Dated  31  January,  22  Edw.  III. 
[\^^S.\—Add.  Char.,  16,797. 

John  de  Calverley,  knight,  in  a  letter  written  by  his  own  hand,  grants  to  John, 
son  of  Thomas  Eorrester,  of  Tonge,  the  keeping  of  his  land  and  the  marriage  [por- 
tion ?]  of  Thomas,  the  son  and  heir  of  Robert  le  Rede  in  Pudsay,  until  he  comes  of 
age.  Witnesses : — Will.  Attewell,  Thomas  de  Tiresale,  and  others.  Given  on  the 
day  before  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  1352. — Add.  Char.,  16,802. 

'ihe  name  of  one  of  these  witnesses  is  met  with  in  the 
Bradford  Manor  Court  Rolls  (date,  between  1340  and  1355),  and 
gives  another  illustration  of  the  domestic  servitude  existing  in  this 
district  at  that  period.     It  is  there  recorded  that 

Thomas  de  Tiresall  made  fine  with  the  lord,  of  VId.  Chiefage  for  license  of 
having  John,  son  of  Roger  Childyounge,  a  bondman  in  his  service,  up  to  the  feast  of 
St.  Michael  next  ensuing,  so  that  he  shall  give  back  the  aforesaid  John  to  the  baiUff 
at  the  time.t 

Thos.  de  Tiresale  was  also  a  pledge  or  bond  for  the 
payment  of  half  a  mark,  by  Thomas,  son  of  Gabriel,  for 
buying  Matilda,  his  wife,  a  bond  woman  of  the  lord,  for  his 
merchet. 

*  For  this  gift  see  Margerison's  Registers  of  ihe  Parish  of  Calverley,  ii.,  tg;. 
t  From  a  Paper  on  the  Bradford  Manor  Court  Rolls,  by  T.  T.  Empsall,  printed  in  No.  Ill, 
of  the  Bradford  Aiitiqiiaty, 


30  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

John  de  Calverley,  knight,  in  a  letter,  grants  to  William  Attewell,  of  Pudesay, 
and  to  Isabella,  his  wife,  a  toft  in  Pudesay  to  be  held  in  fee-tail  so  long  as  a  male 
descendant  remains,  at  the  annual  rent  of  a  rose.  Witnesses : — Will,  de  Idele,  and 
others.     Dated  26  Edw.  III.  [1352-3.]— ^(Trt'.  Char.,  16,803. 

[Letter  imperfect  and  with  a  broken  seal.] 

In  an  indenture,  with  two  broken  seals, 

John  de  Calverlai,  knight,  grants  to  Walter  de  Calverlai,  his  son,  and  Margerie, 
the  daughter  of  John  de  Dynelai,  lands  and  tenements  in  Podesai,  Wodehalle,  and 
Calverlai,  to  be  held  in  fee  tail  for  the  rent  of  a  single  rose.  Witnesses :— Rob.  de 
BoUynge,  Will,  de  Wynthorpe,  and  others.  Given  on  the  day  before  the  feast  of  the 
Apostles  Simon  and  Jude.     31  Edw.  III.  \ilSl-\—''^'^^^-  Char.,  16,804. 

There  is  also  a  letter  written  in  the  same  year  as  the  fore- 
going, in  which 

John  de  Morlai  and  many  others,  tenants  of  lands  which  John  de  Calverlai, 
knight,  formerly  devised  to  John  de  Dynelai  on  a  lease  of  five  years  in  Podesai  and 
Wodehalle,  and  lately  granted  to  his  son  Walter,  and  to  Margeri,  daughter  of  John  de 
Dynelai  in  fee  tail,  the  said  persons  making  power  of  attorney  in  the  presence  of  the 
said  Walter  and  Margery,  and  of  John  de  Calverlai,  knight,  and  of  Thomas,  the  vicar 
of  Calverlai,  and  others.  Given  on  the  Thursday  before  the  feast  of  St.  Luke  the 
Evangelist,  31  Edw.  III.      With  three  Seals  and  a  JracmeHt. — Add.  Char.,  16,805. 

By  an  indenture  Walter  de  Calverlay,  lord  of  Calverley,  let  to  Peter,  son  of 
Matilda  de  Pudsey,  a  messuage  and  croft  named  "Bayard  Yerd,"  and  an  acre  of 
land,  named  Bayard  acker,  to  be  held  to  the  end  of  his  life,  at  an  annual  rent  of 
three  shillings.  Granted  on  the  feast  of  the  Apostles  Philip  and  James,  A.  D.  1361. — 
Add.  Char.,  16,818. 

In  the  next  year  (1362)  the  same 

Walter  de  Calverley  granted,  by  an  indenture,  to  Isabella,  formerly  the  wife  of 
William  Atte-well  of  Pudesey  land  in  Pudesey,  to  be  held  for  the  whole  of  her  life  in 
return  for  a  rose,  to  be  paid  annually.  The  witnesses  being: — William  AUayn,  Wil- 
liam, son  of  Robert,  and  others.  Granted  on  the  festival  of  St.  Michael,  36th  of 
Edw.  III.      With  a  Seal.— Add.  Char.,  16,821. 

This  seems  to  have  been  a  generous  action  to  a  widow. 

In  A.D.  1363,  this  same  lord,  who  is  named  in  the  indenture, 

Walter  Scot,  of  Calverly,  lets  to  Robert  le  Walker,  land  and  a  mill  in  Calverley 
for  the  term  of  his  life,  at  a  rental  of  20s.  Given  on  Wednesday  after  the  feast  of  St. 
Martin,  37  Edw.  III. — Add.  Char.,  16,822. 

By  an  indenture,  in  1365,  this  Walter  of  Calverley  let  to  John,  son  of  William 
of  Tiresalle,  lands  in  Pudesey,  to  be  occupied  for  the  period  of  eighteen  years,  at  an 
annual  rent  of  6s.  Granted  on  the  day  of  the  moon  before  the  feast  of  St.  Timothy, 
39  Edw.  III.      With  a  Sea!.  — Add.  Char.,  16,823. 

In  a  charter  Walter  de  Calverley  granted  to  Robert  Attewell  of  Pudesay,  his 
ward,  the  liberty  to  marry  Isabella,  daughter  of  John  Attewell.  Granted  on  the  first 
of  September,  40  Edw.  III.  [1366.]— ^</rt'.  Char.,  16,824. 

By  a  writing,  Thomas,  the  son  and  heir  of  Robert  le  Rede  of  Pudsay,  demised 
to  John  de  Stanntone,  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  a  messuage  and  land  for  the  period  of 
their  life.  Given  in  the  feast  of  Lent,  41  Edw.  III.  [1367.]  With  a  Seal. —Add. 
Char.,  16,825. 

I3y  an  indenture  William  Passelewe  grants  to  William,  son  of  John  Attewellc, 
of  Puddesay,  lands  and  tenements  which  he  had  of  the  gift  of  the  said  William  in 
Pudesay,  to  be  held  in  fee  tail  with  the  remainder  to  Agnes,  his  friend  {amicie  ejus). 
Witnesses: — Walter  de  Calverley,  and  others.  Dat.  10  Jan.,  42  Edw.  III.  [1369.]  — 
Add.  Char.,  16,827. 


PUDSEY     CHARTERS.  3I 

By  a  charter,  Isabella,  daughter  of  John  ad  fontem  (or,  in  other  words,  At  the 
well)  of  Pudesay,  gives  to  Robert,  son  of  William  ad  fontem  of  the  same  place,  the 
reversion  of  lands  in  Pudesay  and  Bercroft.  Witnesses  : — Rob.  Passelewe,  Rog.  de 
Leedes,  Walt,  de  Calverley,  and  others.  Granted  on  the  day  of  Sabbath  before 
the  feast  of  the  Nativity  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  46  Edw.  III.  [1372.]*— ^^A/.  Char., 
16,829. 

In  a  letter,  under  the  same  date,  the  aforesaid  Isabella  of  Pudesay,  quitclaims 
to  the  said  Robert,  lands  which  his  father  held  at  the  gift  of  John  de  Bercroft,  and 
others.  Witnesses : — Sir  Rob.  Nevylle,  knight,  Rob.  Passelew,  Rog.  de  Leedes,  and 
others.  — .4 rfrf'.  Char.,  16,830. 

By  a  charter,  William,  the  son  of  John  Attewelle,  of  Pudesay,  gave  to  Sir 
Thos.  del  Isle,  vicar  of  Calverlay,  and  William  de  Berghley,  chaplain,  lands  in 
Pudesay.  Witnesses: — Walt,  de  Calverlay,  Adam  de  Hoptone,  Thomas  Dautry, 
Thomas  de  Tirsall,  Robert  Attewell,  John  de  Bytton,  of  Pudesey,  and  others.  Dat. 
at  Pudsey,  Monday  next  before  the  feast  of  St.  Thomas  the  Apostle,  48  Edw.  III. 
\MlA-\—-^<id-  Char.,  16,832. 

With  a  seal  of  green  wax,-  protuberant  on  the  back.  The  inscription,  the  arms 
of  Walter  de  Calverley  in  a  shield  placed  within  a  seize  foile,  as  appears  by  part  of  an 
inscription  around  it.f    (  -  -  erue  -  -  ) 

By  an  indenture,  Walter  de  Calverley  conceded  to  William,  son  of  (Ellis?)  of 
Bramley,  certain  rights  and  liberties  in  grazing  at  Milnewood,  and  subgrazing  at 
Frith,  and  in  Calverlay  and  Podesay,  and  in  the  lordship  of  Tonge.  Granted  on  the 
4th  of  Nov.,  I  Richard  II.  [1377.]     With  two  Seals.— Add.  Char.,  16,834. 

John,  son  of  Ellis  de  Podesay,  leases  to  William,  son  of  Richard  Alayn,  one  acre 
of  land  down  in  a  certain  place,  "  Gospalrode,"  from  the  feast  of  St.  Martin,  1304, 
for  five  years.     Rent  2s.  annually. — Heminqivay  MSS. 

William  le  Wayt,  and  William,  son  of  Thomas  Carpentar,  lease  to  John  de 
Podeshay,  one  toft  with  buildings,  and  all  the  land,  to  wit,  four  and  a  half  acres,  with 
the  meadow  adjacent,  which  we  had  of  Richard,  son  of  Eli,  the  smith.  To  hold  from 
the  feast  of  St.  Martin,  1312,  for  il  years,  with  rights  of  common,  etc.,  in  the  village 
ofHoustorp.  [Qu.  Does  this  refer  to  the  same  place  as  "  Ulvisthorpe,"  and  where 
was  it  ?     Pudsey  has  several  divisions.]     Rent,  4s.  6d.  per  year. — Hemingway  MSS. 

Matilda,  daughter  of  Gilbert  de  Pugsay,  grants  to  William,  son  of  John  de 
Pugsay,  and  his  heirs,  one  hoxgandale  in  Pugesay,  lying  between  the  lands  of  the 
said  William  on  the  north,  and  the  lands  of  Richard  Carpentar  on  the  south,  and  one 
extremity  stretches  over  towards  the  house  of  Avis,  daughter  of  Robert  Yodlan,  and 
the  other  towards  the  [c'mbil'  ?  ]  Witnesses  :  —Jordan  Wudhalle,  Robert  Paitewin, 
Ellis  the  tanner,  and  Robert  Serjeant. — Hemingway  MSS. 

Matilda,  daughter  of  Gilbert  de  Pugsay,  quit-claims  to  John  de  Bradforde,  her 
lord,  and  his  heirs,  for  5  shillings  and  one  bushel  of  oats,  one  hoxganddale  of  land  in 
Pugsay,  lying  between  the  land  of  William,  son  of  John,  on  the  north,  and  the  land 
of  Richard  Carpentar  on  the  south,  and  one  extremity  extends  towards  the  house  of 
Avis,  daughter  of  Robert  Yodlan,  and  the  other  towards  the  [qimbilV]  Witnesses  : — 
Jordan  de  Wudehalle,  Robert  Paitewin,  Ellis  the  tanner,  and  oiYiQx^. —Heminowav 
MSS.  ' 

During  the  long  reign  of  Edw.  III.  there  were  several  ex- 
pensive and  exhausting  wars  ;  consequently  manufactures  lan- 
guished, trade  was  oppressed,  and  the  arts  of  peace  suffered 
much.  The  debts  which  the  king  contracted,  and  which  the 
nation  owed  in  all  directions,  were  fearfully  heavy  and  crushing. 

*  From  the  Wakefield  Manor  Court  Rolls,  we  learn  that  in  1372,  Margaret,  daughter  of  John 
de  Pudsey,  had  a  dispute  with  John  Gibson,  of  Eccleshill,  about  some  cattle,  and  paid  2d.  In  the 
same  year,  Thomas,  vicar  of  the  Church  of  Calverley,  had  a  dispute  with  Alice,  widow  and  executrix 
of  Robert  de  Phellowe,  and  he  petitions  for  Ss.  for  an  o.\  sold  to  the  said  Robert,  at  Pudsay.— i1/,i'. 
Notes  by^.  Horsfall  Turner. 

t  Mr.  S.  Margerison  gives  an  engraving  of  it  in  vol.  ii.  of  his  published  Calverley  Registen, 
ii,,  197. 


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HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 


To  meet  these  debts  taxes  were  laid  and  subsidies  were  collected. 
Those  for  1327  and  1333,  give  the  list  of  the  contributors.  No 
doubt,  if  we  had  these  lists,  we  should  have  the  names  of  many 
of  those  whom  I  have  just  mentioned.  However,  fortunately, 
we  have  the  Subsidy  Roll  for  1378,  collected  in  the  second 
year  of  his  successor. 

Extract  from  the  Rolls  of  the  Collectors  of  the  Lay  Subsidy, 
or  Poll  Tax,  2  Richard  II.,  in  the  West  Riding  of  the  County  of 
York,  A.D.  1379.* 

PUDESAY. 


Thomas  de  Tyrisall'  &  vxor.  -  -  -  iiijd. 

Willelmus  Kyng  &  vxor.   -     -  -  -  iiijd. 

Nicholaus  de  Fudesay  &  vxor.  -  -  iiijd. 

Willelmus  Erode  &  vxor.  -     -  -  -  iiijd. 

Walterus  Coke  &  vxor.      ...  -  iiijd. 

Petrus  de  Pudesay  &  vxor.      -  -  -  iiijd. 

Robertus  Pycard' &  vxor.  -     -  -  -  iiijd. 

Willelmus  Attewell'  &  vxor.  -  -  -  iiijd. 

Willelmus  Attewell'  junior  &  vxor.  -  iiijd. 

Johannes  Wayt  &  vxor.      -     -  -  -  iiijd. 

Johannes  Malynson  &  vxor.   -  -  -  iiijd. 

Rogerus  fflayer  &  vxor.      .     .  -  .  iiijd. 

Johannes  Sclake  &  vxor.   .     -  -  -  iiijd. 

Johannes  de  Sutill  &  vxor .     -  -  -  iiijd. 

Johannes  de  Heton  &  vxor.    -  -  -  iiijd. 

Willelmus  Gilleson  &  vxor.    -  -  -  iiijd. 

Thomas  de  Pudesay  &  vxor.  -  -  -  iiijd. 


Johannes  de  Holcreft  &  vxor.  -     -  iiijd. 

Johannes  filius  W^illelmi  &  vxor.   -  iiijd. 

Johannes  de  Brenn  &  vxor.  -     -     -  iiijd. 

"Willelmus  Alan  &  vxor.  -     -     -     -  iiijd. 

Willelmus  Skinner  &  vxor.  -     -     -  iiijd. 

Thomas  de  Slakef  &  vxor.  -     -     -  iiijd. 

Robertus  de  Lumby  &  vxor.     -     -  iiijd. 

Johannes  de  Staunton  &  vxor.  -     -  iiijd. 

Robertus  de  Rothelay     -     -     -     -  iiijd. 

Alicia  de  Rothelay iiijd. 

Cecilia  Erode iiijd. 

Elizabeth  Coke iiijd. 

Alicia  atte  Well' iiijd. 

Alicia  relicta  Willelmi    -     -     -     -  iiijd. 

Alicia  de  Heton iiijd. 

Willelmus  de  Tiresall'     -     -     -     -  iiijd. 
Summa  xj.s. 


We  have  here  a  most  interesting  list  of  the  householders 
in  the  township  at  this  early  period,  and  a  record  of  their  status. 
They  are  all  entered  here  as  working  people  ;  there  is  no  village 
squire,  or  merchant,  or  landowner  ;  no  innkeeper  or  tradesmen 
amongst  them.  Esquires  generally  paid  20s.,  though  occasionally 
only  6s.  8d.  ;  merchants  usually  paid  I2d.,  but  now  and  then  2s. 
or  3s.,  and  if  in  a  large  way  of  business,  even  up  to  6s.  8d.  ; 
ostelers  or  innkeepers  paid  2s.  ;  tradesmen  or  artificers,  as 
carpenters,  butchers,  tailors,  smiths,  &c.,  paid  6d.,  and  now  and 
then  1 2d.  ;  but  the  common  people,  single  or  married  couples, 
paid  4d.  This  may  seem  a  small  sum  to  us  now-a-days,  but 
when  we  notice  the  difference  in  the  earnings  of  the  working 
classes  at  this  early  period  and  those  of  to-day,  then  the  weight 
of  this  heavy  war-tax  becomes  more  apparent.  In  the  year 
1352,  but  a  few  years  before  this  tax  was  collected,  the  amount 
of  wages  paid  to  haymakers  was  id.  per  day  ;  to  a  mower  of 
meadows,  5d.  per  acre,  or  5d.  per  day  ;  to  reapers  of  corn,  without 

*   Yorkshire  Archceologicai  nnd  Topographical  Journal,  vol.  vi.,  p.  299. 

t  Among  the  Heiiiingtvny  MSS.  is  an  apprentice  deed,  dated  10  July,  i  Hen.  VI.  [1423],  by 
which  Rich.ird  Slak,  son  of  Thomas  Slak,  of  Podesay.  i>  bound  to  William  Ricroft,  of  Calverley, 
shoeing-smith,  for  three  years  and  a  half,  from  the  feast  of  the  Nativity  of  our  Lord  last  past. 


POLL     TAX. 


33 


meat  and  drink,  and  finding  their  own  tools,  2d.  to  3d.  per 
day.  In  1361  a  chief  master  carpenter  or  mason  had  4d.  per 
day,  and  others  2d.  or  3d.,  as  they  were  worth.  Now,  if  our 
working  people  had  an  income  tax  to  pay,  amounting  to 
between  two  and  four  days'  earnings,  would  there  not  be  a 
loud  outcry  against  the  impost,  and  a  still  louder  demand  for 
"  peace,  retrenchment  and  reform  "  ?  The  tax  was  granted  to 
Richard  II.,  on  his  accession  to  the  throne,  and  was  in  the  form 
of  a  graduated  poll  tax,  or  a  tax  per  head  ;  knights  being 
charged  lOOs.,  esquires  20s.,  and  so  on,  and  the  common  people 
a  groat,  or  46.,  all  above  sixteen  years  of  age  being  liable  to  pay. 
Married  couples  were  charged  as  one,  but  it  would  seem  that  there 
must  have  been  some  omitted  who  were  sixteen  years  old  from  the 
above  list,  as  surely,  there  must  have  been  more  than  eight  persons 

of  that  age  in  the  twenty- 
five  families  named  in  the 
list.  If  we  estimate  the 
twenty  -  five  families  at 
five  in  each  family,  then 
we  have  a  population  of 
125  persons  in  the  village 
at  this  early  period,  and 
Groat  of  Richard  II.  that  thcy  paid  the  sum  of 

IIS.  under  this  Poll  Tax.  A  glance  at  our  neighbouring  villages 
at  the  time,  will  give  us  some  idea  of  their  size  and  standing,  in 
comparison  with  our  own  village.  Parsley  paid  3s.  8d.  ;  Calver- 
ley,  30s.  4d.,  but  of  this  sum  Walter  de  Calverley  paid  20s. 
Idyll,  14s.,  all  in  sums  of  4d.  ;  Bramley,  19s.  4d.  ;  Farnley,  8s. 
Tong,  6s. ;  Gomersall,  17s. ;  North  Bierley,  8s.  ;  VVyke,  5s; 
Heckmondwike,  4s.  8d.  ;  Bowling,  13s.,  of  which  sum  John  de 
Bollyng,  Esquier,  paid  6s.  8d.  ;  Eccleshill,  /s.  8d.  ;  Bradforth, 
23s.;  Wortley,  9s.  4d.,  but  of  this  amount  Adam  de  Hopton  paid 
6s.  8d.  ;*  Drighlington,  9s.  ;  Morley,  lis.  4d.  ;  Horseforth, 
15s.  8d.  ;  Yeadon,  lis.  4d.  ;  Rawden,  lis.;  Leeds,  60s.  4d.,  of 
which  sum  Roger  de  Leedes,  Esquier,  paid  20s. ;  and  so  on,  every 
town  and  village  contributing  its  share.  There  is  no  doubt  but 
that  the  various  persons  named  in  the  lists  would  "get  off"  with 
paying  as  little  to  the  tax  as  was  possible,  as  most  of  the  payers 
of  income  tax  at  the  present  day  are  said  to  do.  However,  as 
regards  those  in  our  own  list,  at  a  first  view,  one  would  take 
them  for  all  common  working  people  ;  and  no  doubt  they  would 
be  all  workers,  but  that  they  were  a  superior  order  of  working 
people,  we,  fortunatel)-,  have    evidence  from   other  sources  to 

D 


34  HISTORY    OF     rUDSEY. 

prove.  The  extracts  I  have  given,  and  shall  give,  show  that  they 
had  their  "  bits  of  property,"  even  in  the  days  when  building  and 
investment  societies  were  unknown.  And  they  were  continually 
buying  and  selling,  letting  and  granting  their  interests  in  this 
property,  but  nearly  always,  be  it  noticed,  under  the  eye  of  the 
lord  of  the  manor. 

By  an  indenture  Walter  de  Calverley  let  to  John,  son  of  Wm.  de  Tiresalle  and 
Alice  his  wife,  and  Thomas  their  son,  a  croft  and  assart  in  I'udesay,  to  be  held  for 
life  at  the  annual  rent  of  6s.  Witnesses  : — Thos.  de  Tiresalle,  Joh  de  Holcrofte,  and 
others.  Given  on  the  day  before  the  feast  of  St.  Lawrence,  4th  Rich.  II.  [1380.] 
IVith  a  ScaL—{Add  Char.,  16,835.)  Wm. ,  the  father,  and  Thos.  the  witness,  are 
both  in  the  Poll  Tax  Roll,  1 1  Ric,  11.  By  a  charter,  William  Attewelle,  of  Puddessay, 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  gave  to  Walter  de  Calverley,  Esquire,  land  in  Puddessay. 
Witnesses  : — Rad.  de  Beeston,  Joh  de  BoUynge,  and  others.  Dat.  on  the  Sunday 
previous  to  the  feast  of  St.  Bartholomew  the  Apostle,  llth  Ric.  II.  [1387].— ^^o'. 
Char.,   16,862.      With  two  Seals. 

John  de  Stauntone  and  Matilda  his  wife,  conceded,  by  a  charter,  to  Walter  de 
Calverley,  Esquire,  lands  in  Pudessey.  Witnesses : — Mr.  Rob.  de  Nevylle  de 
Horneby,  Mr.  Rol).  de  Plumptone,  knights,  and  others.  Given  before  the  feast  of 
Corpus  Christi,  i6th  Ric.  I[.  [1393.]  With  two  S  ah.— {Add.  Char.,  16,869.) 
Stauntone  and  his  wife  are  in  Poll  Tax  List.  No.  16,870,  is  a  writing  in  which 
John  de  Stauntone  and  his  wife  Matilda,  extend  for  Walter  de  Calverley  their  lands 
in  Pudesay.  Witnesses  :—  Rad.  de  Beestone,  Joh.  de  Rome,  and  others.  Given  on 
the  last  day  of  Saints  Peter  and  Paul  the  Apostles.     [1393.] 

John  Verty,  clerk,  quit-claims  to  Mr.  Walter  de  Calverley,  Knight  (chevalier), 
lands  which  he  held  at  the  gift  of  John  de  Stauntone  and  Matilda  his  wife,  in  Pudesey. 
Witnesses  : — John  de  Bollynge,  Thos.  de  Thorner,  and  others.  Given  on  the  30th 
June,  1393-      With  a  Seal. — Add.  Char.,  16,873. 

By  an  indenture  Thomas  de  Oulcotes,  John  de  Idel,  of  Pudesay,  and  .Simon 
Forster,  of  Idel,  let  to  John  Attewelle,  of  Pudsay,  a  toft  and  land  in  Pudsay,  for  the 
whole  of  his  life,  with  remainder  to  Richard  Juncroft  and  Isabella  his  wife,  daughter 
of  the  said  John  Attewelle,  in  fee  tail.  Witnesses  : — Weaker  de  Calverlay,  Kt.,  Jh. 
de  Thornore,  and  others  Done 26  Sep.,  1394-  ]Vith  three  Seals. — Add.  Char., 
16,874. 

By  an  indenture,  Henry  Goion,  chaplain  of  Sultune,  and  Walter  Howet, 
devised  to  Walter  de  Calverlay  the  Manor  of  Calverlay  with  the  mills  and  lands  in 
Calverlay,  Wodhalle,  Pudesay,  Farselay,  Raudone,  Thornetone,  Tiresalle,  and  Gis- 
lay  ;  to  be  held  for  the  period  of  20  years,  at  an  annual  rent  of  iiiid.  Given  on 
Monday  next  after  the  feast  of  the  apostles  Philip  and  James,  in  the  igih  j^ear  of 
Rich.  II.  [1396.]— ^fl'(/.  Cliar.,  i6,%TJ.      With  a  Seal. 

Robert  Newalle  and  Thomas  Whithende,  clerks,  grant  to  John  Passelewe,  of 
Newtone,  and  Jane,  daughter  of  Walter  de  Calverlay,  knight,  lands  in  Pudesay,  to 
be  held  in  fee  tail,  so  long  as  the  said  Walter  lives.  Witnesses  :-  Rob.  de  Plumptone, 
knight,  and  others.  Given  on  the  6th  of  June,  20th  Ric  II.  [1397.] — Add.  Char., 
1 6, 8  78.      With  two  Seals. 

William  Broode,  of  Puddesay,  gave,  by  a  charter,  to  Ralph  de  Beestone,  a 
messuage  and  land  in  Puddesay.  Witnesses  : — Walt,  de  Calverlay,  Esquire,  and  others. 
Given  on  Wednesday  the  day  before  the  feast  of  vSt.  James'  the  Apostle,  20th  Ric.  II. 
[1396.]— ^(/(/.  Char.,  10,879.      With  a  Seal. 

Walter  de  Calverley,  knight,  by  letter  quit-claimed  to  John  Passelewe  and  Joan, 
his  wife,  and  to  his  daughter,  lands  in  Puddesay.  Witnesses  :  — Rob.  de  Plumptone, 
kt.,  and  others.  Dat.  12  June,  20  Ric.  II.  [1397.] — Add.  Char.,  16,880.  With  a 
Seal,  t 

*  In  the  list  of  inhabitants  at  Wortley  are  several  of  the  name  of  Lepton.  some  of  whose 
descendants  were  afterwards  of  Pudsey. 
t  See  Add.  Char.,  16,878. 


PUDSEY      CHARTERS.  35 

Ralph  de  Beestone,  by  a  writing,  quit  claimed  to  John  Batty,  of  Calverley, 
lands  in  Fudesey.  Witnesses  : — Robt.  de  Nevylle,  AYaller  de  Calverlay,  knights,  and 
others.     Written  on  the  15th  August,  22  Ric.  II.  [1398.]—  Ac^d.  Char.,  16, 8m. 

In  a  letter  Ralph  de  Beestone  quit-claims  to  Wm.  Broode,  of  Pudsay,  lands  in 
Pudsay.  Witnesses  :  —Rob.  Neville  and  Walter  Calverlay,  knights,  and  others.  Done 
on  the  night  before  the  feast  of  St.  Laurence,  22  Ric.  II.  [1398.] — Aad.  Char. 
16,883.      ^2^^^  «  ^eal. 

Amongst  the  charters  in   the  Bodleian   Library,  Oxford,  is 

one  relating  to  Pudsey,  and  to  this  period.      JL334:0^0 

William  de  Wyrkelay  constitutes  Richard  de  Thornhill,  his  servant,  his 
attorney  to  deliver  for  him,  and  in  his  name,  to  Geoffrey  de  Lowenthorpe  [Leven- 
thorpe  ?  J,  John  de  Allerton,  Thomas  de  Clayton,  and  Walter,  son  of  Robert  de 
Rothelay,  seisin  of  all  his  lands,  etc.,  in  the  village  of  Pudsey.  Dated  10  November 
ti399-]     With  a  Seal.  —  Add.  C/^«;-.,  281. 

This  Robert  de  Rothlay  was  of  Pudsey,  as  his  name  appears 
in  the  Poll  Tax,  A.D.  1379. 

Walter  de  Calverley,  knight,  grants  by  charter  to  John  Bigot,  knight,  lord  of 
Setryntone,  to  Marmaduke  Darelle,  lord  of  Sesay,  to  John  de  Oustone,  of  Pykburne, 
and  to  Robert  Maulevery,  and  to  Ralph  Bygot,  the  manors  of  Calverley,  Burley,  in 
Warldalle  [Wharfedale],  Altoftys,  Helewelle,  and  Pudsay.  Witnesses  : — Rob.  Neville, 
knt.,  Rog.  de  Swelyngtone,  knt.,  John  Warde,  knt.,  and  others.  Granted  on  the 
day  of  March  before  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  3  Hen.  IV.  [1401]. — Add.  Char., 
16,887,      i^ith  a  Seal  of  Arms. 

In  this  same  year,  John  Lee,  son  of  Richard  Lee,  of  Pudesey,  by  charter,  gave 
to  John  Essehalte,  described  as  of  Battelay,  Thomas  Rothelay,  and  many  others,  lands 
formerly  the  property  of  Robert  David,  vicar  of  Bristalle  [Birstall],  and  of  Hugh, 
clerk  of  the  chapel,  in  Pudesey.  Witnesses  : — Walt,  de  Calverley,  knight,  and  others. 
Granted  on  the  festival  of  St.  Martin,  3  Hen.  IV. — Add.  Char.,  16,891. 

By  an  indenture  {Add.  Char.,  16,892]  the  same  five  grantors  named  in  No. 
16,887,  gave  to  Walter  de  Calverlay  knight  and  to  Joan  his  wife  the  manors 
of  Calverlay,  Burlay  in  Querldale  [Wharfedale],  Altoftis,  Haliwelle,  and  Pudesay,  to 
be  held  for  the  whole  of  their  life.  Witnesses  : — Rog.  de  Sywelyngtone,  Rolx 
Nevelle,  Joh.  Warde,  knts. ,  and  others.  Dat.  on  Wednesday  before  the  feast  of 
St.  Martin,  3  Hen.  IV.      IVilh  five  Seals. 

Galfrid  de  Leventhorpe,  John  de  Allertone,  Thomas  de  Claytone,  and  William, 
son  of  Robert  de  Rothelay,  of  Pudesay,  by  a  charter,  conceded  to  John  atte  Leyeghe 
of  Pudesay,  an  assart  in  Pudesay.  W^itnesses  : — Walt,  de  Calverlay,  knight,  Thomas 
de  Thorner  and  others.  Dat.  4  Augus^  4  Hen.  IV. — Add.  Char.,  16,897.  IVilh  two 
Seals,     [a.d.  1402.] 

In  141 5,  an  agreement  is  made  by  an  indenture,  between  Thomas  de  Merkyn- 
felde,  lord  of  Merkynfelde,  and  his  wife  Joan,  formerly  the  wife  of  Walter  de 
Calverley,  when  Walter,  son  of  the  aforesaid  Walter,  took  to  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  the  aforesaid  Thomas,  and  the  aforesaid  Joan  granted  under  feudal  service  to  her 
son  and  to  the  said  Elizabeth,  lands,  etc.,  in  the  villages  of  Hallywelle,  near 
Pontefract,  and  Pudsey,  to  be  held  in  fee-tail,  and  the  said  Thomas  shall  pay 
;>^53  6s.  8d.  Witnesses  : — Rog.  Ward  and  others.  March  ist,  2  Hen.  \ .—Aad. 
Char.,  16,900. 

On  the  i6th  April,  141 5,  the  aforesaid  Joan  grants  by  an  indenture  to  the  afore- 
said Walter  and  Elizabeth,  lands  etc.,  in  Halywelle  and  Pudsay  to  be  held  in  fee-tail. 
The  witnesses  being  : — Thos.  de  Merkynfelde,  Hen.  Sotehille  and  others.  With  izoo 
Seals. — Add.  Char.,  16,901. 

In  1420  John  Idelle  lately  residing  in  Pudesay  quit-claims  to  Joan  formerly 
the  wife  of  Walter  de  Calverlay,  knight,  lands  in  Pudesay.  Witnesses  : — 
Thomas  Maleverer  and  others.  Dat.  22  Jan.  7  Hen.  V. — AdiK  Char.,  16,902. 
With  a  Seal. 


36 


HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 


In  the  charters  in  the  Bodleian  Library  is  one  recording  that— 

Geoffrey  de  Lewenthorp,  John  de  Alleilon,  Thomas  de  Clayton,  and  William 
son  of  Robert  de  Rothelay,  grant  to  William  Rothelay  the  half  of  all  lands  and  tene- 
ments which  he  had  of  the  gift  of  William  de  Wirkelay  in  Pudsey  in  the  parish  of 
Calverley.    Dated  at  Pudsey,  i  Jan.,  i  Hen.  VI.  [1422.]— C/iar/er  382.    IVii/i  a  Seal. 

Tsabell,  formerly  the  wife  of  Richard  Juncroft,  by  a  charter,  grants  to  Walter 
de  Calverley  esquire,  a  toft  and  land  called  Dikland  of  Barcroft  in  Pudsay. 
Witnesses  :— Rob.  Thornour,  Will.  Erode  and  others.  Dat.  24  May,  i  Hen.  VI. 
[1423.]  Add.  Char.  16,903.  With  a  Seal.  A  William  Erode  and  wife  paid  subsidy 
tax  4d.  in  1379. 

In  the  next  MS.  (Add.  Char.,  19,904)  we  learn  who  this 
Isabella  is.  She  is  the  daughter  of  John  Atewelle,  and  concedes 
the  reversion  of  the  aforesaid  toft  and  land  called  Dikland  in 
Pudsay,  to  the  aforesaid  Walter.  Also  in  another  MS.  {Add. 
Char.,  16,905)  she  quit-claims  the  same  property  to  the  said 
Walter.  All  three  MSS.  with  Seals,  are  of  the  same  date,  viz. : 
24  May,  I  Hen.  VI.  Three  days  further,  and  John,  son  of 
Richard  Juncroft,  grants  a  remission  of  the  aforesaid  lands,  May 
27th,  I  Hen,  VI.  [1423.]  {Add.  Char.,  16,906.)  Also  in  a  charter, 
the  aforesaid  John,  and  Isabella,  his  mother,  concede  to  Walter 
Calverley,  the  reversion  of  the  toft  and  land  in  Pudsay.  Wit- 
nesses : — Will.  Scargille,  Joh.  Gargrave,  and  others.  Dat.  27 
May,  I  Hen.  VI.  With  a  Seal.  {Add.  Char.,  16,907.)  In  the 
same  year 

John  Bygod,  chevaler,  lord  of  Setteringtone,  RIarmaduke  Darelle,  lord  of 
Sesay,  John  de  Oustone,  of  Pykburne,  Robert  Mauleverer,  and  Ralph  Bygod,  quit- 
claim to  W^alter  de  Calverley,  son  of  Walter  de  Calverley,  Barley  in  Wardale 
[VVharfedale],  Altoftys,  Helewelle  and  Pudsay  Witnesses: — John  Passelowe,  Thos, 
Haukesworth,  and  others.     Dated  2  June  i  Hen.  VI. — Add.  Char.,  16,908. 

No.  16,909,  is  a  writing  in  which  John  Bygot,  kt.,  lord  of  Setryngtone,  Robt. 
Mauleverer,  and  Ralph  Bygot  quit-claim  the  aforesaid  manors  to  the  said  Walter. 
Witnesses: — Rog.  Warde,  kt.,  John  Mauleverer  and  others.  Dat.  15  Mar.  2  Hen. 
VI.  [1424.]     With  tivo  Seals. 

By  a  charter  William  Tyrsalle  of  Eradeforth  granted  to  Walter  Calvyrlay,  Will. 
Gellys  of  Eradforth,  Draper,  and  Dionisio  Gellys,  clerk,  a  l)urgess-ship  [or  a  vote]  in 
Bradforth.  Witnesses: — W'ill.  Northrope  and  others.  Dated  20  April  6  Hen.  Vj. 
\\/\.2%'\—Add.  Char.,  16,915.      With  a  Sea'. 

No.  16917  is  a  letter  in  which  Walter  Calverley  and  John  Rothelay  of  Pudsey, 
are  bound  to  John  Lake  for  ^20.     Dated  i  June  9th  Hen.  Vj.  [1431.]* 

*  In  tbe  Archeolo^ical  Journal,  vol.  xviii.,  it6i,  p.  65,  there  occurs  an  interesting 
Note  of  a  Deed  relating  to  this  locality,  which  I  reproduce  from  Calicrley  Rcs;isUrs,  ii,  199  : — 
Deed  dated  at  Wadlands,  loth  August,  nth  Hen.  VI.  [ad.  1433]  whereby  Margaret  BoUying 
granted  to  Humphrey,  Duke  of  Gloucester,  John  Leventhorpe,  sen.,  John  Leventhorpe,  jun  ,  John 
King,  vicar  of  Halifax.  Christopher  Spencer,  esq.,  Robert  Inskipe,  vicir  of  Calverley,  Richard 
Willesthorpe,  and  John  Rissheworth,  all  her  estate  in  lands  and  tenements,  rents  and  services  in 
Calverley,  Parsley,  Pudsey,  Wadlands,  and  EccleshiUe.  which  .she  lately  had  of  the  feoffment  of 
Thomas  Thornour  her  father  ;  to  hold  to  them  and  their  heirs  for  ever  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee  by 
the  services  therefore  due  and  of  right  accustomed;  upon  cond  tion  that  the  Duke,  *c.,  or  one  of 
them,  should  re-infeoff  her  and  her  heirs,  or  perform  the  will  of  her  or  her  heirs  in  any  other  manner 
when  they  had  notice  thereof ;  with  a  power  ot  re-entry  to  her  and  her  heirs  in  case  the  said  Duke, 
&c.    shou  d  refuse  so  to  do.     Witnessed  by  "  Walter  Calvei ley  armigero,  Johana  .         .... 

Henrieo (erased)  Robert  Bollyng,  Willelmo  Rothley,  et  alliis  (Willelmo  de 

Leventhorpe  ....  Johnanna  de  Hill  de  Wulstone,  interlined.")  Appended  to  the 
original  deed  is  a  small  circular  Seal  of  red  wa.x,  with  a  device  M  rudely  executed.  Wadlands  is  a 
farm  aljout  two  miles  from  Pudsey.  and  in  the  pari.sh  of  Calverley. 


PUDSEY     CHARTERS.  37 

By  an  indenture,  John  Merkynfekle,  William  Scargylle,  Thomas  Tonge,  clerk, 
William  Gellys  and  Henry  Rastryke  devise  to  Walter  Calverley  the  manors  of 
Calverley,  Burley  in  Querledaylle,  Altoftes,  Haliwelle,  and  Pudesey  to  be  held 
throughout  the  whole  of  his  life,  at  a  rent  of  a  red  rose  annually.  Dat.  20  June,  5 
Hen.  Vj.  [1427.] — Adit  Char.,  No.  16,913.      Wilk  a  fragment  of  a  Seal. 

By  a  charter  Walter  Calverley  grants  to  Thomas,  lord  of  Clifforde,  and  of 
Westmerland,  John  Tempest,  knight,  William  Scargill,  Gilbert  del  Leghe,  Will. 
Bradford,  and  Will.  Brerehalghe,  the  manors  of  Calverley,  Pudsey,  Burley  and  Holy- 
welle.  Witnesses  :— Robert  Watertone,  esquire,  and  others.  Dated  20  Aug.  22  Hen. 
Vj.  [14^^.]— AM.  Chir.,  16,935.      With  a  Seal. 

In    1452,    Thomas   Rothley,  of  Pudsey,  gave  to  Walter  Calverley  a  rental  in 
Pudsey,  on  the  20  March,  30  Hen.  VI.     [No.  16,945.]     With  a  Seal. 

By  an  indenture  William  and  John  Symson  at  the  request  of  Thomas  Rotheley 
quit  claimed  to  John  Raistricke  certain  lands  in  Pudsey.  The  witnesses  being  :— James 
Danby,  Will.  Calverley,  and  others.  Dat.  14  April,  15  Edw.  IV,  [1475.] — ^'^'''• 
Char.,  16,960.      With  two  Scah. 

One  of  the  same  family  as  those  first  named  in  the  above 
indenture,  appears  in  the  Presentation  Book,  at  York,  as 
follows  : — 

George  Symson  de  Pudsey  accoliti — 1479. 

And  representatives  of  the  Symson  family  continued  in 
Pudsey  until  a  few  years  ago,  when  the  last  one,  a  bachelor, 
named  John  Sympson  died.  The  Raistricks  are  still  represented 
in  the  town  by  numerous  descendants. 

In  the  "  Calendar  of  Charter  and  Rolls  in  the  Bodleian 
Librar}^  Oxford,"  I  find 

John  Symson  of  Pudsey,  son  and  heir  of  William  Symson  grants  and  quit- 
claims to  Robert  Symson  his  brother  all  his  messuages,  lands,  and  tenements 
within  the  parish  of  Calverley.  Dated  at  Pudsey  22  Oct.  4  Hen.  VIII.  [15 13.] 
With  a  Seal. — Charter  134. 

Among  the  Hemingway  MS S.  is  a  grant  dated  1 7  Ed.  IV.  [1477.]  fiom 
Isabella,  w.  of  Robert  Botiller,  to  William  Brigge,  of  York,  of  three  acres  in  the 
township  of  Podesay.  Witnesses  :— William  Warde,  clerk,  Hen.  Albyne,  and  John 
Tanfeld.     Given  at  Podesay,  2  August. 

By  a  charter  William  Calverley  gave  to  Thomas  Tempest,  a  kniglit,  John 
Sotehille,  Gilbert  Leghe  and  others,  the  manor  of  Calverley  with  its  appurtenances  in 
Calverley,  Pudsey,  Holywelle,  Wodehalle,  Altofts,  Burley,  Stede  etc.,  certain  places 
being  excepted.  Witnesses  : — James  Danby,  knight,  Thos.  Meryng,  and  others. 
Dated  11  March,  2  Ric.  III.  [1485.]     No.  16,966. 

By  an  indenture  Richard  Calverley,  Richard  Keghley,  and  Ralph  Smithe 
devise  to  Robert  Ley  and  Agnes  Meryng,  daughter  of  1  homas  Meryng,  messuages 
and  lands  in  Pudsey,  to  be  held  in  fee  tail.  Witnesses  : — Percy  Thorntone,  Thomas 
Wilsone,  and  others.  Dated  20  Nov.  5  Hen.  Vij.  [14,89.]+  No.  16,970.  With  izvo 
Seals. 

Richard  Calverley,  Thomas  Merynge,  Ralph  Smythe  and  John  Alchate,  at  the 
request  of  John  Rastrike  confirm  by  a  writing,  the  right  of  William  Calverley  to 
certain  lands  in  Pudsey.     Dated  10  Jan.  6  Hen.  Vij.  [i4gi.]—Acld.  Char.,  16,971. 

t  Among  the  Ht-ming-may  MSS  is  a  feofTment  dated  20  Nov.,  5  Hen.  VII.  [14891  by  which 
Richard  Calverley,  Richard  Keghley,  Ralph  Smyth,  and  [blank],  grant  to  Robert  Ley  and  Agne.s 
Meryng,  daughter  of  Ihomas  Meryng,  and  their  heirs,  two  messuages,  in  Podesay.  Remainder  to 
John  Ley.  Witness  : — Percival  Thot[7^/<w],  Thomas  WiUon,  John  Symson,  and  others.  Richard 
Kighley  (of  Newall)  "living  about  1445."  married  a  daughter  of  Walter  Scot,  nlias  Calverley; 
Richard  Calverley.  his  nephew,  was  son  of  William  Scot,  alias  Cilvetley,  of  Calverley,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Guild  of  Corpus  Christi,  York,  in  1520,  Thomas  Mearing,  of  VVheldale,  had  married 
Isabel,  daughter  of  the  above  William  Calverley. 


38  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

By  a  charter  John  Rastrike  granted  to  Will  Calverley  the  lands  in  Pudsey  before 
named.  Witnesses  :— John  Saville,  knight,  Ralph  Beestone,  and  others.  Dated  lO 
Jan.  6  Henr.  Vij.  [i4gi.]—At/i/.  Char.,  16,972.      With  a  Seal. 

By  an  indenture,  William  Calverley  leased  the  lands  mentioned  in  the  afore- 
mentioned charter  to  the  aforesaid  John  Rastrike  for  40  years  at  a  rent  of  2od.  Dated 
14th  Jan.  6  Hen.  Vii. —.-/(/</.  Char.,  16,973.      ^Vuh  a  Seal. 

By  a  charter  William  Calverley  conceded  to  Robert  Calverley,  the  elder,  his  uncle, 
and  Nicholas  Calverley,  the  vicar  of  the  Church  of  Batteley,  and  to  Christopher 
Lyster,  lands  in  Hoghton,  called  Ilollyiuelle,  and  in  Pudsey.  Dated  i  Aug.  12  Hen. 
Vij.  [1497.]      With  Signature.  — Add.  Char.,  16,974. 

Attached  to  last  mentioned  document  is  a  deed  of  the  same 
Wm,  Calverley,  directing  that  the  same  lands  be  re-conveyed  to 
him,  and  his  wife,  Alice. — Add.  Char.,  16,975.       With  a  Seal. 

William  Paget  and  Agnes  his  wife,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  John  Ley,  grant  by 
a  charter  to  William  Calverley,  knight,  all  the  messuages  and  reversions,  etc.,  in 
Pudsey  or  elsewhere,  in  the  County  of  York,  which  were  lately  the  property  of  the 
said  John  and  they  appoint  him  executor.  Dated  24  May,  13  Hen.  Vij.  [1498.] — Add. 
Char.,  16,976.      With  two  Seats. 

John  Rolheley,  by  a  charter,  grants  to  William  Calverley,  esquire,  an  enclosure 
in  Pudsey,  and  appoints  executors.  Witnesses: — Richard  Stephenson,  vicar  of  the 
Church  of  Calverley,  and  others.  Dated  9  Oct.  15  Hen.  Vij.  [1499.] — Add.  Char., 
16,981.      With  a  Sea/. 

Three  days  after  the  aforesaid  date,  this  John  Rotheley,  of  Rotheley  is  bound 
for  ;i^20  in  the  feoffment  aforesaid.      With  a  Seal.     [Add.  Chars.,  16,982  and  16,983.] 

In  1501,  John  Rotheley,  of  Rotheley,  gives  by  a  charter  [16,990]  to  William 
Calverley,  esquire,  a  messuage,  etc.,  in  Pudsey,  then  in  the  occu]:>ation  of  Margaret 
Gaunt,  widow,  and  appoints  executors.     Dated  2  June,  16  Hen.  VH.      With  a  Seal. 

Add.  Char.,  16,991,  is  a  reversion  of  the  said  messuage  dated  4  July,  16  Hen. 
VH.     With  a  Seal. 

In  1502,  this  John  Rotheley  is  bound  to  Wm.  Calverley,  esquire,  in  lOO  marks 
in  respect  of  lands  in  Pudsey.     Dated  20  Oct.  18  Hen.  VII. — Add.  Char.,  16,993. 

The  aforesaid  John  Rothelay  grants  to  Wm.  Calverley,  esquire,  a  messuage  and 
lands  in  Pudsey.  Witnesses: — Thomas  Elys,  Thomas  Meryng,  Cristof.  Calverley 
and  others.     Dated  8  Oct.  18  Hen.  VII.      With  a  Seal.— Add.  Char.,  16,994. 

A  final  concord  is  made  in  which  John  Rodley  devises  messuages  and  lands 
which  are  the  right  of  William  Calverley,  esquire.  Dated  the  15th  day  of  St.  Timothy, 
49  Hen.  VII.  [1504.]— ^(W.  Char.,  16,995. 

On  March  10,  i  Ric.  III.  [1483-4]  Joan  Rotheley,  relict  of  Thomas  Rotheley, 
late  of  Podesay,  and  Thomas  Rotheley,  her  son,  grant  to  John  Lee,  and  his  heirs  and 
assigns,  one  toft  in  Podesey,  called  "  Eryomgarth."  Witnesses  : — John  Stotheley, 
Ralph  Smith,  Will.  Symson,  Thomas  Wilson,  Simon  Lumby,  John  Walcar,  and 
others. — Heviingivay  MSS. 

In  the  year  1507,  one  Edmund  Archer,  of  Pudsey,  claimed  25s.  for  the  re- 
conciliation of  the  "  coemiteii  "  or  burial  ground  at  Ilkley.* 

From  a  Subsidy  Roll  of  the  15th  Henry  VIII.  [a.d.  1525], 
giving  the  particulars  of  a  tax  levied  and  collected  (something 
analogous  to  the  Income  Tax  of  the  present  day)  we  learn  the 
names  of  the  principal  persons  in  Pudsey  and  district,  and  the 
relative  values  of  the  property  held  by  each,  and  liable  to  assess- 
ment, with  the  sums  collected  in  each  place.  The  original  is  pre- 
served in  the  Public  Record  Office,  London  ;  the  portion  relating 
to  Yorkshire  is  printed  in  the  Yoi-ks.ArcJi.&  Top.Joitr.voX.  ii,,  p.  47. 

*  See  Surtees  Society's  vol.  Hii.,  1869.     Yorkshire  Wills,  vol.  iv.,  p.  327. 


CALVERLEY    FAMILY.  39 

Piiddesay — John  Milner,  for  £t,  6s.  8d.,  lands,  3s.  4d.  ;  Robert  Lumby,  for 
20s.,  lands,  I2d.  ;  John  Dawson,  for  40s.  guds.  I2d.  ;  Robert  Wayde,  for  10  march 
[marks],  guds.  3s.  4d.  ;  Robert  Casson,  for  40s.  guds.  I2d.  ;  Robert  Walker,  for  40s. 
guds,  1 2d.     Sum  los.  8d. 

At  the  present  day,  we  have  persons  representatives  of  all 
the  names  given  as  contributors  to  the  Subsidy  or  Income  Tax 
paid  in  Pudsey,  360  years  ago. 

Among  the  Heinhis,7vay  MSS.  is  a  trust  deed,  dated  13  Feby.  37  Hen.  VIII. 

[1545-6],  by  which  William  Calverley,  of  Calverley,  gives  to  Richard  Jenkinson  of 
Pudsey,  a  tenement  in  Pudsey,  for  a  quarter  of  a  year,  and  then  the  same  to  Michael, 
son  of  the  said  William,  for  life. 

In  1559,  William  Calverley  granted  to  his  son  Henry  Calverley  tenements  in 
Pudsaye,  Calverley  and  Rawdon.  Dated  and  signed  10  Sept.  i  Elizabelli. — Add. 
C/iar.,  17,027. 

Add.  Char.,  17,112,  is  an  indenture  between  Sir  William  Calverley,  of  Calver- 
ley, knight,  of  the  first  part,  Walter  Calverley,  of  Staneley,  son  and  heir  of  the  said  Sir 
William  of  the  2nd  part,  and  Sir  Christopher  Danby,  kt..  Sir  T  homas  Danby,  kt., 
Thomas  Danby,  Thomas  Wentworth,  William  Va\7Sour,  Robert  Hyde,  and  Henry 
Hardware,  of  the  3rd  part,  entailing  the  manors  of  Calverley,  Purley,  and  Pudsey. 
Dated  18  Jan.  10  Eliz.  [1568.]  The  same  extending  over  eight  sheets  and  a  tal)le  of 
the  conditions  of  the  indenture. 

This  Sir  William  Calverley,  kt.,  was  Sheriff  of  Yorkshire  in 
1550.  The  family  seems  to  have  now  attained  its  zenith,  and 
from  this  time  to  gradually  decline.  William  Calverley,  who 
lived  at  the  end  of  the  i6th  century,  was  a  staunch  adherent  of  the 
Papal  Church  and  so  had  to  suffer  for  his  "  Recusancy."  Instead 
of  buying  lands  they  have  now  to  sell.  In  the  catalogue  of 
Deeds  relating  to  the  family,  I  find  many  particulars  of  sale  of 
land,  etc.,  as 

Counterpart  of  sale  of  capital  messuage  and  lands  in  Pudsey  to  \Vm.  Jenkinson 
and   others.  42  Eliz.  [l6co.]     Ditto  to  Wm.  Ferrow,  42  Eliz. 

Counterpart  of  sale  rif  lands  in  Pudsey  to  James  Sale,  to  Geo.  Gaunt,  to  Wm. 
Moss.       [a.d.   1600.] 

A  Bond  from  Wm.  Farrow,  of  Pudsey,  to  save  harmless  from  a  Bond 
entered  p.  Walter  Calverley  to  Agnes  Gargrave,  42  Eliz.  [i6co.] 

Then  followed  the  greatest  trial  of  all,  the  heavy  fine  in- 
flicted upon  Henry  Calverley  for  his  sympathy  and  support 
given  to  the  Royalists,  during  the  civil  wars,  for  which  he  was 
fined  ^1,455.  To  raise  this  sum  he  had  to  sell  several  parts  of 
the  family  estates,  after  ha\'ing  tried  every  possible  way  to  raise 
the  money  and  failed.  "  Seacroft  had  to  go,  and  Pudsey  too," 
though  not  without  a  struggle.  Richard  Waugh,  the  vicar  of 
Calverley,  writing  to  Mr.  Henry  Calverley  said  : — 

"  Here  are  great  braggs  concerning  a  new  lord  of  Pudsey,*  but  made  in  cupps  ; 
I  hope  you  will  not  pull  that  flower  out  of  your  garland,  having  means  and  wayes  to 

raise  ;i^i200  by  woods  and ,  or  fines  in  letting  your  land,  or  if  you  resolved  to 

part  with  it,  yet  not  for  ^{^1200,  you  may  have  ;^6oo  more  for  it.  I  heard  Lumby 
say  he  durst  undertake  it."+ 

*  This  was  Mr.  Tempest  IMilner  (son  of  Mr.  Samuel  Milner,  of  Pudsey),  who  was  a  Citizen 
Merchant  Taylor,  and  Alderman  of  London, 
t  Margerison's  Cnh'C7'ley  Parish  Registers,  vol.  ii.,  p.  3. 


40  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

However,  the  manorial  estate  of  Pudsey  was  sold  to  Mr.  Mil- 
ner,  but  for  some  reason  or  other  it  was  bought  back  again  shortly 
a'"terwards.  Poor  Henry  Calverley  died*  having  struggled 
through  and  paid  his  fine  or  composition,  but  he  left  to  his  heir  such 
a  large  debt  that  he  had  to  sell  part  of  his  lands,  together  with 
the  manorial  estate  of  Pudsey,  as  we  find  from  their  papers,  thus  : — 

Sale  of  certain  of  lands  in  Pudsey  to  Mr.  Milner,  1631;.  Also  other  lands  in 
Pudsey  were  sold  to  William  Lepton,  Samuel  Lumby,  and  John  Smith. 

Counterpart  of  deed  of  sale  of  Mannor  of  Pudsey  to  Mr.  Milner,  conditionally, 
in  1656,  and  counterpart  of  lease  or  bargain  and  sale  thereto  belonging. 

Defeazance  from  Mr.  Milner  to  Walter  Calverley,  Esq.,  concerning  the  tofts 
at  Pudsey,  1657. 

Counterpart  of  .sale  of  Manor  of  Pudsey  to  Mr.  Milner,  15  Carl.  2. 

Covenant  from  Mr,  Milner  not  to  take  in  Pudsey  Common  without  consent  of 
W.  Calverley,  15  Carl.  2. 

Thoresby  says,  in  the  Diicatus  Leodieiisis,  that 

Robert  Milner,  of  Pudsey,  who  was  the  brother  of  Tempest  Milner  before 
mentioned,  purchased  the  Manor  of  Pudsey  and  estates  there  from  W^alter  Calverley, 
in  1663,  and  so  one  of  the  manors  of  Pudsey  passed  out  of  the  family  in  which  it  had 
been  held  for  several  centuries. 

The  arms  of  the  family  of  the  Milners,  Lords  of  the  Manor  of  Pudsey,  are  sable, 
three  bridle-bits  or,  as  entered  in  the  Visitation,  Annu  1634.  This  family  seems  to 
have  been  originally  of  this  place,  though  afterwards  (at  least  a  branch  of  it)  of 
Halifax  (by  the  evidence  of  the  Wakefield  Court  Rolls  this  would  seem  to  be  the 
reverse  of  the  facts,  as  they  appear  to  be  originally  of  Halifax  and  afterwards  of 
Pudseyt),  as  appears  by  an  ancient  deed,  before  the  dates  were  inserted,  from  Ricardus 
filius  Thomre  Molendinarii  de  Pugesey  (Test.  Joh.  Scoto,  Jord.  de  Wudehall,  Joh. 
de  Bradeford,  Sim.  Paitevin,  Rob.  de  Birle),  yet  remaining  amongst  the  old  writings 
of  the  family,  from  whence  I  have  drawn  the  ensuing  pedigree. 

Milner  of  Pudsey. 

Thomas  Mylner  of  Pugesey  =     


Richard  Mylner. 
Obiit  ante  4  H.  5.    John  Mylner  =  m.  Cicily,  superstes  4  H.  5. 
of  Halifax. 


I 
Robert  Mylner,  4  H.  5  =p 


37  H.  6.  22  E.  4.    Richard  Mylner,  of  Halifax  == 


21   II.   7.     Robert  Mylner=   m.  Margaret  sup.  5  H.  8. 


35  H.  8.  John  Mylner,  of  Pudsey  =  m  Annie  Wharton,  of  Harwood,  1541,  whose  son 

(aged  about  63  in  1584) 

36  H.  8.  John  Mylner,  of  Pudsey,  gent.  =  mar.  Anne,  d.  of  Mr.  Robert  Waterhouse. 

*  He  was  buried  at  Calverley  Church,  Jan.  2,  1651-2.    For  a  long  account  of  him,  with  portraits, 
etc.,  see  a  paper  by  Mr.  S.  Margerison,  in  Bradfotd  Antiquary,  part  ii. 
t  The  early  part  of  this  pedigree  of  Milner  is  very  unsatisfactory. 


MILNER     FAMILY. 


41 


They  had  a  son  they  called  Robert  Milner,  of  Pudsey,  gent.,  mar.  cov.  29  Nov., 
1573  =  mar.  Mary  d.  and  c  of  Mr.  Thos.  Draper,  of  Hallifax  Vicaridge. 

They  had  issue,  Samuel  JNIilner,  obt.  18  Car.,  i  Ing.,  post-moilem  =  m.  Grace, 
d.  of  E.  Oldfield ,  of  Wadlands,  in  Calverley.  T  hey  had  two  sons  and  several 
daughters,  Robert  and  Tempest.  Tempest  Milner  was  a  citizen  and  merchant  tailor, 
and  alderman  of  London.  He  purchased  the  Manor  of  Pudsey  and  estates  there 
from  Henry  Calverley  and  Joyce  his  wife,  in  1649,  and  reconveyed  them  to  Henry 
Calverley  in  1650.     He  had  a  son  John,  who  was  consul  at  Lisbon. 

Robert  Milner  purchased  the  Manor  of  Pudsey  and  estates  there  from 
Walter  Calverley  in  1663.  He  mar.  Ann  d.  of  Mr.  Robert  Ferrand,  of  Harden. 
Their  son,  John  Milner,  of  Pudsey,  obt.  19  Feb.,  1710-11.  By  his  will  dated 
1 70S,  he  devised  his  Pudsey  estates  to  his  eldest  son  John.  He  married  Frances, 
d.  of  Matth.  Hall.  Their  eldest  son  John  Milner,  M.D.,  died  Felx  1724,  intesL, 
leaving  his  brother  Charles  his  heir-at-law,  s.p.  Charles  Milner,  of  Preston  Hall, 
near  Maidstone,  Kent,  who  upon  the  death  of  his  brother  John  succeeded  to  the 
estates,  and  devised  them  to  his  great  nephew  Charles  Cottom,  in  tail,  obt.  s.p. 
His  said  great  nephew,  on  succeeding  to  the  same,  assumed  the  name  of  Milner, 
and  is  now  (181 5)  living  at  Preston  Hall.  John  and  Charles  Milner  had  five 
sisters  ;  one  named  Ann,  married  Mr.   Michael  Cottom.* 

The  old  Manor  House,  which  is  chiefly  of  17th  century 
work,  is  situated  at  the  top  of  Lowtown.  The  Old  Hall,  as  it  is 
popularly  designated,  is  an  extensive  building,  and  was  at  one 
time  the  residence  of  the  Milner  family,  and  bears  on  a  prominent 
part  the  initial  M.     The  present  owner  is  Mr.  George  Hinings. 

There  is  "  an  assessment  for  y«  surveyor,  1584,  West  Riding 
CO.  Ebor,"  from  which  I  extract  the  following : — 

Pudsey iiijs, 

Calverley ijs.  iiijd. 

Farseley xxd. 

Bramley     -     -     - iiijs. 

Bradforth xs. 

Horton -  xxd. 

Idyll ijs.  iiijd. 


Haworth xvjd. 

Mannyngham xxd. 

BoUinge xvjd. 

Tonge xvjd. 

Drighlington ijs.  vjd. 

Hallyefaxe        xxvjs.  viijd. 

Morley vs. 


From  this  table  we  are  able  to  form  a  fairly  good  idea  of 
the  relative  proportion  of  the  rateable  value  and  population  of 
each  to  one  another,  300  years  ago. 

At  Leeds  Sessions  the  (3th  day  of  April,  in  the  44th  of 
Queen  Elizabeth  [a.d.  1602],  before  Sir  John  Saville,  Thomas 
Fairfax,  and  other  j'ustices,  it  was  agreed 

That  the  justices  should  meet  at  Wakefield  upon  Wednesday  in  Whitsuntide 
week,  then  next,  touching  soldiers'  pensions,  assessments,  and  other  matters  ;  and 
then  agree  upon  a  particular  estreat  and  perfect  assessment  of  the  toivns  within 
the  Wapentakes,  to  be  and  remain  a  precedent  to  direct  other  justices  to  make 
equal  assessments  for  these  parts  when  occasion  should  require. 

It  may,  therefore,  be  supposed  that  the  greatest  care  would 
be  taken  in  making  the  assessment  ;  that  being  the  case,  it  will 
give  the  most  correct  view,  in  the  absence  of  actual  computation, 
which  can  now  be  obtained  of  the  relative  size,  population,  and 
wealth  of  the  towns  and  villages  comprised  in  such  assessment. 

*  Thoresbv's  Dnratus  Leoaiensi's,  p.  176.  Compare  with  a  note  to  Canon  Raine's  paper 
on  Mnrske,  in  Yorks.  Arch.  Jour,  vi.,  198  ;  Foster's  Pedigrees  0/  County  FaiitilifS,  W.  R.  Voiks.; 
and  Margerison's  Registers  of  the  Parish  of  Calvtrley. 


THE    SUBSIDY    ROLLS. 


43 


Here  is  a  copy  of  such  part  of  the  assessment  as   relates  to 
places  in  this  neighbourhood  : — 


Bingley 

Bradford 

Bolton 

Boiling 

Calverley  and  Parsley - 
Dewsbury  -  .  -  - 
Eccleshill  -  -  .  - 
Heaton-cum-Clayton    - 


9d. 

20d. 

I  Id. 

I2kl. 

7|d. 
1 1  Ad 


Haworth lad. 


Halifax 
Horton  -     -     - 
Idle  -     -     -     - 
Leeds     - 
Manningham   - 
Pudsey  - 
Shipley  - 


I9id. 

7d. 

I  Id. 

39d.* 

9d. 

9id. 

5'1. 


In  the  Public  Record  Office,  London,  there  is  a  large 
number  of  Subsidy  Rolls,  relating  to  Yorkshire.  They  arc  the 
accounts  of  the  taxes  collected  in  the  different  reigns  for  various 
purposes.  Some  of  them  give  the  name  of  each  contributor, 
with  the  amount  paid,  or,  sometimes,  which  should  have  been 
paid  ;  while  others  only  give  the  name  of  each  place,  and  the 
total  amount  paid.  These  rolls  are  interesting  and  instructive  ; 
showing  as  they  do  the  number  and  status  of  the  principal 
inhabitants,  nay,  sometimes  even  all  the  householders  in  the 
village  or  town,  as  does  the  one,  2  Ric.  II.  [A.D.,  I379.]t  They 
also  show  us  how  some  families  continue  to  be  represented,  in 
certain  localities,  from  generation  to  generation  ;  while  others, 
sometimes  wealthy,  become  extinct.  These  rolls  arc  also 
valuable  as  sometimes  showing  the  origin  and  meaning  of 
personal  names.  In  1607,  the  following  persons  paid  the  sub- 
sidy collected  in  the  5th  of  James  I. : — 


PUDSEV. 

Ricus.  Thornten,  in  ter 3I. 

Samuel  Milner, /«  Z^;'    xls. 

Wilms.  Jenkinson,  inter    xxs. 

Themes  Smyth,  ?//  ter  xxs. 

Ricus  Hunter,  in  ter xxs. 

Thomes  Allanbrig,  in  ter xxs. 

Willms   Gaunt,  z« /i?r   xxs. 

Petrus  Wilson,  in  ter xxs. 

Sm.  vill. 


vijis. 
vs.  iiijd. 
ijs.  viijd. 
ijs.  viijd. 
ijs.  viijd. 
ijs.  viijd. 
ijs.  viijd. 
ijs.  viijd. 
xxixs.  iiijd. 


These  are  the  names  of  the  principal  families,  or  rather  the 
better  class  or  owners  of  property,  amongst  the  inhabitants. 


See  James's  History  of  Bradford,  pp.  11T-112  ;  Yorkshire  Arch,  and  Top.  Journal,  vol.  i,  p.  163. 

t  Printed  on  p.  28. 


ECCLESIASTICAL    HISTORY. 


^11  Bamts'  (!ri)ajicl. — The  origin  of  the  old  Chapel-of-Ease 
of  All  Saints',  which  is  now  demolished,  is  lost  in  obscurity. 
After  diligent  search,  I  have  not  yet  been  able  to  make  out 
when,  or  by  whom  it  was  founded.  Singularly  enough,  we  have 
records  of  landowners  and  residents,  who  attended  for  worship  and 
spiritual  instruction  in  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  centuries,  at  the 
noble  Abbey  of  Kirkstall,  who  contributed  liberally  towards  its 
support  and  magnificence,  and  one  of  whom  was  honoured  by 
burial  within  its  sacred  walls  ;  and  also,  of  several  benefactors 
about  the  same  period  who  contributed  liberally  to  "  God  and  to 
the  poore  of  y^  Hospital  of  St.  Peter  of  York."*  Yet  as  to  when, 
or  by  whom,  the  Pudsey  Chapel  of  Ease  was  founded,  we  know 
nothing,  and  even  of  the  building  lately  razed  to  the  ground 
we  can  learn  but  very  little.  Tradition  sa}'s  that  it  was  partly, 
if  not  entirely,  re-built  during  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century, 
and  that  the  clock-tower  and  belfry  were  then  erected.  The  for- 
mation of  the  front  windows  and  the  freshness  of  the  stone 
clearly  demonstrated  that  such  must  have  been  the  case.  The 
stonework  of  the  window  sills  and  jambs,  at  both  east  and  west 
ends,  as  well  as  the  back  part  of  the  building,  were,  without  a 
doubt,  part  of  the  older  structure.  It  is  said  that  the  previous 
structure  had  a  low  roof  on  one  side,  and  that  it  had  no  gallery. 
I  have  also  been  informed  that  the  chapel  was  re-erected  or 
altered  when  Jeremy  Crowther  was  the  chapel  warden  ;  if  so,  then 
it  was  in  the  year  1793. 

*  Harl.  MSS.  No.  797,  Brit.  Mus. 


ALL    saints'    chapel. 


45 


Lawton,  in  his  "  Collections  relative  to  the  Churches  and 
Chapels  in  the  dioceses  of  York  and  Ripon,"  gives  the  vague  state- 
ment that  the  Pudsey  Chapel  was  founded  before  the  Reforma- 
tion ;  and  so  it  appears  to  have  been,  because  in  the  twenty- 
sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.,  or  1535,  an  Act  was 
passed  conferring  on  the  Crown  the  first  fruits  of  all  benefices, 
and  also  one  yearly  rent  or  pension  amounting  to  the  value  of 
the  tenth  part  of  the  profits  of  every  benefice.  Under  this  Act 
commissioners  were  appointed,  who  collected  what  are  now  very 
valuable  returns  relating  to  the  ecclesiastical  affan's  of  the  period. 
In  these  returns,  called  Valor  Ecdesiasticus,  or  Liber  Regis,  now 
kept  in  the  Exchequer,  London,  the  value  of  the  living  of  Pud- 


All  Saints'  Chapel. 

sey  Chapel  is  put  at  £10  15s.  Here,  then,  we  have  the  first  date 
yet  met  with,  1535  ;  but  of  those  who  were  the  founders,  or  who 
conducted  worship  here,  we  have  no  information,  neither  have 
we  any  particulars  as  to  whether  it  was  ever  consecrated  or  not. 
Reference  has  already  been  made  to  a  "John  de  Pudesheye, 
clerico,"  as  one  of  the  witnesses  in  several  original  charters  of  the 
time  of  Edward  I.  which  are  now  in  the  British  Museum.  Here 
is  an  epitome  of  one  translated  from  the  Latin  : — 

Charter  by  which  Robert,  son  of  John  the  Coupere  de  Pudesheye,  sold  to  John 
Scott  de  Calverley  the  land  in  the  essart  called  Olderoyde  in  Pudesheye.  Wit- 
nesses:— Hugh  de  Wodehall,  John  de  Culecotes,  John  de  Pudesheye,  clerico.  \Tciiip. 
Edw.  L?] 


46  HISTORY     OF      PUDSEY. 

Whether  this  John  was  a  clerk  or  priest,  or  merely  possessed 
the  right  of  clergy,  I  cannot  say,  but  there  is  no  mention  of  any 
chapel  in  any  of  them. 

The  next  date  referring  to  the  chapel  is  1577.  In  that  year 
a  large  quarto  volume,  in  black  letter,  was  published,  HoLLiNGS- 
HEAD's  Chronicles,  to  which  is  prefixed  Harrison's  Description 
of  Britaine  ,and  at  page  seventy  of  that  volume,  in  an  account  of 
the  river  Aire  and  its  tributaries,  mention  is  made  of  the  beck 
which  joins  the  Aire  at  Leeds.  It  says  : — "  The  beck  hath  two 
arms,  of  which  one  cometh  from  Pudscy  Chapell,  the  other  from 
Adwalton." 

The  registers  at  the  Parish  Church  at  Calverley  com- 
mence in  the  year  1574,  and  through  the  kindness  of  the  vicar, 
the  Rev.  J.  W.  Hatton,  M.A.,  I  have  been  allowed  to  examine 
these  records,  and  to  make  as  many  extracts  for  historical  pur- 
poses as  I  thought  proper.*  But  from  these  registers  I  have  not 
been  able  to  find  any  record  of  the  origin  of  the  chapel,  or  of 
who  was  the  first  minister.  In  the  year  1606  I  find  the  names 
of  John  Crosley  and  Thomas  Whitley  as  the  chapelwardens  of 
Pudsey.  In  1607  no  names  are  recorded  ;  in  1608,  William 
Gaunte  and  James  Saile  ;  in  1609,  William  ffarrowe  and  either 
Edvv.  Iloldsworth  or  William  Dawson,  it  is  not  clear  which  ;  in 
16 10,  William  Lepton,  but  the  name  of  his  associate  does  not 
appear.  I  carefully  searched  the  registers  in  the  hope  that  I 
should  find  some  information  respecting  the  early  curates,  but 
unfortunately  these  parish  records  are  silent  on  the  subject. 
However,  soon  after  the  above-mentioned  dates,  we  met  with 
first  name  recorded  of  a  minister  at  this  chapel,  the  possessor  of 
which  played  no  unimportant  part  in  the  local  history  of  the 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century.  This  was  Elkanah  Wales, 
M.A.,  who  was  a  native  of  the  parish,  and  a  resident  and  faith- 
ful pastor  at  Pudsey  for  about  half  a  century.  The  record  of  his 
baptism  is  in  the  Calverley  register,  as  follows : — 

1588.  Dec.  Elanane  Wales,  the  son  of  John  Wales,  of  Idle,  ye  fifteenth  ilaye. 
Having  obtained  such  instruction  as  the  schools  of  the 
vicinity  could  supply,  he  entered  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  in 
1605,  and  diligently  pursuing  his  studies  he  obtained  his  degree 
of  B.A.  in  1608,  and  his  M.A.  in  1609.  Having  terminated  his 
studies  at  the  University,  he  was  for  a  short  time  a  curate  at 
Calverley  Church,  and  then  accepted  the  poor  curacy  of  Pudsey 
Chapel,  sometime  in  the  early  part  of  the  seventeenth  century. 
Here  he  laboured  mightily,  not  only  in  preaching,  but  in  living 

"'■'  These  Registers  for  the  period  1574  to  1720  have  since  been  printed. 


ALL    SAINTS     CHAPEL. 


4; 


the  gospel  also.  He  was  an  excellent  preacher,  of  a  profound 
judgment,  and  large  numbers  flocked  to  hear  him  from  the 
country  round  about,  so  that  his  fame  spread  far  and  wide. 
JOSErH  Lister,  of  Bradford,  gives  in  his  "  Autobiography  "  an 
interesting  sketch  of  a  fast  service  which  he  attended  at  Pudsey 
Chapel  in  1641,  when  the  people  were  all  afraid  of  being 
slaughtered  by  the  Irish  rebels,  as  thousands  had  been  in  Ire- 
land. In  1638-9  he  was  earnestly  solicited  to  take  a  charge  in 
New  England,  America.  In  1643,  he  was  invited  by  the  cele- 
brated Isaac  Ambrose,  in  the  name  of  Colonel  Rigby,  to  Rufford, 
in  Lancashire,  and  was  promised  a  good  stipend.     In   1644  he 


The  Old  Parsonage  in  which  Elkanah  Wales  lived. 

received  a  call  to  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  and  again  in  the  fol- 
lowing year,  1645,  "  The  Mayor,  Aldermen,  Sheriffe,  and  Com- 
mon Council  "  of  that  town  sent  a  pressing  invitation  to  him  to 
settle  amongst  them.  In  1646  be  was  earnestly  solicited  to  be 
"a  helper  in  the  ministry"  at  St.  John's  Church,  Leeds,  and  in 
a  few  months  afterwards,  in  the  same  year,  he  was  strongly  in- 
vited to  Carlisle  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  etc.,  to  become  the 
minister  at  St.  Mary's  Church,  in  that  city.  Lord  Thomas 
Fairfax  had  a  great  esteem  for  him,  and  offered  him  several 
places  of  considerable  profit.  Thus  we  see  that  he  had  many 
tempting  offers  to  entice  him  away  from  his  people  at  Pudsey, 


48 


HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


and  though  the  Hving  was  a  very  poor  one  he  was  not  to  be 
enticed  away  from  his  charge.  He  continued  his  faithful  labours 
at  Pudsey  until  the  "Black  Bartholomew  Act"  separated  him 
from  his  beloved  little  chapel  and  people  ;  but  though  Mr.  Wales 
was  thus  prevented  by  the  Act  of  Uniformity  of  1662,  from 
preaching  in  the  chapel  in  which  he  had  so  faithfully  laboured 
for  near  half  a  century,  he  yet  resided  amongst  his  beloved 
people,  as  was  a  general  custom  amongst  the  ejected  ministers. 
They  preached  privately,  and  visited  from  house  to  house,  and 
were  thus  enabled  to  live  amongst  their  friends.  The  Govern- 
ment being  thus  foiled  in  its  attempt  to  crush  out  Puritanism  and 


All  SaiiUs'  Chapel. 

Nonconformity  passed  other  and  more  severe  Acts,  as  the  Con- 
venticle Act  and  the  Five  Mile  Act.  After  Mr.  Wales  had  been 
a  true  pastor  for  about  half  a  century,  between  three  and  four 
years  after  his  ejectment  from  the  chapel,  an  ill  neighbour  took 
advantage  of  that  diabolical  though  refined  piece  of  cruelty,  the 
Five  Mile  Act,  and  forced  him  to  leave  his  home.  TllORESBY, 
the  celebrated  antiquary  and  historian  of  Leeds,  who  wrote  a 
memoir  of  Mr.  Wales,  which  is  now  amongst  the  Birch  MSS. 
in  the  British  Museum,  says  : — 

This  reverend  and  holy  man  of  God,  whom  all  good  men  reverenced,  had  yet 
one  bad  neighbour,  so  inhumanly  barbarous  y'  taking  y*^  advantage  of  the  5  mile 
Act  he  would   not   suffer  him  to  stay  at  his   own  house,  y*  the  poor  old  man  was 


ELKANAH     WALES,    M.A.  49 

constrained  to  travail  for  a  season,  but  being  aged  and  unfit  for  y'  course  of  life  he 
resolved  to  take  up  his  constant  abode  at  Leeds,  w  he  had  many  true  friends  who 
were  glad  of  his  most  acceptable  company  ...  A  nd  amongst  others  I  glory 
in  the  cordial  love  that  united  him  and  my  predecessors  ;  he  preached  my  grand- 
father's funeral  sermon,  and  in  my  dearest  father's  diary  I  find  frequent  mention  of 
him,  particularly  18  INIarch,  1666-7  ;  he  says,  •'  I  was  where  I  might  have  got  some 
good,  but  ere  the  opportunity  was  done  was  suddenly  desired  to  ride  to  take  care  of 
Mr.  Wales's  goods  at  Pudsey,  w"^'^  his  neighbour  had  uncivilly  thrown  into  the  street 
after  he  had  unchristianly   taken  possession  of  his  house." 

The  affection  of  Mr.  Wales  for  the  httle  chapel  on  the  hill 
and  its  people  was  most  intense,  and  when  silenced  by  the  hand 
of  authority  and  driven  from  his  home,  he  is  said  to  have 
repeated  with  unutterable  pathos  the  lament  of  Christ  over 
Jerusalem,  omitting  the  latter  clause. 

Oliver  Heywood,  the  noted  West  Riding  Nonconformist 
minister,  makes  mention  of  Mr.  Wales  frequently  in  his  diary. 
In  August,  1666,  he  writes  : — 


A'VVH. 


t 


■j^k^SJ- 


Facsimile  of  Hand-writing,  by  Elk.  Wales. 

Aug.  23. — Travelled  to  Bramley  where  I  preacht  to  a  large  auditory  ;  the  next 
day  I  travelled  a  little  way  with  good  Mr.  Wales,  who  is  also  banished  from  home  and 
is  now  gone  into  the  north  with  his  wife. 

Aug.  II, '68. — The  Saturday  after  my  wife  and  I  went  to  Pudsey  (my  family 
being  gone  into  Lane. )  according  to  my  promise,  but  we  were  informed  that  one 
Fallens,  a  baylifte  of  Morley  had  been  with  Cornet  Smith  and  they  had  consulted,  it 
was  suspected  they  would  come  to  disturbe  us  and  apprehend  me,  and  I  made  full 
accent  of  it,  but  God  held  off  so  that  we  enjoyed  a  very  sweet  quiet  Sabbath,  being 
Aug  9,  1668,  old  Mr.  Wales  was  providentially  there  (tho'  sent  for  that  day  to  his  wife 
a-dying)  and  a  multitude  of  people  out  of  all  parts,  the  gentleman  of  the  place  Mr. 
Milner,  invited  me  to  preach  entertained  me,  and  I  returned  safely  home  upon  Mun- 
day,  blessed  be  my  God. 

After  Mr.  Wales's  death  in  1669,  Heywood  has  the  follow- 
ing reference  thereto  : — 

Having  an  invitation  to  preach  at  Pudsey  on  lord's  Day  Jun  13  69  I  designed  a 
word  of  exhortation  to  the  people  upon  occasion  of  their  dreadful  stroke.  I  com- 
municated my  thoughts  to  two  friends  who  divulge  it  abroad  that  I  was  to  preach  Mr. 
Wales's  funeral  sermon,  wch  was  not  wel  resented  by  some  of  his  relations,  wch  when 
I  came  thither  and  saw  it  diverted  my  thoughts  to  another  suliject,  tho  to  my  hind- 
rance and  disappointment. 

E 


50  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

The  lady  referred  to  in  the  first  extract  given  above,  was 
the  second  wife  of  Mr.  Wales,  and  was  of  a  distinguished  family, 
the  Claverings  of  Callilcy.  In  a  work  by  her  son-in-law, 
Ambrose  Barnes,  of  Newcastle,  published  by  the  SURTEES 
Society  in  1868,  there  are  several  interesting  references  to  Mr. 
Wales  and  his  wife.  They  were  married  at  St.  John's  Church, 
Newcastle,  Sep.  3rd,  1661,  and  she  died  at  Newcastle  in  1668. 
The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Wales  died  at  Pudsey,  and  her  tombstone 
bears  the  following  simple  inscription:  "  A.W.,  1660,  May  16." 
In  the  Will  of  Mr.  Wales,  he  says, 

I  commit  my  bodie  to  the  Earth,  whence  it  was  taken,  to  be  buryed  decently  in 
the  Chappell  of  Pudsey,  neare  unto  the  bodie  of  Anne,  my  former  wife,  if  it  can  con- 
veniently be. 

After  Mr.  Wales  was  ejected  from  Pudsey  Chapel,  he 
settled  at  Leeds,  and  for  preaching  at  Bramley  he  was  taken 
before  the  justices  in  Leeds.  He  died  at  Leeds,  May  i  ith,  1669, 
aged  80,  and  in  his  Will,  made  only  fourteen  days  before  his 
death,  he  says, 

I  give  unto  the  poore  of  Pudsey  ^3,  to  be  distributed  by  Mr.  Sale  and  John 
Downes,  or  Joshua  Lumby,  to  the  poore  of  Idle  ^3.  to  be  distributed  by  Jeremie 
Weltit  and  vSamuel  Stable,  and  to  tlie  poore  of  Calverley  fourtie  shillings,  to  be 
distributed  by  Mr.  Sandall  and  Joseph  liitchin.* 

In  disposing  of  the  books  in  his  library  amongst  his  friends, 
he  refers  to  the  books  that  he  "  lost  in  the  time  of  the  warres." 

In  concluding  my  remarks  on  Mr.  Wales,  I  must  not  omit 
mention  of  his  literary  labours.     He  published 

A  Short  Catechism  ;  or,  Ye  Sum  of  the  Christian  /\cligion  in  34  Qiitstioiis  ami 
Answers,  etc.,  by  Elk.  Wales,  London,  1662. 

A  IVrit  oj  Error ;  or,  a  friendly  examination-  of  a  question  deeply  concerning 
inarryed persons,  or  siicli  as  intend  to  marry,  by  E  AV.,  York,    1654. 

Mount  Kbal  levelled ;  or,  Redemption  Jrom  tJie  Curse,  by  Elk.  \Yales,  M.A.. 
London,  1659.     Dedicated  to  the  Right  lion.  Thomas  Lord  Fairfax. 

A  second  edition  of  this  last-named  work  was  published 
in  1823,  to  which  was  added  a  short  life  of  the  author,  by  Matthew 
Hutchinson,  of  London,  a  native  of  Pudsey. 

Mr.  Hutchinson  says  in  his  short  memoir  of  Mr.  Wales, 
that 

He  bequeathed  to  the  Chapel  at  Pudsey  two  excellent  fields  of  near  ten  acres, 
viz.,  those  through  which  the  footpath  runs  between  the  old  chapel  and  Littlemoor, 
and  he  adds,  rumour  says  that  he  left  the  house  formerly  occupied  by  Mr.  Jenkins,  the 
curate,  in  the  Old  Chapel  Fold,  which  Mr.  Jenkins  said  was  a  fact. 

One  of  the  rooms  in  the  old  parsonage  just  named,  formerly 
bore  the  date  ''1647"  on  the  ceiling,  but  in  repairing  the  building  in 
1873  the  old  ceiling  was  destroyed. 

"John  Downes,  of  Pudsey,  was  buried  011  the  iiih  January,  1670  {Catvcriey  Church  Regisiei), 
and  a  Joshua  Lumby  was  chapel-warden  in  1663  and  1675. 


REV,    JAMES    SALE.  5 1 

In  lately  looking  over  a  manuscript  in  the  Lansdowne 
collection  of  MSS.,  British  Museum,  No.  459,  which  is  a  register 
of  church  livings  in  the  County  of  York,  etc.,  with  an  account  of 
their  actual  income,  and  the  patrons,  and  the  characters  of  many 
of  the  incumbents,  supposed  to  have  been  made  about  1654,  for 
the  use  of  the  Cromwellian  commissioners  for  ejecting  "  scan- 
dalous and  ineffectual  ministers,"  I  found  the  following  entry : — 

Fudsey  chap  :  to  Calverley.  2  miles  distant.  Chapellry.  Living — Benevolence 
of  the  people  only  ;,fio:oo:00  after  Mr.  ^Yaugh's  decease.  Incumbent.  Mr.  Elkana 
Walles,  a  grave  and  frequent  pieacher. 

In  the  Parliavientary  Survey^  made  during  the  Common- 
wealth, vol.  xviii.,  p.  313,  Pudsey  Chapelry  is  recommended  to  be 
made  a  parish,  but  this  recommendation  w^as  not  carried 
out  until  the  year  1878. 

In  the  seventeenth  century  another  eminent  name  was 
connected  with  Pudsey  Chapel  ;  it  was  the  Rev.  James  Sale,  who 
was  a  native  of  Pudsey,  and  one  of  the  noble  2,000  ejected 
ministers  who  bravely  sacrificed  their  livings  for  conscience' 
sake.  The  record  of  his  baptism  in  the  Calverley  register  is  as 
follows  : — 

1619,  Oct,  James  ye  son  of  James  Sale  ye  xxiiii  day. 

He  was  a  companion  and  great  comfort  to  old  Mr.  Wales, 
with  whom  he  served  as  a  son  in  the  gospel.  He  was  educated 
at  Cambridge  University,  and  when  he  had  finished  his  university 
career  he  spent  some  time  at  Lincoln  with  the  Rev.  Edward 
Reyner,  M.A.,  who  was  an  eminent  divine,  and  a  native  of 
Morley,  and  who,  during  his  youth,  had  frequently  attended  the 
ministry  of  Mr.  Wales,  at  Pudsey,  as  he  mentions  in  his  diary. 
Mr.  Sale  was  for  some  time  minister  at  Thornton  Chapel,  and 
afterwards  was  assistant  to  the  Rev.  R.  Todd,  at  St.  John's 
Church,  Leeds,  where  he  was  ejected  by  the  Act  of  Uniformity, 
1662.  He  then  resided  in  his  own  house  at  Pudsey,  and  preached 
there  constantly,  as  well  as  in  the  neighbourhood,  until  he  died 
in  1679.  He  was  buried  at  Calverley  Church,  April  21st,  1679, 
and  part  of  his  tombstone  may  still  be  seen  in  one  of  the  aisles 
of  the  church.  '*  He  was  a  learned  and  good  man,  of  fine  parts, 
and  an  excellent  preacher."  Several  of  his  children,  himself,  and 
his  widow,  are  all  buried  at  Calverley  Church.  Mrs.  Sale  was 
one  of  the  family  of  the  Richardsons,  of  North  Bierley.  As 
to  who  were  the  successors  of  Mr,  Wales  at  the  Chapel  after  his 
ejectment  in  1662  I  cannot  give  any  information.  The  registers 
at  Calverley  give  no  clue.       In  1685  there  is  the  entry  appended 


52  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

to  several  of  the  baptismal  entries,  "  Baptised  by  the  minister  of 
Pudsey,"  but  no  minister's  name  is  given.  From  1640  to  1663 
there  are  no  entries  of  either  churchwardens  or  chapelvvardens, 
but  commencing  with  "  Mr.  John  Smith  and  Joshua  Lumby," 
chapel  wardens  for  Pudsey  in  1663,  the  list  is  given  almost 
regularly  until  1695. 

In  a  note  book  or  diary  of  Sir  Walter  Calverley,  1663  to 
1722,  *  now  amongst  the  Add.  MSS.  in  the  Brit.  Mus.,  I  find  this 
note : — 

27  Oct.  1698  I  met  Mrs.  Milner  and  the  ffreeholders  of  Pudsey  about  setting  out 
some  Common  for  the  better  maintenance  of  a  Minister  at  Pudsey,  and  it  was  agreed 
to  inclose  abt.  20  acres  on  the  soutliside  of  Owlcotes-hill,  abt.  8  acres  above  the 
Delves,  and  5  acres  on  the  Windmill-hill. 

In  a  catalogue  of  deeds  belonging  to  the  Calverley  family,  I 
found  the  following  items  relating  to  the  Pudsey  Chapel  : — 

Memorandum  about  the  Trustees'  Deeds  for  Pudsey  Chapel — Deed  my  son  anil 
I  signed  relating  to  ye  Tythes  of  ye  Chapell  Lands  at  Pudsey,  dated  7  &  8  Sep.  1738. 

In  an  account  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  published  in  1719, 
the  value  of  the  living  of  Pudsey  Curacy  is  given  at  ;^20  5s., 
which  was  augmented  by  a  grant  of  ^200  to  meet  benefactions 
from  Mr.  Kent,  Mr.  R.  Hey,  and  others,  of  ^200,  with  which 
;^400  lands  were  purchased  in  Bramley  and  Pudsey  in  1736  for 
augmentation  of  the  living. 

In  1728,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Brown,  B.A.,  was  nominated 
minister  for  Pudsey  Chapel  by  the  feoffees,  with  the  approbation 
of  the  Vicar  of  Calverley,  but  the  subsequent  nominations 
were  made  by  the  vicar  alone,  viz.,  in  1737,  1762,  1767,  1814, 
and  1854. 

In  the  Register  of  Presentations  at  York  is  the  following 
entry  : — 

1728,  15  July,  A  License  to  preach  in  Pudsey  and  Tong  Chapels  conceded  to 
Wm.  Brown,  A  B.,  Clerk. 

Mr.  Brown  died  in  1737,  and  was  buried  at  Pudsey,  as 
appears  from  the  entry  in  the  Parish  Register  : — 

1737  May  4,  The  Reverd.  Willm.  Brown,  Minister  of  Pudsey,  [buried]  There. 

His  successor  was  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Bailey,  A.B.,  who  was 
nominated  by  the  Rev.  Christ.  Holt,  Vicar  of  Calverley,  June 
13th,  1737.  He  died  at  Pudsey,  and  his  tombstone  bears  the 
following  inscription  : — 

Here  was  interred  the  Body  of  the  Revd.  Benjamin  Bailey,  Clerk,  who  died 
August  ye  5th  in  the  53rd  year  of  his  age,  Anno.  Dom.  1762,  and  in  the  26th  year  of 
his  Ministry  at  this  Chapel. 

*  Lately  printed  liy  the  Surtees  Society. 


ALL     saints'    chapel.  53 

In  1762,  a  Caveat  was  entered  at  the  office  of  the  Diocesan 
Registrar  at  York,  by  Samuel  Farrer,  John  Lobley,  WiHiam 
Moss,  inhabitants  and  Trustees  of  Pudsey  Chapel,  to  nominate 
on  the  death  of  Benjamin  Bailey.  This  was  afterwards  with- 
drawn, and  the  Rev.  Seth  Pollard,  clerk,  M.A.,  was  nominated 
curate  of  Pudsey,  and  was  licensed  Nov.  15th,  1762.  During  the 
ministry  of  Mr.  Bailey,  permission  was  granted  by  the  vicar, 
Nov.  24th,  1754,  that  "  the  Holy  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper 
be  administered  in  the  Chapel  of  Pudsey,"  on  the  conditions  that 
it  "  be  not  administered  there  on  same  day  when  it  is 
administered  at  the  mother  church  ;  and  that  the  curate,  church- 
wardens, etc.,  do  repair  to  the  said  church  upon  all  sacramental 
days  as  usual." 

The  Rev.  Seth  Pollard  remained  only  five  years,  and  was 
succeeded,  in  i  J^T,  by  the  Rev.  William  Howarth,  who  had  been 
curate  at  Calverley  from  1763  to  1767.  An  organ  was  built  and 
erected  in  1792  or  1793  in  the  Pudsey  Chapel,  by  Donaldson,  of 
York,  which,  on  the  discontinuance  of  services  in  the  Old 
Chapel,  was  removed  to  Tong  Church. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  Howarth  was  the  curate  for  forty-seven 
years.  He  died  in  June,  18 14,  aged  seventy-nine,  and  was 
buried  in  the  interior  of  the  chapel  in  which  he  had  laboured 
for  nearly  half  a  century.  Since  the  chapel  was  demolished,  his 
tombstone  has  been  found  in  one  of  the  aisles. 

His  successor  was  the  Rev.  David  Jenkins,  who  was  curate 
or  incumbent  from  18 14  to  1854.  During  his  ministry  the  large 
and  imposing  edifice  of  St.  Lawrence's  Church  was  erected  in  the 
years  1821  to  1824,  when  the  congregation  removed  to  the  new 
edifice,  and  the  old  chapel  was  suffered  to  fall  into  decay,  so 
that  its  removal  became  generally  desirable,  hence  its  demolition 
by  the  Local  Board. 

I  now  propose  to  give  a  few  notes  on  the  people  who  were 
the  worshippers  connected  therewith,  principally  drawn  from  the 
baptismal  and  burial  registers,  and  the  records  of  the  tombstones 
in  the  burial  ground.  The  records  of  the  baptisms,  marriages, 
and  burials  relating  to  this  chapel  are  at  the  Parish  Church  at 
Calverley,  and  "  the  register  booke  of  Christeninges  "  commences 
on  "  the  XXth  of  Maye,  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  God  1574."  * 
The  first  entry  from  Pudsey  is  as  follows  : — 

William  Hunter  of  Pudsey  had  a  child  baptised  the  XXXth  daye  of  Julie  1574 
named  Sussanna. 

Then  follow  entries  of   "  christeninges "  of  children  from 

Pudsey  belonging  to  Richard   Farrowe,  John   Crosley,    Robert 

*  It  has  been  lately  printed. 


54  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Grave,  Mr.  William  Thornton,  of  Tyresall  ;  Robert  Waterworth, 
and  Peter  Wilson.     The  following  entry  tells  its  own  tale : — 

Robert  Cawdrey  had  a  basse  begotten  child  w'l'  Anne  Armilage  was  baptized 
ye  4th  daye  of  April  1574  [1575]  named  John. 

In  the  years  following  up  to  1585,  there  are  entries  of 
baptisms  from  Pudsey  in  the  names  of  Ddwson,  Allanbridge, 
West,  Smith,  Lepton,  Gibson,  Waterhouse,  Wain  man,  Gaunt, 
Milner,  Lee,  Siddall,  Lake,  Gilhouse,  Gill,  Rawden,  Goodall, 
Thompson,  Watson,  Sutcliffe,  Saile,  Whitley,  Sharpc,  Walker, 
Graistwicke,  Mitchell,  Dunkin,  Ogden,  Dobson.  In  the  seven- 
teenth century  there  are  the  names  of  many  families  whose 
descendants  are  living  in  Pudsey  at  the  present  time,  as  Lumby, 
Hutton,  Proctor,  Riley,  Hutchinson,  Moss,  etc.,  besides  others 
which  have  died  out,  or  removed  to  other  localities,  as 
the  Pleys,  Jenkinsons,  Milners,  Purdys,  Kents,  Stouts,  Leighs, 
Thorntons,  etc.  In  the  register  there  is  nothing  to  indicate 
which  were  baptized  at  Pudsey  (except  in  1685)  until  1702,  when 
the  word  "  there  "  is  added  to  the  entries,  showing  that  there 
were  twenty-one  baptized  at  the  Pudsey  Chapel  in  that  year. 
In  1685,  there  is  the  remark,  "  baptized  at  Pudsey,  y'^  ministram 
ibiit "  ;  and  in  1686  there  is  also  "babt.  by  the  minister  of 
Pudsey." 

From  the  year  1717  until  1753,  lists  of  "  births  "  (persons 
who  were  not  baptized  at  the  Established  Church)  are  inserted 
in  the  register  along  with  the  baptisms.  These  lists  give  the 
names  of  Nonconformist  families  generally.  In  the  first  list 
(17 1 7)  are  six  names  from  Pudsey,  in  1721  there  are  thirteen, 
in  1722  seven,  and  in  1723  eleven.  In  the  baptisms  I  find  in 
the  year 

1702  March  9  [O.S.]  Richard  son  of  John  I  ley  of  Pudsey. 

Amongst  the  baptisms  in  1744  is  the  following  entry  : — 

June  5th,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  \Ym.  Holland,  born  at  Falncck. 

And  amongst  the  births  in  Pudsey  are  the  following  : — 

1746,  May  24.     Elizabeth,  daughter  of  GottloVj  Hauptman,  born  at  Falneck. 
Jan.  31.     Anna  Johanna,  daughter  of  Jno.  Ockerhausen,  Born  at  Falneck. 

In  1744,  the  Moravian  Settlement  of  Fulneck  was  not 
built,  neither  was  it  named  Fulneck  until  some  years  afterwards, 
and  yet  the  place  was  named  Falneck,  as  it  is  pronounced  by 
many  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  township  even  unto  this  day. 
When  the  land  was  purchased,  in  1744,  for  a  settlement  for  the 
Moravians,  it  was  a  wild,  uncultivated  common,  and  it  is 
conjectured  that  it  derived  its  name  of  Fallneck,  from  Fall'n  ac 
or  ake,  signifying  oak. 


ALL     SAINTS'     CPL^iPEL.  55 

In  the  Register,  the  year  1746  ends  as  usual  in  March,  and 
for  the  first  time  the  year  terminated  in  December  in  1747.  In 
that  year,  in  1747,  in  the  list  of  births,  there  appears  the  fol- 
lowing entry  : — 

Nov.  30,  John,  son  of  Samuel  Riley,  Old  Cotes,  clothier. 

This  was  John  Riley,  afterwards  a  well-known  mathematician 
in  his  day.  He  was  head-master  of  the  Charity  School  in  Leeds, 
and  was  one  of  the  originators  and  the  first  editor  of  a  literary, 
mathematical,  and  philosophical  miscellany  called  •'  The  Leeds 
Correspondent,"  until  his  death,  which  took  place  April  24th, 
181 5.  He  also  compiled  a  "  History  of  Leeds  and  the  Neigh- 
bouring villages,"  published  in  1808. 

Previous  to  the  year  1755,  the  Pudsey  baptisms  and  burials 
were  inserted  in  the  Calverley  Parish  Register,  along  with  those 
from  the  other  parts  of  the  parish,  without  any  distinction,  but 
commencing  in  that  year  the  lists  are  entered  separately,  so  that  we 
learn  both  the  number  and  the  names  of  the  persons  baptized 
or  buried  at  Pudsey  Chapel.  In  that  year  there  were  32  bap- 
tisms, and  in  60  years,  less  six  months,  to  June,  18 14,  there  were 
4,477  persons  baptized  in  the  chapel  at  Pudsey.  The  years  in 
which  the  largest  number  of  baptisms  took  place  were  1784, 
when  there  were  104  ;  1786,  102  ;  1791,  100  ;  1792,  112  ;  and  in 
1793,  103. 

The  Register  of  Burials  at  the  Parish  Church  commences 
October  ist,  1596,  and  contains  numerous  entries  of  the  burials 
of  persons  of  the  same  families  as  those  given  above  from  the 
baptisms  ;  but  the  majority  of  the  entries  do  not  record  the  place 
from  which  the  deceased  came.  The  first  name  with  "  Pudsey  " 
attached  to  it  is  as  follows  : — 

1598,  August,  Robert  Wilsonn,  of  Pudsey,  buryed  the  first  day. 

From  1607  to  November,  1624,  there  are  no  entries  ;  evi- 
dently the  volume  has  been  lost ;  the  entries  thus  far  seem  to 
have  been  copied  from  some  other  register. 

In  1624-5  the  burials  were  more  numerous  than  usual : — 

1624,  March  [1625]  Mr.  Thornton  of  Tiresall  had  his  servant  buried  ye 
Eleventh  day  ; 

In  the  next  month, 

April,  1625,  ffrancis  Hillhouse  of  Pudsey  had  two  children  buried  ye  one  upon 
ye  Seven  and  Twenty  daye  and  ye  other  upon  the  eight  and  Twenty  daye,  '•  ffrancis 
hilhouse  had  his  wife  and  his  doughter  buried  ye  last  daye. 

Again,  on  the  first  day  of  Maye,  he  buried  one  child,  and 

ffrancis  Hilhouse  himself  was  buried  ye  fourth  daye. 


56  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Thus  husband  and  wife  and  four  children  were  buried 
within  eight  days.     Reading  further  in  the  register,  I  find, 

March,  l6j5,  Elcanan  Wales  buried  the  loth  daye  ;  August,  1639,  Samuel 
Wales  of  Pudsey  was  buried  the  13th  daye. 

The  question  at  once  arose  in  my  mind,  who  were  these  ? 
Were  they  aged  or  young  ?  However,  in  looking  over  No.  4,276, 
Birch  MSS.,  Brit .  Mus.,"  Letters  of  Divines,  formerly  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mr.  Thoresby,  of  Leeds,"  I  found  a  note  in  the  hand- 
writing of  the  Rev.  Elk.  Wales,  minister  at  Pudsey,  which  sup- 
plied the  answer.  It  was  a  short  note,  written  in  Greek,  Latin, 
and  English,  relating  to  his  brother,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Wales,  of 
Morley,  and  his  family.  On  the  death  of  this  brother,  the  children 
were  taken  charge  of  by  Mr.  Elk.  Wales,  and  the  note  referred 
to  gives  the  names,  etc.,  of  the  children,  and  of  the  two  above- 
mentioned  it  records  thus  : — 

I.   Samuel  Wales  S.  F.  Natus  14  Oct.  1619,  died  August  12th,  1639. 
5.   Elkanah  born  Oct.  7,  1627,  died  Mar.  9,  1635. 

There  were  several  children.    Some  of  them  died  young. 

1641.     Januarye  Mr.  Samuel  Milner  of  Pudsey,  Gent.,  buried  the  7th  daye. 

There  are  numerous  entries  relating  to  the  Milners  ;  they 
were  the  most  important  family  living  in  the  village  at  that 
time,  and  were  the  only  family  using  a  coat-of-arms,  which 
is  thus  described  :  — "  Sable,  three  snaffles  (or  bridle  bits)  Or." 

A  terrible  plague  raged  in  Leeds  and  district,  in  1644  and 
1645*  ;  but  it  seems  to  have  been  in  this  parish  earlier  according 
to  this  register.  In  1642,  the  burials  numbered  40,  but  in  1643 
they  were  130,  an  unprecedented  number.  In  1654,  there  was 
buried, 

October  24,  Alice,  daughter  of  Wm.  Croysdall,  Quaker,  of  Owl  Coates. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  register  to  distinguish  those  who 
were  interred  at  Pudsey  from  those  who  were  interred  at 
Calverley.  The  oldest  tombstone  at  Pudsey  bears  the  follow- 
ing inscription : — 

A.W.,  1660,  May  i5, 

and  was  formerly  in  the  aisle  of  the  chapel,  but  since  1847  has 
been  in  the  burial  ground,  it  having  been  then  removed  in  order 
that  it  could  be  read,  as  the  chapel  was  then  closed  and  in  ruins, 
but  in  the  register  it  is  recorded, 

1660,  May  18  [blank],  wife  of  Mr.  Elkanah  Wales. 

Her  name  was  Anne. 

■•»  See  Annals  of  Yorkshire,  p.  81. 


ALL    SAINTS'    REGISTERS.  57 

The  register  records  : — 

July  14,  1660,  Henry  Bland  and  William  Hustler,  slain  with  a  thunder  Bolt. 
In  1 66 1,  March  4,  Sam  :  son  of  Mr.  James  Sale,  of  Pudsey. 

Mr.  Sale  was  at  that  time  curate  at  St.  John's  Church, 
Leeds,  from  which  church  he  was  ejected  by  the  Act  of  Uni- 
formity, in  1662,  as  previously  stated.  He  died  at  Pudsey  in 
1679,  and  was  interred  at  Calverley,  Oliver  Hey  wood  being 
present  at  the  funeral,  as  he  records  in  his  diary.  His  widow 
was  also  buried  there  in  1700,  and  in  the  interesting  diary  of 
Walter  Calverley,  Esq.  (afterwards  Sir  Walter),  now  in  the 
British  Museum  {Add.  MSS.  27,418),  he  says, 

6  Jany.  1700,  I  was  at  ffunerall  of  Mrs.  Sale,  of  Pudsey,  and  Lent  Mrs.  Hutton 
a  pair  of  mares  and  coach-wheels  to  bring  the  corpse  to  Church. 

Mrs.  Hutton  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sale,  and 
was  the  wife  of  Mr.  Richard  Hutton,  of  Pudsey,  who  was  the 
great  grandson  of  Archbishop  Hutton,  of  York  ;  grandson  of 
Sir  Thomas  Hutton,  of  Poppleton  ;  and  the  son  of  Richard 
Hutton,  Esq.,  and  his  wife,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Fred.  Viscount 
Fairfax,  Baron  of  Cameron,  in  Scotland,  of  Denton,  in  Yorkshire. 

In  1701  there  is  recorded  the  first  list  of  "  buryalls "  in 
Pudsey;  the  first  half-year  there  were  seven.  In  1702  list  of 
"buryells  in  Pudsey-come-Tyersall,"  9  ;  in  1716,  on  July  13,  was 
buried  at  Pudsey,"  Mr.  Gregory  Milner,  of  Pudsey,  there."  The 
list  being  discontinued,  the  word  "  there "  follows  many  of  the 
entries,  showing  that  the  burial  had  taken  place  at  Pudsey 
Chapel,  but  after  a  time  this  was  given  up,  and  there  is  again  no 
distinguishing  word  until  1755,  when  separate  lists  were  then 
again  commenced.     In  1734,  was  buried, 

May  1st,  Samuel  Lumby,  of  Pudsey,  Sargon  of  Dragoons,  There. 

1737,  May  4,  The  Reverd.  Willm.  Brown,  Minister  of  Pudsey,  There. 

1738,  Aug.   16,   Mr.  Jacob   Simpson,   an  apothecary  at   Leeds,    was   buried   at 
Pudsey,  and  his  tombstone  was  lately  close  to  the  east  end  of  the  chapel. 

1738,  March  21,  Mr.  Edward  Kent,  of  Pudsey,  There. 

1739,  May  4,  John,  son  of  iNIr.  John  Hey,  late  of  Pudsey,  There. 

From  1755  the  lists  of  the  interments  at  Pudsey  Chapel  are 
given  regularly  ;  in  that  year  they  numbered  38.  The  years  in 
which  the  smallest  number  of  interments  took  place  were — 1765, 
when  they  were  only  17;  1799,26;  1805,25;  1812,24.  The 
united  ages  of  six  of  these  in  1812  amounted  to  442,  being  an 
average  of  y^  years  and  8  months  each.  In  1790  the  burials 
were  43,  and  the  united  ages  of  17  of  them  amounted  to  1,269 
years,  being  an  average  of  74  years  7  months  and  22  days  each. 
The  largest  number  of  burials  in  one  year  was  in  1787,  when 
there  were    100   persons   interred,  50  of  them  being  children, 


58  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

swept  out  of  existence  by  that  terrible  scourge,  small-pox  ; 
the  remainder  being  entered  as  follows  : — consumption,  3  ; 
jaundice,  i  ;  convulsions,  4  ;  worm  fever,  3  ;  decline  3  ;  white 
swelling,  i  ;  dropsy,  3  ;  inflammation,  i  ;  fever,  i  ;  aged,  3  ;  evil, 
2  ;  run  over  by  a  waggon,  i  ;  still-born,  6  ;  not  stated,  18  ;  total, 
100.  In  1 78 1  there  were  61  interments,  31  deaths  being  from 
small-pox.  The  total  number  of  burials  at  Pudsey  Chapel  from 
1755  to  the  end  of  June,  18 14,  60  years  except  six  months,  was 
(including  still-born  children)  3,980  ;  and  estimating  the  six 
months  at  20,  we  have  a  total  of  4,000  interments  in  that  small 
burial  ground  around  the  old  chapel.  The  first  20  years  arc 
taken  from  the  register  at  Calverley,  and  the  remainder  from  a 
private  register  made  by  the  Rev.  William  Howarth,  and  ending 
with  his  death  in  June,  18 14. 

There  were  seven  tombstones  inside  the  old  chapel,  previous 
to  its  demolition,  and  seventy-three  in  the  graveyard  ;  and  many 
of  the  inscriptions  will,  no  doubt,  be  interesting  to  numerous 
individuals  and  families  amongst  us.  The  oldest  tombstone  in 
the  ground  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

A.  W.     1660.    MAY  16.* 

The  next  five  stones  adjoining  the  above,  in  the  aisle  of  the 
chapel,  bore  the  following  inscriptions  : — 

In  Memory  of  Hope,  the  wife  of  the  Revd.  Wm.  Howorth,  Curate  of  this  Chapel, 
who  departed  this  Life  the  2Sth  Day  of  February,  1803,  in  the  6Sth  year  of  age. 

Also  ihe  Revd.  William  Howorth,  47  years  curate  (if  this  Chapel,  who 
departed  this  Life  May 1S14,  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age. 

In  Memory  of  Elizabeth  Howorth,  oldest  daughter  of  the  Revd.  William 
Howorth,  47  years  Curate  of  this  Chapel,  who  died  April  17th,  1833,  in  the  60th 
Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  of  Anne  Howorth  youngest  daughter  and  only  surviving  child  of  the  Revd. 
William  Howorth,  who  died  'May  14th,  1833,  in  the  58th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Anne  Willet,  /E  So,  1788. 

^  Samuel  and  Martha  Lumby, 

Died  20th  Day  of  March, Eight  Year  of  her  age ..1706. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Samuel  Lumby,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this  Life  the 
6th  day  of  July,  1707,  Aged 

In  Memory  of  Rebecca  Holmes  youngest  Daughter  of  the  Revd.  William 
Holmes,  of  Pontefract,  deceased,  who  died  the  15th  day  of  June,  1790,  in  the  19th 
year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Rebecca  Plolmes,  Relict  of  the  Revd.  William  Holmes,  late  of  Pomfret. 
She  departed  this  Life,  Jan.  20th,  181 1,  in  the  80th  year  of  her  Age. 

Also  William  Holmes,  .of  Pudsey,  son  of  the  above  Rebecca  Holmes,  who 
departed  this  Life  May  i6th,  in  the  47th  year  of  his  age. 

The  Mrs.  Holmes  mentioned  above  was  a  sister  of  the 
celebrated  Dr.  Hey,  of  Leeds. 

*  See  p.  56 


ALL    saints'    burial    GROUND.  59 

There  was  one  memorial  stone  against  the  wall  of  the 
chapel,  but  this  was  removed  to  the  church  (St.  Lawrence's), 
some  time  ago.     The  inscription  upon  it  is  as  follows  :  — 

Near  this  place  are  deposited  the  remains  of  John  Cooper,  Pudsey,  who  departed 
this  life,  Feby.  28th,  1816,  aged  57  years.  His  truly  afflicted  widow  caused  this 
monument  to  be  erected  as  a  small  tribute  of  affection  to  the  memory  of  a  beloved 
Husband.  He  lived  in  a  faithful  performance  of  every  Christian  duty,  and  died  the 
death  of  the  righteous. 

Beginning  at  the  western  end  of  the  burial  ground  the  first 
stone  previous  to  the  late  relaying  was — 

In  Memory  of  the  Daughter  of  George  and  Nancy  Sugden,  who  departed  this 
Life,  Oct.  21st,  1811,  in  the  second  year  of  her  age. 

Likewise  two,  who  died  in  their  Infancy. 

Here  lieth  interr'd  the  body  of  Isaac  Illingworth,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this 
Life  December  the  24th,  1780,  in  the  50th  Year  of  His  Age. 

Here  lieth  Interr'd  the  Body  of  William  Pollard,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this 
life  the  19th  day  of  December,  in  the  43rd  year  of  his  Age,  Anno  Domini,  1724,  And 
also  Robert,  son  of  William  Pollard,  who  departed  this  life,  August  the  20th,  in  ye  3rd 
year  of  his  age,  A.D.  1725. 

Here  was  interr'd  the  Body  of  Faith,  the  wife  of  John  Darnbrough,  of  Pudsey, 
who  departed  this  life  the  27th  day  of  April,  in  the  27th  year  of  her  age.  Anno 
Domini,  1725. 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Dorothea,  the  wife  of  Thos.  Lawson,  surgeon,  of  Pudsey, 
who  departed  this  life,  the  28th  day  of  January,  1760,  in  ye  ^4th  year  of  her  Age. 

Also  the  Body  of  Mary,  the  wife  of  Thos.  Lawson,  who  died  August  the  8th, 
1774.  Aged  38  years. 

Also  Thos.  Lawson,  Surgeon  and  Apothecary,  of  Pudsey;  he  died  Feb.  28th, 
1798,  Aged  68  Years. 

Also  Mary,  Wife  of  the  above  Thos.  Lawson,  who  departed  this  life  Deer.  6th, 
1823,  aged  67  Years. 

In  Memory  of  George,  the  son  of  George  and  Elizabeth  Hainsworth,  of  Pudsey 
Fartown  ;  he  departed  this  life,  June  21st,  1810,  in  the  23rd  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  two  Children,  who  died  in  their  Infancy. 

Also  Joseph,  son  of  the  above  :  he  departed  this  Life,  March  27th,  18 12,  in  the 
22nd  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Martha,  Wife  of  James  Harrison,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this 
Life  June  9th,  1795,  Aged  57  years. 

Also  of  James,  the  above  said,  who  departed  this  Life,  Nov.  28th,  1808,  Aged 
72  Years. 

Here  lieth  interr'd  the  Body  of  John  Morehouse,  of  Bankhouse.  He  departed 
this  Life  September  the  27th,  17S0,  in  the  43rd  Year  of  His  Age. 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mary,  the  Wife  of  Jonathan  Muff,  who  Departed  this 
Life  ye. 8th  of  July,  1763,  Aged  58  Years. 

Hannah,  the  widow  of  William  Haste,  departed  this  Life  April  i8th,  1807. 
Aged  84  Years. 

In  Memory  of  Joseph,  son  of  James  &  Hannah  Newell,  of  Pudsey,  who 
departed  this  Life  March  4th,  181 1,  Aged  4  Years. 

Also  Hannah,  Daugliter  of  the  above,  who  departed  this  Life,  June  17th,  1817, 
in  9th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Joseph,  Son  of  the  above,  who  died  in  his  Infancy. 

Also  Hannah,  Daughter  of  the  above,  who  died  April  ist,  1822,  Aged  3  Years. 

In  Memory  of  Mary,  Daughter  of  Thomas  &  Agnes  Rider,  of  Pudsey,  she 
departed  this  Life  Jany.  17th,  1795,  in  the  2nd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  William,  son  of  the  above  Thomas  &  Agnes,  he  departed  this  Life  October 
27th,  1 80 1,  aged  4  Years,  > 


6o  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Also  Agnes,  the  wife  of  the  above  said  Thomas  Rider,  of  Pudsey,  who  died 
Angst.  5th,  1822,  Aged  55  years. 

Also,  the  above  said  Thomas  Rider,  who  departed  this  Life  on  the  l8th  day  of 
January,  1841,  in  the  70th  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Ann  Halliday,  Daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Halliday,  of  Pudsey, 
who  departed  this  Life  January  the  x6th,  1810  in  the  7th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  George,  son  of  the  above-said,  who  departed  this  Life  January  the  19th, 
1810,  in  the  5th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Here  lieth  Interred  the  body  of  Jonas  Jowett,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this 
life  the  19th  Day  of  April,  in  the  47th  year  of  his  Age,  Anno  Domini,  1733. 

Also  Joseph,  his  Son,  interred  March  the  13th,  1736,  Aged  4  years. 

Also  Susannah,  wife  of  the  above-said  Jonas,  died  March  the  13th,  1779,  Aged 
81  Years. 

Also  Mary,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Turner,  and  Daughter  of  the  above  said  Jonas 
and  Susannah,  died  September  the  3rd,  1779.     Aged Years. 

In  Memory  of  Joseph  Dodgson,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this  Life  August 
31st,  1807.     In  the  70th  Year  of  his  Age. 

A.lso  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  Driver,  and  late  Widow  of  the  above  Joseph 
Dodgson,  she  departed  this  Life  April  19th,  1814,  in  the  52nd  Year  of  her  Age. 

In  Memory  of  William  Banks,  of  Pudsey  Back  Lane,  who  departed  this  Life 
April  8th,  1S03,  in  the  71st  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Samuel  Moss,  of  Putlsey,  who  departed  this  life,  Novmbr.  23rd., 
1805  in  the  66th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  of  Martha,  the  wife  of  the  aforesaid  Samuel  Moss,  who  departed  this  Life 
May  6th,  1818,  in  the  73rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Here  lieth  the  Bodies  of  six  Children  of  Joseph  Banks,  of  Pudsey,  who  all  Died 
in  the  first  Year  of  their  Age. 

Also  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  abovesaid  Joseph,  who  Died  September  the 
15th,  1773,  in  the  first  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Edward,  son  of  the  above,  Joseph,  died  May  the  21st,  1777  in  ye  third 
Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Thomas,  son  of  the  above.  Joseph  died  May  the  6th,  1778,  in  the  i6th 
Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Joshua,  son  of  the  abovesaid  Joseph,  died  Oct.  21st,  1779,  Aged  2  Years. 

Also  John,  son  of  the  abovesaid  Joseph,  died  November  the  4th,  17 ..24th 

Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Joseph,  Father Children,  Died  Aged 

In  Memory  of  five  Children  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Banks,  of  Pudsey  Backlane, 
who  died  in  their  infancy. 

Also  of  Sarah,  mother  of  the  said  Children  and  Wife  of  the  above  Joseph  Banks 
&  Daughter  of  Matthew  Dufton,  she  died  May  4th,  1797,  in  the  33rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Sarah,  Daughter  of  the  abovesaid  Joseph  Banks,  who  died  the  17th  day  of 
March,  1804,  in  the  loth  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Betty,  Daughter  of  the  abovesaid  Joseph  Banks,  who  died  the  9th  day  of 
November,  1804,  in  the  18th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  John  Banks,  who  died  January  26th,  1849,  Aged  59  Years. 

On  the  adjoining  stone  the  above  inscription,  relating  to  the 
Banks's  family,  is  reproduced  vej'batim  et  literatim  except  the  last 
item  of  John  Banks's,  and  has  in  place  the  following  relating  to 
Joseph  Banks  : — 

Also  of  Joseph  Banks,  Father  of  the  above  Children,  who  departed  this  Life 
26th  May,  1822,  in  the  63rd  Year  of  his  Age. 

Here  lies  interred  the  body  of  Hannah  the  wife  of  John  Hutchinson,  of  Pudsey, 
who  died  October  the  23rd,  1760,  Aged  23  Years. 

Also  the  Body  of  Betty,  his  Daughter,  who  died  September  ye  9th,  1766  in  ye 
7th  Year  of  her  Age. 


ALL    saints'    burial    GROUND.  6l 

Also  Hannah,  his  Daughter,  who  died  July  ye  31st,  1767,  in  the  3rd  week  of 
her  Age. 

Here  also  lies  the  body  of  Ann,  the  wife  of  the  abovesaid  John  Hutchinson, 
who  died  December  the  15th,  1768,  Aged  32  Years. 

Also  Hannah,  wife  of  ye  above  John,  died  March  the  6th,  1789,  in  the  34th 
Year  of  her  Age. 

Here  lies  the  body  of  James  Fletcher,  of  Pudsey,  who  dyed  the  13th  day  of  June, 
1759,  In  the  20th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  the  body  of  John  Fletcher,  who  died  January  the  8th,  1773,  Aged  52  Years. 

Also  Sarah,  the  wife  of  the  abovesaid  John  Fletcher,  who  departed  this  life 
September  the  6th,  1786,  in  the  60th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Anne,  Daughter  of  the  Revd.  Mr.  Maurice,  of  Pudsey, 
who  died  July  the  12th,  1772,  aged  16  Years. 

Here  also  lies  interr'd  the  Body  of  the  said  Revd.  Mr.  Maurice,  late  Minister  at 
the  Dissenting  Chapel  in  Pudsey,  who  dejDarted  this  Life  July  1st,  1773,  in  the  49th 
Year  of  his  Age. 

Here  also  lies  the  Body  of  Elizabeth,  the  Daughter  of  the  said  Revd.  Mr.  Maurice, 
who  departed  this  life  the  22nd  Day  of  Novr.,  1773,  in  the  3rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Mr.  Maurice  was  the  grandfather  of  the  late  distinguished 
Professor  Maurice,  who  died  a  few  years  ago. 

Here  was  interr'd  the  Body  of  Benjn.  Hinchliffe,  of  Pudsey.  He  died  September 
the  27th,  1780,  Aged  63  Years. 

Also  Mary,  wife  of  the  above  Benjn.     She  died  March  2ist,  1789,  Aged  74  years. 

Also  near  this  place  lieth  the  remains  of  John,  of  ye  above  Benjn.,  he  died 
January  14th,  1768. 

Also  near  this  place  lieth  the  remains  of  Rachel,  Daughter  of  the  above  Benjn., 
she  died 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Jane,  wife  of  John  Brooksbank,  of  Pudsey,  who  died 
August  the  i8th,   1752,  Aged  48  Years. 

Also  here  lieth  the  body  of  John,  son  of  the  abovesaid  Jane  Brooksbank,  who 
died  the  22nd  of  day  of  November,  1793,  in  the  67th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Here  Lieth  the  body  of  Joseph,  son  of  the  abovesaid  Jane  Brooksbank,  who 
died  the  lith  day  of  April,  1793,  in  the  51st  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Here  Lieth  the  Body  of  Mary  Brooksbank,  the  wife  of  the  above  Joseph 
Brooksbank.  She  departed  this  Life  on  the  loth  day  of  December,  1825,  in  the  79th 
Year  of  her  Age. 

Here  was  interr'd  ye  Body  of  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Hincslef,  of  Pudsey,  who 
dy'd  the  14th  day  of  September,  1762,  in  the  22nd  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Benjamin  Hinchleff,  of  Bradford  Moor,  Clothier, 
she  died  December  24th,  1 798,  in  the  64th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  the  above  Benjamin  Hinchlifie,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  l6th  Nov., 
1825,  aged  81  Years. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Hannah,  the  wife  of  Abraham  Hutchinson,  of  Pudsey, 
who  departed  this  life  the  2nd  day  of  January,  1751,  in  the  33rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  the  Body  of  Elizabeth,  Daughter,  who  died  July  the  25th,  1758,  Aged  17 
Years. 

Also  the  Body  of  the  abovesaid  Abraham  Hutchinson,  who  departed  this  Life 
the  1 8th  day  of  April,  1793,  in  the  Sist  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  the  Body  of  James,  son  of  Abraham  Hutchinson,  junior,  who  departed  this 
Life  the  24th  day  of  September,   1797,  who  died  in  his  Infancy. 

Here  Lyeth  the  Body  of  Mary,  the  wife  of  Abraham  Hutchinson,  of  Pudsey,  who 
departed  this  Hfe  the  i8th  day  May,  in  the  72nd  Year  of  her  Age,  Anno  Domini,  1728. 

Also  the  said  Abraham  Hutchinson,   died  January 1758.  in  the 

84th  Year  of  his  Age. 

John  F'arrer,  of town,  who  died loth, 

1788,  in  the Year  of  his  Age. 

(Stone  decayed.) 


62  HISTORY     OF      PUDSEY. 

In  Memory  of  Joseph  Wilson,  of  Fartown,  Pudsey,  who  departed  this  Life 
March  9th,  1813,  in  the  63rd  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Nancy,  the  wife  of  Tohn  Boulton,  of  Leeds,  who  departed  this 
Life  July  28th,  181 1,  in  the  41st  Year  of  her  Age. 

Interred  Here  William,  son  of  William  Farrer,  he  died  the  23rcl  of  April,  1752, 
in  the  15th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  William  Farrer,  the  elder,  who  departed  this  Life  the  24th  Day  of  March, 
1769,  in  the  69th  year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Anne,  the  Daughter  of  the  said  William  Farrer,  and  ye  widow  of  John 
Darnbrough,  who  died  April  the  30th,  1785,  Aged  54  Years. 

Also  Richard,  son  of  the  said  William  Farrer,  who  departed  this  Life  the  gih 
day  of  June,  1829,  in  the  87th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Here  Lieth  Interr'd  the  Body  of  Hannah,  wife  of  Thomas  Langley,  of  Pudsey, 
who  departed  this  life  the  23rd  day  of  February  in  the  20th  year  of  her  Age.  Anno 
Domini,  1731. 

In  Memory  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  Driver,  of  Pudsey,  she  departed  this 
Life  Decbr.  26th,  1806,  in  the  50th  Year  of  Age. 

Also  four  Children,  who  died  in  their  Infancy. 

Also  of  Joseph  Driver,  brother  to  the  abovesaid  Samuel  Driver  of  Pudsey,  who 
departed  this  Life  Janry   31st,  1819,  in  the  80th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  the  above  said  Samuel  Driver,  who  departed  this  Life  on  the  27th  day  of 
Octr.,  1839,  Aged  87  Years. 

Here  Lyeth  the  Body  of  William  Lepton,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this  life  the  9 
day  of  August,  1690. 

Also  the  Body  of  Grace,  the  wife  of  ^Ir.  Joseph  Dobson,  of  Pudsey,  she  died 
Novr.  the  8th,  1 758,  Aged  29  Years. 

Also  the  Body  of  the  Revd.  Mr.  Samuel  Dobson,  A.M.,  son  of  the  said  INIr. 
Joseph  Dobson,  who  died  on  the  2nd  March,  ■ — 77,  Aged  27  Years. 

Here  lieth  Interred  the  Body  of  Joshua  Lumby,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this 
life  the  24th  day  of  October,  1737,  about  the  86th  year  of  his  Age. 

Here  lies  interred  Four  Sons  of  Joseph  Dobson,  of  Pudsey,  Gent  :  two  called 
Joseph  and' the  third  William,  all  died  very  young,  and  John,  the  fourth  son,  died  on 
the  28th  July,  1 761,  Aged  four  Years. 

Also  Joseph  Lumby,  of  Pudsey,  died  January  the  6th,  1777,  Aged  70  Years. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Hope,  the  wife  of  Miles  Metcalf,  of  Pudsey,  who 
departed  this  life  the  first  day  of  July,  in  the  56th  Year  of  her  Age,  1735. 

Also  the  Body  of  Miles  Metcalf,  Interred  the  nth  of  February,  1754,  Aged  72. 

Also  Anne,  the  daughter  of  the  said  Miles  and  Hope  Metcalfe,  and  the  widow 
of  William  Farrer  lieth  here  Interred.  She  died  August  the  8th,  1783,  Aged  76 
Years. 

Also  Elizabeth  Farrer,  Daughter  of  the  abovesaid  Anne,  she  died  Janry.  i8th, 
1822,  Aged  82  Years. 

Here  was  inter'd  the  Body  of  George  Beaumont,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this 
Life  the  5th  Day  of  November  in  ye  year  of  our  Lord  1768,  and  in  the  41st  Year  of 
his  Age. 

Also  James,  son  of  George  Beaumont,  junior,  he  died  April  l/lh,  1796,  in  his 
8th  year 

Also  Sarah,  the  Wife  of  George  Beaumont,  Tenant  to  John  Wilmer  Field,  Esq., 
she  died  Feby.  22nd,  1823,  in  the  6ist  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  of  the  abovesaid  George  Beaumont,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  12th  day 
of  January,  1836,  aged  73  Years. 

In  Memory  of  Hannah,  Daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  Crampton,  of  Pudsey, 
who  departed  this  Life  on  the  9th  day  of  September,  1781,  in  the  2nd  Year  of  her 
Age. 

Also  Hannah,  Daughter  of  the  abovesaid  Parents,  who  departed  this  Life  the 
6th  day  of  September,  1792,  in  the  3rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Hannah  Maria,  Daughter  ol  the  abovesaid  Parents,  who  departed  this  Life 
the  Sth  day  of  March,  1802,  in  the  2nd  Year  of  her  Age. 


ALL    saints'    BURL\L    GROUND.  63 

Also  Nancy,  wife  of  John  Crampton,  she  departed  this  Life,  May  27th,  1808,  in 
the  46th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Here  lies  the  Body  of  John  Binns,  of  Pudsey,  who  died  Feb.  5,  17S6,  A.E.  63. 

Also  the  Body  of  Sarah,  the  Daughter  of  his  Nephew,  John  Binns,  she  Died  2nd 
Sepr.,  1787,  A.E.  I. 

To  the  Memory  of  Alice,  the  wife  of  Joshua  Town,  of  Pudsey,  wlio  died  the  27th 
day  of  October,  1777,  in  the  79th  Year  of  her  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Samuel  Boys,  Pudsey,  who  died  April  the  7th,  1 797,  Aged  59  Years. 

Also  Hannah,  wife  of  the  above  Samuel  Boys,  she  died  July  27111,  1801,  in  the 
51st  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Samuel  Boys,  Grandson  of  the  abovesaid  Samuel  and  Hannah  Boys.  He 
died  loth  December,  1S14,  in  the  7th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  of  John  Boys,  son  of  the  above,  who  departed  this  Life  on  the  14th  day  of 
Jany.  1839,  in  the  62nd  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  of  Sarah,  wife  of  the  above  John  Boys,  who  died  Febry.  21st,  1S57,  in  her 
Soth  Year. 

In  Memory  of  William,  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Hutchinson,  of  Pudsey 
Littlemoor,  who  departed  this  Life  Sepr.  13th,  1807,  Aged  8  Years. 

Also  John,  Aged  i  year. 

Also  Hannah,  the  wife  of  the  abovesaid  Joseph  Hutchinson,  who  departed  this 
Life  Sep.  13th,  1819,  in  the  63rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Joseph  Hutchinson,  Husband  of  the  abovesaid  Hannah  Hutchinson,  and 
Father  of  the  aforesaid  Children,  he  departed  this  Life  on  the  13th  day  of  December, 
1827,  Aged  71  years. 

Here  lieth  interr'd  the  Body  of  Richard  Sugden,  of  Tiresal,  he  died  February 
the  2nd,  1780,  Aged  21  years. 

Here  was  Interr'd  the  Body  of  William  Whitley,  of  Pudsey.  who  died  September 
the  i8th,  1775,  in  ye  64th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Sarah,  his  Daughter,  died  April  9th,  1761,  in  ye  Year  of  her  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Hannah,  Daughter  of  William  and  Ann  Norton,  of  Pudsey,  she 
departed  this  Life  January  17th,  1792,  in  the  3rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  of  Mary,  Daughter  of  the  above  William  and  Ann  Norton.  She  departed 
this  Life  May  20th,  17^8,  in  the  ist  Year  of  her  Age. 

Likewise  of  Henry,  Son  of  the  above  William  and  Ann  Norton ;  he  departed 
this  Life 

And  of  Ruth,  Daughter  of  the  above  William  and  Ann  Norton,  she  died  August 
23rd,  1803,  in  the  19th  year  of  her  Age. 

Also  of  John,  son  of  the  abovesaid  William  and  Ann  Norton,  who  departed 
this  Life  June  21st,  1812,  in  the  36th  Year  of  his  Age. 

And  also  of  the  abovesaid  William  Norton,  who  departed  this  Life  May  21st, 
1 8 14,  in  the  65  th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Ann,  wife  of  the  above,  she  departed  this  Life  August  6th,  1S15,  in  the 
68th  Year  of  her  Age. 

In  Memory  of  four  Children  of  James  and  Martha  Harrison,  of  Pudsey,  who 
died  in  their  Infancy. 

Also  Martha,  Mother  of  the  above  Children,  who  died  the  26th  Day  of  March, 
in  the  Year  1807,  Aged  36  Years. 

In  Memory  of  Elizabeth,  the  W^ife  of  William  Crampton,  of  Pudsey,  who  died 
Jan.  25th,  1792,  in  the  35th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Here  was  Interred  the  Body  of  Ann,  wife  of  Joseph  Boys,  of  Pudsey,  who  De- 
parted this  Life  May  21st,  1792,  Aged  72  Years. 

Also  Nancy,  Daughter  of  Joseph  Boys,  who  Departed  this  Life  February  the 
llth,  1795.  in  tbe  34th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Joseph  Boys,  Died  March  19th,  1797.  Aged  67  Years. 

In  Memory  of  John,  Son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Hustler,  who  Departed  this 
Life  on  the  2nd  day  of  June,  1815,  Aged  12  j-ears. 

Here  was  Interr'd  the  body  of  George  Brogden,  of  Pudsey,  who  Departed  this 
Life  the  27th  day  of  December,  1783,  in  the  53rd  Year  of  his  Age. 


64  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Here  lieth  Interr'd  the  body  of  Mary,  the  Daughter  of  William  ISIoss,  of  Pudsey, 
she  died  November  the  4th,  1777,  Aged  7  Years. 

Also  here  lieth  the  Body  of  William  Moss,  he  departed  this  Life  May  2Sth,  1807, 
in  the  66th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Hannah,  wife  of  the  above  said  William  Moss,  she  departed  this  Life 
August  22nd,  1809,  in  the  66th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Here  lies  Interr'd  the  Body  of  Betty,  the  wife  of  Matthew  Dufton,  who  De- 
parted this  Life  the  28th  day  of  April,  1788,  in  the  48th  Year  of  her  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Sarah,  the  wife  of  William  Cauthery,  of  Pudsey,  she  departed 
this  Life  March  I5lh,  1808,  in  the  53rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  the  abovesaid  William  Cauthery,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  13th  day  of 
Jmie,  1825,  in  the  73rd  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  James  Hutchinson,  of  Rocker-lane,  who  departed  this  Life  the 
25th  day  of  December,  1787,  in  the  46th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  of  Mary,  Daughter  of  the  abovesaid  James  Hutchinson,  who  departed  this 
Life  the  17th  day  of  May,  1788,  in  the  6th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  of  Mary,  the  wife  of  James  Hutchinson,  Son  of  the  abovementioned  James 
Hutchinson,  who  departed  this  Life  Aug.  the  7th,  181 1,  in  the  43rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Thomas,  Son  of  the  Last-mentioned  James  Hutchinson,  who  departed  this 
Life  Novr.  the  4th,  1801,  in  the  4th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  of  three  others,  Thomas,  Matthew,  and  John,  who  died  in  their  Infancy. 
Elieii,  qiiim  tentii pendent  morfiliajilo. 

Here  was  interred  the  Body  of  Joseph  Hutchinson,  of  Pudsey,  who  departed 
this  life  the  14th  day  of  August,  1773,  in  the  57th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  Palley,  Daughter  of  Joseph  Hutchinson,  Junior,  died  August  the  nth, 
1777,  in  the  2nd  Year  of  her  age. 

Also  Hannah,  the  Wife  of  the  abovesaid  Joseph  Hutchinson,  Junior,  she  died 
May  15th,  1786,  in  the  67th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  George,  Son  of  the  above  Joseph  Hutchinson,  Junior,  he  died  September 
2Sth,  17S7,  Aged  4  Years. 

Here  Lieth  Interr'd  the  Body  of  Hannah,  Wife  of  Thomas  Langley,  of  Pudsey, 
who  departed  this  Life  the  23rd  day  of  February,  in  the  20th  Year  of  her  Age.  Anno 
Domini,  173 1. 

In  Memory  of  Elizabeth,  Wife  of  William  Farrer,  of  Pudsey,  Back  lane,  who 
died  Deer,  the  7th,  1779,  Age  55  years. 

Also,  the  above-named  William  Farrer,  who  died  June  the  13th,  1797,  Aged  75 
Years. 

Also  of  William  Farrer,  Son  of  the  abovesaid,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  27th 
day  of  May,  181 6,  in  the  66th  Year  of  his  age. 

Also  Nancy,  Wife  of  the  abovesaid  William  Farrer,  she  departed  this  life  on  the 
7th  day  of  December,  1821,  aged  55  years. 

Also  Mary,  the  Wife  of  William  Farrer,  who  departed  this  life  Sepr.  6lh,  1853, 
aged  66  years. 

Also,  the  last-named  William  Farrer,  who  died  Sepr.  19th,  1858,  aged  71  Years. 

Here  lieth  Interr'd  the  Body  of  Mr.  Jacob  Simpson,  Surgeon,  of  Leeds,  who 
departed  this  Life  the  14th  day  of  Augitst,  1738,  Aged  73  Years. 

Also  Robert  Carlyle,  great,  great  Grand  Son  of  the  above  Jacob  Simpson,  who 
departed  this  Life  the  20th  February,  1812,  in  the  Seventh  Year  of  his  AGE. 

Near  to  the  tombstone  of  Jacob  Simpson,  is  a  tombstone 
to  a  "  Son  of  John  Hey,"  the  remaining  part  of  the  inscription 
is  illegible. 

In  Memory  of  Mary,  the  Wife  of  John  Farrer,  of  Littlemoor,  Pudsey.  who 
departed  this  Life  the  2nd  day  of  May,  1795,  aged  70  Years. 

Also  Richard  Farrer,  Son  of  the  abovesaid  John  and  Mary  Farrer,  who  de- 
parted this  life  the  27th  Day  of  April,  1799,  in  the  52nd  Year  of  his  Age. 


ALL    SAINTS     BURIAL    GROUND.  6j 

Also  John  Farrer,  of  Pudsey,  Littlemoor,  Husband  of  the  abovesaid  Mary 
Farrer,  who  departed  this  Life  June  iSth,  1804,  Aged  >o  Years. 

Here  was  Interr'd  yc  Body  of  the  Revd.  Benjamin  Bayley,  Clerk,  who  died 
August  ye  5th,  in  the  53rd  Year  of  his  Age.  Anno.  Dom.  1762.  And  in  ye  26th 
Year  of  his  Ministry  at  this  Chapell. 

Also  the  body  of  Benjn.  his  son,  who  died  June  ye  27th,  1761,  in  ye  5th  Year 
of  his  Age. 

Also  Penelope,  his  Wife,  and  Daughter  of  Thomas  Fearnley,  late  of  Birstal, 
who  departed  this  Life  the  ist  Day  of  November.  Anno  Dom.  1772,  in  the  52  Year 
of  her  Age. 

Here  lies  interr'd  the  body  of  the  Revd.  John  Wainman,  Minister  at  the  Dis- 
senting  Chapel,  in  Pudsey,  who  died  June  the  loth,  1770.  AE  64.     Resurgam. 

Mr.  Wainman  was  a  native  of  Bingley,  and  was  minister  of 
Pudsey  about  42  years,  having  commenced  his  ministry  in  1727 
or  28.  His  wife,  who  was  a  native  of  Bramley,  and  two  children 
were  buried  at  Bramley  Chapel,  the  former  in  1755,  the  latter  in 
175 1  and  1756. 

In  Memory  of  Rebekah,  the  Wife  of  Abraham  Pearson,  of  Pudsey,  she  de- 
parted this  life  October  the  14th,  1779,  Aged  47  Years. 

Also  Joseph  Pearson,  Son  of  the  abovementioned  Abrm.  and  Rebekah  Pearson, 
who  died  Octr.  29th,  1779,  aged  16  Years. 

And  likewise  the  above  mentioned  Abm.  Pearson,  he  died  May  the  24th,  1809, 
in  the  76  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Matthew,  Son  of  John  Tunnicliffe,  Junr.,  and  Esther,  his  Wife, 
of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this  life  Feby.  3rd,  1841,  in  the  8th  Year  of  Age 

Here  was  interr'd  the  Body  of  Anne,  the  Wife  of  Matthew  Moss,  of  Pudsey,  who 
departed  this  life  April  the  28th,  1765,  in  the  34th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Matthew  Moss,  Husband  of  the  abovesaid  Anne,  who  departed  this  Life 
July  the  1st,  1784,  in  the  53rd  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  here  was  interr'd  the  Body  of  Tristram,  Son  of  the  abovesaid  Matthew  and 
Anne  Moss,  who  departed  this  Life  the  loth  day  of  January.  1804,  in  the  40th  Year  of 
his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Samuel,  Son  of  Benjamin  Farrer,  of  Pudsey,  he  died  April  15th, 
1789,  Aged  50  Years. 

Also  of  Ann,  wife  of  the  above,  who  departed  this  Life  Octr.  23rd,  18 14,  in  the 
71st  Year  of  her  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Hannah  Farrer,  wife  of  Benjamin  Farrer,  Pudsey,  who  departed 
this  Life  August  loth,  1848,  in  the  83rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  the  abovesaid  Benjamin  Farrer,  who  died  August  29th,  1855,  ^^  ^^e  92nd 
Year  of  his  Age. 

In  Memory  of  Ann,  Wife  of  Samuel  Farrer,  of  Huff-side,  in  the  township  of 
Pudsey,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  22nd  day  of  September,  1819,  Aged  76  Years. 

Also  of  Joshua,  Son  of  the  abovesaid  Samuel  and  Ann  Farrer,  who  departed 
this  life  on  the  15th  day  of  April,  1828,  in  the  49th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  of  the  abovesaid  Samuel  Farrer,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  15th  day  of 
June,  1829,  in  the  80th  Year  of  his  Age. 

Also  of  John,  Son  of  the  abovesaid  Samuel  and  Ann  Farrer,  who  departed  this 
life  on  the  i8th  day  of  August,  1832,  Aged  62  Years. 

In  Memory  of  Thomas,  Son  of  William  Greaves,  of  Pudsey,  he  died  November 
27th,  1737,  Aged  4  Years. 

Here  lies  interr'd  the  Body  of  Mary,  Daughter  of  Joseph  Couper,  of  Pudsey, 
who  died  the  12th  day  of  October,  1787,  in  the  3rd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  the  Body  of  Rachel,  the  daughter  of  the  above  Joseph  Couper,  who  died 
November  the  12th,  1788,  in  the  2nd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Matthew,  died  June  4th,  1796,  in  the  8th  Year  of  his  Age. 

F 


66  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

Also  Rachel,  died  June  25th,  1796,  in  her  2nd  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  Rachel,  Wife  of  Joseph  Cooper,  who  departed  this  life  February  15th, 
1826,  in  the  70th  Year  of  her  Age. 

Also  of  the  above  Joseph  Cooper,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  27th  day  of 
April,  1837,  Aged  84  Years. 

John,  Son  of  Joseph  Rayner,  of  Pudsey,  Interred  April  iith,  1714,  Aged  2 
Years. 

Also  Joseph,  his  2nd  son.  Interred  October  y^  29th,  1718,  Aged  5  Years. 

Adjacent  lies  Joshua  Rayner,  of  Tong.  Interred  February  ye  6th,  Aged  about 
75  Years,  1721. 

Here  lies  allso  Interred  the  Body  of  Joseph  Driver,  who  died  February  the  9th, 
1777.  Aged  71  Years. 

Also  the  Body  of  William  Rayner.  who  died  November  29th,  1778,  Aged  63 
Years. 

Also  the  Body  of  Hannah  Dean,  Daughter  of  the  above  Joseph  Driver,  with 
her  Child,  who  died  March  ye  4th,  1784,  Aged  38  Years. 

Also  Mary,  Wife  of  Joseph  Driver,  who  died  November  the  I2th,  1784,  Aged 
74  Years. 

Rachel,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Pearson,  of  Pudsey  Back  laine.  Died  of  a  dropsy, 
Jan.  3rd,  after  they  had  been  marri'd  20  Years,  and  was  interred  here  4th,  1743,  Aged 
49  Years.     But  had  no  Child. 

The  burial  ground  is  at  the  present  time  surrounded  with  a 
good  wall,  surmounted  by  iron-spiked  palisades,  but  with  no 
gateway,  or  any  way  of  ingress  for  those  who  may  want  to  visit 
the  old  burial  ground,  where  so  many  of  their  friends  and 
relatives  are  interred. 

St.  EainrfiiCE  Cljurcl). — This  edifice  was  erected  in  the  year 
i82i,atacost  of^  13,360,  obtained  from  the  sum  granted  by 
Parliament  under  the  "  Million  Act."  Mr.  Taylor,  of  Leeds,  was 
the  builder,  and  it  is  of  the  Churchwardens'  Gothic  style  of 
architecture.  There  are  massive  flying  buttresses  and  heavy 
battlements,  pointed  windows  with  plain  mullions,  and  no  decora- 
tion. The  finials  to  the  drip-stones,  over  the  vestry  door,  are 
sculptured  figures,  representing  grotesque  heads.  The  stone 
work  is  very  heavy,  and  the  footing  and  plinths  are  of  enormous 
blocks  of  gritstone.  The  flying  buttresses  from  each  side  of  the 
church  extend  above  the  parapet  of  the  lower  roof,  and  form 
pinnacles.  The  same  principle  is  observed  in  respect  to  the 
second  roof,  covering  the  middle  of  the  church.  The  buttresses 
of  the  tower,  which  are  of  a  tremendous  thickness  at  the  base, 
run  up  nearly  to  the  summit  of  the  structure,  the  walls  of  which 
are  about  four  feet  in  thickness.  The  tower  is  surmounted  by 
decorated  pinnacles  and  massive  battlements.  The  upper  storey 
of  the  tower  has  a  double  row  of  three-light  windows.  The  peal 
of  eight  bells,  said  to  be  one  of  the  finest  in  the  county,  was 
cast  by  Mears,  of  London  ;  the  tenor  weighs  about  16  cwt. 
They  were  opened  with  the  church  in  1824,  and  subscribed  for 
by  the  inhabitants  of  the  locality.     The  visitor  cannot  help  being 


ST.    LAWRENCE    CHURCH. 


67 


struck  with  the  massiveness  of  the  church.  It  has  been  con- 
structed so  strongly  that,  with  no  other  assailant  than  the 
weather,  one  might  expect  it  to  stand  for  more  than  a  thousand 
years.  The  same  impression  is  created  when  we  enter  the 
building,  which  is  roomy  and  lofty,  plain,  but  very  substantial. 
At  the  east  end  of  the  church  there  is  a  double  five-light  pointed 
window,  with  plain  mullions.  It  is  filled  with  stained  glass,  and 
the  subjects  are  very  artistically  and  beautifully  carried  out. 
Each  light  contains  a  memorial  of  the  departed.     In  the  upper 


St.  Lawrence  Church. 

row  the  first  refers   to   St.  Matthew,  and   it   bears   the   following 
inscription  : 

In  memory  of  Thomas  Banks,  born  Oct.  7,  1779,  died  Sept.  2,  1851. 

The  second   refers  to   St.   Mark,  and  it  has  the  following 
inscription  : 

In  memory  of  Mary  Maria  Jefferson,  born  Fel:)y.  22,  1797  ;  died  April  18,  1865. 

The  third,  or  centre  light,  has  a  representation  of  the  Ascen- 
sion, and  it  bears  the  following  inscription  : 

In  memory  of  Thomas  Farrar,  Esq.,  of  Grove  House,  Pudsey,  who  died  January 
17,  ib'67,  aged  74  years. 


68  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

The  fourth  light  refers  to  St.  Luke,  and  has  the  following 
inscription  : 

In  memory  of  William  Beaumont,  who  died  June  26,  1865,  aged  72. 

The   fifth  light  refers  to  St.  John,  and  has  the  following 

inscription  : 

In  affectionate  remembrance  of  Robert  Beaumont,  solicitor,  who  died  April  20, 
1856,  aged  30. 

The  first  light  on  the  bottom  row  refers  to  St.  Peter,  and 
bears  the  following  inscription  : 

In  memory  of  John  Halliday,  who  died  January  15,  1871,  aged  61  years;  and 
Martha,  his  wife,  who  died  Dec.  25,  1869,  aged  59  years. 

The  second  refers  to  St.  Paul,  and  bears  the  following 
inscription  : 

In  memory  of  Harriet,  wife  of  Henry  Beaumont,  she  died  shortly  after  the  birth 
of  her  first  child,  Oct.  20,  1869,  aged  25. 

The  third,  or  centre  light,  has  a  represention  of  the  Cruci- 
fixion, with  the  following  inscription  : 

To  the  Glory  of  God  and  in  memory  of  the  Rev.  Uavid  Jenkins,  42  years  in- 
cumbent of  Pudsey,  died  August  14,  1854.  aged  66  years. 

The  fourth  light  refers  to  St.  James,  and  has  the  following 
inscription  : 

In  memory  of  James  Beaumont  who  died  March  13th,  1869,  aged  53  ;  and  of 
Martha,  his  wife,  who  died  September  7,  1846,  aged  33. 

The  fifth  light  refers  to  St.  Jude,  and  bears  the  following 
inscription  : 

In  memory  of  Joshua  Armitage,  who  died  January  8,  1866,  aged  81  years  ;  and 
of  Hannah,  his  wife,  who  died  February  10,  1869,  aged  84  years. 

Underneath  there  is  a  handsome  reredos  of  Caen  stone, 
consisting  of  nine  niches,  pointed  with  decorated  trefoil  heads. 
To  the  left  two  of  the  panels  contain  the  Lord's  Prayer  and  the 
Apostle's  Creed,  and  to  the  right  two  panels  contain  the  Ten 
Commandments.  In  the  centre  there  is  a  cross  and  the  Lamb. 
On  each  side  there  are  beautifully  designed  vases,  containing 
corn,  the  vine,  and  the  passion  flower,  these  being  tastefully 
coloured.  Another  of  the  panels  contains  a  representation  of 
the  eagle  feeding  its  young  with  the  blood  from  its  breast. 
Covering  the  communion  table  is  a  neatly-wrought  cloth  of 
plain  texture,  but  possessing  a  handsome  border,  a  creditable 
specimen  of  home  work  at  the  vicarage.  The  chancel  is  very 
narrow,  though  lofty,  and  if  extended  further  east,  it  would 
certainly  effect  a  very  important  improvement  to  the  interior 
of  the  edifice.     The  chancel  arch,  which  is  a  great  height,  is 


ST.    LAWRENCE    CHURCH.  69 

supported  by  a  cluster  of  columns  at  each  side,  having  rounded 
capitals,  but  not  decorated.  Two  large  niches  in  the  west  front 
of  the  chancel  wall,  intended  for  figures,  have  not  yet  been 
occupied. 

There  are  five  spans  of  arches,  on  the  north  and  on  the 
south  sides  of  the  church.  The  arches  are  pointed,  and  on 
octagonal  pillars,  with  plain  heads,  and  in  front  of  each  pillar, 
looking  from  the  nave,  there  is  a  small  rounded  pilaster  running 
from  the  base  to  the  roof.  Over  each  arch  there  is  a  two-light 
window,  each  of  which  lights  an  arch  supporting  a  depressed 
roof,  which  is  divided  into  ten  panels.  There  are  five  three- 
light  windows  on  the  north  and  south  sides  of  the  church.  They 
are  pointed,  and  have  plain  mullions.  Two  side  galleries  are 
over  the  north  and  south  aisles,  and  at  the  back  of  the  west 
gallery  there  is  an  ornamental  screen,  surmounted  by  the  royal 
arms,  the  former  being  part  of  the  original  reredos  at  the  east 
end  of  the  building.  There  is  some  heavy  woodwork  over  the 
arches  supporting  the  roofs  of  the  side  aisles.  At  the  west  or 
principal  entrance  to  the  church,  between  the  nave  and  the 
recess  underneath  the  flooring  of  the  tower,  there  is  a  solid  oak 
screen,  tastefully  panelled  ;  and  in  the  recess,  north  and  south, 
there  are  panels  of  pitch  pine  varnished,  and  the  natural  graining 
of  the  wood  is  splendid. 

The  font  is  situated  at  the  west  end  of  the  church.  It  has 
an  ornamental  covering,  and  is  of  modern  workmanship.  The 
church  is  lighted  with  gas,  and  it  is  warmed  by  the  hot-air 
process.  About  two  years  ago  the  church  was  re-pewed  by  Mr. 
Illingworth,  of  Bradford.  The  pews  are  open,  and  made  in  the 
modern  style.  Previous  to  this  alteration  the  body  of  the  church 
did  not  extend  beyond  the  fourth  arch  to  the  west,  the  space 
occupied  by  the  fifth  arch  being  used  as  a  chapel.  When  the 
church  was  re-opened,  the  dividing  screen  was  removed,  and  the 
nave  was  enlarged  to  that  extent.  There  are  now  sittings  for 
two  thousand  persons.  At  the  east  end  of  the  centre  aisle  there 
is  a  very  handsome  lectern,  made  of  light  oak,  which  is  most 
artistically  carved.  It  was  presented  to  the  church  by  Mr. 
Varley,  of  Stanningley.  On  the  north  side  of  the  church,  near 
to  the  chancel,  a  splendid  organ  is  erected.  It  is  the  work  of 
Messrs.  Brindley  and  Foster,  organ  builders,  of  Sheffield,  and 
cost  between  ;^  1,300  and  ;^  1,400.  It  was  opened  in  the  year 
1873,  and  it  gave  great  satisfaction  to  those  who  promoted  the 
purchase  of  it.  The  design  is  neat,  and  yet  bold,  and  the  tone 
is   sweet  and   powerful.     The  bellows  arc  worked  by  hydraulic 


70 


HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 


power.     Mr.  Walter  Kenyon  is  the  organist.     Formerly  there 
was  an  organ  loft  over  the  west  gallery,  but  it  has  been  removed. 

The  following  is  a  description  of  the  organ  : — 


GREAT     ORGAN. 


Compass    C    C    to    G. 

I. 

Double  Open  Diapason 

feet 

metal     . . 

16 

2. 

Open  Diapason    ...     metal     .. 

8 

3- 

Gamba       metal     .. 

8 

4- 

Rohr  Geclact,wood  or  metal     . . 

8 

5- 

Harmonic  Flute,  wood  and 

metal     . . 

4 

6. 

Principal metal 

4 

7- 

Twelfth     metal     .. 

3 

8. 

Fifteenth metal     .. 

2 

9- 

Mixture,  4  ranks  ..     metal 

lO. 

Posaune metal     .. 

8 

PEDAL     ORGAN. 
Compass     C     C     C    to    F. 


I. 

Major  Bass 

. .     wood 

2. 

Sub  Bass... 

wood 

3- 

Principal  Bass 

.     metal 

4- 

Flute  Bass 

. .     wood 

5- 

Quint  Bass 

wood 

6. 

Trombone 

..     metal 

7- 

Trumpet  Bass 

. .     metal 

feet 

16 

16 

8 

8 

I  of 

16 

8 


SWELL     ORGAN. 
Compass     C     C    to  G. 


CHOIR     ORGAN. 
Compass     C     C    to    G. 

1.  Lieblich  Gedact       wood  and 

metal 

2.  Dulciana  ...  ..      metal 

3.  Salcional  ...  ...     metal 

4.  Gedact        wood  and  metal 

5.  Flauto  Traverso  ...     metal 

6.  Lieblich  Flute     ...     metal 

7.  Piccolo      ...  ..     metal 

8.  Clarionet  and  Bassoon  metal 


feet 


I. 

Lieblich  Bourdon 

metal  and 

wood     ... 

16 

2. 

3- 

Open  Diapason 
Rohr  Gedact 

. .    ,  metal     . . . 
. .     metal     . . . 

S 

8 

4- 

Vox  Angelica 

. .     metal     . . . 

8 

5- 

Wakl  Flute 

.     wood     . . . 

4 

6. 

7- 

Principal  ... 

Fifteenth  ... 

. .     metal 

.      metal     ... 

4 

2 

8. 

Mixture,  3  ranks 

..     metal 

9- 
10. 
11. 

Contra  Fagotti 

Cornopean 

Oboe 

. .     metal 
..     metal     .. 
..     metal 

16 
8 
8 

12. 

Clarion 

..     metal 

4 

feet 


1.  Swell  to  Great 

2.  Swell  to  Choir 

3.  Swell  to  Pedal 


COUPLERS. 


(ireat  to  Pedal 
Choir  to  Pedal 
Pedal  Action 


10  Composition  Pedals. 
SUMMARY     OF     PIPES. 


Great  Organ.. 
Swell  Organ  .. 
Choir  Organ.. 
Pedal  Organ.. 


728  pipes. 
772       „ 
436       ,, 
243        M 

2,179 


At  the  south  side  of  the  church,  near  to  the  chancel,  there  is 
a  spacious  surplice  vestry,  which  is  separated  from  the  body  of 
the  church  by  a  grained  screen.     In  the  surplice  vestry  we   find 


ST.     LAWRENCE     CHURCH.  71 

the  only  mural  monument  which  the  building  contains.  It  bears 
the  following  inscription  : — 

To  the  memory  of  Joseph  Banks  of  Pudsey  who  entered  into  his  rest  on  the  20th 
day  of  October  1858  at  the  age  of  46.  This  monument  is  erected  by  his  friends  in 
affectionate  rememberance  of  his  humble  patient  and  truly  christian  demeanour  in 
every  relation  of  life,  and  especially  as  a  memorial  of  his  zeal,  devotion  and  untiring 
labours  as  the  superintendent  of  the  Redcliffe  Lane  Sunday  School  during  a  period  of 
twenty-eight  years. 

Then  there  is  the  quotation  of  the  text  from  Revelation  14  ch. 
and  13th  verse. 

On  the  west  wall  there  is  a  list  of  benefactions,  painted  on 
wood,  and  it  reads  as  follows  : — 

James  Lupton,  gentleman,  6th  Nov.  17 15  devised  a  close  called  Dick  Royd  to 
Trustees  upon  trust  to  pay;^3  annually  to  a  Dissenting  Minister  settled  in  Pudsey,  the 
residue  of  the  rent  thereto  to  such  poor  persons  as  being  legally  settled  and  subsist 
without  the  town's  allowance.  Mr.  Gibson  gave  £40  to  the  poor  of  Pudsey  which 
same  is  in  the  town's  hand.  The  interest  of  it  is  dealt  by  the  Overseers  at  the  school 
every  New  Year's  Day.  Mr.  Whiteley  gave  a  rent  charge  of  ros.  out  of  the  Old  Fold 
and  lands  adjoining  now  the  estate  of  Mr.  W.  Farrer  and  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Pearson. 
Gervase  Nevile  Esq  of  Holbeck,  13th  May  1726  bequeathed  £^  to  the  use  of  the  poor 
of  Pudsey  the  interest  thereof  to  be  distributed  in  bread  half-yearly  in  Pudsey  Chapel. 
Mr.  Jacob  Simpson  surgeon  of  Leeds  in  the  year  1737  gave  ^100  the  interest  to  be 
applied  to  use  of  poor  housekeepers  and  the  Education  of  poor  children  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  Mr.  Richard  Hey.  Mr.  Gregory  Milner  gave  twenty  shillings  yearly  to  the 
curate  of  Pudsey  Chapel.  Mr.  Peter  Turner  left  by  will  £2  yearly  to  the  said  curate. 
In  1710  the  intakes  were  enclosed  by  the  consent  of  Jno.  Milnes,  Esq.,  Walter 
Calverley,  Esq  ,  and  the  freeholders  of  Pudsey.  Mr.  Kent  gave  ^100,  by  subscription 
;!^ioo,  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  ;^200  with  which  ^^400  purchase  was  made  of  lands  in 
Bramley  and  Pudsey  in  1736  for  augmentation  of  this  living. 

Henry  Senior,  ^,      ,        i 

Robert  Parkinson,     Churchwardens. 

In  the  north  side  of  the  churchyard  there  is  a  very  hand- 
somely decorated  monument,  which  is  enclosed  with  iron  railings. 
The  monument  is  of  a  costly  character,  and  is  beautifully  executed 
in  design.     It  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Alice,  the  wife  of  Jonas  Rayner,  drysalter,  of  Pudsey, 
who  died  April  3,  1853,  aged  29  years.     Christ  is  all. 

Near  to  the  last-named  there  is  a  large  stone  monument  sur- 
mounted by  a  representation  of  a  chalice  and  pall.  There  are 
four  panels,  three  of  which  bear  inscriptions  relating  to  the 
interments  of  the  Stowe  family.  On  the  south  panel  there  is  the 
following  inscription  : — 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Fredk.  Stowe  of  W'est  Field  House  Bramley,  who 
departed  this  life  22nd  of  August  1856,  aged  58. 

A  massive  polished  granite  headstone  bears  the  following  : — 

In  memory  of  John  Wade,  cloth  manufacturer,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey,  born  March 
18,  1822  ;  died  August  8th,  1866. 


72  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

In  connection  with  a  tombstone,  to  be  found  near 
to  the  footway  on  the  south  side  of  he  church,  there  is 
a  very  remarkable  and  interesting  story.  Opposite  to  the 
church  there  is  a  spacious  house,  at  one  time  occupied  by 
Mr.  Clarkson,  the  curator.  It  was  formerly  the  dwelling 
of  Mr.  Carlyle,  who  had  "  one  fair  daughter,  whom  he 
loved  passing  well."  A  "  young  palmer  in  love's  eye  "  named 
Joseph  Blackburn,  had  won  her  affections.  They  had,  how- 
ever, some  difficulty  in  conversing  together,  because  her  father 
was  determinedly  opposed  to  the  match.  His  passion  was 
aroused  whenever  he  heard  the  subject  mentioned.  Nevertheless, 
woman's  ingenuity  prevailed,  and  when  the  father  thought  that 
his  household  were  a-bed,  his  daughter  was  exchanging  her  vows 
of  eternal  affection  for  the  man  she  had  chosen  to  be  her  future 
partner.  There  was  a  wide  head-stone  to  the  kitchen  window. 
Young  Blackburn  was  accustomed  to  climb  up  to  that  place. 
He  stood  on  the  head-stone  and  supported  himself  by  taking 
hold,  with  his  hands,  of  the  sill  of  the  window  belonging  to  his 
fair  Juliet's  bedroom.  There  they  pledged  their  affections.  On 
one  unlucky  night,  when  the  moon  was  shining  brightly,  old  Mr. 
Carlyle  thought  he  heard  suspicious  sounds  outside  the  house. 
They  were  caused  by  young  Blackburn  climbing  to  the  head- 
stone. He  listened  and  at  last  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
burglars  were  at  work.  Seizing  an  old  sword,  he  rushed  to  the 
kitchen,  and  through  the  window  he  saw  the  form  of  a  man 
climbing  up  the  wall.  He  thrust  the  sword  through  the  top  pane 
of  glass,  and  sent  the  blade  through  the  bowels  of  the  unfortunate 
young  Blackburn,  just  as  he  had  clutched  the  sill  of  the  bedroom 
window  at  which  his  lady-love  was  waiting  to  receive  him. 
Blackburn  died  of  his  wounds  soon  afterwards  in  the  presence 
of  his  sweetheart.  Her  father  was  not  punished,  the  law  con- 
sidering that  there  was  no  malicious  intent  to  injure  Blackburn, 
but,  thinking  he  was  attacking  a  burglar,  Carlyle's  offence  became 
one  of  justifiable  homicide.  On  the  tomb  alluded  to  there  is  the 
following  inscription  : — 

In  memory  of  Joseph  Blackburn,  who  died  on  the  25th  day  of 
May,  1826,  aged  31  years. 
Sharp  was  the  stroke  that  did  appear. 

Which  took  my  life  away, 
O,  reader,  then  for  Heaven  prepare 

On  earth  you  cannot  stay, 
The  moon  gave  light,  he  took  sight 
Through  the  top  pane  I  lost  my  life. 

It  is  said  that  afterwards  the  house  was  haunted  ;  noises  like 
the  slamming  of  doors  were  heard  in  the  night,  and  the  inmates 


ST.    LAWRENCE    CHURCH.  73 

had  often  been  disturbed  from  their  rest.  For  eight  months  a 
policeman  lodged  in  the  house.  One,  morning  he  inquired  if 
anybody  had  left  their  bedroom  in  the  night.  Being  answered 
in  the  negative,  he  expressed  his  suprise,  for  he  declared  that  one 
of  the  doors  had  been  slammed  so  forcibly  against  the  casement 
that  he  thought  somebody  was  knocking  it  down.  A  heated 
imagination  had  more  to  do  with  the  noises  than  the  ghost  of 
the  unfortunate  young  Blackburn.  His  brother  still  resides  on 
property  belonging  to  the  family  in  Pudsey. 

On  an  old-fashioned  tomb  the  following  reference  is  made 
to  the  death  of  one  of  the  "  clerks  in  holy  orders"  at  this  church : — 

In  memory  of  the  Rev.  David  Jenkins,  incumbent  of  Pudsey,  who  departed  this 
life  August  21,  1854,  in  the  68th  year  of  his  age  and  the  43rd  year  of  his  ministry  at 
Pudsey  ;  also  of  Harriett  wife  of  David  Jenkins,  clerk,  the  incumbent  of  Pudsey,  who 
died  17th  April  1824,  aged  36.     Christ  is  all  and  in  alL 

The  following  ludicrous  epitaph  is  on  the  tomb  of  Joseph 
Allott,  smith,  of  Pudsey,  who  died  January  19,  1850,  aged  57  : — 

My  stithy  and  hammer  I  declined, 

My  bellows  too  have  lost  their  wind, 

My  fire's  extinguished,  and  my  forge  decayed. 

And  in  the  dust  my  vice  is  laid  ; 

My  coals  is  spent,  my  iron  is  gone, 

My  last  nail's  driven,  my  work  is  done. 

The  above  is  almost  a  copy  from  an  old  tombstone  in  Staly- 
bridge  (old  St  George's)  churchyard.  When  the  roof  of  the 
church  at  Pudsey  was  being  slated,  a  serious  and  fatal  accident 
happened.  Its  nature  is  explained  in  the  following  inscription 
cut  upon  a  slate  headstone,  at  the  west  side  of  the  churchyard : — 

In  memory  of  John  Johnson,  blue  slater,  a  native  of  Bowness  in  Westmoreland, 
who  unfortunately  lost  his  life  by  a  fall  at  this  church  on  the  6th  day  of  August,  1823, 
aged  23  years.  This  stone  is  erected  as  a  tribute  of  respect  to  his  memory  by  his 
employers,  namely,  Messrs.  Heavyside  and  Rennison  of  Leeds,  blue  slaters. 

On  a  tombstone  over  Mrs.  Boys  is  the  following  epitaph  :— 

Respected  by  many,  hated  by  few 

Lived  Seventy-one  years  and  then  bid  adieu 

Another  tomb  records  the  decease  of  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Ann  Halliday,  of  Pudsey  Lowtown,  which  event  happened  on  the 
17th  of  July,  1 83 1,  at  the  age  of  14  years.  There  is  the  following 
epitaph  : — 

Early  my  race  on  earth  was  run 

My  parents'  darling,  I 
Escaped  the  pains  beneath  the  sun 

To  reign  with  Christ  on  high. 

The  church,  as  we  have  already  indicated,  is  dedicated  to 
St.  Lawrence — the  patron  saint  of  the  curriers,  because  his  skin 
was  broiled  on  a  gridiron.     In  the  pontificate  of  Sextus  I.,  he 


74 


HISTORY     OF      PUDSEY. 


was  charged  with  the  care  of  the  poor,  the  orphans,  and  the 
widows.  In  the  prosecution  of  Valerian,  being  summoned  to 
dehver  up  the  treasures  of  the  Church,  he  produced  the  poor,  etc., 
under  his  charge,  and  said  to  the  praetor, "  These  are  the  Church's 
treasures."  In  Christian  art  he  is  generally  represented  holding 
a  gridiron  in  his  hand.  He  is  the  subject  of  one  of  the  principal 
hymns  of  Prudentius. 

The  living  is  a  vicarage  worth  ;^300  a  year,  with  vicarage 
house  added.  There  have  been  only  three  ministers,  the  Rev. 
David  Jenkins,  who  was  incum- 
bent at  the  old  chapel  and  new 
church  from  1814  to  1854,  a 
period  of  forty  years  ;  the  Rev. 
Henry  John  Graham,  M.A.,  and 
the  Rev.  R.  B.  Thompson.*  Mr. 
Graham  commenced  his  ministry 
in  1854,  and  remained  until  1882, 
when  he  resigned,  on  account  of 
failing  health.  On  leaving  Pudsey 
the  rev.  gentleman  was  presented 
with  a  service  of  silver  plate  and 
a  timepiece,  as  a  token  of  the 
admiration  and  esteem  in  which 
he  was  held  by  his  parishioners. 
During    Mr.    Graham's    term    of  Rev.  d.  Jenkins. 

ofhce,t  the  incumbency  was  raised  to  a  vicarage.  It  is  in  the  gift 
of  the  Vicar  of  Calverley,  who,  in  1882,  offered  the  living  to  the 
Rev.  R.  B.  Thompson,  the  present  esteemed  minister.  He 
had  previously  held  curacies  at  Longwood  and  Kirkburton,  and 
for  six  years  was  vicar  of  Thurstonland,  all  in  Yorkshire.  Mr. 
Thompson  holds  evangelical  views,  is  a  thoroughly  earnest 
minister,  a  good  visitor  and  preacher,  and  a  useful  member  of 
the  School  Board. 

Mr.  Thompson  came  to  Pudsey  from  the  Parish  of  St.  Giles- 
in-the-Fields,  London,  where  he  was  engaged  in  mission  work 
under  Canon  Nesbit,  the  rector. 

CURATES. 

1843-51  Rev.  William  Lee  Howarth,  B.  A. 

,.     Geo.  Robinson,  St.  Bees'  Coll. 
1869,  Feby.  21     ,,     John  Cartman,  Trin.  Coll.,  Dublin. 


*  During  Mr.  Jenkins'  incumbency,  James  Gambles  did  penance  in  the  church  for  having 
insulted  the  incumbent  by  calling  him  up  during  the  night  under  the  pretence  that  he  was  wanted  to 
go  to  pray  with  his  wife,  which  was  done  for  a  '  lark,"  and  in  order  to  stay  law  proceedings  James 
consented  to  do  penance 

t  On  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Alfred  Brown,  M.A.,  Vicar  of  Calverley. 


i873,  Sep. 

21 

1878,  Dec. 

21 

1882,  Dec. 

27 

1884,  Uec. 

13 

1885,  July 

6 

,,   ,, 

28 

ST.    PAUL'S    CHURCH.  75 

21  Rev.  Thomas  Patterson  Mullins,  B.A.,  Trin.,  Coll.  Dublin. 
Henry  Lister,  London  Div.  College, 
Matthew  Shaw. 

Donald  Tate  Milligan,  B.A.,  Trin.  Coll.,  Dublin. 
Daniel  Thomas. 
Augustus  Inman  Gibson. 

In  January,  1884,  the  old  town's  school  at  Littlemoor,  was 
opened  as  a  mission  room  in  connection  with  St.  Lawrence 
Church.  The  school  had  undergone  a  thorough  renovation,  and 
been  made  suitable  for  the  purposes  of  the  mission. 

In  1885,  a  second  mission  church  was  opened  in  Waterloo, 
where  cottage  meetings  had  been  held  for  some  time.  On 
Saturday  afternoon,  July  25th,  two  corner  stones  for  the  erection 
of  an  iron  church,  to  be  called  St.  James's  Mission  Church,  were 
laid  in  the  presence  of  a  large  concourse  of  spectators.  The 
proceedings  were  under  the  management  of  the  Rev.  R,  B. 
Thompson,  the  Vicar,  and,  after  singing  and  prayer,  silver  trowels 
and  polished  mallets  were  presented  to  Mrs.  J.  H.  Dawson  and 
Miss  Harriet  T.  Beaumont,  with  which  they  laid  the  cornerstones. 
The  building  is  in  the  shape  of  a  cross.  Along  the  arms  of  this 
cross  the  width  of  the  building  will  be  about  forty-eight  feet. 
The  pews  and  roof  are  of  ordinary  pitch-pine.  The  church  cost 
;^400,  and  will  seat  250  people.  There  is  a  small  but  powerful 
organ  in  one  corner  of  the  chancel.  The  erection  is  surmounted 
by  a  spire  and  belfry,  with  bell.  A  beautiful  communion  service 
was  presented  to  the  church  by  Mr.  John  Keenan,  of  Bramley, 
and  a  brass  alms  dish,  presented  by  Mrs.  Thompson.  There  is 
also  a  table  and  an  altar  desk,  presented  by  the  Rev.  D.  T. 
Milligan,  who  has  charge  of  the  mission  ;  a  font  by  Mr.  Thorpe, 
of  Chapeltown  ;  reredos  by  Miss  H.  T.  Beaumont,  and  other 
gifts,  from  Mrs.  Armitage,  Mrs.  Moss,  Mr.  John  Halliday,  and 
Mr.  George  Armitage. 

^t.  5^au.'£{,  ^ut(g£^,*  is  an  ecclesiastical  parish,  formed  9  June, 
i846,t  from  the  parish  of  Calverley.  The  church  was  built  in 
1853,  and  consecrated  by  the  Bishop  of  Ripon,  on  18  June,  i856.§ 
The  register  dates  from  1856.  The  living  is  a  vicarage,  gross 
yearly  value  .^150,  and  is  in  the  gift  of  the  crown  and  the  Bishop 
of  Ripon  alternately.  The  population  of  the  parish  is  about 
2,500.     The  church  is  close  to  Stanningley  Station,  and  is  a  neat 

'■■'■  The /(Jf^a/ address  is  St.  Paul's,  Stanningley. 

t  London  Gazette,  19  June,  1846,  pp.  2133-4-5-6. 

§  For  an  account  of  the  speeches,  see  The  Leeds  l?itel(i^encer,  21  June,  1856. 


76 


HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 


Stone  building  in  the  early  English  style  of  architecture.  It  con- 
sists of  a  nave,  65ft.  6in.  long,  and  24ft.  6in.  wide  ;  north  and 
south  transepts,  each  22ft.  4in.  by  i8ft.  3in.,  opening  into  the 
nave  by  lofty  arches  ;  chancel,  21ft.  by  22ft.  3in.  ;  south  porch  ; 
tower  at  the  N.W.  angle  of  the  nave  and  north  transept ;  vestry 
at  the  S.E.  angle  of  the  chancel  and  south  transept.  There  are 
four  pendant  lights  in  the  nave,  one  in  each  transept,  and  four 
standards    on    the  choir  stalls.      There   is    a  small  gallery  for 


St.  Paul's  Church. 

children  at  the  west  end  of  the  nave,  and  an  organ  chamber  on 
the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  which  opens  into  the  nave  by  an 
arch.  The  tower  is  surmounted  by  a  broad  spire,  and  the  height 
of  the  tower  and  spire  is  90ft.  The  windows  in  the  north  and 
south  sides  of  the  nave,  transepts,  and  chancel,  are  narrow  single 
lancets.  The  chancel  window  is  a  triplet  with  foiled  heads, 
under  one  hood-mould.     The  west  window  has  four  lancets  and 


ST.    PAUL'S    CHURCH. 


77 


super-imposed  quatre-foil.  and  hood-mould.  The  north  and 
south  entrance  doors  have  lancet  heads.  There  is  also  a  vesica 
light  in  the  east  gable.  All  the  roofs  are  opened  and  gabled  ; 
they  are  made  with  arched  ribs,  which  spring  from  stone  corbels ; 
where  the  transepts  intersect  the  nave,  the  roof  has  diagonal 
ribs.  All  the  seats  are  free.  The  pulpit  stands  on  a  stem,  and 
is  placed  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  arch.  The  chancel 
floor  is  raised  two  steps,  and  the  sacrarium  one  step.  The 
whole  of  the  roof-timbers,  seats,  communion-rails,  pulpit,  desk, 
and  all  the  wood  fittings  in  the  interior,  except  the  new  choir 
stalls,  are  of  deal,  stained.  The  stone-work  is  of  hammer- 
dressed  wallstones,  with  stone  dressings  to  the  windows,  doors, 
buttresses,  porch,  tower  lights,  etc.  The  whole  structure  is  plain, 
but  substantial.  The  church  will  seat  550  persons,  and  yet  it 
originally  cost  less  than  ^1,300.  The  architects  were  Messrs. 
Perkin  and  Backhouse,  of  Leeds.  The  north  side  of  the  church 
is  enclosed  by  neat  iron  railing,  upon  a  stone  plinth  ;  and  upon 
the  south  side  is  a  small  grave-yard. 

During  1885  and  1886  considerable  improvements  were 
made  in  the  church.  New  oak  choir  stalls,  a  new  choir  vestry, 
a  new  communion  table,  and  new  warming  apparatus  were  pro- 
vided. Tiles  were  laid  in  the  chancel  and  the  interior  was 
decorated.  A  new  organ,  costing  about  ^200,  built  by  Mr.  J. 
Murgatroyd,  of  Bradford,  was  placed  in  the  church.  New 
chalice,  paten,  and  ornaments  for  the  communion  table  (costing 
iJ"3o)  were  given. 

A  new  school,  to  accommodate  about  400  adults  at  a  meet- 
ing, and  a  corresponding  number  of  children  for  Sunday  school, 
was  erected  in  1885  upon  a  portion  of  the  glebe  adjoining  the 
vicarage,  at  a  cost  of  about  ;^6oo.  The  architect  was  Mr.  G.  C. 
Gamble,  of  Bradford. 

The  sum  of  ^1,200  was  asked  for  by  the  new  vicar  and 
churchwardens  for  the  purpose  of  these  alterations,  and  the  fact 
that  this  sum  has  been  all  raised  speaks  much  for  the  congrega- 
tion's lively  interest  in  church  work. 

VICARS   OF   ST.    PAUL'S,   PUDSEY. 

Instituted  1846 Rev.   George   Marshall,  B.A.,  Trin.  Coll.,  Dublin, 

M.A.,  1844;  Deacon,  1844;  Pr..  1845  ;  d.  25  Nov.  1884,  cet.  6r. 

Instituted  1S84,  April  10,  Rev.  Montagu  Cyril  Bickersteth,  of  New  Coll.,  Ox- 
ford, B.A.,  18S1  ;  M.A.,  1883;  Deacon,  1882;  Pr.,  1883;  from  All  Saints', 
Bradford. 

CURATE. 

Instituted  1SS6.  Aug.  5.  Rev.  Francis  W.  Toms,  of  Exeter  Coll..  Oxford,  B.A., 
1S79;  M.A.,  1881;  Deacon,  1880;  Priest,  1882. 


CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH.  'J<^ 

CHURCHWARDENS. 

From  1866. — Messrs.  J.  E.  Strickland,  James  Bennett,  Enoch  Burrows,  Thos. 
Henry  Peel,  Thos.  Child,  Geo.  Gordon,  Richard  Shepherd,  John  Holdsworth, 
Jonathan  Whitaker,  Edward  Barraclough,  John  Metcalfe,  Thomas  Harrison,  J. 
Greaves,  L.  Varley,  Nathan  Halliday,  John  Atkinson,  Fred.  Waterford,  C.  E. 
Vickers,  Wm.  Rodger,  T.  Sunderland,  Wm.  Harrison  Boyes,  James  Rider,  John 
Holdsworth,  Chas.  Newby,  William  King,  Jos.  Sunderland,  C.  E.  Vickers,  J.  B. 
Knowles,  J.  J.  Barraclough. 

SIDESMEN. 

Messrs.  F.  Strickland,  J.  Stake,  Benj.  Verity,  Jas.  Waterhouse,  W.  Hains- 
worth,  J.  E.  B.  Armitage,  J.  J-  Barraclough,  W.  H.  Vickers,  T.  Barnes,  A.  Harman, 
G.  R.  Smith,  C.  E.  Vickers." 

Congregational  <!DfjurcIj. — The  history  of  the  Independent  or 
Congregational  Church  at  Pudsey  shows  that  it  can  take  its 
rank  amongst  the  oldest  of  the  Protestant  Nonconformist 
Churches  of  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire.  Its  origin  is  clearly 
traceable  to  the  memorable  year  of  1662,  when  we  are  told  2,000 
ministers  were  compelled  to  leave  the  Established  Church,  and 
to  abandon  all  their  hopes  and  prospects  in  life  for  the  sake  of 
principle  and  conscience.  At  that  time,  and  for  nearly  fifty 
years  before,  the  village  of  Pudsey  was  blest  by  the  labours  of 
a  zealous,  faithful,  and  honoured  minister  of  Christ,  in  the  person 
of  the  Rev.  Elkanah  Wales,  M.A.,  who  was  born  at  Idle,  in  158S. 
Having  been  educated  at  Cambridge,  he  accepted  the  poor 
curacy  of  the  Chapel  at  Pudsey,  in  1614,  and  laboured  faithfully 
until  he  was  ejected  in  1662* 

Though  Mr.  Wales  was  forced  away,  there  still  remained 
another  one,  able  and  willing  to  carry  on  the  work  in  which  he 
had  been  engaged,  viz.: — The  Rev.  James  Sale,  who  was  born 
at  Pudsey,  in  1619.  He  became  assistant  minister  at  St.  John's 
Church,  Leeds,  and  was  ejected  in  1662.  His  wife  was  one  of 
the  Richardsons  of  North  Bierley.  Faith,  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
Sale,  married  the  Rev.  Thomas  Sharp,  who  was  minister  at  Adel 
Church  until  1662,  when  he  was  ejected.  Another  of  the 
daughters  of  Mr.  Sale,  Beatrix,  was  married  to  the  Rev.  Richard 
Hutton,  of  Pudsey. 

After  his  ejectment  from  Leeds  he  preached  constantly  in 
his  own  house  at  Pudsey,  and  after  the  Declaration  of  Indulgence 
in  1672,  his  house  was  registered  as  a  preaching  place  for  the 
Nonconformists.  Oliver  Heywood  was  a  frequent  visitor  at  his 
house,  as  he  records  in  his  interesting  diary.  Whilst  he  resided 
at  Pudsey,  he  was  one  of  the  four  ministers  who  preached  at  Mill 
Hill  Presbyterian  Chapel,  Leeds.  "  He  was  a  learned  and  good 
man,  of  fine  parts,  and  an  excellent  preacher,"  says   Calamv's 

"   For  further  particulars  respecting  Mr.  Wales,  see  pp.  47-50 


OLD     INDEI'ENDENT    CHAPEL.  Si 

Nonconforuiist  Memorial.  He  died  at  his  own  house*  at  Pudsey, 
after  a  hngering  disease  on  the  17th  of  April,  1679,  and  was 
buried  in  the  south  aisle  of  Calverley  Church,  where  his  tombstone 
may  still  be  seen.  His  widow^  Beatrix  Sale,  and  several  of  their 
children  are  also  buried  there.j 

At  this  early  period,  the  religious  meetings  of  Nonconfor- 
mists were  generally  held  in  priv^ate  houses,  though  sometimes,  but 
not  often,  their  preachers  were  allowed  to  preach  in  the  churches 
or  chapels  of  the  Establishment.     Mr.  Heywood  writes, — 

On  the  Saturday  night  (Nov.  9,  1667),  I  preacht  at  a  gentleman's  house  at  Pudsey. 

Jan.  30,  '68-9,  my  wife  and  I  went  to  Pudsey,  there  I  preacht  on  the  Lord's  day 
without  disturbance  in  the  chapel,  had  a  numerous  congregation,  and  much  assistance. 
Oh  blessed  day. 

In  March,  he  again  preached  in  the  chapel  to  "  a  mighty 
confluence  of  people."  After  being  disturbed  by  the  constable 
and  church-warden  at  Bramley,  Dec,  27,  1670,  he  "  visited  Mr. 
Milner  at  Pudsey,  preacht  that  night  at  Rich  :  Farrars,  lodged  at 
Grace  Balmes,  and  the  day  after,  being  Thursday,  I  called  of 
Mr.  Saile  and  came  home." 

At  most  of  their  meetings,  these  congregations  had  the  fear 
of  being  disturbed  by  constables. 

Referring  to  the  persecutions  and  annoyances  to  which  the 
Nonconformists  were  subject,  and  after  some  remarks  on  the  great 
success  of  his  ministry,  Mr.  Heywood  wrote  on  June  23,  1673, 

Indeed  I  am  willing  to  believe  that  God  drew  me  forward  to  preach  abroad  at 
Hunslet,  Bramley,  Farsley,  Pudsey,  Morley,  and  Idle,  in  public,  when  multitudes  of 
people  flocked  together  to  hear,  and  were  affected  at  a  time  when  none  did  or  durst 
venture  on  the  important  work  of  preaching  the  Gospel,  also  in  private  houses  in 
various  places. 

Soon  after  this,  the  persecution  of  the  Nonconformists  was 
carried  to  the  utmost  extent.  The  king,  Charles  H.,  issued  his 
commands  to  the  justices,  "to  use  their  utmost  endeavours  to 
suppress  all  conventicles  and  meetings  upon  pretence  of  religious 
worship." 

Bishop  Burnet  says  in  his  History  of  his  own  Times, — 

The  persecution  of  the  Dissenters  was  carried  very  high  in  1684.  They  were 
not  only  proceeded  against  for  going  to  conventicles,  but  for  not  going  to  church,  and 
for  not  receiving  the  Sacrament. 

*  There  is  an  old  house  situated  at  Greentop,  Pudsey,  which  I  believe  was  Mr.  Sale's  resi- 
dence. Inside  one  of  tlie  rooms  are  some  heraldic  designs,  in  stucco,  which  I  have  copied,  and  the 
initials  "  I.B.S.,  1651,"  which  are  undoubtedly  the  initials  of  James  and  Beatrix  S  le.  I  have  also 
examined  the  Parish  Registers  and  cannot  find  any  other  names  at  this  period  whose  initials  will 
correspond  to  those  given.  I  have  had  a  photograph  taken  of  the  house,  from  which  the  accompanying 
illustration  has  been  taken.  Mr.  Sale  paid  Hearth  Tax  for  seven  Hearths  in  1666,  being  the  largest 
number  paid  for  by  any  one  person  in  Pudsey  ;  and  Mr.  Elk :  Wales  paid  for  four  Hearths  in  the 
same  year. 

t  See  The  Brad/ord  Aniigitary  3.nA  77;?  F(7r>^f^?Vi?wa«,  also  numerous  entries  in  Hevwood's 
Diaries,  and  Holroyd's  Collectniiea  Brari/ordinna,  pp.  107  and  114,  and  Caherley  Registeis, 
ii.  p.  T92. 


82  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

In  1685,  Mr.  Heywood  was  incarcerated  in  York  Castle, 
where  he  remained  for  nearly  twelve  months.  At  this  time  the 
prisons  were  crowded  with  them,  and  many  died  in  confinement. 
The  king,  Charles  1 1.,  died,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother, 
James  II.,  who  in  1688  was  succeeded  by  William  and  Mary. 
Soon  after  their  establishment  on  the  throne,  the  renowned 
Toleration  Act  was  passed,  and  freedom  of  religious  worship  was 
secured  to  the  Dissenters  by  law.  Meeting-houses  were  opened 
and  chapels  were  built  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  as  the 
following  extracts  will  show  : — 

At  Leeds,  July,  1690,  att  the  Quarter  Sessions,  the  l:)arn  late  Win.  Lepton's, 
Pudsey,  was  registered  for  preaching  on  application  signed  by  Richard  Hutton,  Abra- 
ham Hainsworth,  John  Rudde,  Richard  Ffarrer. 

At  Pontefract,  April,  1694,  the  House  of  Abm.  Hainsworth  in  Pudsey,  and  barn 
recorded  for  religious  worship. 

At  the  Quarter  Sessions  at  Wakefield,  Oct.,  1694,  the  House  of  Beatrix  Sayll, 
widdow,  Pudsey,  was  registered  on  the  application  of  Richard  Hutton,  who  was  her 
son-in-law. 

At  Wakefield,  Oct.  1695,  the  barn  late  Wm.  Lepton's  was  again  recorded  for 
preachings. 

Here  then  we  have  the  first  dates,  1690  and  1694,  of  distinct 
registered  meeting  places,  after  the  house  of  Mr.  Sale,  1672,  con- 
nected with  Nonconformity  in  Pudsey.  In  Oct.,  1695,  Mr. 
Heywood  writes  that  he  preached  at  the  new  chapel  at  Pudsey. 
This  was  one  of  the  barns  before  mentioned,  and  was  fitted  up 
as  a  place  for  worship,  and  it  stood  where  the  Free  Methodist 
Chapel  now  stands.  It  has  been  handed  down  by  tradition,  that 
on  the  occasion  when  Mr.  Heywood  preached,  referring  to  the 
barn  doors,  he  said  : — "  Friends,  you  have  a  pair  of  brave  church 
doors."  The  barn  was  used  as  a  barn  again  after  the  friends  pur- 
chased an  ox-barn  in  Chapeltown,  in  1708,  and  erected  a  chapel 
there. 

A  fund  was  established  in  London  for  the  aid  of  Noncon- 
formist meeting  houses  and  poor  ministers,  and  the  Rev.  Richard 
Stretton,  of  London,  formerly  of  Leeds,  had  to  do  with  its 
distribution  in  this  part  of  the  country.  The  money  was  for- 
warded by  him  to  Mr.  Ralph  Thoresby,  of  Leeds,  with  the  names 
of  the  places  to  which  it  was  to  be  sent.  In  Thoresby'S  Corres- 
pondence is  a  letter  from  Mr.  Stretton,  dated  July  31st,  1707,  in 
which  the  sum  of  ;j^3  is  sent  for  Pudsey  for  half-a-year  ;  and 
again,  in  another  letter,  March  9th,  1709-10,  ^6  is  sent  for  one 
year  for  the  Nonconformist  meeting  house  at  Pudsey. 

The  next  minister  of  whom  we  have  any  account  after  the 
death  of  Mr.  James  Sale,  is  the  Rev.  John  Ray,  and  to  Hey- 
WOOD's  Northowram  Register  \nq.  are  indebted  for  the  information, 


OLD     INDEPENDENT    CHAPEL.  83 

He  resided  at  Gomersal,  "  died  of  a  feaver  Sept.    1 7,  buiyed  at 
Burstall  Sept.  20,  1699,  aged  40,  preacher  at  Pudsey  and  Closes." 
At  Birstal  Church  I  found  his  burial  registered  as  follows  : — 
John  Ray,  of  Little  Gomersall,  tlie  20th  clay  of  September,  1699. 

In  the  list  of  students  who  were  under  the  tuition  of  the 

Rev.  Richard  Franklin,  at  Rathmell,  and  other  places,  from  1669 

to  1698,  1  find  that  John  Ray  was  admitted  March  30,  1676.    In 

Heywood's  N orthoivrani  Register  his  marriage,  1688-9,  is  thus 

recorded  : — 

Mr  John  Ray  of  Gomersall  and  Susannah  dau.  of  Mr.  Dickson  clark  of  Whit- 
church, ffebr. 

In  The  Rise  of  the  Old  Dissent,  by  JOSEPH  Hunter, 
F.S.A.,  Mr.  Ray  is  mentioned  with  other  ministers  as  being  en- 
gaged in  fasts  and  thanksgivings  with  Mr.  Hcywood,  in  1684; 
and  on  Wednesday,  Sep.  4,  1689,  his  ordination,  along  with 
several  others,  took  place  at  a  meeting  of  ministers  at  Alverthorpe, 
being  the  first  ordination  held  after  the  passing  of  the  Toleration 
Act,  at  which  Mr.  O.  Heywood  was  engaged,  The  other  minis- 
ters who  also  took  part  in  the  ordination  were  : — Mr.  Wm. 
Hawden,  of  Wakefield  ;  Mr.  Thos.  Johnson,  of  Painthorpe  ;  Mr. 
Nailor,  of  Alverthorpe,  and  Mr.  Joseph  Dawson,  of  Morley. 

The  name  of  John  Ray  appears  in  the  Sessions  Rolls, 
amongst  others  who  recorded  the  opening  of  a  house  for  religious 
worship  at  Alverthorpe  ;  also  of  another  house  belonging  to 
Joseph  Walker,  of  Burstall,  called  the  Closes  (which  was  situated 
between  Birstal  and  Cleckhcaton).  In  MlALL's  History  of  Con- 
gregationalism in  Yorkshire,  p.  248,  it  is  stated  that  the 

Rev.  John  Holdsvvorth,  of  Cleckheaton.  seems  to  have  regularly  exchanged 
services  with  the  Rev.  John  Ray,  Pudsey. 

Mr.  MlALL  says,  at  p.  336  : — "  In  1708,  mention  is  made  of 
the  death  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Hutton,  of  Pudsey."  He  was  the 
son-in-law  of  the  Rev.  James  Sale,  but  Mr.  Miall  does  not  state 
where  the  mention  is  made.  It  is  just  probable  that  Mr.  Hutton 
might  be  a  lay  preacher,  as  was  sometimes  the  case  with  country 
gentlemen,  to  which  class  he  belonged.  We  have  seen  that  he 
took  an  active  part  in  obtaining  licences  for  preaching  places  in 
1690  and  1694.* 

His  son,  Richard  Hutton,Esq.,of  Pudsey,  married,  in  January, 
1 7 10,  Mary,  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Thorpe,  one  of  the 
ejected  ministers,  a  man  of  property,  and  then  a  Nonconformist 
minister  at  Hopton.     The  Northowrain  Register  says  : — 

Madam  Hutton,  buryed  at  Calverley,  December  24th,  a  very  useful  womnn.   1 723. 

"For  further  particulars  of  him  and  his  son,  Richard  Hutton,  Esq.,  of  Pudssj',  see  the 
Bradford  Antiquary.,  p.  35. 


84  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Of  her  mother  it  says  : — 

Madam  Thorpe,  of  Mopton,  died  at  her  son-in-law's,  Mr.  Hutton's,  at  Pudsey, 
May  8th,  bur.  at  Mirfield,  May  12th,  1725. 

Also  :— Mr.  Richard  Hutton,  of  Pudsey,  died  at  Mr.  Markham's  in  Hunslet 
Lane,  near  Leeds,  July  20th,  1729. 

The  date  of  the  first  Trust  Deed  belonging  to  the  place 
bears  date  1708.     The  four  trustees  therein  named,  viz. : — 

John  Pearson,  the  elder,  clothier ;  Samuel  Ilinchliffe,  the  elder,  clothier  ; 
Richard  Farrer,  clothier ;  and  Joseph  Lepton,  gentleman,  all  of  Pudsey, 

purchase  a  "  Barne,  commonly  called  the  Ox-Barne,"  and  the 
ground  on  which  it  stood,  situated  in  Pudsey.  The  Barne  to  be 
pulled  down  and  a  new  erection  to  be  builded,  or  the  Barne  to 
be  repaired  and  converted  into  "  a  meeting-place  for  one  or  more 
minister  or  ministers,  called  Dissenting  Protestants,  to  preach 
therein." 

Mr.  Joseph  Lepton  (late  of  Pudsey)  died  at  Great  Gomersall,  Dec.  10,  left  an 
Estate  of  abt.  200  p.  ann. 

Another  subsequent  Deed  states  that  at  the  cost  of  the 
trustees  named  above,  and  other  persons,  Protestant  Dissenters, 
"  the  Ox-Barne  was  pulled  down,"  and  a  building  erected  which 
had  been  used  "  as  a  meeting-house  or  place  of  religious  worship 
by  Protestant  Dissenters  from  the  Church  of  England,  dis- 
tinguished by  the  name  of  Presbyterians,"  and  that  the  said 
meeting-house,  etc.,  should  "  be  at  all  times  hereafter  made  use 
of  as  a  place  of  religious  worship  by  Protestant  Dissenters  from 
the  Established  Church  of  England,  whether  they  be  of  the 
Presbyterian  or  the  Congregational  persuasion,  provided  always 
that  the  place  did  not  cease  to  be  a  meeting-house  through  the 
restraint  or  prohibition  of  the  Civil  Government  or  otherwise." 

By  a  Deed  dated  18  June,  1722,  John  Milner,  Dr.  in  Physick, 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Pudsey,  conveyed  on  a  lease  of  "  nine 
hundred  and  ninety-nine  years  "  a  plot  of  ground  on  the  north 
side  of  the  meeting-house  "  with  liberty  to  erect  and  build  a 
Laith  or  Barne  thereon — for  the  Congregation  which  should 
assemble  in  the  meeting-house  aforesaid.  The  building  was 
erected  "  adjoining  to  the  Meeting-house,"  and  "contained  a 
stable  and  chamber  over  the  same."  It  was  for  the  use  of  those 
who  came  from  the  neighbouring  villages  on  horseback,  in  which 
to  put  their  horses  during  Divine  service. 

The  dates  of  the  various  Deeds  appointing  new  trustees, 
etc.,  are  respectively  1728,  1764,  1782,  1792,  1810,  1831,  1846, 
i860,  and  1879.  Space  forbids  the  notice  of  these  various  in- 
teresting documents  and  the  list  of  names  contained  therein. 
However,  we  have  seen  that  a  house  was  licensed  for  worship  in 


REV.    ELKANAH    BERRV. 


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1672,  a  barn  in  1690,  houses  in  1694,  and  another  barn  purchased 
in  1708  and  a  chapel  built.  In  1722  ground  was  purchased  for 
vestry,  etc.  In  1782,  the  minister's  house,  etc.,  was  purchased 
for  £17$.  In  1792  the  ground  was  purchased  for  a  graveyard 
and  for  a  site  for  a  new  chapel  at  a  cost  of  £1^1  7s.  6d.,  and 
again  additional  land  was  purchased  for  enlarging  burial  ground 
in  1846,  at  a  cost  of  ^170  i6s.  3d. 

The  Rev.  Elkanah  Berry  is  the  next  minister  of  whom  we 
have  any  account.  His  ministry  evidently  commenced  in  17 10, 
as  I  have  fortunately  obtained  the  Register  of  Baptisms*  by  him, 
in  his  own  hand-writing,  while  he  was  minister  at  Pudsey,  from 
1 7 10  to  1 7 17.  The  Reg  :  contains  91  names  of  baptisms,  and 
as  shewing  the  extent  of  his  congregation  and  personal  friends, 
I  give  their  places  of  residence,  viz. : — Pudsey,  Farsley,  Stanning- 
ley,  Bramley,  Rodley,  Woodhall,  Owl-coats,  Shipden-head,  Soyt- 
hill,  Cottingley,  Bowling,  Will-greave,  Shayes,  Ouarrie-Gap, 
Eccleshill  Park,  Horseforth,  and  Ravvden.     The  following  is 


A  Register  of  the  Communicant! 

5  at  our  Chapp'l  in  Pudsey,  names  and 

places  of 

residence,  etc.,  Discoursd,  Proposed,  . 

Admitted. 

E.  Berry,  Minister  and  ye  unwoi 

'thy  Pastor. 

Discrd. 

Propsd. 

Adm 

td. 

romm. 

I 

E.  Berry,  Minister 

1713 

2 

Isaac  Smith,  Farsley 

May  19 

do. 

Aug. 

24 

Oct.  4 

3 

James  Senyer,  Earsley 

do.     19 

do. 

4 

John  vStrickland,  Farsley 

do.    20 

do. 

Aug. 

28 

do.     4 

5 

Samuel  Hinchliffe,  Jun.,  Pudsey 

do.    20 

do, 

do. 

28 

do.     4 

6 

Richard  Constantino,  Farsley 

do.    20 

do. 

do. 

28 

do.     4 

7 

John  Smith,  Tong 

do.    20 

do. 

do. 

28 

do.     4 

8 

John  Hinchlifte,  Pudsey 

do.    27 

do. 

do. 

28 

do.     4 

9 

Christopher  Hall,  Bankhouse 

do.    28 

do. 

do. 

28 

do.     4 

10 

Wm.  Fenton,  Snr.,  Pudsey 

June  16 

do. 

do. 

28 

do.     4 

II 

John  Pearson,  Senr  ,  Pudsey 

July    24 

do. 

do. 

28 

do.    4 

12 

Sarah  Scott,  Drighlington 

Aug      9 

do. 

do. 

28 

do.     4 
1714 

do.     4 

13 

Wm.  Rogers,  Sen.,  Pudsey 

do.    10-15 

do. 

do. 

28 

14* 

Hannah  Hinchcliffe,  Bankhouse 

Oct.    19 

Jan. 

8 

do. 

28 

Jan.  10 

15 

Joshua  Gant,  Little  Moor 

do.    23 

Jan. 

8 

do. 

28 

do.  10 

16 

Mary  Banks,  Bramley 

Dec.    25 

do. 

8 

do. 

28 

do.  10 

Transient 

1713 

17* 

Christopher  Wise,  Pudsey 

Aug. 

28 

Oct.   4 

18 

Hannah  Smith,  Farsley 

Transient  . 

Mem 

..  Aug. 
1714 

Mar. 

28 

Jan.  10 

19 
20 

c£ianlEll-orth,Willgreave 

do. 

do. 

26 

,Mar.  :8 
1  Mar.  28 

21 

Eliz.  Pearson,  Pudsey 

Mar.  16 

Mar. 

26 

May 

21 

May  23 

22 

Martha  Lumby,  Stanningley 

do.    14 

do. 

26 

July  23 

July  25 

23 

Willm.  Rogers,  Jun. ,  Pudsey 

May  5-20 

May 

21 

do. 
1714- 

23 
1715 

do.    25 

24 

Benjamin  Cromack,  Pudsey 

Nov.  17 

Nov. 

19 

fan. 

20 

Jan.    23 

25 

Mary  Dobson,  Widd 

Jan.  17-15 

Jan. 

20 

Mar 

.  18 

Mar  20 

26 

Teremiah  Smith,  Farsley           July  5  Sep.  13 

Sep. 

23 

Dec. 

.    2 

Dec.    4 

27 

Martha  Hinchclifif 

Sep.  2 1 

Sep. 

23 

Dec. 

Dec.    4 

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Facsimile  of  Rev.  E.  Berry's  Register. 


E.    BERRY*S    REGISTER.  8/ 

On  one  page  of  the  Register  Mr.  Berry  writes : — 

Reed  Apr.  20th  17 15,  of  ye  Woril  and  Revd  the  Trustees  and  Manager  of 
ye  Lady  Hewley's  Charity  by  the  hands  of  ye  Revd  Dr.  Colton  ye  sum  of  three 
pounds,  ten  shillings  being  given  me  by  ye  said  Trustees  and  Manager  out  of  the 
Charity.— E:  B: 

In  addition  to  the  Register  of  Communicants,  there  is,  in 
this  MS.  volume,  which  is  foolscap  size,  the  following  interesting 
items. 

On  the  first  page  the  volume  has  the  following  entry : — 

Ex  Libris  El:  Berry.  Pret.  O.  G.  Ao.  1706. 

It  contains  173  pp.  of  small  MS.,  dated  1661,  on  the  revision  of 
the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  the  emendations  as  proposed 
by  the  Presbyterians  of  that  day  ;  several  pages  giving  Acts  of 
Parliament  affecting  the  Noncomformists,  etc.  ;  a  register  of 
baptisms  by  the  pastor  at  Pudsey,  17 10  to  1717;  the  last  entry 
being,  "  John,  son  of  Luke  and  Elizabeth  Matthewman,  Barnsley, 
bapt.  Dec.  15th,  1717."  Mr.  J.  Horsfall  Turner,  of  Idle,  to  whom 
I  am  indebted  for  this  MS.,  found  the  name  of"  Mr.  Elcana  Berry, 
dissenting  minister,  Pudsey,"  and  others,  who  were  "  lyable  to 
take  the  oath  to  His  Majesty  and  Government  according  to  the 
Act  of  1715." 

The  volume  contains  51  pages  of  a  daily  record  of  the 
"  mercury,"  the  state  of  the  weather,  wind,  etc.,  from  1740  to 
1749,  besides  other  notes  occasionally  interspersed.  A  few  of 
those  I  give,  which  may  be  of  use  in  helping  to  find  out  who 
was  the  writer  of  this  diary,  and  where  he  resided.  He  seems  to 
have  been  residing  in  Lancashire  at  that  time.  Many  of  the 
items  are  in  shorthand,  so  cannot  now  be  made  out : — 

1740.     May  31,  mentions  "  Mr,  Ilorrocks."     ....      I  Day. 

J  presume  this  would  most  probably  be  Mr.  Horrocks,  the 
astronomer,  in  Lancashire. 

1743.  Nov.  9,  mentions  Mr.  Heskelh,  of Bolton 

,,        Nov.  20 Mr.  Holden  here 

1744.  Jan  5,  Frosty,  cold.     Comet  vis. 

Comet  mentioned  several  times  in  January  and  February. 

1774.     Aug.  13,  at  Halifax ... 

,,  Sep.  II.  Tuesday,  the  11.  Little  Bolton  wler  and  that  next  took  down. 
Ellis  Crompton  wier  took  av^^ay,  the  Battlement  of  Ateley  or  Staley 
Bridge.     Several  others  damaged  exceedingly.     Thursday  13. 

1745.  Jan.  29,  Snow,  Hazy,  Rainy  at  night.     Mr.  Scot 

,,        Feb.  27 At  Mr.  Pilkington. 

1746.  April  26 Went  into  Yorkshire. 

„        May  15,  Came  home,  exceedingly  hot. 

1747.  July  5,  Fair  day,  Mr.  Kenion  Died  a  ter  12. 

,,        Aug.  2,  "Went  into  Yorkshire,  returned  Sepr.  4. 


88  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY, 

Most  of  the  blanks  after  the  extracts  are  in  shorthand,  while 
those  before  are  items  generally  on  the  weather. 

The  following  paragraphs  are  taken  from  the   miscellaneous 

notes  in  the  volume  : — 

To  Genll.  Stanhope. 
Whene'er  you  fought  the  Haughty  Foes  were  broke  ; 
The  Priest,  more  Haughty,  Trembled  when  you  spoke. 
Thus  Jove  th'  aspiring  Gyants  drove  to  Hell, 
By  Light'ning  some,  some  stun'd  by  Thunder  fell. 

Blest  Spain!  whilst  such  a  sword  Defends  thy  Cause  ; 

Blest  we!  whilst  such  a  Tongue  Protects  our  Laws. 
Had  you  been  Consul,  when  devoted  Rome 
Was  Destin'd  to  an  almost  Fatall  Doom, 
Not  Statues  onely  had  preserv'd  your  Fame, 
But  Alters  would  have  bore  your  Sacred  Name. 

Let  Lesser  Merit  thus  in  Marble  live  ; 

Your  Glory  shall  the  solid  Brass  Survive: 

And  the  extremest  Ages  shall  be  taught 

How  well  for  Liberty  You  Spoke  and  Fought. 


You  did  Command  &  Fve  obey'd 

And  on  a  wheel  these  verses  made.     [M.  B.] 

A  wheel's  an  instrument  that's  of  Great  worth 

And  I'll  Indeavour  briefly  to  set  forth 

The  Good  it  does  produce,  if  possibly 

I  can  its  use  describe  how  orderly 

By  its  effects  England  enjoys  a  Trade 

Both  foreign  and  Domestick,  Good  and  Bad 

By  it  the  poorer  sort  do  earn  their  Bread 

By  it  (tho'  wood)  they  are  both  fed  &  clad 

By  it  the  Clothiers  do  imploy  their  hands 

By  it  the  Merchants  do  enlarge  their  Lands, 

By  it  Cloath-dressers  get  great  gain, 

And  it  all  other  Callings  doth  sustain 

By  it  our  Beaus  do  Dress  both  Gay  and  fme 

By  it  we  do  Import  good  Lisbon  Wine 

By  it  our  Gallant  Ladies  you  will  see 

Drest  in  Rich  Silk,  Muslin  and  tafifaty. 

By  it  the  Queen  is  Cloath'd  &  all  the  Court 

By  it  the  London  Merchants  do  Import 

Good  store  of  Wealth  from  Diverse  Parts 

If  they  their  barges  keep  from  Pirates  Arts 

More  things  there  are  If  I  their  names  could  Bring 

That  does  depend  upon  this  whirling  thing: 

For  when  this  Engine  runs  most  merrily 

Yorkshire  is  then  in  its  prosperity. 

But  tho'  this  mimick  thing's  so  much  admired 

And  I  myself  from  it  am  warm  attir'd. 

And  wast  not  for't  might  go,  as  Eve  tlien  did 

When  she  was  in  fair  Eden's  garden  hid 

Yet  all  these  Considerations  cannot  move 

Me,  to  this  useful  wheel  to  take  a  Love, 

For  by  it  I  almost  such  tortures  feel 

As  did  poor  Ixion  on  his  wracking  wheel 

In  short  tho'  'tis  the  gain  of  others,  'tis  the  bane  of  me, 

And  I'll  never  swet  l)ut  for  necessity. 


REV    JOHN    WAlNMAN.  Bg 

In  Dr.  John  Evans's  MS.  List  of  Presbyterian  and  Inde- 
pendent Chapels  and  Ministers,  17 17  to  1729,  published  in 
James's  History  of  the  Litigation  and  Legislation  on  Presbyterian 
Chapels,  1867,  Mr.  Berry's  name  appears  as  the  pastor  at  Barns- 
ley,  but  it  appears  he  did  not  stay  there  long,  as  I  find  in  the 
NortJiowrani  Reg.  that 

Mr.  Elkanah  Berry,  Minr.  at  Ilopton,  died  at  his  Father's,  July  15,  1721. 

In  Mr.  Miall's  LList.  of  Cong :  in  Yorks.,  p.  279,  I  learn 
that  he  had  been  at  Hopton  about  one  year.  At  this  time,  ac- 
cording to  Dr.  Evans's  List,  the  congregation  at  "  Pudsey  near 
Bradforth  "  numbered  250  hearers,  21  of  whom  were  freeholders 
and  county  voters,  which  shows  that  the  congregation  had  a  fair 
standing. 

Rev.  Samuel  Hollings  was  the  next  minister,  and  all  that  I 
can  learn  of  him  is  contained  in  the  two  extracts  from  the 
Northozvrani  Reg.,  as  follows  : — 

Mr.  Sam  HolHngs  of  Allerton  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Wood  of  Bramley,  married  May 
i5>  1721. 

Mr.  Saml.  Hollings,  of  Allerton,  minister  at  Pudsey  buried  in  Bradford  Church, 
Febr.  19,  1725. 

His  name  is  in  Dr.  Evans's  List  as  the  Pudsey  minister,  "  died 
1725."     He  was  succeeded  by  the 

Rev.  John  Wainman,  who  became  minister  in  1727  or  1728. 
He  was  a  native  of  Bingley,  and  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Wainman  of  that  place.  When  his  father  died  at  Bingley  in 
1746,  it  is  said  that  he  preached  alternately  at  Pudsey  and  Bing- 
ley until  the  settlement  of  the  Rev.  Thos.  Lilhe  in  1754,  and  was 
much  respected  there.  In  Mr.  DICKENSON'S  North.  Reg.  it  is 
recorded  that 

Mr.  John  Wainman,  minister  at  Pudsey,  married  Mrs.  Sarah  Hollings  of  Bram- 
ley, June  26,  1728. 

In  the  Chapel  Trust  Deed,  1728,  Mr.  Wainman's  name 
appears  as  a  witness  to  the  signatures,  and  in  the  Deed,  1764, 
he  was  appointed  one  of  the  trustees  along  with  others. 

One  of  his  co-trustees,  John  Balme,  named  in  this  Deed, 
has  left  a  curious  and  interesting  MS.  memoranda  relating  to 
the  chapel.  It  gives  an  account  of  all  the  collections  made  from 
1762  to  1774  ;  and  also  a  very  large  number  of  the  texts,  with 
the  names  of  the  preachers  who  preached  from  them  in  the 
chapel  from  1750  to  1794,  when  a  new  chapel  was  opened.  In 
this  MS.  it  is  recorded  that  in  March,  1762,  a  national  fast  day 
was  kept,  and  that  Mr.  Wainman  preached  a  special  sermon  on 
that  occasion  from  James  iv.  9-I0.    DiCKENSON's  Reg.  records  that 

Widow  Hannah  Wood  died  with  her  dr.  Mrs.  Wainman  in  Pudsey,  luir.  at 
Bramley.  June  22,  1736. 


90  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

This  proved  pretty  clearly  that  Mrs.  Wainman  was  the 
widow  of  the  previous  minister,  Mr.  Saml.  Rollings,  whose  wife 
was  Sarah  Wood.  In  the  Bramley  Church  Register,  I  find  that 
Mr.  Wainman  buried  some  of  his  children  and  his  wife  there, 
according  to  the  following  entries  : — 

1 75 1,  April  17.     Elizabeth  dr.  of  the  Rev  Mr.  John  Wainman,  of  Pudsey. 

1755,  March  23.  Mrs.  Sarah  Wainman  wife  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Wainman, 
Pudsey. 

1756,  June  16.     Joshua,  son  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wainman. 

In  the  year  1741,  I  find  that  Mr.  Wainman  voted  as  a 
free-holder  in  the  election  for  a  Member  of  Parliament  for  the 
County  of  Vork,  his  freehold  being  at  Bramley,  and  he  voted 
for  Cholmley  Turner,  who  was  elected. 

Mr.  Wainman  preached  his  last  sermon  on  May  27,  1770, 
from  Isaiah  xi.  i,  and  of  this  event  Balme's  MS.  says: — 

Being  the  last  sermon  he  ever  preached  in  this  world,  but  died  not  till  June 
ye  loth,  1770,  after  preaching  above  40  years  at  Pudsey. 

He  was  interred  in  the  burial  ground  at  the  old  Episcopalian 
Chapel,  and  his  tombstone  may  now  be  seen  in  the  lower  part  of 
the  ground  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

Here  lies  interr'd  the  Body  of  the  Revd.  John  Wainman.  Minister  at  the  Dis- 
senting Chapel  in  Pudsey,  who  died  June  the  loth,  1770,  ^^  64.  Resurgam. 

In  the  year  1749,  the  great  preacher,  WHiitfield,  preached  in 

Pudsey.     He  says,  in  a  letter — 

Since  I  left,  I  have  preached  to  many  thousands  at  Rosindale,  Aywood,  and 
Halifax,  at  Birstal,  Pudsey,  and  Armley,  and  have  had  three  precious  seasons  here. 

The  congregations  were  exceedingly  large,  and  referring  to 
the  opposition  he  met  with,  he  adds — 

But  truth  and  right  will  prevail,  though  preached  in  the  fields  and  streets. 

The  pulpit  was  supplied  for  about  five  months  by  neighbour- 
ing ministers,  viz.: — Revd.  Messrs.  Dawson,  of  Idle  ;  Morgan,  of 
Morley  ;  Dean,  of  Bradford  ;  Maurice,  of  Eastwood  ;  Halliday,  of 
Bull-house  ;  Phillips,  of  Sowerby  ;  Hesketh,  of  Northowram,  and 
others. 

The  Rev.  Michael  Maurice  received  an  invitation  to 
become  the  pastor,  and  accepting  it,  he  entered  on  the  pastorate 
on  Oct.  28,  1770.  He  had  been  minister  at  Eastwood,  near 
Halifax,  from  1754  to  1 770,  when  he  came  to  Pudsey,  In  1773, 
Mr.  Maurice  and  twenty-three  other  dissenting  ministers  in  the 
West  Riding  signed  a  petition  to  Parliament  for  relief  from  sub- 
scription. His  pastorate  was  of  short  duration,  as  he  died  on 
July  I,  1773,  and  was  buried  in  the  same  burial  ground  as  Mr. 
Wainman.     His  tombstone  bears  this  inscription — 

*  Life  n?id  Times  oj  the  Countess  of  Huntingdon,  vol.  i,  p.  265. 


REV.   THOMAS    LAIRD.  gi 

Here  lies  interred  the  Body  of  the  Revd.  Mr.  Maurice,  late  Minister  at  the  dis- 
senting Chapel  in  Pudsey,  who  departed  this  life  July  1st,  1773,  in  the  49th  year  of  his 
age. 

His  funeral  sermon  was  preached  on  the  nth  of  the  same 
month  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Morgan,  of  Morley,  from  Rev.  xiv.  13. 
Mr.  Maurice  was  the  grandfather  of  the  late  distinguished 
Professor  Maurice,  King's  College,  London,  and  the  father  of  the 
Rev.  M.  Maurice,  Junr.,  an  eminent  dissenting  minister. 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Lloyd  was  the  next  minister.  He 
commenced  his  ministry  in  the  early  part  of  1774,  and  remained 
until  1790.  Though  he  was  a  learned  man  and  a  good  preacher, 
the  Pfotestant  Dissenters'  Magazine,  1832,  says  that  "his 
character  was  not  what  it  should  have  been,  and  that  those  who 
were  acquainted  with  him  did  not  consider  him  as  reflecting 
honour  on  his  official  services."  He  died  at  Leeds,  and  was 
interred  at  the  Mill  Hill  Chapel  burial  ground,  where  his  tomb- 
stone may  be  seen,  bearing  the  following  simple  inscription — 

Arthur  Lloyd,  late  minister  of  the  congregation  of  Protestant  dissenters  at 
Pudsey,  died  July  13th,  1795.     Aged  44. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  associated  dissenting  ministers  of  the 
West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  held  at  Pudsey,  on  the  25th  Septem- 
ber, 1782,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Turner,  Junr.,  of  Wakefield,  was 
ordained  to  the  ministry,  and  became  minister  of  Hanover 
Square  Chapel,  Newcastle,  where  he  remained  nearly  sixty  years. 
The  Rev.  Phillip  Holland,  of  Bolton-le-Moors  ;  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Dawson,  of  Idle  ;  the  Rev.  W.  Wood,  of  Leeds  ;  and  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Turner,  Senr.,  of  Wakefield,  took  part  in  the  ordination. 
The  whole  service  was  published  in  a  pamphlet,  by  Johnson,  of 
St.  Paul's  Church  Yard,  London,  1782. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Laird,  was  the  successor  to  Mr.  Lloyd, 
and  was  a  man  of  a  vastly  different  stamp.  If  the  preaching  had 
been  at  all  heterodox,  it  was  now  restored  to  the  orthodox 
standard,  and  it  is  said  that  he  not  only  preached  the  gospel,  but 
that  he  lived  it  also  during  his  long  pastorate  of  nearly  forty 
years.  From  1787  to  1792  he  was  minister  at  Keighley,  when 
he  removed  to  Pudsey,  and  commenced  his  ministry  there  in 
April,  1792. 

In  September,  1792,  the  land  was  purchased  upon  which  to 
erect  a  new  chapel,  and  the  Deed  bears  the  signature  of  Thomas 
Laird  as  one  of  the  witnesses.  The  chapel  was  erected,  and 
opened  May  14th,  1794.  Sermons  were  preached  by  the  Rev. 
W.  Moorhouse,  of  Huddcrsfield  ;  the  Rev.  J.  Toothill,  of  Hopton  ; 
the  Rev.  J.  Cockin,  of  Halifax  ;  the  Rev.  Geo.  Wilson,  of  Leeds  ; 
and  the  Rev.  Thos.  Laird,  the  minister,  also  preached  during  the 


92 


HISTORY    OF     rUDSEY. 


opening  services.*  The  ^ood  old  man  died  February  27,  1831, 
aged  70,  and  he  :vas  buried  near  to  the  chapel  in  which  he  had 
preached  so  long.  During  his  ministry,  a  young  man,  named 
Thomas  Burton,  who  was  a  member  under  Mr.  Laird,  entered 
the  ministry  and  was  Independent  Minister  a  short  time  at 
Holmfirth  ;  but,  amidst  most  pleasing  appearances  of  much  use- 


Rev.  William  (Jolefax. 

fulness  to  the  church  of  Christ,  he  was  snatched  away  by  death, 
Jan.  25,  1 8 10,  in  the  25th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  brought  to 
Pudsey,  and  interred  in  the  chapel  yard. 

The  Rev.  William  Colefax  was  the  next  minister.  After 
a  ministry  of  about  twelve  years  at  Hexham,  in  Northumberland, 
he  commenced  his  ministry  at  Pudsey,  April  8th,  1832,  and 
remained  nearly  fifteen  years,  preaching  his  last  sermon  as 
minister  in  March,  1847.     He  continued  to  reside  in  Pudsey,  and 

*  For  particulars  of  Mr.  Laird,  see  memoir  of  him  in  the  Evangelical  Magazine.  January, 
1832  ;  and  CoiigregaiiontJl  Register  (West  Riding  of  Yorkshire),  1S65,  pp.  134-5. 


REV.    JOHN    MARSDEN,   B.A.  93 

occasionally  preached  for  his  successors.  He  died  March  6th, 
1 872,  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  Chapel 
yard,  in  which  he  had  interred  a  large  number  of  persons,  but  no 
stone  marks  the  spot  where  his  remains  lie.  During  his  pastorate 
the  Chapel  was  cleared  of  a  debt  of  nearly  ;^400,  in  April,  1845.* 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Jowett,  a  native  of  Thornton,  near 
Bradford,  who  studied  at  Airedale  College,  was  the  next  pastor. 
He  was  ordained  October  1 1  th,  1 848,  but  had  entered  on  his 
ministry  on  the  30th  of  July  previous.  He  remained  until  1854, 
when  he  preached  his  last  sermon  on  April  2nd  in  that  year.  He 
went  from  Pudsey  to  Guisboro',  in  Yorkshire,  and  after  being 
some  time  there  he  removed  to  Wigston  Magna,  Leicestershire, 
and  is  now  living  retired  at  Leeds.     He  was  succeeded  by 

The  Rev.  John  Marsden,  B.A.,  who  was  trained  for  a 
schoolmaster  at  the  Borough  Road  Institution,  London, 
afterwards  studied  for  the  ministry  at  Airedale  College,  and 
graduated  at  the  London  University,  where  he  took  the  degree 
of  B.A.  He  commenced  his  ministry  at  Pudsey,  on  July  29,  1855, 
but  was  not  ordained  until  the  28th  of  May,  1856.  His  laborious 
and  faithful  ministry  was  eminently  successful,  especially  among 
the  young,  over  whom  his  influence  was  very  great  and  very 
salutary.  Feeling  that  a  change  was  desirable,  he  accepted  a 
"call"  to  Kidderminster,  resigning  his  pastorate  in  i860,  and 
removed  thither,  where  he  resided  many  years.  He  then  removed 
to  Taunton,  in  Somersetshire,  where  he  now  resides.  During  his 
pastorate,  the  place  was  again  cleared  of  a  debt  of  about  ^500. 

The  pastorate  having  been  vacant  nearly  two  years,  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Wickham  Tozer,  of  Penistone,  was  invited,  and  he 
entered  on  his  ministry  at  Pudsey,  April  13th,  1862.  His  pas- 
torate was  of  short  duration,  as  he  preached  his  farewell  sermon 
on  December  13th,  1863,  and  removed  to  Dudley,  in  Worcester- 
shire. Mr.  Tozer  studied  for  the  ministry  at  Clifton,  in  private, 
and  his  first  pastoral  charge  was  at  Curbar,  in  Derbyshire,  where 
he  was  ordained  May  31st,  1857.  From  Dudley,  Mr.  Tozer 
removed  to  Kennington  Lane,  London,  from  whence,  after  a 
residence  of  some  years,  he  removed  to  Ipswich,  where  he  now 
labours  most  energetically. 

After  a  vacancy  of  about  six  months,  the  pastorate  was  most 
worthily  filled  by  the  Rev.  JOHN  ATKINSON,  of  Clitheroe,  Lanca- 
shire, who  entered  upon  his  labours  at  Pudsey,  July  loth,  1864. 
Mr.  Atkinson's  first  pastoral  charge  was  at  Ay  ton,  in  the  North 

*  For  further  particulars  of  him,  see  memoir  by  Rev.  J.  Atkinson,  in  Congregational 
li  egister  (West  Riding  of  Yorkshire),  1872,  pp.  106-9. 


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REV.   JOHN    ATKINSON. 


95 


Riding,  Yorkshire,  in  1851;  from  whence  he  removed  in  1854  to 
FelHng,  Gateshead,  where  he  remained  until  1859,  when  he 
removed  to  Clitheroe. 

In  May,  1884,  Mr.  Atkinson  received  an  invitation  to  become 
the  minister  at  the  Enghsh  Protestant  Reformed  Church, 
in  the  city  of  Hamburg,  and  accepting  the  call,  resigned  his  pas- 
torate at  Pudsey,  when  he  was  presented,  at  a  public  meeting,  with 
an  address  and  a  purse  containing  100  guineas,  in  recognition 
of  his  long  and  faithful  ministrations. 


Rev.  John  Atkinson. 


In  November,  1884,  Mr.  D.  A.  Henderson,  of  Rotherham 
College,  was  invited  to  take  the  pastorate  of  the  church,  and 
commenced  his  ministry  on  the  first  Sunday  in  January,  1885. 
The  ordination  of  Mr.  Henderson  took  place  on  the  6th  of  May, 
1885,  when  the  -Rev.  A.  Holborn,  M.A.,  of  Bradford,  presided  over 
the  proceedings.  The  following  ministers  took  part  in  the  ser- 
vice:— Revs.  Dr.  Falding,  and  W.  H.  Bennett,  M.A.,  of  Rotherham 
College;  E.  S.  Foster,  of  Hartlepool  ;  R.  Bruce,  D.D.,  of 
Huddersfield  ;  H.  A.  Lawson,  of  Bury  ;  C.  Rhodes,  of  Royston  ; 
and  Thomas  Jowett,  of  Leeds.     There  was  a  large  congregation. 


CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH.  97 

The  Sunday  school  was  established  about  1809  or  18 10, 
and  for  a  long  time  its  numbers  were  small;  and  the  scholars 
were  taught  in  the  vestry  and  the  bottom  of  the  chapel,  until 
about  1834,  when  school-rooms  were  erected  adjoining  the  chapel. 
These  rooms  becoming  too  small  in  the  course  of  time,  steps 
were  taken  to  have  a  larger  school,  the  erection  of  which  was 
commenced  May  8th,  1849,  and  the  present  spacious  edifice  was 
opened  August  28th,  1850.  Class  rooms  were  added  in  1866  and 
1876.  A  day  school  was  established,  and  commenced  on  the 
nth  of  April,  1853.  The  head  masters  have  been: — Wm. 
Cooper,  Charles  Stagg,  Henry  Hooper,  T.  Sawyer,  Charles 
Gilling,  John  Boden,  W.  B.  Smith,  W.  F.  Erskine,  Thomas 
Mitcheson,  J.  Anderson,  J.  Fielding,  and  John  Smith  Boyd.  In 
1876  the  Day  School  was  transferred  to  the  Pudsey  School 
Board,  and  the  last  teacher  still  remains  master  of  the  school. 

Soon  after  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Atkinson,  in  1864,  the  sub- 
ject of  either  improving  the  old  chapel  of  1794,  or  erecting  a  new 
one  on  the  same  site  was  considered,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the 
congregation  held  November  8th,  1864,  it  was  resolved  to  erect  a 
new  edifice,  Messrs.  Pritchett  &  Son,  of  Darlington,  being  com- 
missioned to  prepare  plans.  The  last  religious  service  (previous 
to  its  being  pulled  down)  was  held  in  the  old  edifice  on  Sunday 
evening,  April  i6th,  when  a  very  appropriate  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  J.  Atkinson,  from  i  Samuel,  vii., 
part  of  1 2th  ver.,  "  Ebenezer:  Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us." 
The  first  stone  of  the  new  Congregational  Church  was  laid  on 
April  1 8th,  1865,  in  the  presence  of  an  immense  concourse  of 
spectators.  A  bazaar  was  held  in  aid  of  the  building  fund  in 
July,  1865,  which  raised  ^370. 

The  leading  feature  of  the  building  is  a  symmetrical  and 
beautiful  spire,  which,  rising  to  a  height  of  105  feet,  and  being 
on  a  very  commanding  site,  is  seen  on  fine  days  for  above  a 
dozen  miles.  The  church  consists  of  a  nave,  side  aisles,  and 
transepts.  Three  entrances  at  the  front  give  admission  to  the 
area  and  galleries,  the  central  doorway  being  surmounted  with  a 
handsome  St.  Catherine's  window,  twelve  feet  diameter,  with 
trefoiled  lancet  windows  on  the  right  and  left,  having  quatrefoils 
in  the  beads.  All  the  doors  and  windows  have  dripstones,  the 
entrances  having  in  addition  shafts  of  redstone,  with  foliated 
capitals.  All  the  windows  are  glazed  with  coloured  glass.  The 
interior  of  the  church  is  75  feet  in  length  and  41  feet  in  width, 
and  accommodation  is  provided  for  about  700  worshippers.  The 
pews  are   spacious  and    comfortable,   those   in  the  area  being 

H 


98  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

upholstered  uniformly  with  crimson  cloth.  Vestries,  etc.,  are  also 
provided,  and  the  whole  of  the  arrangements  are  most  complete. 

The  new  church  was  opened  July  4th,  1866,  when  two 
sermons  were  preached  by  the  Rev.  Henry  Allon,  of  London. 
Opening  services  were  also  held  on  the  three  following  Sundays. 
The  collections  amounted  to  ^^235  13s.  gd.,  making  a  total  raised, 
with  the  subscriptions,  etc.,  ^2,018  13s.  The  total  cost  of  the 
erection  was  £3,osg  13s.  5d.,  and  including  land  necessary  for 
frontage,  ;^3,26o.  In  the  year  1873,  an  organ  was  placed  in  the 
church,  built  by  Messrs.  Brindley  and  Foster,  of  Sheffield,  at  a 
cost  of  ;^325,  which  was  all  paid  by  the  ladies  of  the  congrega- 
tion. It  was  opened  by  Dr.  Roberts,  then  of  Halifax,  on 
October  29th,  1873. 

The  following  is  a  description  of  the  organ : — 

GREAT  ORGAN,  Compass  CC  to  G3. 
I.  Open  Diapason  Metal,  8  ft.,  56  pipes 

3.  GeTact  Treble  i  ^"^^^^^  ^^'^  ^^^^^'  ^  *"'•'  5^  pipes 

4.  Dulciana  Metal,  8  ft.,  44  pipes 

5.  Principal  Metal,  4  ft.,  56  pipes 

6.  Harmonic  Flute  Wood  and  Metal,  4  ft.,  56  pipes 

7.  Grave  Mixture  II  ranks,  100  pipes 

SWELL  ORGAN,  Compass  CC  to  G3. 

8.  Violin  Diapason  Metal,  8ft  ,  56  pipes 

9.  Vox  Angelica  Metal  grooved  into  St.  Bass,  8  ft. ,  44  pipes 

10.  Principal  Metal,  4  ft.,  56  pipes 

11.  Flageolet  Metal,  2  ft.,  56  pipes 

12.  Oboe  Metal,  8  ft.,  56  pipes 

13.  Trumpet  Metal,  8  ft.,  56  pipes 

PEDAL,  Compass  CCC  to  E.  Couplers. 

14.  Sub  Bass  Wood,  16  ft.,  29  pipes  16.  Swell  to  Great 

15.  Principal  Bass,  Metal,  8  ft.,  29  pipes  17.  Swell  to  Pedal 

18.  Great  to  Pedal 
2  Composition  Pedals. 

The  collections  at  the  organ  opening  services  amounted  to 
£6^  6s.  8^d.,  which  were  devoted  to  the  cost  of  cleaning  and 
painting  the  church.  In  1877,  a  successful  bazaar  was  held  with 
a  view  to  clear  off  the  debt  on  the  church  and  parsonage,  when 
the  total  receipts  amounted  to  jQjT^  8s.  8d.,  which,  besides  clear- 
ing off  the  debt  of  ;^73o  and  paying  all  expenses,  left  a  balance 
of  jQj\.  lOs.  At  a  thanksgiving  service  held  shortly  afterwards, 
it  was  stated  that  during  the  twelve  years  from  the  erection  of 
the  church  they  had  raised  the  sum  of  ^3,810,  besides  the  regular 
annual  income  of  the  place. 

The  Registers  of  Baptisms  now  in  connection  with  the  place 
are  those  of  Mr.  Maurice,  1770  to  1773,  136  baptised;  Mr.  Lloyd 
and  others,  1785  to  1791,  112  baptised;  Mr.  Laird,  1792  to  183 1, 
2,305  baptised. 


WESLEYAN     METHODISTS.  99 

The  first  interment  in  the  burial  ground  took  place  in 
February,  1793,  and  up  to  the  close  of  1880  there  had  been 
interred  2,306  persons;  160  of  these  were  between  the  ages  of 
70  and  80;  6z  between  80  and  90;  and  6  between  90  and    100. 

5i5i;e!;Iepans  — The  introduction  of  Methodism  into  Pudsey,  so 
far  as  there  is  any  record,  must  be  attributed  to  that  devoted 
apostle  of  Methodism  in  Yorkshire,  John  Nelson,  who  has  the 
following  entry  in  his  journal,  about  the  years  1743-4. 

I  went  to  Pudsey,  but  when  I  got  there  the  people  of  the  house  durst  not  let  me 
preach  ;  they  told  me  the  constable  had  orders  to  press  me,  and  desired  me  not  to 
light,  but  to  go  back  directly.  I  rode  down  to  a  public  house  where  the  constable 
and  some  others  met  together,  and  talked  with  them,  and  the  people  said  he  had 
orders  to  press  me,  but  he  said,  "  I  will  not,  for  you  do  not  appear  to  be  a  vagrant, 
and  my  warrant  runs  for  none  but  vagrants."  Many  of  the  people  followed  me  into 
the  lanes  and  I  sat  on  horseback  exhorting  them  to  keep  close  to  God  by  prayer. 

One  of  the  first  individuals  in  the  village  to  receive  and 
encourage  the  Methodist  preachers  was  named  Boyes,  who 
resided  in  Fartown. 

In  Wesley's  journal  we  find  a  record  of  the  first  visit  paid 
by  that  celebrated  preacher  to  Pudsey: — 

April  28th.  Tuesday,  one  of  Pudsey  would  take  no  denial,  so  I  promised  to 
preach  there  at  eight  o'clock.  Coming  before  the  hour,  we  walked  to  the  new  house 
of  the  Germans  (Fulneck).  I  preached  at  eight  at  the  place  appointed,  and  thence 
rode  to  Dewsbury,  where  I  was  to  preach  at  noon. 

At  this  time  the  Pudsey  Society  was  connected  with  the  Birstal 
circuit — "  the  Mother  Church." 

In  1763,  the  Bradford  branch  of  the  Birstal  circuit  was 
formed,  and  contained  fifteen  classes,  of  which  Pudsey  was  one. 
The  class  at  Pudsey  contributed  los.  i id.  "quarter  money" 
towards  the  society's  income,  £y  17s.  8d.,  for  the  September 
quarter.  Only  three  other  classes  contributed  more  than  the  one 
at  Pudsey,  viz.,  two  at  Bradford  and  one  at  Dudley  Hill.  In 
1769,  Bradford  was  made  a  circuit,  having  fifteen  villages  under 
its  care,  of  which  Pudsey  was  one.  In  1773,  a  new  Methodist 
"  Preaching  House"  was  erected,  and  opened  in  September.  The 
accommodation  was  for  400  persons,  and  the  first  trustees  were 
George  Beecroft,  Edward  Tindall,  Joseph  Brown,  Samuel  Fenton, 
and  John  Scholefield. 

In  the  year  1774,  Wesley  paid  his  second  visit  to  Pudsey, 
on  April  21st.  "About  two  I  preached  at  the  newly-built  house 
at  Pudsey,"  and  again  in  1780,  he  says  in  his  Journal : — 

April  17th.  Monday,  I  left  Leeds  in  one  of  the  roughest  mornings  I  have  ever 
seen,  we  had  rain,  hail,  snow,  and  wind  in  abundance.  About  nine  I  preached  at 
Bramley,  between  one  and  two  at  Pudsey,  Afterwards  I  walked  to  Fulneck,  the 
German  settlement,  etc. 


100  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

In  1 78 1,  Pudsey  Chapel  had  149  members,  and  five  leaders, 
viz.,  Joseph  Fenton,  Ed.  Tindall,  Jos.  .Brown,  Jas.  Ackroyd,  and 
John  Turner  (Farsley).  There  were  only  two  places  in  the 
Bradford  circuit  having  more  members  than  the  Pudsey  Society, 
viz.,  Bradford  and  Great  Horton.  At  this  time  there  were  eight 
persons  who  officiated  as  local  preachers  in  the  Bradford  circuit  ; 
Joseph  Fenton,  of  Pudsey,  and  John  Turner,  of  Farsley,  were  of 


Rev.  Joseph  Sutcliffe,  M.A. 

this  number.  Joseph  Fenton  was  one  of  the  most  useful 
preachers  of  his  day,  and  is  said  to  have  been  a  favourite  with 
Mr.  Wesley,  and  was  greatly  esteemed  by  the  congregations 
amongst  whom  he  laboured.  He  was  sent  to  Hull,  soon  after 
the  commencement  of  his  career  as  a  preacher,  to  fill  up  some 
vacancy  in  the  itineracy  there,  and  was  recognised  as  a  youth 
of  great  ministerial  promise  ;  but,  for  marrying  without  leave, 
he  had  to  return   to  his   secular   employ.      However,  he   still 


WESLEYAN    METHODISTS.  lOt 

maintained  the  character  of  an  upright,  pious  man,  and  a  highly 
useful  local  preacher. 

In  1784,  Joseph  SutcHffe  commenced  his  career  as  a  class 
leader  and  local  preacher  in  Pudsey,  and  was  sent,  two  years  later, 
by  Mr.  Wesley,  to  labour  in  the  Redruth  circuit,  and  was  after- 
wards a  useful  and  honoured  Wesleyan  minister  for  the  period  of 
70  years.  He  died  May  r4th,  1856,  aged  94.  He  had  gained 
the  title  of  M.A.,  and  was  the  author  of  several  valuable  works, 
amongst  which  may  especially  be  mentioned  his  "  Commentary 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures." 

In  1807,  the  Lower  Wesleyan  Sunday  School  was  commenced 
in  a  house  in  Lowtown,  and  eight  years  after,  in  181 5,  a  new 
Wesleyan  Chapel  was  erected,  and  opened  May  ist,  18 16.  The 
opening  services  were  conducted  by  the  Revs.  —  Stephens,  B. 
Wood,  and  James  Everett.  Previous  to  this  event,  in  181 1, 
Bramley  had  been  made  the  head  of  a  circuit,  to  which  the 
Pudsey  Society  was  transferred. 

In  1823,  a  Wesleyan  Sunday  School  and  Preaching-room 
was  commenced  at  Littlemoor  Bottom,  and,  in  1826,  the  Wesleyan 
Upper  Sunday  School,  Lowtown,  was  established.  In  1840,  a 
Wesleyan  Chapel  w^as  erected  at  Gibraltar,  Pudsey.  This  chapel 
was  offered  for  sale  by  public  auction  in  1 870,  but  was  not  sold. 

In  1852,  a  disturbance  arose  between  the  Conference  and 
some  members  of  the  Wesleyan  body,  who  were  desirous  of 
reform  in  the  constitution  of  the  conference,  when  the  members 
in  Pudsey  who  sympathised  with  that  movement  were  expelled 
by  the  Wesleyan  minister.  The  reform  party,  however,  kept 
possession  of  the  chapel  in  consequence  of  the  peculiar  character 
of  the  trust  deed.  The  Conference  not  being  able  to  hold  the 
chapel,  withdrew,  and  opened  a  preaching-room.  In  1859,  the 
Wesleyan  Conference  again  took  possession  of  the  chapel,  on 
November  6th.  During  part  of  the  following  year  five  services 
were  held  each  Sunday  in  the  Chapel,  three  by  the  Conference 
and  two  by  the  reform  party.  The  congregation  resolved  to 
support  the  reform  movement,  and  ultimately  the  Conference 
withdrew  from  the  Chapel  on  receiving  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds. 

After  this  withdrawal,  the  old  Wesleyan  body  took  steps  to 
have  a  building  of  their  own  in  which  to  worship,  and  the  first 
stone  of  a  new  chapel  was  laid  on  the  2nd  day  of  April,  1861. 
The  building  is  situate  in  Church  Lane,  and  is  a  very  handsome 
structure,  both  as  regards  the  interior  and  exterior.  The 
Architect  was  Mr.  John  Kirk,  Huddersfield,  and  the  Chapel  is  in 


102 


HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY, 


the  Italian  style  of  architecture,  and  will  accomodate  600  persons. 
The  cost  was  about  ;^2,ooo.  The  foundation  stone  was  laid  by 
Mrs,  S.  Pawson,  of  Lawns  House,  Farnley,  and  the  following  is  a 
copy  of  the  parchment  which  was  placed  in  a  bottle  under  the 
foundation  stone  : — 

WESLEYAN     METHODIST     CHAPEL,     PUDSEY. 

The  Foundation  Stone  of  this  Edifice  was  deposited  by  Mrs.  Sarah  Pawson,  of 
Lawns  House,  Farnley,  on  Easter  Tuesday,  2nd  April,  i86l,  in  the  24th  year  of  the 
Reign  of  Qiieen  Victoria. 

The  Reverend  W.  W.  Stamp,  President  of  Wesleyan  Conference.  The  Rev. 
John  Farrar,  Secretary  of  the  Conference,  and  Chairman  of  the  Leeds  District.  The 
Revds.  John  Hornby,  William  Faulkner,  George  T.  Taylor,  and  Geo.  Penman, 
Mmisters  of  the  Bramley  Circuit.  The  Rev.  James  Allen,  Supernumerary  Minister. 
Messrs.  John  Wild  and  John  Blackburn,  Circuit  Stewards.  Messrs.  Joseph  Davy  and 
Edward  Hinings,  Stewards  of  the  Pudsey  Society. 

The  Trustees  of  the  Chapel  being  Benjamin  Wade,  Samuel  Sharp,  John 
Frankland,  John  Glover,  John  Briggs,  John  Webster,  Thomas  Ward,  Rev.  James 
Allen,  John  Blackburn,  John  Wild,  Christopher  Moody,  John  Wilson,  William  Firth, 
Israel  Roberts,  Henry  Webster  Blackburn. 

To  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son,  and  God  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  everlasting 
praise ;  Amen. 

The- chapel  was  opened  on  Friday,  June  6th,  1862,  when  two 
sermons  were  preached  by  the  Rev.  John  Rattenbury,  president 
of  the  Conference,  and  subsequently  the  following  ministers 
officiated  at  the  opening  services,  viz.:  Dr.  Hannah,  Revs.  R. 
Roberts,  Chas.  Prest,  T.  Allen,  J,  S.  Workman,  George  Mather, 
and  John  Hornby.  In  May,  1863,  the  Rev,  William  Morley 
Punshon  preached  in  the  chapel  to  a  crowded  congregation. 

In   1882,  a  new  organ  was  built  by  Messrs.  Harrison  and 

Harrison,  of  Durham,  at  a  cost  of  ;!^4I5,  and  consists  of  two 

full  manuals  C  C  to  G,  56  notes  and  a  pedal  organ,  C  C  C  to  F, 

30  notes. 

GREAT     ORGAN.  SWELL    ORGAN, 

Open  Diapason     ... 
Dulciana    ... 
Hohlflote   .,. 
Principal    ... 
Harmonic  Flute    . . . 
Gamba 

Mixture  (3  ranks)  ,. 
Fifteenth 


Total  Pipes 
Open  Diapason 


N. 
8ft. 

56  pipes. 

8ft. 

56 

8ft. 

56 

,, 

4ft. 

56 

,, 

4ft, 

56 

,, 

8ft. 

56 

168 

>» 

2ft. 

56 

Bourdon... 

,..   i6ft. 

56  pipes 

Viola      

. .      8ft. 

56     „ 

Lieblich  Gedact 

,..     8ft. 

56     „ 

Salscional 

...     8ft, 

56     „ 

Voix  Celeste     ... 

...     8ft, 

44     >. 

Principal 

...     4ft. 

56     „ 

Mixture  (3  ranks) 

198     „ 

Oboe      

".'.    8ft. 

56     „ 

Horn      

...    8ft, 

66     ,, 

604 


Total  Pipes 
PEDAL    ORGAN. 
1 6ft.  30  pipes.  Bourdon         ...         ...     1 6ft.  30  pipes, 

COUPLERS. 

Swell  to  Great.  Swell  to  Pedals.  Great  to  Pedals. 


Methodist  new  connexion.  103 

The  case  is  made  of  pitch  pine,  stained  to  imitate  American 
walnut,  and  the  design  is  in  strict  harmony  with  the  architectural 
decorations  of  the  chapel. 

On  Wednesday,  May  9th,  1867,  the  first  stone  of  a  new 
Wesleyan  Sunday  School,  in  connection  with  the  above  chapel, 
was  laid  by  Mrs.  J.  T.  Beer,  of  Threapland  House,  Pudsey,  who 
was  presented  on  the  occasion, with  a  silver  trowel  and  mahogany 
mallet,  with  which  to  perform  the  interesting  ceremony.  The 
school  was  opened  on  February  25th,  1868,  the  cost  of  the  erection, 
with  the  ground,  being  ;,^ 500. 

On  Saturday,  May  2nd,  1868,  the  foundation  stone  of  a  new 
Wesleyan  Chapel  was  laid  at  Littlemoor,  Pudsey.  For  forty 
years  the  only  accommodation  possessed  by  the  Wesleyans  in 
this  locality  had  been  a  weaving  chamber  over  a  cottage.  The 
first  stone  of  the  new  chapel  was  laid  by  H.  Mitchell,  Esq.,  of 
Esholt  Hall,  and  the  building  safely  progressed  until  Christmas  ; 
was  roofed  and  ready  for  pewing,  when  a  gale  of  wind  arose  and 
demolished  the  structure,  nothing  but  the  gable  walls  being  left 
standing.  The  chapel  was  re-erected  in  a  most  substantial 
manner,  from  plans  prepared  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Taylor,  architect,  of 
Bradford.  The  original  cost  of  the  land  and  building  was  ;^  1,200 
and  to  this  had  to  be  added  800,  for  re-erection,  making  the  total 
expenditure  ;^  2,000.  The  chapel  is  a  neat  structure  externally, 
about  twenty-two  yards  long  by  seventeen  yards  wide,  with  class 
rooms,  minister's  vestry,  and  a  commodious  school-room  under- 
neath. Internally  it  is  lofty  and  well  lighted,  and  in  a  recess  at 
one  end  is  a  small  gallery  for  the  school  children  ;  and,  facing 
this,  in  the  centre  of  the  chapel  is  the  pulpit.  The  pews  are  of 
stained  wood,  with  reclining  backs.  In  1882,  an  organ  was 
erected  in  the  chapel,  on  each  side  of  which  a  small  gallery  was 
put  up,  capable  of  seating  about  eighty  persons,  making  the  total 
accommodation  afiforded  by  the  chapel  for  over  600  persons. 

^ft|otiist  J^elu  ConitPiion, — This  body  of  Christians  obtained 
a  footing  in  Pudsey  in  the  year  1818;  when  open-air  services 
were  held  in  Fartown,  conducted  by  friends  from  Ebenezer 
Chapel,  Leeds.  In  the  following  year  services  were  conducted 
in  a  room  called  Lobley's  Chamber,  and  subsequently  in  John 
Young's  Chamber,  near  the  Fleece  Inn. 

In  1825,  Zion  Chapel  was  erected  and  opened,  the  cost  of 
which  was  about  ;^45o,  the  society  at  that  time  being  connected 
with  the  Leeds  circuit.  Ten  years  later,  the  Pudsey  society, 
along  with  Adwalton,  was  taken  away  from  the  Leeds  circuit, 
and  became  part  of  the   Dewsbury  circuit.       In  1839,  great  and 


I04  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

successful  revival  services  were  held,  and,  as  a  consequence,  the 
number  of  members  returned  to  Conference  in  the  following  year 
was  193.  In  1840,  ground  was  purchased  for  a  burial  ground, 
and  site  of  a  new  chapel,  at  a  cost  of  three  hundred  guineas,  but 
in  consequence  of  the  great  and  unfortunate  Barkerite  agitation 
in  1 841,  the  society  was  drawn  entirely  away  from  the  Connexion 
and  scattered.  About  two  years  later,  forty  of  the  older  members, 
headed  by  the  late  Mr.  William  Boyes  and  Mr.  John  Shaw, 
returned  along  with  the  chapel  to  the  Connexion,  and  the  build- 
ing was  re-opened  for  worship  on  July  30th,  1843. 

In  1844,  the  Pudsey  society  united  with  the  Bradford  circuit, 
and  in  the  same  year  suffered  the  severe  loss  of  one  of  its  most 
useful  members,  Mr,  William  Boyes.  He  was  its  first  class 
leader,  and  had  been  chapel  steward  from   the  commencement. 

In  185 1,  Mr.  William  Denison,  of  Fartown,  generously  paid 
off  the  debt  on  the  burial  ground,  nearly  .^300,  when  a  new  trust 
deed  was  made  for  the  chapel  and  burial  ground.  In  1853,  the 
first  stone  of  a  new  Sunday  school  was  laid,  and  the  opening 
ceremony  took  place  on  the  28th  of  May,  in  the  same  year. 

In  1869,  a  meeting  was  held  to  consider  the  propriety  of 
erecting  a  new  chapel,  and  the  foundation  stone  was  laid  on  the 
2nd  of  April,  1872,  Messrs.  Nelson,  of  Leeds,  being  the  architects. 
The  style  is  Italian,  and  the  chapel  has  a  gallery  at  one  end,  and 
an  organ  and  choir  recess  at  the  other,  and  two  vestries,  with 
other  offices.  The  stone  was  laid  by  James  Moore,  Esq.,  of 
Bradford,  and  the  chapel  was  opened  on  the  9th  day  of  April, 
1873,  when  two  sermons  were  preached  by  the  Rev.  W.  Cooke, 
D.D.,  of  London,  and  at  the  subsequent  services  sermons  were 
preached  by  the  Revs.  H.  D.  Crofts,  D.D.,  of  Manchester,  and 
A.  R.  Pearson,  of  Bradford.  The  total  expenditure  on  the  chapel 
was  ^1,900.  In  1882,  a  new  organ,  built  by  Mr.  J.  Calvert,  of 
Armley,  was  put  in  the  chapel,  at  a  cost  of  ^200,  and  w^as  opened 
with  an  organ  recital  by  Mr.  S.  W.  Pilling,  of  Bolton. 

In  connection  with  this  body  of  Christians,  we  cannot  forego 
allusion  to  the  lives  of  two  of  the  most  prominent  members  at 
Pudsey.  WILLIAM  BOYES  was  born  at  Pudsey  on  July  29th, 
1793.  His  forefathers,  for  many  generations  back,  had  been 
distinguished  for  their  intelligence,  uprightness,  and  piety  ;  and 
exhibited  in  an  eminent  degree  those  features,  both  mental  and 
physical,  which  distinguished  the  Anglo-Saxon  race  from  which 
they  descended.  For  ages  they  belonged  to  that  class  once  so 
numerous  in  England,  who,  possessing  a  little  property,  and  being 
either  respectable  farmers  or  small   freeholders,  also  carried  on, 


MR.    WILLIAM     BOYES.  lO^ 

in  their  own  dwellings,  domestic  manufactures  ;  thus  being  at 
once  both  masters  and  workmen.  We  believe  one  member  of 
the  family  was  a  celebrated  Dissenting  minister,  named  Joseph 
Boyes,  who  was  born  in  1646,  and  died  in  1728.  He  was  pastor 
of  a  Congregational  church  in  Dublin,  and  his  works  were  pub- 
lished in  two  folio  volumes.  Another  ancestor  was  a  clergyman 
in  the  North  Riding  of  Yorkshire.  Another  was  an  active  and 
devoted  member  of  the  Moravians,  soon  after  their  first  settlement 
in  this  country.  The  grandfather  of  William  Boyes  was  the 
first  individual  in  Pudsey  to  receive  and  encourage  the  Methodists. 
The  devoted  and  useful  John  Nelson  first  visited  and  preached 
in  his  house,  William's  father,  soon  after  his  marriage,  became 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  society,  and  for  a  lengthened  period 
sustained  the  office  of  class  leader  till  the  introduction  of  the 
Methodist  New  Connexion  into  Pudsey,  which  took  place  about 
the  year  18 19.  He  was  the  first  class  leader  in  the  new  society, 
and  continued  to  fill  this  office  till  his  death,  which  took  place  in 
the  year  1830.  The  subject  of  this  memoir  was  at  that  time  a 
farmer,  and  also  carried  on  the  trade  of  a  cloth  manufacturer, 
and  was  in  what  may  be  termed  easy  circumstances.  But 
fluctuations  in  business,  and  the  panic  caused  at  that  time  by 
war,  occasioned  him  to  lose  a  great  portion  of  his  capital. 

At  the  age  of  thirty  years  Mr,  Boyes  entered  into  the  con- 
jugal state  with  Mary,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Robinson,  of 
Rastrick,  class  leader  and  local  preacher  in  the  Halifax  circuit. 
This  union  was  a  source  of  mutual  help  and  blessing.  For  a 
number  of  years  after  the  death  of  his  parents,  which  took  place 
in  the  year  1830,  nothing  occurred  materially  to  disturb  the  even 
tenor  of  his  way.  Being  diligent  in  business,  and  temperate  in 
his  habits,  he  considerably  increased  his  substance.  But  the 
panic  of  1837  was  a  severe  trial  to  him.  The  depreciated  value 
of  goods,  the  general  prostration  of  trade,  and  the  losses  common 
under  such  circumstances,  greatly  distressed  his  mind.  He 
would  never  speculate  beyond  his  bona  fide  capital.  His  great 
study  was  how  he  might  live  honestly  in  the  sight  of  God  and 
man,  and  make  suitable  provision  for  a  rising  family. 

Mr.  Boyes  was  stricken  with  a  severe  and  painful  illness  in 
1844,  and  on  the  22nd  day  of  September  in  that  year  departed 
this  life,  in  the  fifty-first  year  of  his  age. 

John  Shaw  was  the  son  of  James  and  Martha  Shaw,  of 
Pudsey,  and  was  born  on  March  25th,  18 14.  His  parents,  who 
moved  in  the  humbler  walks  of  life,  were  well  known  and  much 
esteemed  for  their  integrity  and  industry.     His  father  followed 


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IIISTOkY     OF     PUDSEV. 


the  trade  of  a  hand-loom  weaver  at  his  own  home,  and  Hved  to 
the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-four  years. 

John's  maternal  grandfather,  and  his  uncle,  John  Sha\\',  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  New  Connexion,  which  had  been 
newly  established  in  Pudsey,  and  they  were  devoted  workers  in 
the  Sabbath  school.  To  this  school  John  was  sent  at  an  early 
age,    and,  as   a  child,  manifested  a  deep    interest   in    religious 


Mr.  John  Shaw. 

exercises,  particularly  that  of  private  prayer.       His  name  first 
appeared  on  the  plan  as  a  local  preacher  about  the  year  1839. 

In  his  early  history  as  a  preacher  he  had  to  labour  under 
great  disadvantages.  His  lack  of  education,  his  strong  local 
dialect,  his  peculiar  and  striking  appearance,  tended  to  awaken 
curiosity,  and  with  some,  not  a  little  prejudice,  on  his  first 
attempts  to  preach.  Then  he  was  subject  to  fits,  which  came 
upon    him    suddenly   and    rendered    him    unconscious.       This 


j\IR.    JOHN     SHAW.  t07 

affliction  was  a  sore  trial — "  a  thorn  in  the  flesh  "  to  him.  The 
attacks  were,  however,  suffered  with  less  frequency  after  he 
became  a  local  preacher,  and  ceased  altogether  when  about  thirty 
years  of  age.  Still  the  possibility  of  being  so  overtaken  made 
his  friends  anxious  for  his  safety  when  from  home,  or  when 
travelling  to  his  appointments  in  the  circuit. 

If  John's  acquaintance  with  general  literature  was  necessarily 
very  circumscribed,  he  was  a  constant  and  successful  student  of 
the  "  Book  of  books,"  He  became  "  mighty  in  the  Scriptures." 
They  illuminated  his  whole  nature  and  controlled  his  life.  As 
an  expositor  of  divine  truth  he  was  always  suggestive  and 
eloquent,  and  as  a  preacher  he  was  fluent  and  terse.  He  would 
often  use  a  succession  of  words  to  express  a  thought,  while  each 
added  phrase  gave  a  new  phase  to  the  idea  that  would  both 
enchant  and  impress  the  hearer.  In  this  particular  his  power 
was  unique.  He  regarded  his  appointments  as  sacred  engage- 
ments, so  that  he  never  disappointed  an  expectant  congregation 
when  it  was  possible  for  him  to  preach. 

Of  a  life  of  such  abounding  activity  and  untiring  devotion 
to  the  work  of  God,  we  can  only  here  give  a  very  brief  sketch. 
For  many  years  he  was  president  of  the  Sunday  school  in 
Pudsey.  His  many  engagements  as  a  preacher  prevented  his 
taking  the  office  and  work  of  a  teacher,  but  when  the  oppor- 
tunity occurred  he  was  always  ready,  by  his  addresses  and  other 
forms  of  service,  to  show  his  deep  interest  in  the  progress  of 
the  great  work. 

His  services  in  the  Christian  Church  were  multiform.  For 
the  most  part  his  labours  were  devoted  to  the  Church  and 
community  of  which  he  was  a  member.  He  had  a  deep  and 
increasing  interest  in  her  history.  The  ordinances,  polity,  usages, 
and  institutions  of  the  Connexion  had  no  warmer  friend  and 
advocate  than  he  was.  He  was  called  a  preacher's  friend.  He 
knew  the  history,  style,  ability,  and  place  in  the  Connexion  of 
most  of  them.  He  "esteemed  them  highly  for  their  work's 
sake,"  and  was  always  delighted  when  he  could  secure  their 
company  and  fellowship.  But  his  sympathies  and  labours 
had  a  wider  sphere  than  the  limits  of  his  own  denomina- 
tion. He  was  the  Lord's  servant,  and  as  he  had  opportunity, 
rendered  willing  service  to  all  Christian  sects :  to  the  Con- 
gregationalists,  the  Wesleyans,  the  Moravians,  the  Baptists, 
the  Primitive  Methodists,  the  Methodist  Free  Church — to  ALL. 
It  was  well  if  he  could  do  good  to  his  fellow-men,  and  bring 
glory  to  God. 


108  HISTORY    OF     PUlDSEY. 

His  last  Sunday  on  earth  was  spent  at  Otiey,  and  on  the 
following  day  he  attended  a  public  tea-meeting  at  the  Congre- 
gational Church,  Soothill,  near  Batley.  Here  he  poured  out  his 
soul  in  a  speech  of  great  power  and  eloquence,  to  the  delight  of 
all  present.  He  was  the  guest  of  Mr.  Sunderland,  and  a 
few  minutes  after  he  had  retired  to  rest  he  complained  of 
great  suffering.  The  family  were  aroused,  he  got  out  of  bed, 
walked  about  the  room,  and  then  falling  upon  his  knees 
he  prayed  for  his  wife  and  only  child.  He  then  got  into 
bed  again,  when  he  said,  "  Tell  them  to  meet  me  in  heaven; "and 
"  fell  asleep  in  Jesus." 

The  day  he  was  carried  to  the  grave  presented  a  scene  in 
Pudsey  that  cannot  be  forgotten.  After  but  a  few  hours'  notice, 
hundreds  of  people,  of  all  classes,  and  of  all  denominations,  from 
all  parts  of  the  district,  and  for  many  miles  round,  gathered  to  give 
expression  to  their  estimate  of  his  worth,  and  bear  their  testimony 
to  his  goodness.  It  was  not  to  learning,  for  he  had  it  not;  it  was 
not  to  wealth,  to  social  or  political  status,  for  he  had  not  these; 
it  was  to  his  sterling  piety  and  great  usefulness. 

His  death  occurred  on  November  lo,  1879,  in  his  sixty-fifth 
year.  The  occasion  was  improved  in  the  several  parts  of  the 
Bradford  Circuit,  and  at  Dewsbury  and  Batley  by  the  Rev.  W. 
Wilshaw,  and  by  other  ministers  in  other  places,  to  large  and 
sympathising  congregations.* 

iHfletfjotiist  Jrce  ©fjurc]^. — This  Society  commenced  in  the  year 
1849,  as  the  Wesleyan  Association,  and  the  congregation  and 
Sunday  school  assembled  in  a  preaching-room  in  Low- 
town.  In  1872,  the  foundation  of  a  new  chapel  for  this  congre- 
gation was  laid  by  Miss  M.  A.  Procter,  and  the  building  was 
opened  on  the  25th  of  October,  1873,  when  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Withington.  The  chapel  is  a  neat 
structure,  sixty  feet  by  twenty-four  feet,  erected  from  designs 
by  Mr.  Samuel  Webster,  architect,  of  Pudsey,  and  the  cost  was 
;^  1,500. 

In  1869,  the  foundation  stone  of  a  new  chapel  and  Sunday 
school  was  laid  at  Waterloo,  by  Mrs.  Pitts,  of  Stanningley,  when 
the  assembly  was  addressed  by  the  Rev.  Marmaduke  Miller,  of 
Huddersfield.  The  building,  which  is  a  neat  little  edifice,  will 
accommodate  about  three  hundred  hearers,  and  has  a  small 
school-room  and  vestry  behind.  It  was  erected  from  designs  by 
Mr.  John  Heaton,  architect,  of  Pudsey,  at  a  cost,  including  land, 
of  about   £700.     The   opening   services,  which  took  place   in 

*  From  Methodist  Ac^v  Councxioi  Magazine,  February,  1881. 


THE    BAPTISTS. 


109 


February,  1870,  were   conducted  by  the  Revs.  John  Myers,  John 
Guttridge,  John  Atkinson,  S.  Bevan,  and  R.  Holmes. 

IntJEpenUmt  S^Etljotiists. — This  section  of  the  Christian  church 
was  connected  with  the  old  Wesleyan  body  when  the  chapel  in 
Lowtown  was  built  in  181 5,  but  having  embraced  Free  Church 
views,  they  seceded  from  the  old  Connexion  in  1852,  retainino- 
possession  of  the  chapel,  and  became  an  Independent  Methodist 
Church.  In  1875,  it  was  thought  by  the  congregation  desirable 
to  join  the  United  Methodist  Free  Churches  in  the  Leeds  district, 
and  an  amalgamation  took  place. 

^rimiti&e  ilHetl^otiigts.— This  body  of  Christians  commenced  an 
interest  in  Lowtown  in  the  year  1839,  when  they  built  a  chapel 
and  Sunday  school.  In  1864,  their  operations  were  extended  by 
the  erection  of  a  new  chapel  in  Rickardshaw  Lane.  The 
foundation  stone  was  laid  on  Good  Friday,  by  Mr.  Benjamin 
Waite,  of  Farsley,  when  an  address  was  given  by  the  Rev.  C. 
Smith,  of  Barnsley.  The  chapel  was  erected  from  designs  by 
Mr.  Joseph  Roberts,  architect,  in  lieu  of  a  smaller  one  built  in 
1835.  The  cost  of  the  new  chapel  was  £yoo.  The  opening 
services  were  held  in  September,  1864,  when  sermons  were 
preached  by  the  Revs.  S.  Antliff,  of  Derby,  T.  Greenbury,  of 
Hull,  E.  Parker,  of  Farsley,  and  Wm.  H.  Kershaw,  of  Laisterdyke. 

On  the  27th  of  June,  1 874,  the  ceremony  of  laying  the  corner 
stones  of  a  new  chapel  and  Sunday  school,  in  Roker  Lane,  was 
performed  by  Messrs.  J.  W.  Harrison,  of  Birkenshaw,  G.  Garnett, 
of  Apperley  Bridge,  R.  Ingham,  of  Wortley,  and  S.  Shackleton, 
of  Pudsey.  The  edifice  is  neat  and  unpretentious,  and  was  erected 
from  designs  by  Messrs.  Milnes  and  France,  architects,  of  Brad- 
ford. It  has  a  frontage  of  one  hundred  feet  to  Roker  Lane,  is 
one  storey  in  height,  consisting  of  a  room  forty  feet  by  thirty-six 
feet,  and  four  class  rooms.  The  roof  is  open  timbered.  The 
cost,  inclusive  of  land,  was  ^1,500. 

Baptistei. — The  Baptists,  as  an  organised  community  in  Eng- 
land, date  their  origin  from  1607,  when  the  first  Baptist  Church 
was  formed  in  London  by  a  Mr.  Smith,  and,  notwithstanding  the 
severe  persecution  which  was  brought  to  bear  upon  this  section  of 
the  Nonconformist  body,  they  still  continued  to  increase.  The  first 
account  we  have  of  any  Baptists  in  this  neighbourhood  is  relating 
to  the  interest  at  Rawden,  where  the  Rev.  William  Mitchell  was 
the  first  Baptist  minister.      He  died  about  the  year  1706. 

A  few  of  the  members  connected  with  Rawden  and  Haworth 
commenced  the  interest  at  Bradford;  after  a  time  they  took  a 


no  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

room,  but  being  poor  they  could  not  afford  to  buy  benches,  so 
the  old  women  who  attended  the  meeting,  wended  their  way 
thither  with  their  stools  under  their  arms.  The  first  minister, 
Mr.  Crabtree,  followed  his  trade  of  shalloon  weaver  in  order  to 
earn  a  living.  He  was  ordained  pastor,  and  died  on  the  14th  day 
of  February,  181 1,  aged  ninety.  The  Baptists  commenced  at 
Bramley  about  the  year  1774,  and  during  the  following  year 
opened  a  room  for  divine  worship.  The  Baptist  Church  at 
Farsley  originated  in  the  labours  of  Mr.  Crabtree,  of  Bradford, 
who  ofttimes  preached  on  week-evenings  at  Farsley  and  Calverley, 
and  many  who  heard  him  at  these  villages  attended  his  regular 
ministry.  In  1777,  a  chapel  was  built  at  Farsley,  and  was  supplied 
by  different  ministers  for  more  than  two  years.  On  the  27th  day 
of  March,  1780,  a  church  was  formed  of  thirty  members,  who  had 
been  dismissed  from  the  Bradford  church  for  that  purpose.  Mr. 
William  Roe  was  the  first  minister. 

The  Baptist  interest  at  Stanningley  was  commenced  in  the 
year  1826,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Baptist  Itinerant  Society. 
Mr.  Matthias  Gaunt,  of  Pudsey,  and  some  other  friends,  residents 
in  Stanningley,  but  members  of  the  church  at  Bramley,  lament- 
ing the  spiritual  destitution  of  the  inhabitants,  felt  a  strong  desire 
to  meet  the  deficiency.  They  consulted  the  late  Dr.  Steadman, 
of  Bradford,  who  encouraged  them  to  proceed.  They  engaged  a 
room,  and  Mr.  Edwards,  a  student  at  Horton  College,  preached 
the  first  sermons.  The  congregations  continued  to  improve 
under  the  ministry  of  the  students  from  Horton  College,  and  the 
prospects  being  encouraging,  the  people  exerted  themselves  to 
provide  better  accommodation.  In  this,  they  were  assisted 
by  the  students,  neighbouring  ministers,  and  friends.  The 
chapel  was  built  and  opened  in  June,  1828,  and  in  September 
a  church  was  formed,  consisting  of  six  members,  who  were 
ministered  to  by  the  neighbouring  pastors  and  students  from 
Horton  College.  About  the  year  1834,  a  Sunday  school 
and  vestries  were  built,  and  in  November  of  that  year 
Mr.  John  Jordan  settled  amongst  them  as  minister.  The  mem- 
bers at  that  time  numbered  15,  and  the  floor  of  the  chapel  was 
pewed  to  afford  accommodation  for  the  increased  attendance. 
In  1837-8,  the  chapel  was  enlarged  to  double  the  original  size, 
making  provision  for  the  Sunday  scholars,  when  the  school 
building  was  converted  into  a  dwelling-house  for  the  minister. 
In  1838,  the  number  of  members  had  increased  to  47,  and  in 
1840,  to  73.  In  1842,  Mr.  Jordan  resigned  his  office,  having  been 
pastor  for  nearly  eight  years.     During  his  term  of  office,  the 


THE     BAPTISTS.  1 1 1 

church  membership  had  increased  from  15  to  75.  The  church 
having  been  without  a  minister  for  about  a  twelve-month,  the 
Rev.  Wilham  Colcroft,  who  had  been  minister  at  Bramley  from 
1826  to  1837,  and  at  Golcar,  from  1837  to  1843,  accepted  the 
invitation  to  Stanningely  in  the  last-named  year,  when  the  mem- 
bers numbered  94.  A  debt  of  ^500  which  remainded  on  the 
chapel  and  premises  was  cleared  off  in  1845.  In  1846,  a  second 
Sunday  school  was  established  in  connection  with  the  church  ; 
the  number  of  teachers  and  scholars  in  both  schools  being  as 
follows: — teachers,  ^y,  scholars,  260. 

In  June,  1848,  Mr.  Colcroft  resigned,  and  the  pulpit  was 
supplied  by  students  and  others,  until  1850,  when  the  Rev. 
James  Hillyard,  of  Shifnall,  Shropshire,  accepted  a  call  from  the 
church,  and  commenced  his  stated  labours  on  Sunday,  August 
1 8th,  At  this  time  the  members  numbered  J^,  teachers,  50, 
scholars  210.  Mr.  Hillyard  continued  his  ministry  until  1852, 
when  he  resigned,  and  in  the  following  year  settled  at  Pudsey. 
For  the  next  six  years  the  pulpit  was  generally  supplied  by 
students  from  Horton  College.  In  1858,  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Stuart 
accepted  the  united  invitation  of  the  churches  of  Stanningley  and 
Pudsey,  and  commenced  his  ministry  on  April  4th  of  that  year. 

The  congregation  at  Littlemoor,  Pudsey,  seems  to  have 
arisen  principally  out  of  the  labours  of  Mr.  Colcroft,  who  held 
cottage  services  in  several  parts  of  the  town.  Ultimately  a  room 
was  taken  at  Fartown,  and  opened  for  worship  on  the  nth  of 
January,  1846.  Success  attended  the  attempt,  and  on  the  first 
of  January,  1847,  a  church  was  formed,  having  at  the  time 
twelve  members.  A  Sunday  school  was  commenced  in  1846,  or 
the  earlier  part  of  1847.  In  June,  1849,  land  was  purchased  at 
Littlemoor  for  the  erection  of  a  chapel,  and  the  first  stone  was 
laid  on  the  13th  of  June,  1850,  by  Peter  Hainsworth,  Esq.,  of 
Farsley.  The  chapel  was  opened  on  Wednesday,  January  8th, 
185 1,  when  sermons  were  preached  by  the  Revs.  J.  Stock,  and 
A.  M.  Stalker.  The  chapel  is  42  feet  by  27  feet,  within  the 
walls,  and  has  a  neat  school-room  under  part  of  it.  The  total 
cost  amounted  to  ^SSO.  The  church  at  this  time  had  15 
members,  and  the  Sunday  school  32  teachers  and  54  scholars. 
The  Rev.  J.  Hillyard  was  the  first  pastor,  from  1853  to  1855, 
when  he  resigned,  and  removed  to  Thorne,  Yorkshire.  From 
1858  to  1862,  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Stuart,  ministered  here  and  at 
Stanningley.  In  1870,  the  Rev.  Henry  Dunn,  settled  as  minister 
at  Littlemoor,  and  was  publicly  recognised  on  the  9th  of  March 
in  that  year. 


112  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Slnttarfaii: — Services  in  connection  with  this  body,  were  first 
held  about  1853,  Mr.  John  Mills,  Home  Mission  agent,  of  Leeds, 
being  the  preacher.  The  Rev.  M.  A.  Moon  was  the  first  stated 
minister,  occupying  the  position  until  1855,  when  he  removed  to 
Stannington.  In  the  same  year,  the  Rev.  J.  Knapton,  succeeded 
Mr.  Moon,  but  his  ministry  was  only  of  short  duration,  for  we 
find  that  in  1857,  the  Rev.  J.  L.  Haigh  was  appointed  to  the 
office.  During  his  tenure  of  the  office,  the  first  stone  of  a  new 
Unitarian  Church  was  laid,  on  March  4th,  1 861,  and  the  opening 
service  took  place  on  November  6th  of  the  same  year.  The  cost 
of  the  church,  which  is  a  neat  edifice,  of  the  Gothic  style,  was 
^1,160.  An  organ  was  added  in  the  following  year.  On  the 
23rd  of  February,  1862,  Mr.  Haigh  resigned  the  pastorate,  and 
removed  to  Burnley,  Lancashire,  where  he  died.  In  1862,  the 
Rev.  H.  Eadins,  of  Belfast,  commenced  his  ministry  at  Pudsey, 
and  remained  until  February,  1865,  when  he  removed  to  Coseley, 
Birmingham.  On  the  7th  of  May  in  the  same  year,  the  Rev. 
W.  A.  Clark,  of  Derby,  accepted  the  pastorate,  and  remained  at 
Pudsey  until  1868,  when  he  resigned  the  office.  In  the  following 
year,  the  Rev.  John  Bevan,  received  a  call  to  the  church,  and  the 
first  Communion  of  the  Lord's  Supper  was  held  on  Easter 
Sunday,  1869.  In  1878,  Mr.  Bevan  resigned  the  charge,  and 
preached  his  farewell  sermon  on  Sunday,  August  nth.  He  was 
subsequently  settled  in  Bolton,  Lancashire.  The  Rev.  W.  E. 
Hopkinson,  the  next  minister,  commenced  his  labours  at  Pudsey 
in  January,  1879,  and  remained  for  three  years,  when  he  resigned, 
and  the  Rev.  James  Ruddle,  of  Hastings,  succeeded  him,  and 
retained  the  ministry  until  November,  1884,  when  he  resigned. 
The  Rev.  H.  Bodell-Smith,  of  Manchester,  was  the  next  pastor, 
commencing  his  pastorate  on  Sunday,  April  4th,  1886. 

5l^oma^  (!^ati}o\ici. — This  body  was  said  to  number  three 
hundred  members  in  1883,  when  the  foundation-stone  of  a  new 
chapel  was  laid  in  The  Lanes,  Pudsey.  Pending  the  erection  of 
this  building,  temporary  services  was  held  in  a  room  in  Hammer- 
ton  Field.  The  stone  was  laid  by  Canon  Motler,  of  Bradford, 
and  the  chapel  was  dedicated  to  St.  Joseph.  The  cost  of  the 
chapel  and  its  necessary  appurtenances  was  ;^  1,200. 

On  Sunday  morning,  the  19th  day  of  April,  1884,  the  solemn 
opening  of  the  new  Catholic  school-chapel,  situate  in  The  Lanes, 
Lowtown,  was  performed  by  the  Bishop  of  Leeds  (Dr.  Corn- 
thwaite).  The  Rev.  J.  Simpson  officiated  as  priest,  Rev.  Mr. 
Ouinlan  as  deacon,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dillon  as  sub-deacon. 
As  efficient  choir  was  in  attendance  from  the  church  of  St.  Mary, 


ROMAN    CATHOLIC    CHURCH.  II3 

Bradford,  A\ho  were  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Galli,  and 
accompanied  on  the  harmonium.  The  view  of  the  building  from 
the  outside,  which  is  the  Gothic  style  of  architecture,  and  in 
the  shape  of  a  parallelogram,  is  pleasing,  but  this  impression  is 
considerably  modified  to  the  near  spectator  by  the  high  walls 
with  which  the  building  is  surrounded.  The  interior,  however, 
is  particularly  attractive,  very  comfortable,  and  agreeably  warmed. 
It  consists  of  a  principal  room,  or  chapel,  about  24  yards  in 
length,  and  about  nine  in  width,  the  west  end  being  apportioned 
for  the  use  of  infants,  and  separated  from  the  rest  of  the  chapel 
by  means  of  glass  folding  doors,  which  admirably  adapt  it  to 
the  purposes  of  a  day  school,  a  complete  view^  of  the  whole 
being  under  the  eye  of  the  teacher.  These  portions  of  the 
building  are  furnished  with  strong  movable  pitch-pine  benches. 
At  the  east  end  is  the  sanctuary,  or  sacrarium,  separated  from 
the  body  of  the  chapel  by  revolving  shutters.  In  this  portion 
the  high  altar  is  placed.  The  basement  of  the  sanctuary  is 
covered  with  carpet,  and  on  the  left  side  of  the  high  altar  is 
a  figure  of  the  "  Sacred  Heart,"  and  on  the  right  side  an 
image  of  the  Blessed  Virgin.  The  altar  is  surmounted  by 
figures  of  angels  and  a  large  crucifix.  The  altar  itself  was  on 
Sunday  considerably  beautified  by  flloral  displays,  in  addition  to 
the  usual  embellishments.  The  walls  of  the  sanctuary,  and  the 
whole  of  the  chapel,  are  boarded  to  the  height  of  about  six  feet  with 
polished  pitch  pine.  The  place  will  seat  about  400  worshippers. 
The  high  mass  performed  was  one  of  Schmidt's.  The  special 
blessing  of  the  Bishop,  according  to  which  the  church  was 
dedicated  to  St.  Joseph,  was  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ouinlan.  The 
ordinary  lessons  of  the  day  being  read,  and  prayer  offered,  by 
the  Rev.  J.  Simpson,  a  sermon  was  preached  by  his  lordship 
the  Bishop,  from  the  Gospel  of  St.  Luke,  chap.  24th,  the  36th 
and  a  few  of  the  succeeding  verses : — "  Now,  while  they  were 
speaking  these  things,  Jesus  himself  stood  in  the  midst  of  them 
and  said,  Peace  be  unto  you,"  etc. 


POLITICAL     HISTORY. 


HE  first  known  contested  election  in  which  Pudsey 
took  a  part  was  in  1741,  when  Cholmeley  Turner  and 
■'iS^i.-^f')'-  George  Fox  were  proposed,  to  supply  a  vacancy  in 
i^^^^  the  representation  of  the  county  of  York,  caused  by 
^^  the  death  of  Lord  Morpeth.  The  poll  began  at  the 
^  Castle  of  York,  on  the  15th  of  Januar)-,  1741,  and  was 
V  open  eight  days.      There  went  from  Pudsey  to  York  54 

freeholders,  who  voted  as  follows  : — 


Bailey,  Benjamin     

..     F. 

Banks,  Thomas 

..     F. 

Barraclough,  Jobn   ... 

..     F. 

Beaumont,  [ohn       

..     T. 

Binks,  Benjamin      

..     F. 

Bowcock,  Joseph     

..     F. 

Brooks,  Thomas 

..     F. 

Crummuck,  Joseph 

,.     F. 

Danibrough,  John 

.     F. 

Darnborough,  John 

..     F. 

Dodgson,  Samuel     

..    b'. 

Dodgson,  William 

..   ']'. 

Eyles,  Ihomas         

..     F-. 

Farrar,  Abraham     

..     F. 

Farrer,  Robert          

..      J'. 

Farrar,  William         

..     F. 

Fenton,  Samuel       

..     F. 

Ferrand,  Benjamin 

..     F. 

Hey,  Richard 

..     F. 

Hillas,  Samuel,  jun. 

..     F. 

Hillhouse,  Samuel 

..     F. 

Himsworth,  John    

..     F. 

Hinchliffe,  John       

..      F. 

Hinchliffe,  Samuel 

..     F. 

Hinchliffe,  Samuel 

..     T. 

Hollingworth,  Thomas 

.     T. 

Hutchinson,  John    ... 

.     F. 

For  Cholmeley  Turner 

•■     13 

Hutchinson,  Joseph 
Ingham,  Thomas 
Knewstub,  John 
Langley,  Thomas    ... 
Langley,  William    ... 
Lobley,  John 
Lumby,  Samuel 
Lumby,  William 
Lumby,  William,  sen. 
Milner,  Matthew     ... 
JVIoss,  John  ... 
Moss,  Samuel 
Moss,  William 
Moss,  W^illiam 
Procter,  Jacob 
Procter,  John 
Rhodes,  Joseph 
Ryley,  William 
Smith,  Robert 
Snow,  Francis 
Taylor,  David 
Wainman,  John 
Walker,  Samuel 
Willassey,  John 
Wilson,  William      ... 
Watson,  William     .. 
W^ilson,  Jeremiah     ... 
For  George  Fox 


F. 
F. 
I". 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
T. 
T. 
T. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
T. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
T. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
T. 
F. 
F. 
T. 
T. 
F. 


41. 


PARLIAMENTARY    ELECTION,    1S07. 


MS 


The  initial  at  the  end  of  the  name  shows  for  whom  the  vote 
was  given.  The  total  state  of  the  poll  was  C.  Turner,  8,005  ! 
George  Fox,  7,049.  Which  was  Tory  and  which  was  Whig,  the 
record  does  not  state. 

The  next  great  contest  was  in  1807,  when  the  most  exciting 
and  expensive  contest  which  has  ever  occured  in  the  history  of 
electioneering  took  place  in  this  county,  when  the  two  great 
aristocratic  families,  Fitzwilliam  (Whig)  and  Harewood  (Tory), 
were  contesting  for  the  representation  of  the  County  in  Parlia- 
ment. The  candidates  were  Wm.  Wilberforce,  Esq.,  Lord  Milton, 
and  the  Hon.  Henry  Lascelles.  The  real  struggle  was  between 
Milton  and  Lascelles,  as  both  parties  concurred  in  the  election  of 
Mr.  Wilberforce.  During  the  fifteen  days'  poll,  the  county  was 
in  a  state  of  the  most  violent  agitation,  party  spirit  being  wound 
up  to  the  highest  pitch  by  the  friends  of  the  two  noble  families, 
and  everything  being  done  that  money  or  personal  exertion  could 
accomplish  ;  the  roads  in  every  direction  were  covered  with  con- 
veyances of  all  descriptions,  conve)ang  voters  from  the  most 
remote  corners  of  this  great  county  to  York  to  record  their  votes. 
The  poll  commenced  on  May  20th  and  ended  June  5th,  when  the 
numbers  polled  were — Wilberforce  11,806;  Milton  11,177; 
Lascelles  10,989.  117  persons  went  from  Pudsey,  and  they  voted 
as  follows  : — Milton  98,  94  of  them  being  plumpers  ;  Lascelles 
18  ;  Wilberforce  18.     The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Pudsey  voters  : 

VV.  L.  M.  W.  L.  ^T. 


Ainsvvorth,  Isaac,  clothier 
Ainsworth.  Jas,  clothier,  Tong 
Ainsworth,   Titus,    blacksmith 
Awmack,  James,  clothier 

Asquith,  John,  cooper      

Balm,  John,  combmaker 

Banks,  Thos. ,  clothier 

Banks,  James,     do.   Eccleshill 

Banks,  Joseph,     do 

Binns,  Samuel,  do.  Alverthorpe 

Boocock,  John  do 

Booth,  John      do 

Boyes,  Samuel  do 

Boyes,  Samuel  do 

Boyes,  John       do 

Brown,  James,  woolstapler    ... 

Carbutt,  Thos.,  clothier 

Carlisle,  Thos.  Fairfax,  drysalter 

Carter,  Richard,  mason 

Cauthray,  Wm. ,  clothier 
Clayton,  J.,  drysalter,  Bramley 
Clifford,  Jeremiah,  merchant... 

Cooper,  John,  butcher     

Cooper,  John        do 


Cooper,  Wm.,  clothier   

Cooper,  Joseph  do 

Crampton,  Wm    do.     Bramley 
Crampton,  John  do.        do.  ... 

Crowther,  Jeremiah  do 

Crovvther.  John         do 

Dean,  John,  clothier       

Dean,  Benjamin  do 

Dodgson,  Joseph  do 

Driver,  Joseph,  carpenter 
Dufton,  Thomas,  clothier 
Elsworth,  Joseph    do. 
Elwind,  Wm.  do.    Armley 

Elwind,  Wm.  do 

Farrar,  Richard      do 

Farrar,  Richard,  woolstapler... 
Farrar,  Samuel,  gent.,  Bramley 

Farrar,  Samuel,  clothier 

Farrar,  John,  yeoman,  Bramley 
Farrar,  John,  clothier 
Farrar,  Wm.        do.    I'^arsley... 

Farrar,  \Vm.       do.  

Farrar,  Henry    do.         

Fearnlev,  John  do.  


ti6 


HISTORY    OF     PiJlDSEY. 


Gaunt,  Daniel    do. 
Gaunt,  John,  jun.,  clothier 


^v.L.^ 


Greaves,  \Vm.  do. 

Greaves,  \Vm.  do. 

Haiste,  Wm.  do. 

Hall,  Joseph  do. 

Hall,  David  do. 

Hare,  John  do. 

Hargreaves,  J.,  Cireat  Horton 
Harrison,  James,  clothier 
Harrison,  James     do. 
Harrison,  James     do.  Bramley 
Harrison,  John      do.       do. 

Harrison,  Wm.      do 

Howgate,  Samuel,  yeoman  ... 
Helmsley,  John,  clothier 
Hinchliffe,  Joseph,  farmer     ...      i 
Hinchliffe,  John,  clothier 
Hinchliffe,  Samuel    do. 
Hinchliffe,  Samuel    do. 
Hining,  John  do. 

Hining,  Kol^ert  do. 

Hining,  Wm.  do. 

Hodgson,  Wm.,  fellmonger    . 

Howarth,  Wm.,  clerk     i     i 

Hutchinson,  Abrm.,  woolstapler  I 

Hutchinson,  Matt.,  woolstapler     i      i 
Jackson,  James,  gent. ,  Bramley  i 

Ingham,  .Samuel,  farmer I 

Jones,  Zachariah,  smith i 

Lairtl,  '1  ho. ,  dissenting  minister  I 

Lister,  John,  clothier      I 

Lobley,  John       do i 

Lumby,  Wm.       do I  

Lumby,  Wm.,  miller      I  l8  i8  98 

Lumby,  Joshua,  clothier        ...  i  - 

On  the  termination  of  the  voting,  and  the  result  being  made 
known,  such  was  the  enthusiasm  of  our  townsmen  that  nothing 
would  serve  but  they  must  "chair"  his  lordship,  who  accordingly 
was  carried  by  a  party  of  them  through  the  streets  of  York. 
After  a  few  squabbles  in  the  streets,  such  as  generally  took  place 
formerly  at  elections,  between  them  and  the  opposite  side,  the 
proceedings  terminated  ;  and  though  some  of  the  inhabitants  of 
York  were  desirous  of  keeping  the  chair  in  York,  it  was  brought 
in  triumph  to  Pudsey,  where  it  was  carried  round  the  village  in 
an  enthusiastic  demonstration  of  Liberal  victory.  It  was  occupied 
during  their  perambulations  by  one  of  their  number,  who  fre- 
quently bowed  to  the  cheering  crowds  a  la  Lord  Milton.  The 
chair  was  ultimately  deposited  in  the  Board  room  of  the  Leeds 
Coloured  Cloth  Hall.  I  have  in  my  possession  a  relic  of  this 
election,  being  one  of  the  orange  cards  worn  by  one  of  those  who 


Lumby,  Christopher,  clothier 
Mitchell,   Jonathan,    carpenter 
Mitchell,  John  do. 

Mitchell,  John,  clothier  ... 
Moor,  Daniel,  butcher    ... 
Moss,  Charles,  clothier  ... 
Moss,  Wm. ,  butcher 
Moss,  Samuel,  clothier  ... 
Musgrave,  John     do.       . 
Myers,  Wm.,  carrier 
Nailor,  John,  mason 
Oates,  Wm.,  clothier 
Pool,  George,  gent.,  Bramley 
Ratcliffe,  yeoman,  Bramley  ... 
Richardson,  James,  woolstapler 
Rither,  Thomas,  merchant 
Roberts,  Benjamin,  joiner 

Scarth,  Wm.,  clothier    

Senior,  Joseph,  tailor     

Scholefield,  John,  clothier 
Shoesmith,  Jno.,  worsted  manf 
Tindall,  Edmund,  clothier     ... 
Upton,  John  do. 

Verity,  Benjamin  do.  Bramley 

Walker,  Wm.,  drysalter 

Walker,  John,  carpenter 
Watkinson,   John,    cordwainer 

Webster,  John,  clothier 

Wilkinson,  Jos.,  shopkeeper  . 
Wilkinson,  Henry,  woolstapler 
Whitfield,  John,  clothier 
Whitfield,  John       do. 
Wood,  Thomas       do. 


W.L.M. 


THE    REFORM     BILL.  II7 

took  part  in  the  contest.  Its  motto  is  "Milton  a  Plumper."  During 
the  time  of  the  poll  the  inhabitants  of  Pudse}'  took  the  liveliest 
interest  in  the  matter,  and  assembled  in  large  numbers  daily  to 
hear  the  result  of  the  poll  from  the  special  messenger  who,  when 
returning  by  way  of  Beulah,  announced  his  approach  by  blowing 
his  horn.  There  were  no  daily  newspapers  or  telegraphs  at  that 
day  to  give  the  result. 

In  1826,  nineteen  years  after  the  above  great  contest,  this 
county  was  again  the  scene  of  keen  political  excitement.  Four 
members  were  wanted  for  the  first  time.  Five  \vere  nominated, 
viz.,  Lord  Milton,  the  Hon.  W.  Buncombe,  Mr.  John  Marshall, 
Mr.  Richard  F.  Wilson,  and  Mr.  Richard  Bethell,  and  a  poll  was 
expected  and  prepared  for  ;  but  previous  to  the  day  of  election, 
Mr.  Bethell  withdrew  his  name,  and  the  other  four  were  then 
declared  duly  elected.  As  wrs  customary  on  such  occasions,  a 
number  of  special  constables  were  sworn  in  to  preserve  the  peace. 
Lord  Milton,  who  had  not  forgotten  his  enthusiastic  and  warm- 
hearted friends  of  1807,  recommended  that  his  constables  should 
be  Pudsey  men  ;  accordingly,  fifty-two  of  them  were  sworn  in  as 
"  specials," and  when  the  election  and  subsequent  "chairing "of  the 
members  terminated,  fifty-one  men  brought  home  with  them  to 
Pudsey  the  large  staves  with  which  they  had  been  furnished,  by 
virtue  of  their  office  as  constables  ;  the  remaining  one  belonged 
to  a  man  who  resided  at  Holbeck,but  who  was  a  native  of  Pudsey. 
At  the  "chairing"  his  lordship  was  entirely  surrounded  by  these 
52  men  with  their  long  red  staves.  I  have  one  of  these  staves  in 
my  possession.  No.  30,  which  is  rather  over  six  feet  in  length,  and 
was  borne  by  my  father  on  that  occasion. 

After  the  rejection  of  the  Reform  Bill,  on  May  7th,  1832,  by 
the  House  of  Lords,  large  and  enthusiastic  meetings  were  held 
by  the  Reformers  throughout  the  country,  and  on  the  i6th  of 
May  a  large  meeting  of  about  4,000  persons  was  held  at  Pudsey, 
in  the  Crawshaw  Fields,  convened  by  the  Chief  Constable,  Mr. 
John  Crampton,  in  compliance  with  a  numerously-signed  requisi- 
tion. Mr.  Crampton  was  called  to  preside,  and  a  number  of 
enthusiastic  resolutions  were  passed  appropriate  to  the  occasion. 

In  1832  the  Reform  Bill  was  passed  after  a  great  struggle, 
and  the  county  was  divided;  the  West  Riding  to  return  two 
members;  the  population  in  1831  being  976,415,  and  the  electors, 
in  1832,  16,918. 

In  the  Leeds  Mercury  of  the  25th  of  August,  1832,  there 
appeared  the  following  paragraph  : — 

No  place  in  Yorkshire  has  shown  a  more  becoming  zeal  to  secure  the  elective 
privilege  than  the    populous  village  of  Pudsey.     Li  this  place  there  are  about  250 


Il8-  HISTORY     or     PUDSEY. 

fieeholders,  etc.,  entitled  to  vote  for  county  members,  and  out  of  that  number,  upwards 
of  230  have  registered  their  votes.  The  terrors  of  a  "blue  "  candidate  had  much 
influence  in  quickening  their  zeal,  for  they  are  almost  all  great  admirers  of  the  Sun's 
own  colour—  the  bright  orange. 

The  two  gentlemen  nominated  for  members  were  both 
Liberals,  and  there  being  no  other  nominations,  Lord  Morpeth 
and  Sir  G.  Strickland  were  declared  elected  without  a  conte.st. 
In  Parsons  History  of  Leeds  and  Neighbow'liood,  published  in 
1834,  mention  is  made  that  at  the  first  registration  of  voters  in 
1832,  great  excitement  was  caused  by  Tory  objections  to  about 
90  persons  in  Pudsey,  who  were  share-holders  in  the  company 
woollen  mills.  Sixty-six  of  the  claims  were  allowed  by  the 
revising  barrister  at  Bradford,  and  the  consequence  was  that  the 
victory  was  celebrated  with  unbounded  rejoicings,  the  church 
bells  were  rung,  and  the  church  steeple  was  also  illuminated 
during  the  general  congratulations  and  festivities. 

In  January,  1835,  the  same  two  Liberal  members  were 
re-elected  without  opposition  ;  but  on  Lord  Morpeth  being 
appointed  Secretary  for  Ireland,  his  re-election  was  opposed  by 
the  Tories,  and  a  contest  took  place  in  May,  1835,  which  resulted 
as  follows  : — 

Pudsey  votes  Total  votes 

Lord  Morpeth  (L)  '  (136)  9,066 

Hon.  J.  S.  Wortley(C)  (61)  6,259 

Majority       2,807 
Tlurj  were  218  voters  in  Pudsey  at  this  time. 

In  August,  1837,  another  election  took  place  for  two  mem- 
bers, resulting  as  follows  : — 

Pudsey  votes  Total  votes 
Lord  Morpeth  (L)                                 (167)  12,638 

Sir  G.  Strickland  (L)  {163)  12,004 

Hon.  J.  S.  Wortley  (C)  (106)  ",566 

Total  number  of  voters  in  Pudsey,  311. 

In  Jul}',  1 84 1,  the  next  election  for  two  members  took  place, 

as  follows  : — • 

Pudsey  votes  Total  votes 

Hon.  T.  S    Wortley  (C)  (143)  '3.165 

E.  B.  Denison  (C)  (139)  12780 

Lord  Morpeth  (L)  (239)  12,031 

Lord  Milton  (L)  (242)  12,080 

Total  number  of  voters  in  Pudsey,  435. 

On  Mr.  Wortley  succeeding  to  the  peerage,  Lord  Morpeth 
was  elected  in  February,  1846,  without  a  contest,  and  on  his 
appointment  to  the  office  of  First  Lord  Commissioner  of  Woods 
and  P^orests,  was  re-elected  in  Jul)'  of  the  same  \'ear, 


PARLIAMENTARY   ELECTIONS.  II 9 

In  August,  1847,  a  general  election  took  place,  when  Lord 
Morpeth  and  Richard  Cobden,two  Liberals,  were  elected  without 
a  contest. 

On  Lord  Morpeth  succeeding  to  the  peerage  in  1848,  a  con- 
test for  the  vacant  seat  took  place,  with  the  following  result : — 

Pudsey  votes  Total  votes 
Edmund  Denison  (C)                           (133)  14.743 

Sir  Culling  Eardley  (L)  (141)  li,795 

Total  number  of  votes  in  Pudsey,  321. 

At  a  general  election  in  July,  1852,  Richard  Cobden  (L)and 
Edmund  Denison  (C)  were  returned  without  a  contest. 

In  March,  1857,  another  election  took  place,  when  E.  Deni- 
son (C)  and  Lord  Godcrich  (L)  were  elected  without  opposition, 
and  on  Lord  Goderich  succeeding  to  the  peerage  in  1859,  Sir 
John  W.  Ramsden  (L),  was  elected  without  opposition  ;  but  on 
the  defeat  of  the  Derby  Ministry  in  April,  1859,  a  general 
election  took  place  in  May,  and  a  contest  ensued  resulting  as 
follows : — 

Sir  John  W.   Ramsden  (L)         IS.98 

Francis  Crossley(L)        ...  ...  ...         ...         ...         15-401 

Rt.  Hon.  J.  S.  Wortley  (C)  13,636 

The  two  Liberal  candidates  visited  Pudsey  previous  to  the 
election,  and  addressed  a  meeting  of  between  2,000  and  3,000 
persons  in  the  open-air  on  Waver  Green  ;  and  Mr.  Wortley,  the 
Conservative  candidate,  also  addressed  an  open-air  meeting  in 
Chapeltown,  on  May  3rd. 

In  January,  1859,  a  Parliamentary  Reform  Association  was 
formed  in  Pudsey,  for  the  purpose  of  advocating  the  cause  of 
Parliamentary  Reform,  and  the  claims  of  Pudsey  and  neighbour- 
hood being  made  into  an  electoral  district  to  send  a  member  to 
Parliament,  with  Pudsey  as  the  name  and  centre.  Certain 
persons  and  journals  treated  the  proposal  with  derision.  But 
that  which  was  then  ridiculed  has  now  become  an  accomplished 
fact  ! 

In  1 86 1,  the  West  Riding  was  ordered  to  be  divided  into 
Northern  and  Southern  divisions  at  the  next  election,  each  to 
return  two  members. 

A  general  election  took  place  in  July,  1865, when  Sir  Francis 
Crossley  and  Lord  Frederick  Cavendish,  two  Liberals,  were 
returned  for  the  Northern  Division  unopposed  ;  and  in  the 
Southern  Division  a  contest  occurred  with  the  following  result: — 

Lord  Milton  (L)      7,258 

H.  F.  Beaumont  (L)  6,975 

C.  B.  Denison  (C) 6,884 

W,  S.  Stanhope  (C)  '        ...  6,819 


I20  HISTORY     OF      PUDSEY. 

WEST      RIDING — EASTERN      DIVISION. 

The  first  election,  after  the  West  Riding  was  divided  into 

three  divisions,  took  place  in  Nov.,  1868,  when  a  contest  was 
fought  with  the  following  result  :— 

Puflsey  votes  Total  votes 

C.  B.  Denison  (C)                               (227)  7-437 

J.Fielden  (C)                                       (223)  7,«35 

H.  S.  Thompson  (L)                           (258)  7,047 

Isaac  Hoklen  (L)                                 (258)  6.867 

The  Conservative  candidates  addressed  their  supporters  at 
the  New  Inn,  Pudsey,  on  Sept.  30th,  and  the  Liberal  candidates 
addressed  a  large  open-air  meeting  at  Pudsey  on  Oct.  14th. 

This  was  the  last  election  by  open  voting,  the  two  elections 
following  being  by  ballot.  The  first  of  these  was  in  Feb.,  1874, 
and  resulted  as  follows  :  — 

C.  B.  Denison  (C) 8.240 

T.  Fielden  (C)  8,077 

Sir  J.  W.  Ramsden  (L)       7,285 

Isaac  Holden  (L) 7>2i8 

Sir  J.  W.  Ramsden  and  Mr,  Holden  visited  Pudsey  on  the  5th  of 
February,  and  addressed  a  meeting  in  the  Public  Hall. 

The  next  general  election  was  in  April,  1880,  and  the  result 
was  as  follows  : — 

Sir  Andrew  Fairbairn  (L) 9,$^^ 

Sir  J.  W.  Ramsden  (L) ...         9,406 

C.  B   Denison  (C) 8,341 

Lord  Lascelles  (C) 8,157 

All  the  candidate.''  visited  Pudsey  and  delivered  addresses  to 
their  supporters,  before  the  election. 

These  notes  would  not  be  anything  like  complete,  without 
some  mention  being  made  of  the  influence  which  a  small  body  of 
voters  in  Pudsey  has  sometimes  exerted  in  the  exciting  election 
contests  in  Leeds.  In  1834  a  very  close  contest  took  place 
between  the  late  Mr,  Edward  Baines  and  Sir  John  Beckett,  for 
the  representation  of  the  borough.  On  the  second  day  of  the 
poll,  when  the  result  was  trembling  in  the  balance,  the  voters 
from  Pudsey  Allan  Brigg  Mill,  about  40  in  number,  marched  in 
a  body,  and  voted  for  Mr.  Baines,  who  thus  won  the  election  by 
30  votes.  The  Tories  were  so  sore  with  these  honest  voters,  that 
they  gave  them  the  title  of  "  The  Forty  Thieves."  At  the  next 
revision  of  voters,  they  were  all  struck  off  the  voters'  list,  as  joint 
owners  of  Allan  Brigg  Mill,  on  account  of  a  flaw  in  the  list,  as 
they  were  entered  as  of  the  firm  of  "Webster, Horn  &  Co.,"  in  the 
rate  book,  instead  of  "Webster,  Horn,  Harrison  &  Co."  Whether 
this  was  accidental  or  otherwise,  there  were  different  opinions  on 


THE    PUDSEY    DIVISION.  121 

the  matter.  However,  this  error  was  afterwards  rectified,  and  at 
almost  every  election  which  has  taken  place  since  then,  this  little 
corner  of  the  borough  of  Leeds  has  been  visited  by  the  Liberal 
candidates  during  their  canvass  to  address  the  electors. 

An  important  political  event  in  the  history  of  Pudsey  was 
the  acquisition  of  the  name  of  the  "  Pudsey  Division  "  given  to 
one  of  the  six  sub-divisions  into  which  the  Eastern  Division  of 
the  West  Riding  was  apportioned  by  the  Redistribution  Bill  of 
1885.  The  name  was  given  in  the  first  instance,  by  the  Boundary 
Commissioners  in  their  scheme,  and  was  subsequently  favoured 
by  the  Commissioner  sent  down  to  Leeds  to  take  evidence. 
In  April,  1885,  when  the  House  of  Commons  met  in  Committee 
on  the  Seats  Bill,  a  claim  was  made  that  the  name  should  be 
changed  to  Calverley,  or  Kirkstall,  but  this  was  defeated.  At  the 
Quarter  Sessions,  held  at  Bradford,  on  June  29th,  the  Justices 
directed  that  Pudsey  should  be  the  centre  for  all  purposes  relating 
to  the  election  of  members  to  Parliament  for  the  "  Pudsey 
Division,"  and  this  decision  gave  unqualified  satisfaction  to  the 
inhabitants. 

The  townships  v/hich  comprise  the  Pudsey  division  (1885) 
are  as  follows  : — 

Population.  Acreage.                   Rateable  Value.  Voters  on 

'^  "  Register. 

Calverley 2,246  2,074  13,872  477 

Churwell i)973  4^9  7,7to  353 

Drighlington   4,214  1,136  10,050  690 

Farsley      4,434  860  13,472  878 

Gildersome 3,470  993  9,833  575 

Horsforth 6,346  2,801  20,770  1,148 

Hunsworth 1,516  1,380  ii,742  267 

Pudsey 12,314  2,409  37,634  1-625 

Rawdon  3,407  1,559  17,107  558 

Tong    5,591  2,657  17,881  995 

Leeds  (Freeholders  of  Pudsey  Division)  4,423 

11,989 

At  the  first  election  of  a  Member  of  Parliament  for  the 
Pudsey  Division,  the  candidates  were  Briggs  Priestley,  Esq., 
J. P.,  of  Ferncliffe,  Apperley,  and  Surr  William  Duncan,  Esq., 
of  Horsforth  Hall.  The  event  came  off  on  December  ist,  1885, 
and  great  interest  was  manifested  in  the  proceedings.  The 
arrangements  for  the  election  were  in  the  hands  of  Sir  George 
W.  Morrison,  Knight,  the  deputy  returning  officer,  who  received, 
after  the  result  was  declared,  the  hearty  thanks  of  both  the 
candidates  for  the  fairness  and  impartiality  with  which  he  had 
discharged   his  onerous  duties.     The  casting  up  the  votes  took 


122  HISTORY     OF      PUDSEY. 

place  in  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  and  the  result  was  made  known 
to  the  crowd  assembled  outside  the  building  at  1 1  p.m.  on  the 
day  of  polling.     The  numbers  were  : — 

Briggs  Priestley  (Liberal)     6,363 

Surr  W.  Duncari  (Conservative)     ...  ...  ...     4>o39 

Liberal  majority    ...  ...         ...  ..     2,324 

At  the  general  election  in  July,  1886,  the  candidates  were 
Briggs  Priestley,  Esq.,  and  Arthur  W.  Riicker,  Esq.  The  polling 
took  place  on  July  7th,  when  the  result  was  as  follows  : — 

Briggs  Priestley  (Liberal)    ...  ..  5,-207 

A.  VV.  Riicker  (Liberal  Unionist) 4.036 

Liberal  majority    ...         ...         ...  ...      1,171 

Mr,  Briggs  Priestley  was  born  at  Thornton,  in  the  year  1831. 
The  business  career  of  Mr.  B.  Priestley  has  been  bound  up  with 
the  Bradford  trade,  and  by  untiring  energy  and  business  sagacity 
he  has  won  for  himself  a  prominent  position  in  the  ranks  of  our 
captains  of  industry.  In  early  life  he  was  employed  as  a  mill- 
hand  at  the  works  of  Messrs.  Craven  and  Harrop,  manufacturers, 
Thornton,  but  his  diligence  and  general  aptitude  for  business 
were  not  allowed  to  pass  unrecognised.  Mr.  Priestley  was  ac- 
cordingly promoted  to  the  responsible  position  of  "market  man," 
and  eventually,  upon  the  retirement  of  his  employers  in  1858, 
he  entered  into  partnership  with  Mr.  Francis  Craven.  Two 
years  later  Mr.  Priestley  established  himself  in  Bradford  as  a 
manufacturer,  in  co-partnership  with  his  brother,  the  late  Mr. 
Henry  Priestley,  who  at  that  time  was  running  a  portion  of 
Shearbridge  Mills.  After  a  time  this  connection  was  dissolved, 
and  Mr.  Priestley  took  possession  of  the  Atlas  Mills,  Laisterdyke, 
where,  in  conjunction  with  his  sons,  he  has  built  up  a  business  of 
considerable  magnitude.  In  addition,  the  firm  have  worsted 
mills  at  Thornton,  and  altogether  find  employment  for  upwards 
of  1,000  operatives.  Mr.  Briggs  Priestley,  as  the  head  of  the 
firm,  is  now  practically  retired  from  business  life,  and  has 
devoted  the  last  few  years  to  tours  of  observation  in  various 
parts  of  the  globe.  We  believe  that  Mr.  Priestley's  greatest 
pride  and  satisfaction  connected  with  his  commercial  career,  is 
that  for  thirty  years  he  has  been  able  to  maintain  unbroken  a 
good  and  friendly  feeling  betwixt  himself  and  his  emplo}'(fs. 

During  many  years  of  active  life  Mr.  Priestley  has  not  for- 
gotten his  duty  in  regard  to  the  public  sei-vice.  For  thirteen 
years   he    rendered    valuable   assistance   to    the  work   of  local 


BRIGGS    PRIESTLEY,   M.P.  1 23 

government.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Town  Council 
for  Little  Horton  Ward,  Bradford,  in  1867,  and  was  identified 
in  succeeding  years  with  the  various  committees  of  that  muni- 
cipal body.  As  chairman  of  the  Recreation  Grounds  Committee, 
his  untiring  zeal  and  generosity  resulted  in  the  provision  of  a 
park  for  Horton.  He  likewise  inaugurated  the  proposal  for  the 
establishment  of  a  permanent  art  gallery  and  museum  in  Brad- 
ford. While  still  a  councillor  for  Little  Horton  Ward,  Mr. 
Briggs  Priestley  was  selected  as  chief  magistrate  of  the  borough 
in  1877.  In  November,  1879,  he  was  elevated  to  the  aldermanic 
bench,  but  retired  from  municipal  office  in  the  following  year. 
For  a  long  period  of  years  Mr.  Priestley  was  also  a  member  of 
the  Council  of  the  Bradford  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Brad- 
ford Board  of  Guardians,  and  the  Infirmary  Board.  He  occupies 
a  seat  on  the  borough  bench  of  magistrates. 

Mr.  Priestley  has  in  many  ways  practically  demonstrated 
the  interest  he  takes  in  the  elevation  and  moral  and  social  well- 
being  of  those  by  whom  he  is  surrounded.  In  1868  he  established 
in  New  Leeds  district  a  school,  at  which  orphan  children  received 
free  education  and  food  and  clothing.  Two  years  later  Mr. 
Priestley  founded  a  school  for  fatherless  children  in  the  Bolton 
Road  district,  but  the  altered  relationship  of  the  State  in  regard 
to  elementary  education  compelled  the  closing  of  these  schools. 

In  politics  Mr.  Priestley  is  an  advanced  Liberal,  and  has  in 
many  ways  proved  his  usefulness  in  the  sphere  of  practical 
politics.  On  the  formation  of  the  Liberal  Association  for  the 
Eastern  Division  of  Bradford,  he  was  chosen  president.  For 
some  years  Mr.  Priestley  has  resided  at  Ferncliffe,  Apperley 
Bridge.  In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist,  and  when  resident  in  Brad- 
ford was  connected  with  Trinity  Chapel.  In  1852  he  married 
Miss  Crabtree,  a  lady  of  Lincolnshire  extraction,  but  who  at  the 
time  was  living  in  Bradford  with  her  brother,  a  minister  attached 
to  the  Primitive  Methodist  denomination.  Mr.  Priestley's  family 
consists  of  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 

In  concluding  our  sketch  of  the  political  history  of  Pudsey, 
we  may  remark,  that  in  a  Parliamentry  return  issued  in  February, 
1887,  referring  to  the  illiterates  who  voted  at  the  general  election 
in  July,  1886,  the  fitness  of  the  voters  in  the  Pudsey  Division  to 
exercise  the  franchise  was  clearly  demonstrated.  According  to 
official  and  authoritative  documents,  this  division  stands  at  the 
head  of  the  County  Parliamentary  Divisions  in  Yorkshire,  as 
having  the  fewest  illiterate  voters.  The  illiterates  in  the  Pudsey 
Division,  in  which  there  were  9,243  voters,  were  one  in  134.     In 


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PUDSEY    BIG    PUDDING.  12^ 

Bradford  the  proportion  was  one  in  103,  in  Leeds  one  in  58.  In 
England  and  Wales  the  average  was  one  in  62,  Scotland  one  in 
74,  and  in  Ireland,  ^//^  voter  in  every  five,  was  illiterate. 

Whenever  any  great  political  question  has  arisen,  an 
expression  of  feeling  has  generally  been  given  by  the  politicians 
of  Pudsey.  In  proof  of  this,  I  need  only  refer  to  the  newspaper 
accounts  of  the  public  meetings  and  lectures,  held  at  various 
times,  for  the  discussion  of  political  questions. 

During  the  Corn  Law  agitation,  Pudsey  was  most 
enthusiastic  in  its  demonstrations  in  favour  of  a  repeal  of  the 
obnoxious  impost,  and  during  several  years  meetings  were  held 
and  lectures  given,  until  the  question  was  finally  settled. 

The  year  1846  will  always  be  memorable  in  British  history 
as  the  time  when  the  Corn  Laws  were  repealed.  All  over  the 
country,  but  most  particularly  in  the  manufacturing  districts, 
there  were  demonstrations  of  rejoicing,  but  none  of  these 
enthusiastic  manifestations  of  the  public  feeling  were  more 
characteristic  or  racy  of  the  soil  than  that  which  took  place  at 
Pudsey.  At  Leeds  the  news  of  the  passing  of  the  measure  in 
the  House  of  Lords  repealing  the  Corn  Laws,  after  considerable 
agitation,  was  received  with  many  signs  of  public  rejoicing.  But 
at  Pudsey  an  original  and  typical  mode  of  celebrating  the 
important  event  was  adopted.  A  number  of  P'ree  Traders  had 
formed  themselves  into  what  was  called  "  The  Little  Committee," 
which  met  at  the  house  of  Mr.  John  Baker,  the  rate-collector,  to 
devise  means  to  celebrate  the  great  event.  Amongst  those 
forming  the  committee  and  the  promoters  of  the  demonstration 
were  Messrs.  W.  Huggan,  W.  Minings,  senr.,  J.  A.  Hinings,  John 
Emsley  (now  of  America),  W.  Musgrave,  S.  Musgrave,  W.  D. 
Scales,  G.  Hinings,  R.  Gaunt,  J.  E.  Hinings,  W.  R.  Hinings, 
John  Boocock,  Jas.  Halliday,  John  Baker,  Hy.  Wilcock,  Cleo. 
Myers,  Jno.  Haigh,  Jas.  Hargreaves,  Geo.  Walton,  Edmund 
Dufton,  and  W.  Wood. 

The  outcome  of  the  deliberations  of  "  The  Little  Com- 
mittee "  was  the  determination  to  provide  a  monster  plum 
pudding — such  a  pudding  as  the  world  had  never  seen  before. 
We  have  heard  it  said  it  was  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  J.  A.  Hinings, 
but  whoever  conceived  the  idea  it  proved  a  big  success,  and 
helped  to  make  more  widely  known  a  place  that  had  already 
achieved  great  distinction  amongst  its  neighbours.  The  pud- 
ding was  composed  of  twenty  stones  of  flour,  with  suet,  fruit, 
etc.,  in  proportion.  The  ingredients  were  divided  amongst 
twenty  housewives,  who  each  mixed  her  share  into  the  requisite 


126  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

consistency,  ready  for  the  final  blending.  Leave  was  obtained  of 
the  Crawshaw  Mill  Co.  to  boil  the  monster  pudding  in  one  of 
the  dye-pans  of  the  "  Leadhus."  The  pan  having  been  duly 
scoured,  it  was  filled  with  water  from  the  spring.  The  dames 
then  brought  their  twenty  "  bowls  "  containing  the  mixed  flour, 
fruit  and  suet,  and  these  were  tipped  into  a  large  and  strong 
new  canvas  "  poke  " — specially  made  for  the  purpose — and  by 
means  of  a  windlass  that  had  been  fixed  over  the  pan  the 
"  weighty  matter  "  was  hoisted  into  the  vessel.  For  three  days 
and  nights  the  pudding  was  kept  boiling,  along  with  half  a  dozen 
smaller  ones  to  keep  it  company.  On  the  31st  July,  1846,  the 
puddings  were  craned  out  of  the  huge  copper,  and  placed  upon 
a  wherry,  lent  by  Mr.  W.  Wood,  stone  merchant.  Here  the 
steaming  monster  sat  in  triumph,  the  smaller  puddings  being 
around  it,  the  whole  forming  a  solid  and  substantial  evidence  of 
the  material  idea  meant  to  be  conveyed  by  the  recent  Act  of  the 
Legislature,  and  the  benefits  it  was  believed  the  people  would 
reap  thereby.  A  procession  was  formed,  headed  by  Mr.  J.  A. 
Hinings  and  Mr.  Saml.  Musgrave,  on  horseback,  and  four  grey 
horses  were  yoked  to  the  wherry  containing  the  puddings,  the 
driver  of  which,  James  Wilson,  watchman  at  the  Priestley  Mill 
at  the  time,  but  who  had  previously  been  a  sailor,  exhibited  no 
small  degree  of  pride  in  the  part  he  played  in  the  memorable 
event  of  that  day.  Hundreds  of  persons  joined  the  procession, 
and  thousands  of  others  lined  the  streets,  the  liveliest  interest 
being  shown  in  the  demonstration — even  beyond  the  borders  of 
the  town,  for  visitors  from  far  and  wide  having  heard  of  the 
"  stir  "  came  to  see  the  "  Pudsey  big  pudding."*  Afterwards  the 
procession  returned  to  Crawshaw  Mill,  where,  in  the  adjoining 
field,  tables  were  arranged  in  the  form  of  a  large  military  square, 
the  wherry  with  its  toothsome  freight  being  placed  in  the  centre. 
Tickets  were  sold  at  a  shilling  each  to  those  who  were  desirous 
of  dining  off  the  extraordinary  pudding,  but  each  guest  had  to 
provide  his  own  plate,  and  knife  and  fork  or  spoon.  Hundreds 
of  hungry  onlookers  sat  on  the  walls  surrounding  the  field,  and 
once  at  least  these  made  an  ugly  rush  to  get  to  the  tables,  but 
they  were  driven  back  and  kept  at  bay  by  the  vigilance  of 
Messrs.  J.  A.  Hinings  and  Saml.  Musgrave,  who,  on  horseback, 
kept  up  an  incessant  patrol  of  the  ground.  The  pudding  was 
literally  dug  out  by  Mr.  W.  Hinings,  senr.,  who  was  armed  with 
a  small  spade  for  the  purpose.    That  the  dish  was  of  an  excellent 


*Our  illustration  of  the  procession  of  the  Bi?  Pudding,  is  copied  from  a  stained  glass  window 
in  the  panel  of  the  door  of  the  billiard  room  at  Grove  House,  Pudsey.  The  full  size  of  the  picture  is 
3  feet  by  2  feet.     It  was  painted  for  Mr.  W.  D.  Scales,  by  Mr.  Booer,  of  Leeds,  in  the  year  1878. 


t^EACE    REJOICINGS.  127 

nature  is  proved  by  the  fact  that  some  of  the  guests  "  sent  up 
their  plates  "  three  or  four  times  !  But  there  are  hmits  to  every- 
thing— even  the  congenial  occupation  of  eating  plum  pudding 
with  rum  sauce  accompaniment  must  come  to  an  end,  anci  after 
the  last  of  the  guests  who  had  paid  their  shillings  had  been  served, 
there  was  still  some  of  the  pudding  left,  and  the  aforesaid  hungry 
onlookers  and  others  then  had  a  turn,  the  result  being  that  the 
last  of  the  "  Big  Pudding"  was  soon  safely  tucked  away,  and  so 
ended  a  remarkable  incident  in  the  history  of  Pudsey. 

Addresses  were  given, — Messrs.  G.  Minings,  John  Emsley 
(now  of  Philadelphia,  U.S.A.),  and  one  or  two  others,  haranguing 
the  crowd  upon  the  great  and  glorious  event  that  had  been 
achieved  for  the  masses  of  the  people  in  the  repeal  of  the  Corn 
Laws,  in  a  manner  that  would  have  delighted  Ebenezcr  Elliott 
himself  Nor  were  the  women  who  had  assisted  in  making  the 
pudding,  etc.,  forgotten,  for,  on  the  following  da}-,  they  sat  down 
to  a  rum  and  tea  party,  of  such  a  substantial  character  that  it  is 
still  remembered  by  such  as  survive,  in  the  most  lively  manner.* 

On  public  occasions  when  the  loyalty  of  the  inhabitants  has 
been  appealed  to,  political  differences  have  been  forgotten,  and 
all  classes  have  worked  harmoniously  together.  In  1856,  on  the 
termination  of  the  war  with  Russia,  the  return  of  peace  was 
celebrated  by  a  general  rejoicing.  The  mills  and  shops  were 
closed  either  the  whole  or  part  of  the  day,  and  very  little  w^ork 
was  done.  Extensive  preparations  had  been  made  for  the 
procession, — tea  parties,  dinners,  and  other  rejoicings  and 
demonstrations.  At  half-past  one  o'clock  the  inhabitants. began 
to  assemble  in  Chapeltown  to  join  the  procession.  The  pro- 
gramme of  the  day  commenced  by  the  reading  of  the  proclamation 
of  peace,  by  John  Farrer,  Esq.,  J. P.,  Grove  House.  The  Rev. 
H.  J.  Graham,  M.  A.,  incumbent  of  Pudsey,  then  delivered  a  short 
address,  at  the  conclusion  of  which  the  procession  moved  off  in 
the  following  order  : — 

The  Chief  Constable,  on  horseback  ; 

Three  Crimean  Heroes,  wearing  their  medals,  in  full  dress,  and  on 

horseback  ; 

Yorkshire  Hussars,  in  Uniform  ; 

Four  Peninsula  and  Waterloo  Veterans,  wearing  their  medals; 

The  Pudsey  West  End  Brass  Band ; 

Great  Peace  Banner; 

Carriages ; 

Gentlemen  on  horseback,  three  abreast ; 

Waggons,  Wherries,  and  Carts; 

Ihe  Pudsey  Reed  Band; 

*  This  account  of  the  Pudsey  demonstration  has  been  contributed  by  Mr.  John  Middlebrook 
of  Pudsey. 


128  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEV. 

Gentlemen  on  foot,  four  abreast ; 
Workpeople  from  the  various  Manufactories; 

Members  of  the  Literary  Union; 

Members  of  the  various  Friendly  Societies ; 

The  Pudsey  Union  Band ; 

Sunday  School  Teachers  and  Children. 

The  procession  moved  down  Church  Lane,  Lowtovvn,  Lane-end, 
returning  by  the  King's  Arms,  up  Lowtown,  on  Manor-house 
Street,  down  Robin  Lane,  Littlemoor,  up  Fartown,  Bankhouse 
Lane,  through  Fuhieck,  up  Fartown,  along  Greenside  to  Chapel- 
town,  where  it  terminated  after  singing  the  National  Anthem.  All 
the  aged  persons  in  the  town  who  wished  to  do  so  partook  of  a 
good  tea,  prepared  for  them  at  the  following  places  : — The  Public 
Rooms,  Lowtown;  National  School,  Radcliffe  Lane;  Independent 
School,  Greenside  ;  and  Mr.  E.  Sevvell's  School-room,  Fulneck. 
The  utmost  unanimity  and  order  pervaded  all  classes  during  the 
procession,  and  throughout  the  day  ;  and  the  committee  received 
great  praise  for  their  indefatigable  labours  in  the  management 
and  getting  up  of  these  rejoicings.  In  the  evening  a  grand 
display  of  fireworks  took  place  in  Chapeltown.  Amongst  the 
rest  appeared  in  fire  "Peace,"  "The  Town  and  Trade  of  Pudsey," 
and,  as  a  finale,  "  God  save  the  Queen."  The  whole  display  was 
made  by  Mr.  Scott,  of  Pudsey.  In  the  evening  several  private 
illuminations  took  place  in  gas  devices,  transparencies,  etc.  The 
mill-owners  treated  their  workpeople  with  roast  beef,  plum 
pudding,  and  other  edibles  : — Albion,  Cliff,  Cravvshaw,  Claughton 
Garth,  and  Union,  These  mills  employ  above  500  persons. 
Messrs.  Scales  and  Salter,  boot  and  shoe  makers,  gave  the  persons 
in  their  employ  (nearly  ninety),  a  substantial  treat  of  roast  beef, 
plum  pudding,  etc.  Mr.  W.  Huggan,  cloth  manufacturer,  also 
treated  his  men  in  the  same  way ;  and  several  sheep  were  roasted 
in  various  parts  of  the  town  for  the  enjoyment  of  the  inhabitants 
generally. 

The  marriage  of  His  Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales 
with  the  Princess  Alexandra  in  1863,  was  celebrated  in  Pudsey 
in  a  truly  loyal  style.  The  bells  of  the  church  sent  forth  their 
merry  peals  at  intervals  during  the  day,  and  British,  Danish,  and 
other  flags  were  hung  out  in  every  street,  and  the  day  was 
observed  as  a  general  holiday.  Notwithstanding  the  very 
unfavourable  state  of  the  weather,  the  procession  started  at  the 
time  appointed,  and  was  a  very  creditable  display.  It  assembled 
in  Chapeltown  at  one  o'clock,  and  shortly  afterwards  started  off 
in  the  following  order  : — Gentlemen  on  horseback,  gentlemen's 
carriages,  etc.;  four  of  Captain  Pepper's  railway  wherries;  waggons 


PUBLIC    RETOICINGS. 


129 


and  other  conveyances  ;  Pudsey  Union  Band,  with  large  banner; 
Piidsey  Choral  Societ}';  Pudsey  fire  engine  and  brigade  ;  gentle- 
men on  foot  ;  police  ;  Sunday  Schools  ;  Church  Schools  ; 
Independent  School  ;  Wesleyan  Upper  School  ;  Primitive 
Methodist  School  ;  Zion  School  ;  Wesleyan  Lower  School.  The 
procession  moved  down  Church  Lane,  Lowtown,  and  returning 
up  Lowtown,  passed  on  Manor-house  Street,  down  Robin  Lane, 
Littlemoor,  up  Fartown,  Greenside  to  Chapeltown,  where  it 
separated,  after  singing  the  National  Anthem,  and  giving  three 
cheers  for  the  Prince  of  Wales  and  the  Princess  Alexandra,  three 
for  the  Queen,  and  three  for  the  township  of  Pudsey.  The 
whole  of  the  proceedings  were  ably  carried  out  under  the  super- 
intendence of  Mr.  E.  Sewell,  the  honorary  secretary,  and  other 
members  of  the  committee.  A  good  substantial  tea  was  provided 
gratuitously  for  all  the  old  people  above  sixty  years  of  age,  in  five 
of  the  different  schools  in  the  town.  After  the  procession  the 
school  children  were  treated  with  a  tea,  etc.,  at  their  respective 
schools.  Wedding  favours  of  Coventry  riband  and  medals  were 
very  generally  worn.  In  the  evening  a  partial  illumination  took 
place.  A  sheep  was  roasted  whole  at  Littlemoor,  and  partaken 
of  by  a  large  number  at  the  Railway  Hotel. 


K 


ETYMOLOGIES. 


HE  origin  and  derivation  of  the  name  "Pudsey"are 
far  from  being  satisfactorily  settled.  The  derivation 
may  be  from  "  Pode "  (Latin),  signifying  foot  or 
bottom,  or  from  "  Pod,"  derived  from  Boede,  or  Bode 
(Dutch),  signifying  a  habitation,  and  "  Schaia,"  brow 
a  hill.  Those  who  are  acquainted  with  Pudsey  will 
know  that  the  town  extends  from  the  foot,  or  bottom, 
to  the  brow  of  a  hill,  and  that  it  is  a  town  or  habitation 
on  the  hill,  and,  no  doubt,  it  bore  a  similar  name  to  Podechesaie 
before  the  Norman  Conquest,  when  Dunstan  and  Stainulf,  two 
Saxon  thanes,  were  its  possessors,  and  its  value  was  given  at 
forty  shillings — a  considerable  sum  in  those  days,  though  after- 
wards it  was  reduced  to  waste  by  the  Norman  invader. 

The  late  Rev.  N.  Greenwell  has  given  the  following  as 
derivation  of  the  name  :  — 
Pudsey. — Pudda's  water,  Pud,  pudda,  O.E. ,  a  man's  name,  Ey,  ea,  O. E.,  water. 
To  this"  supposition,  there  is  no  probability  whatever  of  its 
being  correct,  and  no  one  who  knew  the  natural  features  of  the 
township  could  have  put  forth  such  a  supposition,  as  there  is  no 
water  near  the  place  which  could  have  given  any  countenance  to 
the  origin  of  such  a  name. 

Another  writer,  A.  S.  E.,  has  written  on  the  same  subject  a 
much  more  probable  derivation  than  that  of  Mr.  Greenwell's,  viz. : 

In  taking  the  oldest  spelling  of  the  name,  Podechesaie,  as  found  in  Domesday 
Book,  we  must  recollect  that  the  scribes  of  that  remarkable  record  were  Normans,  and 
sometimes  wrote  "vill"  for  "well," — instead  of  "  Thurstanland,"  wrote  "  Tosten- 
land,"  as  they  spelt  the  well-known  Christian  name  without  the"r."  The  "s"  in 
I'udsey  is  almost  certainly  the  possessive,  belonging  to  the  first  syllable,  which  leaves 


the 


ETYMOLOGIES. 


131 


the  second  the  well-known  suffix,  denoting  an  enclosure,  which  we  have  in  "  Round- 
hay."  Whether  "  Podech  "  is  a  man's  name  or  represents  some  form  of  the  Celtic 
word  meaning  the  same  thing  as  "hay,"  i.e.,  park  or  paddock,  I  will  not  pretend  to 
say,  but  it  is  very  common  to  find  the  second  part  of  a  name  to  be  an  unconscious 
translation  of  the  first. 

Before  proceeding  to  mention  other  suppositions  respecting 
the  derivation  of  the  name,  I  will  give  a  list  of  the  different  ways 
of  spelling  it,  which  I  have  copied  from  various  old  charters  and 
deeds,  which  are  in  the  British  Museum,  Public  Record  Office, 
London,  and  in  private  hands. 


I 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 

7 
8 

9 
10 
II 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 

17 
18 

19 
20 
21 
22 

23 
24 

25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 


Podechesaie 

Pudekescia 

Pudekesaj'e 

Puteacho 

Pudegesaia 

Pudekesay 

Pudekeshey 

Pudeysay 

Pudkesay 

Puchegchesay 

Pudkessaye 

Pudekessai 

Pudesheye 

Pudehesaia 

Poduscey 

Podekesey 

Pudesreshey 

Puduscey 

Pudeshaye 

Pudesay 

Podesay 

Pudeshey 

Puddessay 

Podesheye 

Pudessay 

Podusay 

Pudgsay 

Pugsay 

Poddesay 

Pudesedaia 

Pudegesaia 

Podesai 

Puddessay 

Pudesey 

Pud  say 

Puddesay 

Pudsey 

Pudse 

Puddisey 

Pudsaye 


In  Domesday  Book 

Grant  of  Land  to  Flrkstall  Abbey    ... 

Charters  conveying  I  and   

Charters  relating  to  Bishop  Pudsey  ... 

Calverley  I'eeds  

Hailstone's  MSS.  and  Calverley  Deeds 
do.  do. 

do.  do. 

do.  Calverley  Charters... 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 

Bodleian  Library,  MSS 

Kirkby's  Inquest 

Wakefield  Manor  Rolls 

Ancient  MS 

Grant  of  Land 

Hailstone's  MSS.  Grant  of  Land  ... 

Kirkby's  Inquest 

Calverley  MSS 

do.       do. 

Knight's  Fees  and  do 

do.             do. 
do.             do. 
Deed.     Sale  of  House  and  Land 


1081  to  1088 
1 190 

1154  to  1189 
1 180 

I216  to  1272 


do. 

Calverley  jNISS.  . 

do.       do. 

do.      do. 

do.       do. 

Hailstone's  MSS. 

do.         do. 
Calverley  MSS.   . 


do. 


do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 


1350 

1357 
1387 
1401 
1401 
1420 
1431 
1535 
1558 
1559 

With  regard  to  the  opinion  held  by  some  writers  that 
Richard  dc  Pudsey,  the  founder  of  the  ancient  Pudsey  family, 
gave  his  name  to  the  place,  the  following  excerpt  from  the  MSS. 


do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 
Valor  Ecclesiasticus 

Calverley  Deeds 

do.  do. 


1222 

to 

1249 
1230 
1284 
1297 
1298 
1300 
1500 

1303 

1272 

to 

1307 

1 3^5 

1320 
1307 

1307 

to 

1327 

1272  to 

1307 

132  HISTORY     OF      PUDSEY. 

of  John  HopkinsoN,  gent.,  a  Yorkshire  antiquary,  as  copied 
and  corrected  by  Mr.  THOMAS  WlLSON,  F.S.A.,  of  Leeds,  and 
now  in  the  Leeds  Old  Library,  will  be  the  best  answer  which  can 
probably  be  given  : — 

Immediately  preceding  the  Conquest,  a.d.  1066,  the  manor  of  Pudsey  was 
divided  betwixt  two  Saxon  Thanes,  Dunstan  and  Stainulf,  who,  opposing  the 
Conqueror,  were  disinherited,  and  the  manor  laid  waste.  Whereupon  the  Conqueror 
gave  it,  with  many  other  manors,  unto  Ilbert  de  Lacy,  one  of  his  generals,  who 
settled  it  in  fee  upon  one  of  his  favourite  Normans.  Bolton  and  Barford  underwent 
the  same  fate.  The  former,  before  the  Conquest,  was  in  the  possession  of  Berulf,  and 
given  to  Lord  Wm.  Percy,  the  latter  to  Alan,  Earl  of  Richmond,  the  Conqueror's 
nephews.  Soon  after  the  Conquest  a  general  survey  of  the  kingdom  was  taken,  and 
the  confiscated  lands  settled  upon  the  Normans,  to  be  holden  of  the  king  in  capite, 
which  estate,  being  too  extensive  to  be  holden  by  the  Lord  in  demesne,  they  dis- 
persed several  manors  to  other  of  their  friends,  to  be  holden  in  fee  simple.  So,  the 
land  being  thus  settled  upon  Normans,  who,  as  is  the  custom  in  their  country,  took 
upon  themselves  surnames  from  the  names  of  the  places  of  their  several  settlements, 
and  the  better  to  distinguish,  etc.,  several  families,  as  Richard  of  Pudsey,  John  of 
Bolton,  etc. 

Another  derivation  is  given  by  Mr.  J.  TURNER,  of  Parsley, 
who  says  : — 

My  own  impression  is  that  the  word  Pudsey  is  altogether  topographical  and 
formed  on  the  same  model  as  other  local  names  in  the  district,  as  Farsley,  Calverley, 
Stanningley,  Bramley,  Shipley,  etc.  It  will  be  observed  that  these  names  consist  of 
two  elements  standing  to  each  other  as  adjective  and  noun.  Herein  lies  the  key  to 
their  derivation,  and  if  they  were  spelled  etymologically  they  would  appear  as  follows  : 
- — Furze-ley,  Calf-ley,  Stony-ley,  Beck-ley,  Broom-ley,  Sheep-ley,  etc.  Now  if  the 
word  Pudsey  has  been  formed  in  this  manner,  and  I  believe  it  has,  its  original  would 
most  probably  be  Paddocks  Hough,  or  Toads'  Hollow.  In  support  of  this  derivation 
I  give  the  following  reasons  : — 1.  It  accords  with  the  most  ancient  forms  of  the  word, 
viz.,  Podechesaie,  and  Pudekescia.  2.  It  is  topographically  descriptive,  as  Pudsey 
abounds  in  houghs,  or  shakos.  3.  The  term  Hough  is  still  preserved  in  the  district  ; 
as  Hough  End,  Swinnow  or  Swine  Hough.  4.  The  local  pronunciation  of  the  name 
is  not  Pudsey,  but  Pudso.  The  abbreviated  form  of  Paddock,  when  it  signifies  a 
toad,  is  Pad  ;  hence  it  is  easy  to  understand  how  Paddocks  Hough  became  Pads 
Hough,  and  eventually  Pudsey. 

Turning  our  attention  to  the  present  local  designations  of 
farms,  fields,  and  places  in  Pudsey,  I  find  that  some  of  these  are 
of  very  early  origin,  but  the  meanings  of  them  can  be  clearly 
ascertained,  though  in  a  few  instances  the  appellations  have  met 
with  contractions  and  corruptions  in  their  transmission  to  us. 
Chapeltoivn  is  so  named  from  the  chapel,  and  is  probably  the 
oldest  named  district  in  the  town,  for,  in  an  old  book,  published 
in  1577,  I  find  "  Pudsey  Chapell  "  mentioned.  Church  Lane,  d. 
modern  name,  derived  from  the  church  standing  at  one  end  of 
the  same.  Lidget-hill,  Lidgete  or  Leodgate  is  an  old  term  for 
road-gate  (Saxon).  Z.^7e//^w;/,  signifying  the  lower  part  of  the 
town.  Robin  Lane  and  some  others  probably  derive  their  name 
from  some  person,  resident,  as  in   the  case  of  Radcliffe  Lane, 


ETYMOLOGIES.  1 33 

derived  from  Mr.  RadcHffe,  a  gentleman  who  resided  there.  Clif^ 
signifying  rock,  as  where  the  Cliff  Mill  stands.  Liitlemoor,  so 
named  to  distinguish  it  from  the  Uppermoor,  both  of  which  were 
waste  lands  seventy  years  ago.  Fulneck,  formerly  called 
Fall'neck  or  Fall'nack,  or  oak.  Banks  stands  for  hill  (Saxon). 
Greentop,  Greenbotto7n,  and  Greenside  all  denote  their  meaning, 
as  surrounding  a  large  open  space  called  "  The  Green."  West 
Royd  Hill^  "  royd  "  signifies  an  essart  or  ground  cleared  of  wood 
(Saxon).  Windmill  Hill,  so  named  from  the  windmill.  Waterloo^ 
probably  named  from  the  battle  of  that  name.  Gibraltar,  pro- 
bably so  called  from  the  fortress  of  that  name,  in  the  Mediter- 
ranean, on  account  of  the  rocky  nature  of  the  place.  Marshy 
marshy  land  probably  when  named.  Allcotes  means  cottages 
or  sheds,  "  cotes  "  (Saxon).  Carr,  a  hollow  as  Black  Carr,  near 
Pudsey  (Saxon). 

At  the  present  time  there  exist  in  Pudsey  sundry  clusters 
of  houses  called  "  folds,"  and  these  were  originally  erected  for 
purposes  of  mutual  protection  and  defence.  These  are  known  as 
Back  Fold,  Carlisle  Fold,  Driver's  Fold,  Parsonage  Fold,  Turners 
Fold,  Wilsons  Fold,  and  others.  It  may  be  well  to  explain  that, 
notwithstanding  the  term  "  fold  "  had  for  some  centuries  been 
used  as  applying  to  a  single  enclosure,  it  originally  meant  a  wide, 
open  plain.  Of  footpaths,  we  have  many,  the  designations  of 
which  may  afford  the  student  of  etymology  exercise  for  his  talents, 
viz. :  Back  Lane,  Great  Rails,  Hanimerton  Field,  Jersey,  Primrose 
Hill,  Red  Laithe,  Tofts,  and  Workhouse  Lane. 

The  following  derivations  are  given  by  Mr.W.WHEATER,  an 
authority  on  place  names  : — 

Troydale,  suggestive  in  name  and  yet  most  picturesque  in  aspect — even  now  the 
sylvan  pride  of  the  district.  Its  name  is  to  be  derived  from  the  Celtic  word,  "Trowch" 
— a  turn,  as  it  does  turn  sharply,  from  the  Norse  Ra  Kjarr  (Roker,  to-day)  at  the 
bottom  of  the  Fulneck  valley.  How  significant  these  two  names,  both  referred  to  the 
same  spot  !  In  the  woody  vale  to  which  his  word  cHngs  the  Celt  had  lingered  to  the 
last.  In  the  gill  which  ends  at  the  Ra-Kjarr — the  low-lying  pasture  at  the  corner — 
the  Norseman  had  obtained  the  supremacy,  and  there  fixed  his  "local  habitation  and  a 
name."  Onward  to  the  north,  through  this  umbrageous  Troydale,  the  picture  was  closed 
by  the  rugged  Hough,  which  terminates  Bramley,  and  again  speaks  of  the  Norseman. 

Lidgett  Hill  has  som;  touch  of  the  Celt  remaining  upon  it  ;  it  is  the  Lydgate  or 
Ludgate  Hill  of  the  more  famous  places,  and  speaks  of  the  people  and  their  way  to  a 
more  famous  object,  as  does  its  metropolitan  prototype.  Hlud-geat  is  the  Old 
English  expression,  meaning  a  back-door. 

The  monks  of  Kirkstall  have  rendered  us  good  service  by  illustrating,  in  their 
greed  of  land,  the  circumstances  of  that  '■  ager,"  which  gave  name  to  Acer's  Hall, 
Peter  de  Ferslay,  son  of  Roger  de  Leysing,  gave  to  them  a  messuage,  etc.,  called 
Swayn-rode,  near  Belle-hus-gate,  with  the  land  lying  between  Swayn-rode,  next  to 
Belle-hus-dyke.  In  Belle-hus  we  have  another  hol-hiis,  a  farmstead  and  house,  and  in 
Belle-hus-dyke  we  have  the  dyke  thereabouts.  This  repetition  shows  us  how  the  lands 
were  cleared,  and  the  hunting  grounds  of  the  Celt  turned  into  the  cornfields  of  modern 
England. 


134  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

The  name  of  the  Swayn-rode  fixes  its  own  identity — it  was  in  what  we  now  call 
Swlnnoiv — Svinr-haugr,  the  boys'  hill.  This  was  no  mere  peasants'  hill  ;  but  whatever 
it  was  because  it  was  the  boys'-hill  it  marked  occupation  by  a  generation  later  than  the 
men  who  held  the  Crimbles,  and  the  Bol-hus,  perhaps  Gospatric  and  friends,  and  those 
who  cleared  Troydale.  Adam  Sampson,  of  Pudsey,  was  a  great  donor  of  lands  to  the 
Abbey  ;  it  may  be  that  when  Sir  Walter  de  Calverley,  Knight,  gave  to  the  Chaplain  of 
Yeadon,  Nicholas  Adamson,  licence  to  give  to  the  monks  in  Pudsey  a  messuage,  and 
33  acres  of  land,  it  was  to  Nicholas,  the  son  of  this  very  Adam,  the  gift  perhaps  being 
afterwards  known  as  the  Priestley,  the  location  of  which  would  still  be  determined  by 
Priest ky  Mill. 

Allan  Bn'sg  is  the  modern  form  of  the  Old  English  Alewan-brycg,  whicli  means 
the  "  bridge  at  the  aloe-tree."  Nasty,  dirty,  confined,  and  confused  is  the  spot  now-a- 
days,  but  when  that  aloe  tree  flourished  on  the  banks  of  a  mountain  stream,  a  sweeter 
spot  would  rarely  be  found.  At  its  feet  lay  the  opening  Troydale,  above  which  was 
the  frontage  of  Farnley,  where  the  liracken  glossed  the  meadow  and  the  oak  shaded 
the  bareness  of  the  hill.  The  birds  sang  there  in  the  groves,  in  the  thickets  the  stag 
raised  his  antlers  in  the  perfection  of  forest  pride.  The  wide  stretch  of  Swinnow  Moor 
bore  the  heather-bell  and  the  purple  bilberry.  The  ox-team  and  the  "labouring  swain" 
fringed  that  free  expanse  at  the  Intake,  but  the  Outgang  was  the  home  of  the  bee  and 
the  pasture  of  the  doe  and  the  fawn.  Army  cloths  were  not  then  made  in  Pudsey, 
and  filth  was  not  poured  into  its  pellucid  streams,  where  the  trout  leapt,  and  the  crane 
and  the  heron  sought  their  evening  meals. 

Grcenside,  a  name  which  plainly  indicates  the  place  where  Gothic  Pudsey  held  its 
sports  and  its  gambols — where  the  maypole  would  be  raised  and  the  lads  and  lasses 
would  steal  to  that  sweet  commingling,  which  ends  the  dream  of  childhood  and  awakens 
the  dreams  amidst  the  stern  realities  of  life.  The  Greenside  slopes  down  to  the 
Rad-cliffe  and  Littlemoor  bottom,  in  other  words,  as  I  take  it,  to  the  foot  of  the  people's 
land.  Beyond  Littlemoor  bottom,  that  is,  lower  down  the  slope  of  the  hill,  were  the 
Troydale  domains,  where  the  Celtic  hunter  and  the  wrestling  peasant  were  working 
out  their  destiny.  The  Green  of  gothic  Pudsey  has  its  site  yet  marked  by  the  street 
names.  The  Norse  word  Sida  means  a  margin,  and  therefore  in  Greenside  we  have 
our  margin.  Greentop,  at  the  foot  of  the  Heights,  and  the  commencement  of  Fartown, 
would  be  what  its  name  indicated,  the  southern  extremity.  But  where  ended  the 
Green  towards  the  West  ?  Not  three  hundred  yards  away  from  the  Greenside,  I 
presume  ;  there  where  West  Royd  now  starts  for  its  ascent  to  Pine  Belly  Hill — a  bluff 
corner,  where  the  storms  of  winter  rage  with  unbroken  fierceness,  and  where  Jumbles 
Well  still  remains,  though  a  degraded  worthlessness. 

In  these  names — West  Royd  zx\^  Jumbles — there  are  other  word-pictures.  The 
former  speaks  of  a  clearing  in  the  forest  or  brash,  which  then  crowned  the  Heights 
curling  round  to  Nesbit  Hall  and  Bankhouse,  and  falling  down  the  Banks  to  Black 
Carr.  The  words  are  entirely  Norse,  and  include  the  presence  of  the  Celt.  Down  to 
the  Tudor  days  at  least,  Pudsey  presented  woodland  features  at  every  turn.  James 
Saile  and  Mary  Saile  were  rearing  a  family  in  Pudsey  when  the  Spanish  Armada  was 
coming  to  threaten  our  liberties.  Their  surname  came  to  an  ancestor  from  one  of  the 
"Sayles  "  or  little  "woods"  of  the  township.  Royd,  derived  from  the  Icelandic  Rj'dthr, 
denotes  a  "clearing"  and  a  rjothr-hOggrinn  was  a  portion  "cut,  cleared."  As  a 
surname,  the  word  became  generic.  (Alice  Royds  of  Pudsey,  died  in  1642.)  The 
surnames,  Higing,  Huggan,  and  Hogg,  clearly  enough  akin  to  this  Norse  Huggrinn,  are 
amongst  the  earliest  in  the  parish  of  Calverley.  Ann,  the  daughter  of  John  Higings, 
was  baptised  at  Calverley  in  161 1.  In  the  word  [uinbtes  we  may  perhaps  have  a 
corruption  of  the  Norse  word  Jomali,  which  was  originally  the  name  of  the  idol  of  the 
Finns,  and  may,  among  these  men  of  Norse  ancestry,  have  come  in  time  to  signify  an 
idol  more  generally,  hence  allowing  the  inference  that  on  this  edge  of  the  green  at 
Pudsey — over  Pudsey,  says  the  sixteenth  century  register,  as  opposed  to  Nether  Pudsey, 
that  is,  Lowtown — the  then  pellucid  well  had  some  form  of  tutelary  god  or  idol. 

Again,  let  us  here  try  to  restore  a  panorama  of  the  past.  Beyond  this  Greenside, 
to  the  east,  and  on  the  southern  slope  of  the  Celtic  Hwpp,  or  modern  Hobbs,  lay 
nestling  Chapeltown,  the  nucleus  of  Over  Pudsey  ;  west  of  this  line  of  Chapeltown, 


ETYMOLOGIES.  135 

and  still  on  the  eminence  was  Windmill  Hill,  where  the  wrecked  windmill  now  stands, 
and  where  Robert  Milner  "  le  molendinarius  de  Pudsey  "  was  raising  a  family  of 
children  in  the  da3's  of  good  Queen  Bess— they  were  afterwards  to  become  somewhat 
celebrated.  That  Windmill  Road,  winding  round  to  Jumbles.and  thence  to  WestRoyd 
— where  the  wood  undoubtedly  was— almost  marks  the  very  commencement  of  the 
steep  abyss  of  Smalewell,  and  the  soutKwood  which  grew  there,  as  I  conceive,  for  the 
north  wood  just  across  Tyersal  beck  was  only  royded  a  few  years  ago.  This  flat  was 
the  playground  of  Pudsey  ;  it  was  once  pierced  by  a  footpath  which  came  straight  in 
from  Chapeltown  to  Jumbles  Well  ;  that  footpath  exists  to-day  as  far  as  Windmill 
Lane,  but  a  span  away  from  the  well.  The  well  was  an  object  of  special  adoration  to 
our  ancestors,  both  Norse  and  Angle.  On  the  re-introduction  of  Christianity  into 
Northumbria,  after  the  deluge  of  Danish  Paganism,  the  priests  were  particularly 
exhorted  to  wean  their  flocks  away  from  the  old  objects  of  their  praise,  and  one  cf 
the  methods  adopted  was  to  dedicate  the  wells  to  some  saint,  to  whose  honour  a  cross 
or  some  other  image  was  raised,  a  piece  of  pious  fraud  evidently  adopted  to  steal  the 
prayers  that  could  not  be  suppressed. 

Another  ancient  footpath  has  crossed  the  green,  and  very  probably  has  found  its 
way  to  the  Hobbs,  and  the  Ruddock's  water,  before  it  was  strangled  at  the  present 
Smalewell  Road  by  that  unsightly  congeries  of  hovels,  known  as  the  Square.  _  It  comes 
up  straight  from  Bank  House  over  the  Heights,  and  is  obviously  a  continuation  of  the 
old  pathway  which  descends  Scobro,  and  marks,  to  my  fancy,  a  primeval  footpath,  first 
beaten  by  the  foot  of  the  Celt,  but  of  a  type  known  to  the  Roman  and  not  liked  by 
him,  when  forest  incursions  were  necessary  and  boisterous  Brigantes  on  the  war  path, 
and  afterwards  to  the  Norseman,  who  called  such  roads  Ein-stigi,  a  single  path,  so 
narrow  that  only  one  can  pass;  and  then  in  turn  to  the  Norman,  who  with  William  the 
Conqueror,  when  tearing  northward  in  the  frenzy  of  rage,  threaded  over  such  a  one, 
from  Castleford  to  York,  the  locus  of  that  path  being  yet  known  as  the  Ainsty.  The 
ascent  of  Bank  House  Hill  in  the  face  of  a  crowd  of  hostile  Celts  would  be  no  child's 
play  ;  military  mettle  of  the  firmest  kind  could  alone  accomplish  it. 

In  contra-distinction  to  Jumbles  Well  is  Smnle-Well,  hard  by.  The  word 
Smale  of  the  compound  seems  like  a  relic  of  the  Icelandic-word  Smali,  meaning  pro- 
perly small  cattle,  especially  sheep,  but  also  goats,  and,  in  a  later  sense,  cattle  generally. 
The  distinction  in  the  nomenclature  of  these  wells  is  most  interesting.  At  the  Smale- 
well,  where  the  cattle,  or,  perchance,  the  herdsman  drank,  there  was  no  idol ;  the  pure 
pellucid  water  was  alone  of  worth  ;  no  pilgrimages  of  love  or  devotion  were  performed 
to  that  well  ;  it  was  on  no  flat,  grassy  green,  where  the  loiterer  could  carelessly  while 
away  time,  and  expiate  his  sins  by  an  Ave  Maria  ;  it  was  no  path  where  the  fervid 
maiden  could  easily  stroll,  awaiting  the  coming  of  the  loving  swain.  It  was  in  a  stark 
precipice,  toilsome  of  ascent,  and  more  fitting  for  the  nimble  foot,  than  for  the 
expectant  lover.  Of  Smalewell  it  was  only  to  be  noted  that  cattle  drank  there ;  it  was 
too  difficult  of  approach  to  need  an  idol,  for  pilgrimages  thereto  could  not  be  made  to 
pay.  I  take  these  deductions  to  be  highly  corroborative  of  each  other,  and  they  restore 
to  me  the  fringe  of  trees  at  the  Banks,  and  the  Royd  End  at  Pine  Belly  ;  the  whirling 
windmill  on  the  hill,  and  all  the  surrounding  groves  from  the  Hobbs  to  the  Royd, 
resound  with  the  song  of  the  lark  and  the  tender  billing  of  the  plaintive  cushat.  In 
this  wild  district  there  is,  however,  one  noteworthy  feature  which  bears  considerable 
significance.  All  the  fence  divisions  of  the  fields  are  stone  walls,  while  at  the  Carrs  at 
Roker  and  throughout  Troydale  the  divisions  are  hedges.  In  the  former  place,  the 
royding  had  been  effectual  and  so  difficult  to  replace,  as  to  compel  the  use  of  stones  ; 
in  the  latter,  it  had  been,  if  equally  eff"ectual,  at  least,  capable  of  easier  restoration. 

In  leaving  the  subject  of  etymologies,  it  is  to  be  understood 
that  the  derivations  are  not  given  as  indisputable  facts.  The 
author  himself  is  only  too  ready  to  admit  that  the  most  careful 
analysis  of  place-names  may  be  based  upon  a  fallacy. 


EXTENT,  FEATURES,  AND  POPULATION. 


UDSEY  township  comprehends  within  its  hmits,  or 
boundaries,  the  hamlet  of  Tyersal,  part  of  Stanningley, 
and  the  Moravian  settlement  of  Fulneck,  and  its 
superficial  area  is  2,545  acres.  The  township  is 
situated  in  the  midst  of  an  interesting  field  of  geological 
research,  surrounded  by  strata  of  the  most  valuable  and 
varied  kind.  On  the  north  and  east  range,  is  the  carboni- 
ferous or  mountain  limestone,  extending  through  the 
northern  counties,  and  supporting  the  coal  measures,  containing 
also  abundance  of  metalliferous  ore  and  organic  remains  of 
shells  and  corals. 

The  south  and  west  are  bounded  by  the  great  Yorkshire 
coal  field  and  the  extensive  millstone  grit  formation — the  latter 
of  which  extends  from  Derbyshire  to  Northumberland.  This 
complex  deposit  is  the  principal  geological  feature  of  the  strata 
underlying  the  township  of  Pudsey.  This  formation  is  a  kind  of 
coarse-grained  gritty  sandstone,  containing  numerous  beds  of 
shale,  limestone,  and,  in  some  places,  coal.  The  beds  in  some 
instances  contain  innumerable  impressions  of  coal  plants.  The 
thin  layers  of  coal  found  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood  are 
not  of  much  value,  but  the  layers  of  shale  have  an  important 
effect  upon  the  character  of  the  soil.  The  excellent  quality  and 
durability  of  building  stone  quarried  in  the  township  and  neigh- 
bourhood are  justly  celebrated  throughout  England.  Iron  pyrites 
have  occasionally  been  found  in  well-sinking,  and  small  speci- 
mens of  mica  and  quartz  in  the  various  stone  quarries. 


FEATURES. 


13; 


Layers  of  plastic  clay  arc  found 
on  the  south  side  of  the  township,  and 
in  some  parts  excellent  beds  of  yellow 
clay  ;  but  most  of  these  beds  are  so 
thin  and  inconsiderable,  that  they 
would  almost  lead  to  the  conjecture 
that  they  are  only  the  croppings  of 
the  extensive  foundations  by  which 
they  are  surrounded,  having  become 
dislocated  by  some  of  the  mighty 
geological  disturbances  that  have 
affected  the  whole  island. 

Being  at  a  considerable  elevation, 
Pudsey  commands  most  extensive 
views  of  the  surrounding  country,  and 
from  the  heights  above  Green  top  it  is 
said  that  Pontefract  Castle  can  be  seen 
with  the  aid  of  a  glass. 

On  the  south  of  the  township  is  the  deep  gill 
which  bounds  Tong  and  Tyersall— a  beautiful  roman 
tic  gill  peered  o'er  by  Fulneck  ;  still  wood  clad  and 
sylvan,  but  beginning  to  suffer  at  the  hands  of  the 
manufacturers.  As  I  wandered  through  the  glen 
by  the  side  of  that  murmuring  stream,  how  often 
was  my  mind  thrown  back  to  the  days  when  the 
careless  hunter  roved  with  his  hawk  and  hound,  and 
the  scream  of  the  fluttered  wood-bird  arose,  instead 
of  the  clash  of  the  shuttle ;  when  Tong  was  baronial, 
and  rustic  Pudsey  mostly  in  the  hands  of  the  monks 
of  Kirkstall.  Let  us  now  restore  one  of  the 
panoramas  of  the  past.  When  the  Angle  chieftain, 
Stanning,  looked  from  his  hall  towards  the  noon- 
day sun  his  vision  was  bounded  by  the  slope  which 
the  Celt  called  the  "  hwpp,"  where  the  footpath  now 
runs.  He  called  it  the  "  hrice,"  as  we  call  it  a  rig, 
or  as  people  of  culture  and  superior  education  tone 
it  down,  the  ridge.  It  was  then  wood-grown,  shady, 
verdant,  and  sacred  to  the  foot  of  the  hunter.  The 
leafy  garment  that  shaded  it,  the  Angle  called  a 
"Scua,"  which  custom  and  superior  education  has 
so  softened  that  we  know  the  word  as  a  shaw.  And 
so  "the  wood  on  the  ridge" — the  rig- wood  — 
became  in  Angle  speech  the  "hrice  scua,"  and  as 
the  feet  of  after  generations  trod  a  path  to  that 
wood  the  path  became  the  "  hrice-scua  "  lane,  which 
the  changes  of  time  twisted  so  slightly  that  for  twenty 
generations  the  path  was  known  as  Kikershaw  Lane. 
But  alas  !  by  the  advancement  of  learning,  the  truth- 
telling  designation  had  to  be  clothed  in  new  gar- 
ments, and  from  the  awkward  hands  of  its  blundering 
tailor  it  came  forth  as  that  monstrous  abortion 
Kichardshaw  Lane  ! 


138 


HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


The  descent  from  the  rig  along  the  northern  slope  is  down  Lidget  Hill  to  Waver 
Green.  Abutting  upon  the  Waver  Green  is  the  Manor  House  of  Pudsey,  a  quaint, 
gabled  mansion,  now  reckoning  some  two  hundred  and  fifty  or  seventy  years  of  age, 
but  the  child  of  a  predecessor  which  doubtless  canied  its  own  existence  Ijack  into  the 
Norman  days.  Of  a  suggestive  meaning  is  that  word  "Waver,"  which  remains  to 
mark  its  conjunct  green.  It  bears  within  it  all  the  wild  traditions  of  the  superstitious 
Norse  days.  The  Icelandic  \-&x\ivafra  means  to  hover  about ;  and  the  expression  vafr 
lo^i,  meant  a  "  waver-Iowe;"  every  enchanted  princess  or  enchanted  land  was 
surrounded  by  a  "  waver-lowe."  We  need  not  go  far  to  find  the  enchanted  princess 
who  was  surrounded  by  this  "waver-lowe"  when  the  Celt  was  hovering  about  and 
there  were  race  difficulties  and  doubts  of  mine  and  thine — she  dwelt  in  the  Manor 
House  hard  by,  as  the  poor  Celts  of  the  "  hupp  "  and  the  "  trowch-dale  "  would  find 
out  if  any  cattle  had  been  lifted  from  the  ager,  or  midnight  depredations  elsewhere 
indulged  in.  Thor's  hammer  was  kept  in  the  recesses  of  that  Manor  house,  and  the 
"waver-lowe"  was  the  electric  light  which  found  it  when  required.  Thor's  hammer, 
in  the  shape  of  the  less  romantic  baton  of  the  policeman  is  yet  kept  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  this  Weaver  Green,  and  it  is  said  that  in  Lowtown,  hard  by,  its  exercise  is  more 
frequently  required  than  in  all  the  other  parts  of  the  town.  Of  a  truth  these  Celtic 
people  are  apt,  both  by  word  and  by  deed,  to  make  themselves  a  very  vital  factor  in 
the  world's  history.  Had  they  been  as  stolid  and  law-abiding  as  the  Goths  of  Chapel- 
town  and  Greenside,  Lowtown  might  not  have  enjoyed  the  many  distinctions  which 
have  favoured  it  since  the  mythical  days  of  the  vafr  logi. 

Separating  Waver  Green  from  Chapeltown  there  remains  a  distinctive  feature  of 
the  past  in  Toft  House.  Toft,  a  corrupted  form  of  the  Danish  tovipt  (empty),  would 
signify  an  open,  unclaimed  piece  of  land,  or  an  unoccupied  and  wrecked  dwelling ; 
and  in  this  light  the  Toft  we  have  here  would  be  an  excellent  fence  between  the 
steady  respectability  of  Gothic  Pudsey  and  the  nondescript  gathering  which  had  to  be 
illuminated  by  the  "  Waver-lowe,"  and  found  its  termination  in  the  Crimbles,  where 
solid  rule  and  no  poetical  nonsense  had  to  prevail.  The  word  Crimbles,  we  may  per- 
haps resolve  into  the  Norse  expression  kraiivi  bol — the  farm  house  in  the  nook,  say  at 
the  fringe  of  the  "ager,"  where  the  essarts  were  in  progress,  the  woods  not  yet 
chopped  down,  and  a  shady  nook  presented  itself  as  it  does  yet  in  the  case  of  scores 
of  farmsteads  which  are  to-day  nestling  beneath  a  background  of  trees.* 

No  record  is  preserved  of  the  number  of  the  population 
previous  to  the  year  1800,  but  the  following  tabulated  statement 
of  the  several  censuses  taken  by  Government  shows  the  modern 
progressive  increase  of  population  : — 


Date. 

Inhabited 
Houses. 

Uninhabited 
Houses. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

1 801 

850 

44 

2,182 

2,240 

4,422 

1811 

986 

23 

2,406 

2,291 

4,697 

1821 

1,219 

78 

3,107 

3,122 

6,229 

1831 

i,.S04 

41 

3,744 

3,716 

7,460 

1841 

2,011 

102 

5,013 

4,989 

10,002 

1851 

2.429 

178 

5,770 

5,833 

11,603 

1861 

2,859 

277 

6,325 

6,587 

12,912 

1871 

3,156 

218 

6.779 

7,197 

13,976 

1881 

3,458 

519 

7,353 

8,103 

15,456 

In  James's  History  of  Bradford,ih&YQ  appears  the  following 
notice : — 


Mr.  Wheater,  in  Pudsey  Ne7us,  March  5th,  i£ 


POPULATION. 


139 


At  Leeds  Sessions  the  13th  day  of  April,  in  the  44th  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  before 
Sir  John  Savile  (of  Howley),  Thomas  Fairfax,  and  other  justices,  it  was  agreed  that 
the  justices  should  meet  at  Wakefield  upon  Wednesday  in  Whitsuntide  week  the  next, 
touching  soldiers'  pensions,  assessments,  and  other  matters  ;  and  then  agree  upon  a 
particular  estreat  and  perfect  assessment  of  the  towns  within  the  wapentakes,  to  be  and 
r€»iaz)i  a p'rcedeni  to  dhect  other  iusiices  to  make  ecjual  assessments  for  these  parts 
when  occasion  should  require. 

It  may,  therefore,  be  supposed  that  the  greatest  care  would 
be  taken  in  making  the  assessments,  and  it  will  give  the  most 
correct  view,  in  the  absence  of  actual  computation,  which 
can  now  be  obtained  of  the  relative  size,  population,  and  wealth 
of  the  towns  comprised  in  such  assessment.  I  give  a  copy  of 
such  part  of  it  as  relates  to  all  the  towns  about  here  (Bradford). 


d. 

20 

5 


Bradford 

Bolton 

Boiling 

Bingley  9 

Calverley  and  Farsley  11 

Dewsbury  125 

Eccleshill   73 

Heaton-cum- Clayton 11 2 

Haworth     12 

From  this  table  a  pretty  near  approximation  may  be  drawn 
of  the  population  of  the  township  at  the  time  (a.d.  1602). 


d. 

HuddersFiekl 17 

Halifax  19^ 

Horton    7 

Idle  II 

Leeds 39 

iNIanningham  , 9 

PU  DSEY  9 J 

Shipley   5" 

Wakefield  39 


LOCAL    GOVERNMENT. 


J^^m  HE  parochial  affairs  of  the  township  were,  for  many 

li!wlF     generations,  vested  in  a  Town's  Committee,  which 

J^^^      I   find  to  have  been  in  existence  more  than  a  century 

^^^"^      ago.     The  jurisdiction  of  this  body  was    somewhat 

%^     extensive,  judging  from  the   number  and   variety  of  the 

^        resolutions  which  appear  in  their  "  minute  book."     I  learn 

V         that  at   a  Committee  meeting  held  July  ist,  1771,  it  was 

ordered  that  "  the  Chapel  Wardens  and   Overseers  of  the  Poor 

pay  to  the  informer  or  informers  of  housebreakers,  garden  or 

orchard  robbers,  gates,  and  stile  breakers,  etc.,  on  conviction  the 

sum  of  two  guineas. 

The  dog  fanciers  of  that  day  had  not  much  sympathy  from 
the  local  authority,  for  at  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  held  July 
9th,  1792,  it  was  resolved,  that  "  any  person  having  relief  from 
the  township  of  Pudsey,  and  shall  after  the  date  hereof  keep  a 
dog,  all  such  person  or  persons  so  doing  shall  be  excluded  from 
any  relief  till  such  time  as  the  said  dog  or  dogs  are  put  away." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  held  March  i8th,  1793,  it 
was  ordered  that  "  two  shillings  be  collected  of  each  old  subscriber 
to  the  Militia,  and  four  shillings  of  each  fresh  subscriber  towards 
having  such  persons  as  are  awanting  in  the  Militia."  At  a 
meeting  held  on  the  2nd  of  Dec,  1807,  it  was  resolved  that  "Wm. 
Hutchinson  (who  is  ballotted  for  the  Militia),  be  assisted  with 
the  requisite  sum  to  hire  a  substitute,  by  the  Town,  provided 
that  the  Township  have  the  advantage  of  receiving  the  sum  of 
money  which  is  to  be  returned  according  to  the  Provisions  of 
the  Militia  Act.  N.B. — The  above  Indulgence  and  Assistance 
is  granted  in  consequence  of  his  kindness  to  his  father." 


PUDSEY    MILITIA. 


141 


The  following  is  a 


List  of  the  Militia  hired  for  the  Town- 
ship of  Pudsey,  1803,"  and  the  substitutes  named  therein  were 
sworn  in  for  five  years,  or  during  His  Majesty's  pleasure.  The 
amount  of  bounty  given  to  each  is  named  : — 


Substitutes. 
James  \Vhaley,  Horton 
Willm.  Rushforth,  Closeheatl 
John  Wilson,  Denham  Cliff 
Jos.  Newall,  Bradford 
Jonas  Fox  do. 

Joshua  Ferrand,  Manningham 
Michael  Baistow,  Illingworth 
W'illm.  Turner,  Wadsworth,  nr.  IL\. 
Jann.  Simpson,  Sticker  lane 
Robt.  Stead,  Bradford 
Joseph  Pyrah,     do. 
Willm.  Cowan,  Bierley  Chapel 
Isaac  Stephenson,  Bradford 
Francis  Simpson,  Idle 

In    1809,  a  further  ballot  was  necessary,  and  the  following 

persons  formed  the  "  Pudsey  Supplementary   Militia  "  for  that 

year : — 

Substitutes. 


Ballotted  Men. 
John  Hinchliffe 
Stephen  Moorhouse 
John  Sutcliffe,  baker 
James  Hutchinson,  R.  Lane 
Joseph  Nichol,  School,  Fulneck 
James  Liley  do. 

Saml.  IVIoss,  Junr.,  Greenside 
Charles  Moss,  Willm.  vSon 
Martin  Crowther 
Joshua  Farrer,  Hall 
John  Webster,  Lowtown 
Joshua  Robinson,   do. 
Wm.  Hemsley,      do. 
Isaac  Gledhill,  Stanningley 


Bounty. 
II  06 
II  o 
II      o 

10  10 

11  II 

9  9 
10  o 
10  10 
10  IS 
10  IS 

8  S 

9  o 
9  o 
9  14 


o 


Ballotted  Men. 
Mark  Wheater 
John  Whitfield 
Sam  Wilson 
George  Grave 
William  Boys 
Joseph  Walton 
George  Harrison 
Charles  Robinson 
Joshua  Gibson 
John  Pape 
Joshua  Lumby 
Jonathan  Ackeioyd 
James  Procter 
Willm.  Clark 
Tames  Barns 
Jo.  Brayshavv 
Joshua  Strickland 
John  Crampton 
Willm.  Strickland 
Willm.  Threapleton 
James  Smith 
J  no.  Carr 
Willm.  Dyson 
Jno.  Dufton 
Jno.  Pearson 
Willm.  Thornton 
Wm.  Robinson 
Benj.  Dean 
Jo.  Booth 
John  Hammerton 
Robert  Procter 
Jonathan  Harrison 


Bounty. 

Jo.  Ward  660 

Israel  Wood  660 

Wm.  Varley  660 

Joseph  Cockcroft,  Allerton  660 

Jeremiah  Moor,  Thornton  660 

Jehu  Brear  do.  660 

John  Benton  do.  6     6 

John  Robinson  do.  6     6 

John  Broadbelt,  Rawden  6     6 

John  Leach  6     6 

James  Cockcroft,  Thornton  S     5 

Adam  Taylor  do.  6     6 

Thomas  Booth,  Pudsey  5     5 

Jno.  Dufton  do.  6     6 

Willm.  Johnson    do.  5     5 

Geo.  Walton         do.  5     5 

Willm.  Sharp,  Thornton  6     6 

Caleb  Jennings       do.  6     6 

Jno.  Drake  do.  6     6 

Elkanah  Holroyd,  Halifax  5  10 

Saml   Bannister,  Farsley  3     3 

Joshua  Hoyle,  Halifax  6     6 

Geo.  Farrer,  Sowerby  Bridge  6     6 

James  Farrer  5     S 

Willm.  Raistrick,  Pudsey  5     5 

Moses  Fieldhouse,  Horton  6     6 

David  Hillam,  Wibsey  6     6 

Christopher  Binks  5     5 
Himself 
Himself 

Thomas  Hustler  3     3 
Himself 


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CHURCHWARDENS.  1 43 

The  first  Churchwardens  for  Pudsey  township,  of  whom 
there  is  any  account,  were  John  Crossley  and  Thomas  Whitley, 
who,  in  1606,  held  that  office.  The  lists,  dating  from  that  time, 
arc  far  from  being  complete,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  copies  in 
the  Appendix.  These  lists  frequently  have  appended  to  them 
the  amount  of  the  church  rate  for  the  year,  the  rates  varying  from 
2d.  to  gd.  and  is.  in  the  pound.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Town's  Com- 
mittee held  June  i8th,  1824,  it  was  resolved  that  "the  Church- 
wardens be  instructed  to  engage  a  proper  person  to  instruct  a 
number  of  persons  to  ring,  and  that  they  do  pay  the  sum  of 
los.  6d.  per  week  to  him  for  his  services,  and  that  the  Church- 
wardens have  the  discretion  of  continuing  him  as  long  as  they 
think  proper,  and  make  a  selection  of  proper  persons."  In  the 
following  year  it  was  resolved,  that  "  the  ringers  have  the  sum  of 
seventeen  pounds  given  to  them,  and  two  shillings  per  man  for 
hiring  money  per  annum,  and  the  ringers  shall  have  the  old  ropes 
and  no  other  perquisites  to  be  allowed  by  the  Township."  On 
the  6th  of  January,  1826,  a  rate  was  laid  "  for  the  paying  of  Mr. 
Mears  his  balance  for  the  bells." 

In  1826,  at  a  vestry  meeting  held  on  the  13th  October,  it 
was  resolved  that  "  a  rate  of  one  shilling  and  threepence  in  the 
pound  be  granted  to  the  Churchwardens  for  the  current  expenses 
of  the  year,  and  out  of  it  they  be  authorised  to  lay  out  ^^o  in 
heating  the  church.  '  Secondly,  that  in  case  any  dispute  should 
be  raised,  as  to  the  validity  of  this  rate,  the  Churchwardens  be 
authorised  and  required  by  this  meeting  to  take  the  necessary 
legal  measures  to  compel  the  payment  thereof  without  calling 
any  other  meeting."  D.  Jenkins,  chairman,  H.  Simons,  Robt. 
Parkinson,  churchwardens,  and  five  others. 

In  1836,  the  Rev.  David  Jenkins  was  incumbent,  and  Messrs. 
John  Farrer  and  William  Beaumont,  churchwardens  when  the 
celebrated  "  smiting  and  brawling "  case  occurred,  which 
resulted  in  William  Clarkson  and  Jonas  Proctor  being  cited 
before  the  Ecclesiastical  Court  at  York,  and  sentenced — Mr. 
Clarkson  to  seven  days'  and  Mr.  Proctor  to  one  month's  imprison- 
ment. They  endured  the  penalty  rather  than  acknowledge  the 
justice  of  the  charge  brought  against  them.  This  event 
aggravated  the  feud  existing  between  the  Churchpeople  and  the 
Dissenters,  and  yearly  contests  took  place  in  the  election  of 
churchwardens  ;  the  township  was  several  times  polled  and  the 
rate  resisted. 

In  1845,  ^t  a  meeting  held  on  the  27th  of  March,  for  the 
election  of  churchwardens,  the  incumbent,  the  Rev.  D.  Jenkins, 


144 


HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


having  nominated  Mr.  John  Farrer  of  Grove  House,  for  his 
warden,  Mr.  John  Baker  was  then  proposed  for  the  people's 
warden,  but  as  an  amendment,  Mr.  John  Parkinson  was  proposed 
for  the  office.  The  show  of  hands  being  declared  to  be  in  favour 
of  Mr.  Parkinson,  a  poll  was  demanded,  which  was  held  and 
continued  open  nine  days.  When  the  votes  were  counted,  the 
numbers  were  declared  to  be,  for  Mr.  John  Baker,  553  ;  and  for 


riie  Villasre  Stocks. 


Mr.  Parkinson,  488  ;  there  being  a  majority  for  Mr.  Baker  of  45, 
he  was  declared  duly  elected. 

From  a  "list  of  persons  who  have  served  as  Constables  iox  the 
township  of  Pudsey,"  we  learn  that  the  maintenance  of  the  peace 
from  1771,  when  the  list  commences,  until  1845,  was  vested  in 
this  officer,  a  most  important  public  functionary,  who  was  elected 
annually,  his  appointment  being  subsequently  confirmed  by  the 
Justices  of  the  Peace.  A  "Town's  Committee"  managed  the 
general  business  of  the  township,  and  gave  their  orders  to  the 


i 


LIST    OF    CONSTABLES. 


145 


constable  and  other  officials.  From  the  old  "  Town's  Book," 
which  was  kept  by  the  Committee  as  a  record  of  their  proceed- 
ings, we  learn  that,  at  a  meeting  held  October  17th,  1791,  it  was 

Resolved  that  all  persons  from  and  after  the  day  above  written  who  shall  com- 
mitt  any  misdemeanures  such  as  robbery  of  gardens;  hedges,  gates,  stiles  or  other  fences 
breaking  ;  potatoes  and  turnips  stealing,  etc.,  which  shall  be  a  prejudice  to  any  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  township  of  Pudsey;  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending  shall  be  prosecuted 
by  the  constable  of  Pudsey  at  the  expense  of  the  town,  provided  the  person  or  persons 
so  injured  and  the  evidence  to  the  facts  are  willing  to  proceed  against  the  offender  or 
offenders  according  to  law. 

Amongst  the  duties  pertaining  to  the  constable  was  the 
custody  of  the  village  stocks — the  old-time  remedy  for  reforming 
swearers,  gamblers,  drunkards,  and  desecrators  of  the  Sabbath. 
This  wooden  machine  stood  in  Church  Lane,  and  it  was  no 
unusual  thing,  fifty  years  ago,  to  see  it  occupied  during  the  time 
of  service  on  Sundays,  by  some  refractory  member  of  the  com- 
munity. It  is  said  that  the  punishment  was  somewhat  severe  to 
the  back  and  ankles,  for  when  prisoners  were  released  they  had 
to  rub  these  parts  of  their  body  vigorously  before  they  could 
hobble  away. 

The  following  is  as  complete  a  list  of  the  Constables  as  can 
be  obtained: — 


1 771 

Samuel  Fenton 

1816 

Wm.   Carr 

1772 

Edward  Hinchlifife 

1817 

Christopher  Halliday 

1773 

John  Lockwood 

1818 

John  Dean 

1774 

John  Atkinson 

1819 

John  Ross 

1775 

John  Atkinson 

1820 

John  Ross 

1776 

Samuel  Farrer 

1821 

Wm.  Minings 

1777 

Matthew  Banks 

1822 

John  Beaumont 

1778 

Wm.  Lumby 

1823 

Wm.  Stowe 

1779 

Joseph  Farrer 

1824 

Wm.  Stowe 

1780 

Joseph  Farrer 

1825 

Joseph  Rayner 

I78I 

John  Scholeficld 

1826 

Joseph  Rayner 

1782 

Wm.  Mirfield 

1827 

Joseph  Rayner 

*     *     *     * 

1828 

John  Crowther 

1784 

Edmund  Tinsdale 

1829 

John  Crowther 

*     *     *     * 

1830 

John  Crowther 

1788 

Samuel  Cromack 

1831 

John  Crampton 

*     *     *     * 

1832 

John  Crampton 

1792 

Samuel  Moss 

1833 

John  Farrer 

1793 

Samuel  Moss 

1834 

Edward  Binks 

*     *     *     * 

1835 

John  Clarkson 

1805 

Thomas  Walker 

1836 

John  Clarkson 

1806 

Wm.  Pearson 

1837 

William  Calvert 

*     *     *     * 

1838 

William  Calvert 

1808 

Benjamin  Dean 

1839 

Joseph  Cawtheray 

1809 

John  Farrer 

1840 

Christopher  Verity  and  list 

I8I0 

Robert  Hining 

1841 

Wm.  Calvert                 do. 

I8II 

John  Crompton 

****«# 

*     *     *     * 

1843 

Joseph  Wilson             do. 

I8I4 

Joseph  Coope 

1844 

Joseph  Wilson             do. 

I8I5 

Joseph  Coope 

1845 

Benjamin  Troughton  do. 

146  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

A  serious  disturbance  of  the  peace  of  the  township  occurred 
in  1753,  in  connection  with  the  "  Toll  Bar  Riots,"  which  took 
place  in  several  districts  in  opposition  to  the  introduction  of 
Toll-bars  ;  at  Leeds  two  or  three  were  killed  by  the  soldiers,  and 
the  following  refers  to  events  which  occurred  at  Pudsey  and 
Fulneck  at  that  time  : — 

On  June  25th,  1753,  between  seven  and  eight  o'clock  a.m.,  a  woman,  who 
was  dignified  with  the  office  of  Pudsey  town-crier,  made  her  appearance  in  the  quiet 
village  of  Fulneck,  rang  her  bell  vigorously,  and  then  proclaimed  that  the  inhabitants 
were  expected  to  join  the  people  who  had  risen  for  "  King  and  country,"  adding  that 
if  this  request  were  not  attended  to,  a  visit  would  be  paid  to  enforce  the  behests  of 
King  Mob.  Accordingly,  at  nine  o'clock  a  multitude  of  about  a  hundred  men,  women, 
and  children  poured  in,  and  insisted  that  the  single  brethren  should  at  once  join  them. 
Armed  with  clubs  and  staves,  they  rushed  hither  and  thither,  shouting  and  blowing 
lustily  on  a  horn.  Brother  Benjamin  La  'Probe  went  among  them,  conversed  in  a 
friendly  way,  but  quietly  informed  them  they  need  not  expect  to  find  there  what  they 
wanted  ;  for,  to  join  them  in  their  present  doings  would  be  contrary  to  the  principks 
of  the  Brethren.  They  lingered  about  the  houses  for  a  while,  and  then  one  party  went  up 
to  Tong,  and  presented  themselves  before  Squire  Tempest,  who  gave  them  money  and 
refreshments.  Ere  this  party  returned,  five  or  six  of  the  leaders  came  again  to  the 
Brethren's  house,  and  repeated  their  demand.  Brother  LaTrobe  intimated  that  if  the 
Brethren  could  be  helpful  to  them  in  any  legal  way  it  would  gladly  be  done,  but  that 
they  could  not  approve  of  any  such  irregular  proceedings,  nor  in  any  wise  abet  those 
who  took  part  therein.  On  his  presenting  them  with  halfa-guinea  they  went  away, 
pledging  themselves  that  no  damage  should  be  done  to  the  settlement  or  its  inhabitants. 
Soon  after  their  withdrawal,  the  other  party  returned  from  Tong,  and  when  a  meeting 
took  place  on  the  Green,  near  the  Low  House,  they  concluded  to  make  another 
attempt  at  the  Brethren's  house,  and  deliberated  also  on  the  steps  to  be  taken  in  case 
of  a  refusal.  Brother  La  Trobe,  however,  met  them  at  the  gate,  at  the  end  of  the 
lane,  and,  after  a  hard  talking  match,  prevailed  upon  them  to  withdraw.  They  rushed 
off  to  Lane  End,  and  conducted  themselves  there  in  a  somewhat  rough  fashion.  At 
last,  finding  they  could  not  effect  their  purpose,  they  left  the  neighbourhood,  but  first 
compelled  those  who  had  accepted  any  money  at  Fulneck  to  return  and  deliver  it  up, 
declaring  they  had  not  come  for  "brass,"  but  only  for  "t'lads."  Still  they  held  out 
the  threat  that  after  joining  another  body  of  sympathisers  who  had  been  waiting  for 
them  beyond  Pudsey,  they  would  show  their  faces  again  and  let  the  "  Fall  neckers  " 
see  what  they  would  do  to  them.  Thus  they  withdrew,  not  the  slightest  damage 
having  l)een  inflicted,  whilst  in  the  settlement  every  heart  and  every  mouth  was  filled 
with  praise  to  the  Saviour  for  His  protecting  care.  When  in  the  evening  the  poor 
misguided  people  reached  their  homes  in  Pudsey,  some  were  in  a  wretched  condition, 
having  been  wounded  in  hands,  arms,  and  shoulders,  when  attacking  a  gentleman's 
house,  which  they  intended  pulling  down.  Several  of  the  mob  had  been  made 
prisoners,  and  were  taken  off  to  gaol  ;  of  course  this  cast  a  gloom  over  the  township, 
but  it  proved  a  wholesome  discouragement  to  the  rioters.* 

In  i860,  Pudsey  was  included  within  the  County  Con- 
stabulary jurisdiction,  and  subsequently  the  protective  vigilance 
of  the  new  police  force  was  introduced.  Sergeant  Land,  and  six 
officers  were  stationed  in  the  township. 

An  important  portion  of  the  parochial  affairs  of  the  township 
was  formerly  vested  in  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  2\?,o  annually 

"  From  "  The  Messenser,  a  Magazire  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren,"  May,  1S70,  pp. 
156-8.     Editor,  Rev.  C.  E.  Sutcliffc,  a  native  of  Pudsey. 


OVERSEERS    OF    THE    POOR.  I47 

elected  at  a  town's  meeting,  and  the  appointment  confirmed  by 
the  magistrates.  The  first  item  in  the  "  Town's  Book  "  relating 
to  the  overseers  is  to  the  following  effect  :  — 

In  the  year  1736,  Agnes  Gibson  left  ;^40  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  of  Piulsey, 
the  interest  to  be  given  annually  by  the  overseers. 

At  the  Town's  Committee  Meeting,  February  ist,  J  766,  Mr, 
Richard  Hey,  "honest  Mr.  Hey,"  as  he  was  called,  who  was  one 
of  the  overseers  of  the  poor,  was  present.  Mr.  Hey  died  on  the 
24th  of  the  same  month,  aged  6^.  He  was  the  father  of  William 
Hey,  Esq.,  F.R.S.,  of  Leeds  ;  Rev.  John  Hey,  D.D.,  Norrisian 
Professor  of  Divinity  at  Cambridge,  etc.;  Rev.  Samuel  Hey,  M.A., 
Fellow  and  Tutor  of  Magdalen  College,  Cambridge;  and  Richard 
Hey,  Esq.,  LL.D,,  barrister,  Fellow  and  Tutor  of  Sidney  Sussex 
College,  Cambridge. 

Mr.  John  Radcliffe,  Mr.  Hey's  son-in-law,  attended  the  next 
Town's  Committee  meeting  as  Mr.  Hey's  deputy. 

About  this  time — 1766 — the  entries  in  the  book  frequently 
end  with — "  Notice  to  be  given  at  both  the  Chapels."  That  would 
be  the  old  Chapel — All  Saints' — and  the  Dissenters'  Chapel  or 
Meeting-house,  both  in  Chapeltown. 

Previous  to  the  year  1700,  poor  laws  were  unknown  in  Pud- 
sey,  and  after  the  Government  had  passed  these  measures,  Pudsey 
for  more  than  a  century  continued  to  deal  with  its  own  poor, 
and  the  amount  required  for  their  relief  was  collected  in  small 
sums  or  leys,  from  the  ratepayers  in  the  township.  At  a  meeting 
of  the  "Town's  Committee,"  held  Feby.  ist,  1802,  it  was  resolved 
to  "discontinue  the  poorhouse,  the  occupants  to  be  disposed  of  as 
soon  as  possible,"  and  at  the  next  meeting,  held  Feby.  15th,  1802, 
an  agreement  was  made  with  John  Cooper,  the  elder,  of  Little- 
moor,  "  to  board  the  paupers  residing  in  the  poorhouse  for  one 
year,  to  commence  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1802,  and  likewise 
to  find  fire  for  them  at  the  rate  of  three  shillings  per  week  per 
head,  to  have  their  earnings  for  his  own  benefit — the  poor  to  have 
two  meat  dinners  per  week,  and  likewise  to  be  under  the  inspec- 
tion of  the  Committee  to  sec  they  be  well  kept." 

The  rateable  value  of  the  township  of  Pudsey  as  rated  for 
the  relief  of  the  poor  according  to  a  new  valuation  made  in  May, 
1806,  was  ;^4,i7S   I  OS.  od. 

In  consequence  of  the  great  distress  which  existed  amongst 
the  labouring  poor  in  the  year  18 16,  it  was  resolved  at  a  Town's 
Committee  meeting  held  on  Nov.  20th,  "  that  the  respective 
ministers  in  the  place  be  requested  to  preach  charity  sermons  for 
the  relief  of  the  poor,  in   order   to   enable  them   to  apply  to  the 


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PARISH    APPRENTICES.  149 

Society  in  London  for  their  assistance."  Many  of  the  inhabitants 
were  employed  in  repairing  the  roads  in  the  township,  which 
were  then  in  a  bad  state,  and  a  subscription  was  made  also  to 
assist  in  the  relief  of  the  destitute  poor.  £62  is.  3d.  was. 
collected,  the  subscription  being  headed  by  the  Rev.  D.  Jenkins 
with  ^^3  ;  the  Rev.  C.  F.  Ramftler,  £2  ;  Mr.  Lawton  of  Fulneck, 
£2  ;  children  in  Fulneck  School,  £1  ;  Jer.  Haley  and  Co.,  £2  ; 
Rich.  Farrer,  £2  ;  Mr.  John  Skelton,  £2  ;  Richard  Farrer, 
stapler,  £2  ;  Mr.  Thackeray,  £2  ;  Wm.  Ellwand,  £\,  etc. 

At  a  public  meeting  of  the  ratepayers,  held  June  i8th,  [819, 
it  was  resolved  "  that  a  Select  Vestry  be  appointed  for  superin- 
tending the  management  of  the  poor  and  the  Township  of  Pudsey." 
Amongst  the  sixteen  persons  appointed  for  the  first  said  vestry 
were  the  Rev.  D.  Jenkins  and  Thomas  Laird,  Messrs.  John  Rad- 
cliffe,  Lepton  Dobson,  John  Balme,  Christian  Hanneman,  William 
Ellwand,  etc. 

As  complete  a  list  as  possible  of  the  Overseers  from  1743  to 
1887  is  given  in  the  Appendix,  and  we  trust  that  our  readers  will 
not  consider  this  list  as  a  mere  dry  catalogue  of  names,  devoid 
of  any  interest.  It  is  an  enumeration  of  the  oldest  families  in  the 
township  for  a  period  of  close  upon  a  century  and  a  half,  and  as 
such,  is  of  historic  value.  By  it,  many  descendants  of  the  persons 
named,  may  trace  their  ancestry  back  to  the  middle  of  the  last 
century,  and  in  the  list  will  be  found  many  of  the  old  names 
which  exist  amongst  us  at  present. 

In  connection  with  the  office  of  overseer  it  will  be  interesting 
to  note  that  all  the  respectable  inhabitants  of  Pudsey  were,  at 
one  time,  bound  to  take  apprentices  (with  ^^•hom  the}-  received  a 
small  premium),  or  pay  a  fine  of  ^10. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Town's  Committee,  Feb.  i8th,  1799,  it 
was  "  Ordered  from  and  alter  this  day  no  less  than  fifteen  pounds 
shall  be  paid  by  any  person  within  the  township  of  Pudsey  in 
lieu  of  taking  a  parish  apprentice." 

Amongst  the  persons  who  took  apprentices  we  find  : — 

James  Atkinson,  Feb.  21st,   1765. 

Mr.  Dobson,  July  4th,   176S. 

Mr.  W'aiblinger*,  June  7th,   1788. 

David  Johnson,  Manchester,  Feb.  22,  1792. 

Christian  Hanneman,  August  12,  1793. 

Christopher  Plischke,  Feb.  8,  1794. 

*  Mr.  Waiblirger  died  in  1817,  and  the  following  notice  of  him  appears  in  the  obituary  of  the 
Gentleinniis  Magazine  for  1817,  p.  187: — •  Feb.  3,  Mr,  Ignatius  Waiblinger,  of  Pudsey,  an  eminent 
surgeon,  and  a  man  highly  and  universally  respected."  A  paragraph  in  the  Leeds  Ulercnry  of  Feb. 
8th,  1817,  says  ; — "  On  Monday  last,  Feb.  3,  Mr.  Ignatius  Waiblinger,  surgeon,  of  Pudsey,  late  of 
Fulneck.  As  a  surgeon  he  ranked  very  high,  as  those  upon  whom  he  has  performed  operations  can 
bear  ample  testimony.  He  Was  an  affectionate  husband  and  a  tender  parent.  His  loss  is  deeply  felt 
by  his  family  and  relations,  and  a  numerous  circle  of  friends. 


I50  HISTORY     OF     TUDSEY. 

Richd.   Birdsall,  Yeadon,  who  took  three,  Nov.  5,  1794. 
Mr.  John  Hird,  Masham,  who  took  six,  May  2,  1796. 
Mr.  Dawson  Humble,  Doncaster,  who  took  eleven  in  1798. 

From  1765  to  1802,  two  hundred  and  twelve  children  were 
put  out  as  town's  apprentices,  and  eighteen  persons  paid  a  fine 
of  ^  10  each  in  lieu  of  taking  apprentices  during  the  same  period. 

Amongst  the  persons  who  paid  in  lieu  of  having  an  appren- 
tice, I  find — 

Ignatius  Waiblinger,  who  paid  i^io  in  lieu,  July  28th,  1790. 
The  Rev.  Ihomas  Grinfield,  paid  ;,^  10,  October  26th,  1795. 
Mr.  Thomas  Angell,  paid  ten  pounds,  Nov.  lO,    1800. 
Mr.   ^^'ideman  do.  do.  do. 

The  list  of  Highway  Surveyors  for  Pudsey  begins  in  1770, 
when  Matthew  and  John  Hutchinson  w-ere  the  officials.  Two 
surveyors  continued  to  serve  the  township  until  the  year  181 5, 
when  a  Board  was  appointed,  but  it  only  lasted  one  year.  In 
1 836,  another  Board,  consisting  of  ten  persons  was  elected,  with 
George  Hepworth  as  assistant,  at  ^50  per  annum,  and  in  the 
succeeding  year  the  number  of  members  was  increased  to  thirteen, 
with  John  Farrer  as  assistant, at ;!^ 50  per  annum.  This  Board  con- 
tinued until  1872,  the  number  of  members  varying  from  twelve 
to  seventeen,  William  Walton  holding  the  post  of  assistant 
surveyor  from  the  year  1843.  A  list  of  the  surveyors,  from  1770 
to  1836,  with  a  few  exceptions,  will  be  found   in  the  Appendix, 

In  1710,  the  "  Intakes"  were  enclosed  by  consent  of  John 
Milner,  Esq.,  Walter  Calverley,  Esq.,  and  the  freeholders  of 
Pudsey,  the  proceeds  going  towards  the  augmentation  of  the 
living  attached  to  the  old  Chapel-of-Ease.  Tyersal  Common 
was  taken  in  about  the  year  1758.  An  act  for  enclosing  the 
common  lands  in  Pudsey  was  passed  in  18 11.  The  Common 
lands  included  about  four  hundred  acres.  Charles  Milner,  Esq., 
was  lord  of  the  manor,  and  as  such  was  entitled  to  all  the 
minerals  under  the  waste  lands  ;  Thomas  Thornhill,  Thomas 
Plumbe,  John  Radcliffe,  and  Francis  Maude,  Esqrs.,  being  owners 
of  estates  and  entitled  to  rights  of  common.  The  award  of  the 
Commissioners  is  kept  at  Calverley  Church. 

In  18 1 3,  the  Common  lands  were  enclosed,  under  the  Act  of 
Parliament,  entitled  "An  Act  for  inclosing  lands  in  the  manor  of 
Pudsey,  in  the  West  Riding  of  the  County  of  York."  The 
following  is  a  copy  of  the  notice  relating  to  the  enclosure — 

I,  Jonathan  Teal,  the  sole  Commissioner  appointed  in  and  by  the  said  Act  of 
Parliament,  do  hereby  give  notice,  that  in  addition  to  the  Public  Carriage  Roads  and 
other  Roads  already  by  me  set  out  and  appointed,  I  have  set  out  and  appointed  the 
following  Public  Roads,  Bridleways,  Private  Carriage  Roads,  and  Footways,  through 
and  over  the  said  Lands,  directed  by  the  said  Act  to  be  divided,  allotted  and  inclosed, 
that  is  to  say — 


THE    COMMONS    ENCLOSURE.  151 

Wood- Wells  Road— One  Private  Carriage  Road  of  the  width  of  twelve  feet, 
beginning  at  Bramley  Road  on  Crimbles  Green,  and  proceed  northward  over  part  of 
Crimbles  Green  to  the  Wood-Wells,  set  out  for  a  public  Watering  Place. 

Dyehouse  Road — i8ft.  Town  End  to  the  Wood-Wells,  Private. 

Langlev  Road — Crimbles,  Private. 

Balme  Read — Crimbles  Green,  Private. 

Midley  Road — Balme  Road  and  Crimbles  Green,  Private. 

Mtlner  Road — 20ft.  Stanningley  Road  on  Rickardshaw  Common  [probably 
Primrose  Hill  Road]. 

AI.ll  Road — 20ft.  Stanningley  Road  westward,  Rickardshaw  Common  [probably 
Varley's  Road]. 

Pearson  Road — Crimbles  Green  Road  to  westward  and  southward. 

Dyson  Road — 15ft.  Mill  Road  to  northward,  bottom  Rickardshaw. 

Sodom  Road — 24ft.   Workhouse  Road  to  Littlemoor  Road. 

Mill  Stead  Road— 2o{i.   Sodom, 

Rayner  Road — 15ft.  Beginning  in  an  allotment  on  Little  Moor  aforesaid, 
intended  to  be  awarded  to  Plenry  Rayner  and  proceeding  westward  over  an  allotment 
intended  to  be  awarded  to  John  Bower,  Esq. ,  to  an  ancient  inclosure  adjoining  to  the 
last  mentioned  allotment  belonging  to  the  said  Henry  Rayner." 

Moor  Side  Road — 15ft.   Littlemoor  Road. 

Driver  Road — i8ft.   Littlemoor  Road. 

Farrer  Road — 12ft.  Northend  Littlemoor  Road,  eastward  over  allotment  of 
Charles  Milner,  Esq.  to  dyehouse  belonging  to  Sam.   P'arrer. 

GawthorpeRoad.—\^i\..  beginning  at  Chapeltown  Road,  and  proceeding  west- 
ward over  part  of  Littlemoor. 

Beaumont  Road.  —  15ft.  Sodom  Road,  south-eastward  to  land  belonging  to 
Thomas  Richard  Beaumont,  Esq. 

In  tack  Read.  —  24ft.  north  end,  Alcoats  Road,  northward. 

Delphend Road. — 24ft.  Gibraltar  Mill  Road  to  Bradford  Road- 

Upper  Moor  Road.  — 24ft.  to  land  to  be  awarded  to  !•  ulneck  estate. 

Ward  Road.  —  15ft.  Delfend  Road,  east,  west,  and  south. 

Smaleioell  Road.  —  l6ft.  Tiersal  Road. 

Quarry  Road. — 24ft.  Tiersal  Road,  northward  to  Stone  Quarry. 

Dobson  Road. — 20ft.  Tiersal  Road,  near  Black  Heygate  [named  from  Lepton 
Dobson,  Esq.] 

Belley  Well  Syke  Road.—2d,{i.  Banks  Road. 

Pinebelly  Hill  Rmd.—2i,'iK. 

Windmill  Road. — 20ft. 

Preston  Road. — l8ft.  beginning  Bradford  Road,  near  Chapeltown. 

Clayton  Road. — isft.  Bankhouse  Road. 

Upper  Greenside  Road. — 20ft.  Fartown,  westward. 
Middle  Road. — i8ft.  up  Greenside  Road  to  Tiersal  Road. 
Hinchli^e  Road.  —  i6ft.  Tiersal  Road,  northward  Greenside. 
Sizinghoiise  Road.  —  14ft.  Tiersal  Road,  Greenside,  northward   and  eastward  to 
Greenside  Road. 

Jumbleswcll  Road. — 20ft.  Tiersal  Road  to  Jumbleswell. 

Twelve  public  foot-paths  are  also  mentioned. 

And  I  do  hereby  give  further  Notice, 
That  all  the  said  Roads  and  Public  Footways  are  set  out,  and  that  I  have  prepared  a 
map,  signed  by  me,  in  which  such   Roads  and  Public  Footways  are  accurately  laid 
down  and  described  and  deposited  the  same  with  Messrs.  Hailstone  and  Bentley,  at 
Bradford  ;  for  the  inspection  of  all  Persons  concerned. 

And  I  do  hereby  appoint  a  meeting,  to  be  held  at  the  House  of  Mrs.  Walesby, 
the  Fulneck  Inn,  on  Monday  the  5th  day  of  April  next,  at  which  meeting  any  Person 
who  may  be  injured  or  aggrieved  by  the  setting  out  of  such  Roads  and  Public  Foot- 
ways, may  attend  and  make  his  or  her  objections  thereto.  Dated  this  23rd  day  of 
Feb.,  1813. 


152  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEV. 

In  1872,  the  supervision  of  the  highways,  along  with  other 
responsible  duties  connected  with  the  general  management  of 
the  town's  affairs,  were  vested  in  a  Board  formed  under  the  Local 
Government  Act.  Previous  to  that,  in  July,  1868,  a  Lighting 
Board  was  formed,  and  soon  after,  the  streets,  the  darkness  of 
which  had  been  a  reproach  to  the  town,  were  lighted  with  gas. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  ratepayers,  held  on  the  24th  day  of  April, 
1872,  it  was  resolved  that  the  Local  Board  should  consist  of 
fifteen  members,  and  the  voting  papers  containing  the  names  of 
105  ratepayers,  who  had  been  proposed  as  fit  and  proper  persons 
for  members  of  the  Board,  were  distributed  on  the  27th  day  of 
May,  and  collected  on  the  31st.  They  were  then  cast  up,  and 
the  following  persons  were  afterwards  declared  duly  elected  as 
members  of  the  first  Board  : — Mr.  William  Huggan,  Robert 
Dalby,  Thomas  Goodall,  John  Blackburn,  John  Whitfield, 
Phineas  Craven,  Fred.  Cooper,  Robert  Salter,  John  Whitehead, 
William  Dibb  Scales,  John  Procter,  Benjamin  Elsworth,  Thomas 
Wright,  Benjamin  Crowther,  and  George  A.  Jones.  Mr.  W.  D. 
Scales  was  elected  chairman,  Mr.  W.  Craven,  treasurer,  and  Mr. 
John  Baker,  clerk,  highway  surveyor,  lamp  and  nuisance  in- 
spector, and  rate  collector,  at  a  salary  of  £go  per  annum. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Board  from  its  formation  to  the 
present  time,  have  been  watched  with  much  interest  by  the 
ratepayers,  and  their  public  acts  have  undergone  much  criticism  ; 
but,  after  being  in  operation  fifteen  years,  it  may  safely  be  said 
that  the  step  taken  in   1872,  was  wise  and  proper. 

In  February,  1882,  the  Local  Board  passed  a  resolution 
authorising  the  surveyor  to  proceed  with  the  building  of  offices 
suitable  for  the  work  of  the  Board.  In  the  following  October 
possession  was  taken  of  the  new  offices,  which  are  situate  in  Craw- 
shaw-field.  They  are  two  storeys  in  height,  and  are  entered  by  a 
capacious  doorway,  over  which  is  a  semi-circular  headstone,  on 
which  is  carved  "Local  Board  Offices,  1882."  At  the  entrance 
is  a  hall,  from  which  the  stairs  ascend  into  the  upper  storey.  On 
the  ground  floor,  next  to  the  entrance  hall,  is  the  office  for  the 
use  of  the  clerk  and  collector,  etc.  This  is  a  very  roomy  and 
well  lighted  place,  and  is  well  adapted  for  its  purpose.  Along 
one  side  is  a  counter,  with  mahogany  top,  at  the  furthest  end  of 
which  is  a  desk  for  the  use  of  the  collector.  In  the  centre  of  the 
room  is  a  table  for  the  clerk's  use,  and  along  one  entire  side  of 
the  room  are  cupboards  and  drawers,  in  the  centre  of  which  is 
fixed  a  large  safe.  A  fire-place,  with  dark  marble  mantel,  and 
gas   brackets,   together   with    the    usual    office    furniture    and 


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FIRST  GHAIRMy^.W  OP^  THE    PUDSEY  LOCAL  BO.^RD 


LOCAL    BOARD    OFFICES.  1 53 

requisites,  complete  this  office.  It  measures  15  by  20  feet.  The 
next  room  on  the  ground  floor  is  the  committee  room,  which  is 
also  15  by  20  feet,  and  is  furnished  with  large  centre  tables  and 
chairs,  etc.,  and  is  a  well  lighted  apartment.  This  room  has  a 
doorway  and  light  into  the  large  store  yard  adjoining.  Along 
the  northern  side  of  the  yard  are  premises  for  the  safe  keeping 
of  the  tools  belonging  to  the  Board,  and  in  the  yard  is  also 
erected  a  substantial  engine  house,  in  which  to  stable  the  steam 
roller,  with  working  shed  in  the  rear,  the  whole  covering  an  area 
of  50  by  30  yards,  and  having  a  fence  wall  on  the  south  side. 
The  upper  storey  of  the  offices  is  reached  by  a  good  winding 
stone  staircase,  having  three  short  flights  of  steps,  at  the  top  of 
which  is  a  landing,  from  which  entrance  is  obtained  into  a  large 
room,  which  is  used  for  the  meetings  of  the  full  Board.  This  is 
a  well  proportioned  and  capitally  lighted  place,  having  an  area 
of  52  by  22  feet.  In  addition  to  a  centre  table  for  the  clerk's 
use,  there  are  three  long  tables  of  pitch-pine  arranged  around  the 
room,  on  the  outer  sides  of  which  sit  the  members,  all  facing  the 
inner  table  and  the  chairman,  who  occupies  a  slightly  elevated 
position.  This  room  is  also  furnished  with  arm  chairs,  and  is 
lighted  by  three  windows,  four-light  centre  chandelier  and  eight 
side  gas  brackets.  There  is  also  a  substantial  dark  marble 
mantelpiece  and  open  fire-grate  in  this  room,  in  addition  to 
other  suitable  fittings.  Every  room  is  warmed  by  a  heating 
apparatus.  Altogether  the  building  is  a  roomy  and  substantial 
one,  well  adapted  for  its  purposes,  which  it  will  serve  for  many 
years  to  come. 

The  present  members  of  the  Local  Board  (1887-8)  are, 
Messrs.  R.  Womersley  (chairman),  John  Brayshaw,  Matthew 
Walker,  John  Halliday,  J.  E.  Hinings,  John  Milner,  George 
Clough,  Isaac  Waterhouse,  Joseph  Webster,  Christopher  Wilson, 
Simeon  (Zarr,  J.  E.  Goodali,  Wm.  Nichols,  Robert  Smith,  and 
Benjamin  Verity.  Mr.  Benjamin  Dufton  is  Clerk  to  the  Board  ; 
Dr.  John  Wilson,  medical  officer  ;  Mr.  Joseph  Town,  inspector 
of  nuisances  ;  Mr.  John  Baker,  collector  and  lighting  inspector  ; 
and  Mr.  Isaac  Wood,  highway  surveyor,  building  inspector,  and 
superintendent  of  fire  brigade. 

On  the  13th  day  of  March,  1870,  a  BURL\L  Board  was 
form^  at  a  meeting  of  the  ratepayers  held  in  the  Public  Hall, 
and  a  resolution  was  also  passed  to  the  effect  "  that  a  new  burial 
ground  shall  be  provided  for  the  township  of  Pudsey  under  the 
various  Burial  Acts  passed  for  that  purpose  up  to  the  present 
time,"     The  following  ratepayers  were  elected  to  form  the  first 


154  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Board  : — Messrs.  R.  Womersley,  William  D,  Scales,  Joseph 
Town,  J.  S,  Jones,  J.  Asquith  Minings,  Robert  Salter,  W.  H. 
Greaves,  James  Banks,  and  George  Armitage.  The  resolutions 
of  the  meeting  having  received  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  State,  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Board,  Mr.  Richard 
Womersley  was  elected  chairman,  and  Mr.  Joseph  Town, 
secretary,  pro.  teni. 

The  question  of  a  site  for  the  proposed  cemetery  formed 
a  bone  of  contention  for  some  years,  and  much  bitter  feeling  was 
aroused  on  this  serious  question  of  a  quiet  resting-place  for  the 
dead.  The  Burial  Board,  after  casting  about  for  a  site,  thought 
the  present  one  in  Back  Lane  very  suitable,  and  called  a  meeting 
on  the  /th  May,  1870,  at  which  the  site  was  submitted  to  the 
ratepayers.  It  was,  however,  rejected  on  sanitary  grounds,  and 
a  poll  was  demanded  by  the  Burial  Board,  which  resulted  in  998 
ratepayers  voting  for  the  adoption  of  the  site,  and  1,197  against 
it.  Two  cemeteries  were  then  suggested  by  the  Burial  Board,  one 
at  Back  Lane  and  the  other  at  Quarry  Gap.  A  site  at  Plantation, 
Gibraltar,  was,  however,  started  in  opposition,  as  being  more 
central  both  for  Pudsey  and  Tyersal,  and  another  poll  took  place 
on  the  2 1  St  June  in  the  same  year,  resulting  as  follows: — For  the 
Back  Lane  and  Tyersal  sites,  978  ;  for  Plantation,  1,083.  The 
latter  site  was,  however,  disapproved  at  a  town's  meeting  held  on 
the  1 2th  October,  1871  ;  and  in  December  the  Back  Lane  site 
was  again  put  forward  by  the  Burial  Board,  to  be  in  turn 
rejected.  Upon  this  the  Board  demanded  another  poll,  which 
was  taken  in  March,  1872  ;  the  numbers  being — For  Back  Lane, 
9S0  ;  against  it,  954.  The  site  was  thus  carried  by  26  votes,  a 
decision  which  remained  unchallenged.  The  site  was  finally 
approved  by  the  Home  Secretary  in  June,  1872.  It  was  pur- 
chased from  Messrs.  Farrer,  of  Pudsey,  and  contains  nearly 
twelve  acres. 

The  Cemetery  occupies  a  commanding  position,  and  from  it 
a  very  extensive  prospect  is  obtained.  The  Local  Board  have 
doubled  the  width  of  Back  Lane  up  to  the  Cemetery;  the  surface 
of  the  ground  is  more  or  less  regular,  having  a  fall  of  forty-five 
feet  to  Back  Lane,  and  the  Cemetery  is  laid  out  in  an  attractive 
and  suitable  manner,  befitting  a  place  of  sepulture.  The  area  of 
the  consecrated  side  is  21,633  square  yards,  and  of  the  unconse- 
crated  portion  24,054  yards,  while  8,277  yards  of  the  front  to 
Back  Lane  is  unappropriated.  The  design  is  simple,  but 
effective.  A  roadway,  21  feet  wide,  leads  from  the  entrance  in 
Back  Lane  to  an  oval  flat  in  the  centre  of  the  grounds,  and  winds 


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155 


round  each  side  of  the  oval  with  a  width  of  30  feet,  to  the  chapels, 
the  road  being  continued  forward  to  the  southern  extremity  of 
the  cemetery,  but  is  here  only  18  feet  in  width.  The  walks 
branching  off  from  the  road  are  respectively  9  feet  and  12  feet 
wide.  A  deep  drain  is  carried  underneath  the  central  road, 
communicating  with  three  cross  drains,  which  effectually  drain 
the  place.  The  cemetery  is  surrounded  with  a  stone  wall.  On 
the  inner  side  are  plantations,  at  the  angles  of  the  walks  are 
shrubberies  and  flower  beds,  and  the  central  road  is  planted  with 
forest  trees  to  form  an  avenue.  Back  Lane  has  been  widened, 
and  the  cemetery  wall  fronting  it  will  be  finished  with  a  hedge 
inside  the  grounds.  The  entrance  gates  are  depressed,  and  are 
flanked  with  dwarf  walls  and  palisadings,  the  piers  of  the  gates 
being  substantial.  The  Registrar's  house  and  Board  room  are  on 
the  west  side  ;  the  design  is  in  the  Gothic  style.  The  same  style 
is  adopted  in  the  chapels,  which  are  coupled  together  by  a  massive 
tower  and  spire,  surmounted  by  a  vane  ;  the  total  height  of  this 
conspicuous  object  is  1 10  feet,  the  extreme  length  of  the  chapels 
and  tower  is  116  feet,  and  they  form  an  imposing  block  of 
buildings  set  upon  a  terrace  8  feet  in  height,  and  on  the  highest 
part  of  the  grounds.  The  two  chapels  are  of  the  same  size.  A 
neat  doorway  gives  access  to  the  interior  ;  on  each  side  of  the 
entrance  is  a  one-light  window,  with  a  circular  window  in  the 
gable,  the  latter  topped  with  a  stone  cross.  The  tower  base  is 
pierced  with  a  lofty  archway,  26  feet  in  height  by  13  feet  wide. 
Over  this  is  a  belfry  and  the  spire.  The  hearse  can  be  driven 
under  the  archway,  and  the  body  in  taken,  into  a  mortuary, 
separated  from  the  chapels  by  a  glass  screen.  Both  chapels  and 
mortuaries  are  w^ell  lighted  with  windows  in  the  sides,  and  the 
chapels  have  large  three-light  windows  in  the  south  gables,  each 
chapel  having  chancels  and  vestries.  The  work  throughout  is 
of  a  substantial  character.  Mr.  John  Senior,  of  Harlow  Heath, 
near  Harrogate,  laid  out  the  grounds  under  Mr.  Gay's  (the 
architect)  superintendence,  and  the  latter  gentleman  has  also 
superintended  the  planting,  the  work  throughout  being  creditable 
to  all  concerned.  The  ground  is  w^ell  adapted  for  burial  purposes, 
and  Pudsey  may  be  congratulated  upon  having  got  rid  of  a 
difficulty  and  secured  one  of  the  most  compact  cemeteries  in  the 
district.  The  cost  was  about  ^10,000.  The  east  side  of  the 
cemetery  is  set  apart  for  burial  purposes  in  connection  with  the 
Chuich  of  England,  and  this  portion  was  consecrated  on  the  8th 
day  of  June,  1875,  by  the  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Ryan,  representing  the 
Lord  Bishop  of  Ripon. 


156  HISTORY    OF    PUDSEY. 

The  first  interment  took  place  on  June  9th,  1875,  when  a 
child  aged  about  two  years,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  G.  V.  Bannister, 
of  Lowtown,  was  interred  in  the  unconsecrated  portion. 

Gas  Company. — The  Act  for  lighting  Pudsey  with  gas  was 
obtained  in  1844,  on  the  representation  that  it  would  be  of  great 
advantage  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  township,  if  a  constant  and 
ample  supply  of  gas  was  obtainable  for  lighting  mills,  manufac- 
tories, shops,  houses,  and  other  buildings,  and  it  would  also  be  of 
advantage  to  them  and  to  the  public  resorting  to  Pudsey  if  a 
sufficient  supply  of  gas  were  provided  for  lighting  the  streets, 
roads,  highwa}'S,  and  public  passages  within  the  township. 
Nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  elapsed  before  any  steps  were  taken 
to  carry  out  the  lighting  of  the  streets.  In  June,  1868,  a  meeting 
was  held  in  the  Public  Room,  when  it  was  resolved  to  apply  the 
powers  of  the  Act,  so  far  as  it  applied  to  lighting  up  the  streets 
with  gas  of  that  portion  of  the  township,  which  was  separate  and 
apart  from  the  hamlet  of  Tyersall.  A  Lighting  Board  was 
appointed,  consisting  of  nine  persons,  Mr.  Joseph  Newell  being 
appointed  secretary  to  the  Board,  and  Samuel  Varley,  Esq.,  the 
treasurer.  The  streets  were  lighted  in  October  of  the  same 
)'ear.  The  original  subscribed  capital  of  the  Gas  Company  was 
£16,000,  increased  in  1856  to  ^^"58,000,  including  borrowing  powers 
to  the  extent  of  i,  10,000. 

Water\vorks  Company. —  In  1865,  the  Calverley  District 
Waterworks  Company  was  formed  for  the  purpose  of  supplying 
Pudsey  and  four  other  townships  with  water,  to  be  obtained  from 
the  Bradford  Corporation.  Samuel  Varley,  Esq.,  was  appointed 
chairman  of  the  company,  and  George  Hinings,  Esq.,  deputy- 
chairman.  The  first  pipe  of  the  high  level  scheme  was  laid  by 
Mr.  E.  Sewell,  of  Fulneck,  on  Monday,  June  12th,  1865.  The 
share  capital  of  the  company  was  ;!^20,ooo,  in  4,000  shares  of  ^5 
each.     The  company  has  had  a  prosperous  career. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES. 


^  NE  of  our  great  English  poets  has  said  "  The  proper 
study  of  mankind  is  man."  If  this  be  true,  then  in 
this  chapter  we  are  engaged  in  a  proper  study,  while 
looking  into  the  names  and  characters  of  some  of  our 
townsmen  who  have  risen,  by  either  worth  or  wealth, 
positions  of  eminence.  The  study  of  biography  is 
always,  more  or  less,  interesting  and  instructive.  "  God 
hath  been  pleased,"  says  Dr.  Geo.  HiCKES,  in  a  sermon  in 
1682,  "to  make  our  county  (Yorkshire)  the  birth-place  and 
nursery  of  many  great  men."  What  may  be  said  of  the  whole 
may  be  said  of  many  of  our  towns  and  villages  who  have  their 
worthies  or  eminent  men.  It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  writer 
to  collect  the  names  of  the  local  worthies  or  eminent  men  who 
have  been  connected  with  his  native  town  either  by  birth,  long 
residence,  or  other  close  connection  with  the  place. 

The  first  names  that  we  find  in  history  in  connection  with 
the  township  of  Pudsey,  are  those  of  two  Saxon  Thanes,  DuN- 
STAN  and  Stainulf,  who  held  the  lands  in  Pudsey  between 
them,  before  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror.* 

Richard  de  Pudsey  was  the  founder  of  the  ancient 
Pudsey  family,  whose  descendants  are  living  unto  this  day. 

Gregory  de  Pudsey,  the  son  of  Richard,  gave  18  acres 
of  land  in  Pudsey  to  Kirkstall  Abbey,  viz.,  10  near  Ferneley- 
brooke,  and  eight  in  one  assart,  with  a  toft  and  garden. 

*  See  pages  4  and  5. 


158  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

Roger  DE  Pudsey,  son  of  Gregory,  gave  to  the  same 
Monastery  two  and  a  half  acres  of  land  in  Pudsey.  Roger  had 
a  son  called  THOMAS,  who  gave  to  the  same  Abbey  an  assart 
in  the  wood  near  Farnley  River  or  Brooke.     His  son  was 

Geoffrey  de  Pudsey,  who  also  gave  to  Kirkstall  Abbey 
an  ancient  messuage,  garden,  and  three  acres  of  land  with 
common-right  in  Pudsey,  which  messuage  was  probably  the 
Mansion  House  of  the  family,  because  his  son  and  heir,  Simon 
de  Pudsey  was  married  to  Katherine,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
John,  Lord  of  Bolton,  near  Gisburn  in  Craven,  to  which  place  he 
removed,  temp.,  Ed.  II.,  1307  to  1327,  and  from  him  there  is  a 
full  pedigree  of  the  family  in  Thoresby's  Ducatus,  and  also  in 
Foster's  Pedigrees  of  Yorkshire  Families. 

Adam  Sampson  de  Pudsey  gave  five  acres  of  land  in  Pud- 
sey, in  1280,  to  Kirkstall  Abbey,  and  his  son,  Walter  Sampson, 
o-ave  with  his  corpse  an  annuity  of  2s.  issuing  out  of  lands  here. 
He  also  gave  one  meadow  with  all  his  lands  in  Grimflat.  This 
Walter  was  one  of  the  few  persons  who  were  honoured  with 
burial  in  the  Abbey. 

Tempest  Milner,  son  of  Samuel  Milner,  of  Pudsey,  was 
a  Citizen  and  Merchant  Taylor  and  Alderman  of  London.  He 
purchased  the  Manor  of  Pudsey  and  estates  there  from  Henry 
Calverley,  and  Joyce,  his  wife,  in  1649,  and  reconveyed  them  to 
Henry  Calverley,  in  1650.  He  had  a  son,  JOHN  MiLNER,  who 
was  English  Consul  at  Lisbon,  in  Portugal. 

Robert  Milner,  brother  of  Tempest,  purchased  the  Manor 
of  Pudsey  and  estates  there  from  Walter  Calverley,  in  1663. 

John  Milner,  son  of  Robert,  was  the  next  Lord  of  the 
Manor,  and  he  was  one  of  the  witnesses  who  signed  the  will  of 
Elk.  Wales,  at  Leeds,  in  1669.  This  John  Milner,  who  died  in 
1 7 10- II,  had  a  son  John  who  was  an  M.U.     He  died  in  1724. 

Elkanah  Wales,  M.A.,  who  was  born  at  Idle,  in  1588, 
and  after  a  course  of  studies  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
terminating  in  1609,  he  accepted  the  poor  curacy  of  Pudsey 
Chapel,  about  the  year  1614.* 

Rev.  James  Sale  was  the  son  of  Mr.  James  Sale,  of  Pud- 
sey, where  he  was  born  in  16 19.  He  was  a  companion  and 
great  comfort  to  old  Mr.  Wales,  with  whom  he  served  as  a  son  in 
the  Gospel.     He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Cambridge.-f- 

Rev.  Richard  Hutton,  of  Pudsey,  who  was  the  great 
grandson  of  Dr.  Matthew  Hutton,  Archbishop  of  York  ;  grand- 
son of  Sir  Thomas  Hutton,  of  Poppleton  ;  and  the  son  of  Richard 

•  See  pages  1)7-50.       +  See  pages  51,  So  Si. 


RICHARD    THORNTON,   ESQ.  1 59 

Hutton,  Esq.,  and  his  wife  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Ferdinand 
Viscount  Fairfax,  Baron  of  Cameron  in  Scotland  and  Denton  in 
Vorkshire,  "Mr.  Richard  Hutton  and  Beatrix  Sale"  were 
married  at  Calverley  Church,  October  27th,  1682.  Mr.  Hutton 
was  buried  there  July  28th,  1708,  and  his  widow  was  buried  July 
23rd,  1709.  They  were  buried  in  the  south  aisle,  and  their 
broken  tombstone  is  near  to  the  tombstone  of  Mr.  Sale. 

Richard  Hutton,  Esq.,  of  Pudsey,  son  of  the  above-named 
Richard  Hutton,  married,  at  Hopton,  Mary,  the  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Richard  Thorpe,  one  of  the  ejected  ministers,  a  man  of 
property,  and  then  a  nonconformist  minister  at  Hopton.  This 
Mrs.  Mary  Hutton,  of  Pudsey,  died  in  1723,  and  was  buried  at 
Calverley  Church,  December  24th. 

Richard  Thornton,  Esq.,  of  Tiersal,  Pudsey,  was  Re- 
corder of  Leeds,  and  a  celebrated  antiquary.  Thoresby,  in  his 
History  of  Leeds,  styles  him  *'  the  learned,  ingenious,  and  pious 
Richard  Thornton,  Esq.,  the  excellent  Recorder  of  Leeds,  Heir 
male  of  the  ancient  Family  of  the  Thorntons,  of  Thornton  and 
Tyersall,  whose  noble  collection  of  manuscripts  has  been  of 
singular  advantage  unto  me  in  this  undertaking,  and  yet  the 
benefit  received  from  his  personal  instruction  and  assistance  has 
been  infinitely  more."  Then  follows  a  full  pedigree  of  the  family. 
He  died  in  October,  17 10,  aged  51,  and  was  buried  at  St.  John's 
Church,  Leeds,  He  had  a  son,  John  Thornton,  Esq.,  of  Tyersall, 
who  was  also  a  merchant  at  Hamburgh. 

Richard  Hey,  drysalter  of  Pudse}%  was  the  son  of  John 
Hey,  of  Pudsey,  and  was  born  in  the  year  1702.  He  married 
Mary,the  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Mr.  Jacob  Simpson,a  surgeon 
in  Leeds,  whose  father  was  a  physician  in  Wakefield.  She  was 
descended  from  the  Sykes  family,  and  the  pedigree  of  the  family 
may  be  seen  in  Thoresby's  History  of  Leeds,  and  also  may  that 
of  Mr.  Hey's  family,  at  page  3.  It  is  recorded  that  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hey  paid  such  attention  to  the  instilling  of  good  principles, 
that  very  serious  offences  among  their  children  were  rare,  and 
whilst  he  impressed  upon  his  children,  with  peculiar  energy, his  own 
nice  sense  of  right  and  wrong,  he  intermixed  with  it  a  degree  of 
prudential  consideration.  His  strict  integrity  was  so  well  known 
that  he  was  frequently  spoken  of  as  "  Honest  Mr.  Hey."  He 
was  a  zealous  Churchman,  and  paid  much  respect  to  the  clergy, 
and  he  contributed  liberally  towards  increasing  the  endowment 
of  the  Old  Chapel  of  Pudsey,  in  1733,  Mr.  Hey  died  on  the 
24th  of  February,  1766,  aged  63.  His  illness  must  have  been  of 
short  duration,  as  I  find  that  he  attended  a  town's  committee 


l6o  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY.  ' 

meeting  as  overseer  of  the  poor,  on  the  ist  of  the  same  month. 
Mrs.  Hey  died  on  the  19th  of  May,  1768.  They  had  a  family  of 
eight  children,  and  all  their  sons  who  lived  to  manhood  received 
honourable  titles,  and  became  eminent  men  in  their  several 
spheres  of  labour.  Their  children  were: — ist,  Rebecca,  bap. 
March  10,  1730-1,  who  married  the  Rev.  Wm.  Holmes,  vicar  of 
Thorner,  curate  of  Knottingley  and  Ferry  Fryston,  and  Master 
of  the  Free  School  at  Pontefract.  2nd,  Richard,  bap.  Sep.,  1732, 
who  died  young.  3rd,  John  Hey,  D.D.,  bap.  Aug.  i,  1734.  4th, 
William  Hey,  F.R.S.,  bap.  Aug.  16,  1736.  5th,  Samuel  Hey, 
M.A.,  bap.  March  28,  1739.  6th,  Dorothy,  bap.  April  9,  1741, 
who  married  Mr.  John  Radclifife,  of  Pudsey,  drysalter.  7th, 
Sarah,  bap.  April  15,  1743,  who  married  Mr.  John  Sharp,  of 
Gildersome,  drysalter.  8th,  Richard  Hey,  LL.D.,  bap.  in  Sep- 
tember, 1745. 

John  Hey,  D.D.,  the  second,  but  eldest  surviving  son  of 
Mr.  Richard  Hey,  of  Pudsey,  was  born  in  July,  1734,  and  when 
between  nine  and  ten  years  of  age  was  sent,  along  with  his 
younger  brother  William,  to  an  academy  at  Heath,  near  Wake- 
field, which  was  superintended  by  a  gentleman  of  highly  re- 
spectable character,  and  an  eminent  mathematician,  Mr.  Joseph 
Randall,  who  conducted  it  upon  a  large  and  liberal,  though 
somewhat  expensive  plan.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Dodgson,  afterwards 
Bishop  of  Elphin,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Sedgewick,  afterwards  head- 
master of  the  Free  Grammar  School  at  Leeds,  were  classical 
tutors.  When  seventeen  years  of  age,  in  I75i,hewent  to  the 
University  at  Cambridge,  where  he  was  admitted  of  Katherine 
Hall,  and  he  continued  a  member  of  that  college  till  1758,  when 
he  removed  to  a  Fellowship  in  Sidney  Sussex  College,  of  which 
college  he  continued  a  member  till  he  quitted  the  University  in 
1795.  We  may  form  some  estimate  of  the  assiduity  with  which 
he  pursued  his  studies  when  we  are  informed  that  before  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age  he  had  taken  his  degree  of  B.A.  of 
Katherine  Hall  ;  and  when  twenty-four  his  degree  of  M.A.  of 
Sidney  College,  viz.,  in  1758.  He  took  the  degree  of  B.D.  in 
1765,  and  D.D.  in  1780.  But  in  1775  he  performed  his  exercise 
for  his  doctor's  degree,  in  which  he  gave  (says  his  brother 
Richard)  an  instance  of  that  mode  of  disputation  which  is  not 
usual,  and  is  called  a  Public  Act.  He  was  a  tutor  of  Sidney 
College  from  1760  to  1779,  and  he  was  one  of  the  preachers  of 
His  Majesty's  Chapel  at  Whitehall.  Lord  Maynard  offered  him 
the  rectory  of  Passenham,  in  Northamptonshire,  near  Stony 
Stratford,    which    he    accepted,    and    immediatcl}-    vacated    hi.s 


JOHN    HEY,    D.D.  l6l 

Fellowship  in  Sidney  College.  Not  long  afterwards  he  ob- 
tained the  adjoining  rectory  of  Calverton,  Bucks,  by  exchange  for 
one  offered  to  him  by  the  Earl  of  Clarendon,  Chancellor  of  the 
Duchy  of  Lancaster.  In  1780,  he  was  elected  the  first  Norrisian 
Professor  of  Divinity  in  the  University.  In  1785,  and  again  in 
1790,  the  professorship  became  vacant  by  the  will  of  the  founder, 
Mr.  Norris,  and  he  was  each  time  re-elected.  In  1795,  he  ceased 
to  be  professor,  being  too  old,  by  the  will,  to  be  re-elected,  and 
having  declined  to  vacate  the  professorship,  in  1794,  in  order  to 
be  re-elected  within  the  prescribed  age.  When  tutor  in  Sidney 
College,  he  gave  lectures  on  Morality,  which  were  attended  by 
several  persons  voluntarily  (amongst  whom  were  the  great  states- 
man, Mr.  Pitt,  and  other  persons  of  rank),  besides  to  those  pupils 
whose  attendance  was  required.  These  lectures  on  Morality 
have  not  been  printed,  but  his  lectures  on  Divinity  are  before  the 
public,  having  been  printed  at  the  University  Press,  1796  to  1798, 
and,  published  in  four  volumes,  octavo.  These  lectures  have 
passed  through  three  editions  ;  the  last  edition  was  published  in 
1841,  and  was  edited  by  Bishop  Turton,  of  Ely.  In  181 1  he 
printed — without  publishing  —  "General  Observations  on  the 
Writings  of  St.  Paul."  On  an  application  for  a  copy  of  the 
latter  work,  made  to  him  through  a  nephew  (Mr.  Sharp),  the 
author,  wrote  the  following  peculiar  answer,  a  copy  of  which  I 
have  in   the  hand-writing  of  the  applicant : — 

Mr.  Dock!  does  me  Honor  :  but  I  think  you  must  tell  him  that  I  do  noi  piibltsh , 
or  take  money  for  my  Observations  on  St.  Paul,  being  unwilling  to  unsettle  any  one's 
notions:  that  I  have  printed  only  a  small  number,  and  at  a  very  considerable  Expence, 
and  so  am  obliged  to  be  very  stingy  of  my  copies,  and  to  lay  down  Rules  to  myself  about 
the  Disposal  of  them.  One  is  not  to  give  a  Copy  to  any  one  who  can  easily  borrow 
one.  Now,  as  Mr.  Dodd  lives  in  London,  he  might,  by  using  my  name,  borrow  a 
Copy  of  Mr.  Richard  Twining,  Junior,  No.  34,  Norfolk  Street,  Strand.  I  give  to  no 
Bishop,  to  no  Curate,  to  no  Female  (Mrs.  West  excepted,  for  particular  Reasons,  and 
as  an  Authoress),  to  no  Young  Person  in  a  Course  of  Education,  to  no  Calvinist, 
semi  or  quarter  Calvinist,  to  no  one  without  his  consenting  to  hazard  his  principles — 
and  so  on. 

In  1 81 2,  he  published  a  pamphlet  entitled — 

"  Remarks  on  a  Bill  in  Parliament  respecting  Parish  Registers,"  and  at  page  22  he 
refers  to  the  "village  of  Pudsey,  where  is  a  capital  Establishment  of  Moravians  ;  be- 
sides several  thousands  of  inhabitants  of  all  denominations." 

In  the  year  18 14,  he  divested  himself  of  the  whole  of  his 
ecclesiastical  preferments,  which  were  merely  the  two  livings 
mentioned  before.  He  removed  to  London  in  October,  having 
resigned  the  living  at  Calverton  at  Lady  Day,  and  Passenham 
on  the  loth  of  October.  From  that  time  he  continued  in 
London,  until  his  death  ;  growing  feeble  in  body,  till,  without 

M 


1 62  tllSTORY     OF      PUDSEY. 

painful  disease,  he  sunk  under  that  feebleness,  retaining  to  the 
last  a  soundness  of  mind,  and  giving  to  every  business  that  came 
before  him  a  remarkable  degree  of  that  careful  attention,  which 
had  evidently  been  with  him  a  matter  of  strict  duty  throughout 
a  long  course  of  years.  He  died  on  the  17th  of  March,  181 5, 
aged  eighty  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  burial-ground  of  St. 
John's  Chapel,  St.  John's  Wood,  Marylebone,  in  which  parish  he 
died. 

William  Hey,  Esq.,  F.R.S.,  an  eminent  surgeon,  of  Leeds, 
was  the  second  surviving  son  of  Mr.  Richard  Hey,  of  Pudsey, 
and  was  born  in  August,  1736.  At  seven  years  of  age,  he  was 
sent  to  school  near  Wakefield,  along  with  his  elder  brother  John, 
and  during  the  seven  years  that  he  remained  at  school,  he 
applied  himself  to  his  studies  with  great  diligence  and  industry, 
and  thus  acquired  a  vast  amount  of  useful  knowledge.  He  dis- 
played a  great  love  of  learning  and  science,  which  increased  with 
his  years,  and  was  conspicuous  through  every  subsequent  period 
of  his  life.  At  fourteen  years  of  age,  he  was  apprenticed  to  a 
surgeon  and  apothecary  at  Leeds,  where  he  acquitted  himself 
with  great  credit.  In  1759,  he  commenced  the  exercise  of  his 
profession  in  Leeds,  and  slowly  and  gradually  rose  to  the  very 
highest  position,  as  a  skilful  surgeon,  a  Christian  philanthropist, 
and  a  worthy  citizen.  Li  scientific  matters,  he  was  intimately 
associated  with  Dr.  Priestley,  on  whose  recommendation  he  was 
elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  in  1775.  He  took  a  very 
active  part  in  the  formation  of  the  Leeds  Infirmary,  and  was 
appointed  one  of  the  surgeons,  an  office  which  he  held  for  forty- 
five  years,  thirty-nine  of  which  he  was  the  senior  surgeon.  On 
the  formation  of  a  Leeds  Philosophical  Society  in  1783,  Mr.  Hey 
was  elected  president,  and  read  many  valuable  papers  to  the 
members.  In  1786,  he  was  elected  an  alderman  of  the  borough 
of  Leeds,  and  in  the  following  year  was  appointed  Mayor.  He 
was  again  elected  Mayor  in  1802.  This  eminent  man  died  on 
the  23rd  of  March,  18 19,  full  of  honours,  and  at  the  advanced 
age  of  83.  He  was  buried  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  Leeds,  and  his 
funeral  was  attended  by  a  great  number  of  friends  and  fellow- 
townsmen.  The  death  of  Mr.  Hey  was  an  event  deeply  felt  and 
sincerely  lamented  throughout  the  borough  of  Leeds.  A  full- 
length  marble  statue  of  Mr.  Hey  (by  Chantrey)  was  afterwards 
erected  by  the  subscriptions  of  his  fellow-townsmen,  and  is 
placed  in  the  Leeds  General  Infirmary. 

Samuel  Hey,  M.A.,  was  the  brother  of  the  preceding 
Keys.     He  was  born  on  the    i6th  of  March,    1739,  and   was 


RICHARD    HEY,    LL.t).  163 

educated  at  Cambridge,  where  he  attained  his  B.A..,  and  after- 
wards his  M.A.,  degrees.  He  was  elected  Fellow  and  Tutor  of 
Magdalene  College,  Cambridge.  He  was  afterwards  vicar  of 
Steeple  Ashton,  in  Wiltshire  ;  and  Dr.  Whitaker  says  of  him, 
that  he  was  "  an  excellent  parish  priest."  He  left  a  benefaction 
of  ;^50  to  the  Leeds  Infirmary,  with  this  condition  attached  to 
it,  that  the  Church  minister  at  Pudsey  should  for  ever  have  a 
right  to  recommend  patients,  equal  to  a  subscriber  of  two  guineas 
annually. 

Richard  Hey,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  was  the  youngest  son  of  Mr. 
Richard  Hey,  of  Pudsey.  He  was  born  on  the  22nd  of  August, 
1745.  He,  too,  like  his  other  brothers,  was  educated  at  Cam- 
bridge, and  when  twenty-two  years  of  age,  took  his  degree  of 
B.A.,  as  third  wrangler  of  Magdalene  College,  obtaining  also  the 
Chancellor's  first  gold  medal  and  the  Smith  Prize.  Three  years 
afterwards  he  took  his  M.A.,  of  Sidney  College,  and  in  the  same 
year,  viz.,  1771,.  in  November,  he  was  called  to  the  Bar,  in  the 
Middle  Temple;  and  with  a  view  to  the  practice  at  Doctors' 
Commons,  he  took  the  degree  of  LL.D.,  in  December,  1778,  of 
Sidney  Sussex  College  ;  and  he  obtained  in  the  same  year  the 
fiat  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  for  his  admission  into 
Doctors'  Commons.  However,  as  a  barrister  he  did  not  succeed, 
so  he  retired  from  the  Bar.  He  was  a  Fellow  and  Tutor  of 
Sidney  Sussex  College  till  1778  ;  and  afterwards  of  Magdalene 
College  from  1782  to  1796.  He  was  also  elected  one  of  the 
Esquire  Bedells.  He  married  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Brown, 
Esq.,  of  Hatfield,  Herts,  Garter-Principal  King-at-Arms,  who 
died  without  issue.  He  died  on  December  7th,  1835,  at 
Hertingfordbury,  near  Hertford,  in  the  91st  year  of  his  age, 
being  the  last  surviving  son  of  Mr.  Richard  Hey,  of  Pudsey. 

John  Ryley  was  an  eminent  mathematician,  and  was 
teacher  of  mathematics,  etc.,  at  Leeds,  for  a  long  period  of  years. 
He  was  born  at  All-Cotes,  Pudsey,  on  the  30th  of  November, 
1747.  He  received  at  an  early  age  such  a  common  education  as 
the  school  of  his  native  village  afforded,  and  was  afterwards 
employed  at  home,  in  the  joint  occupation  of  husbandman  and 
cloth  manufacturer  ;  spending  his  leisure  hours  diligently  in  the 
study  of  the  various  branches  of  mathematical  science.  So 
assiduous  and  successful  was  his  application,  that  he  was  suffi- 
ciently qualified  for  engaging  as  mathematical  teacher  at  the 
Drighlington  Grammar  School,  a  situation  which  he  held  with 
great  credit  for  upwards  of  a  year  ;  then,  yielding  to  the  solicita- 
tions of  his   friends,  he  opened  a  school  at  Pudsey,  where  he 


164  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

received  a  good  share  of  that  encouragement  which  his  abihties 
entitled  him  to  expect.  He  afterwards  obtained  an  excellent 
situation  as  schoolmaster  at  Beeston,  where  he  remained  for 
thirteen  years,  and  won  the  respect  of  all  who  were  brought  in 
contact  with  him.  In  1789,  the  situation  of  head-master  of  the 
Charity  School  in  Leeds  became  vacant,  and  Mr.  Ryley,  being 
highly  recommended  for  the  position,  received  the  appointment, 
and  held  it  with  distinguished  ability  until  his  death,  which  took 
place  on  the  24th  of  April,  1815,  in  the  69th  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  one  of  the  originators  and  the  first  editor  of  a  "  Literary, 
Mathematical,  and  Philosophical  Miscellany,"  called  "The  Leeds 
Correspondent,"  until  his  death.  He  also  compiled  a  "  History 
of  Leeds  and  the  Neighbouring  Villages,"  published  in  1808. 

John  Edwards  was  born  at  Fulneck,  Pudsey,  on 
December  5th,  1772.  He  was  the  son  of  a  shoemaker,  and  when 
young  learned  the  trade  of  a  shalloon  weaver.  He  removed  to 
Derby,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  spirit  trade.  He  was  an 
estimable  man  and  a  pleasing  poet.  His  first  publication  was — 
"All  Saints'  Church,  Derby,"  a  blank  verse  composition,  1805  ; 
his  next — "  The  Tour  of  the  Dove  ;  or,  a  Visit  to  Dovedale," 
published  in  1821.  Smaller  pieces  appeared  from  his  pen  after- 
wards, as  "  Recollections  of  Filey,"  etc. 

Rev.  Joseph  Sutcliffe,  M.A.,  an  eminent  Wesleyan 
minister,  was  a  working  man  at  Pudsey,  when  at  twenty-two 
years  of  age,  he  was  in  1784  appointed  a  class-leader  and  local 
preacher,  and  in  1786  he  was  sent  from  Pudsey  by  Mr.  Wesley 
to  labour  in  the  Redruth  circuit.  He  was  a  useful  and  honoured 
Wesleyan  minister  for  the  long  period  of  seventy  years,  and  died 
May  14th,  1856,  aged  94  years.  He  had  creditable  literary 
attainments,  was  an  excellent  grammarian,  an  admirable 
sermoniser,  a  pious  and  intelligent  commentator,  and  a 
respectable  geologist.  He  was  the  author  of  several  useful 
works. 

Rev.  Michael  Maurice,  Junr. — In  the  Old  Chapel  grave- 
yard (All  Saints',  Pudsey),  there  is  a  tomb-stone  to  mark  the 
resting-place  of  a  "Mr.  Maurice,  an  orthodox  dissenting  minister." 
This  was  the  father  of  Michael  Maurice,  who  was  a  man  of  real 
worth.  Michael  Maurice  was  born  at  Pudsey  in  the  year  1767. 
His  father,  it  is  said,  was  a  man  of  serious  mind,  and  his  son's 
preparation  for  the  ministry  was  made  under  a  deep  sense  of 
responsibility. 

Mr.  Maurice's  first  settlement  as  a  minister  was  at  Great 
Yarmouth  ;  but  it  does  not  appear  that  his  stay  here  was  long, 


REV.     MICHAEL     MAURICE,    JUN.  165 

for  soon  after  the  Birmingham  riots,  when  Dr.  Priestley  had  to 
fly  for  his  Hfe  to  London,  Mr.  Maurice  was  invited  to  take  the 
afternoon  duty  at  the  Gravel  Pit  Chapel,  Hackney,  and  he  soon 
became  intimately  associated  with  the  great  Dr.  Priestley.  It  is 
mentioned  as  an  interesting  fact  in  his  history,  that  he  assisted 
the  Dr.  in  packing  his  books  and  philosophical  apparatus  when 
the  latter  took  farewell  of  his  ungrateful  country.  Mr.  Maurice 
did  not  remain  with  the  Hackney  congregation  long  after  Dr. 
Priestley's  departure  for  America.  He  removed  to  Kirby,  where 
he  opened  a  school,  which  proved  most  successful.  But  in  this 
secluded  place  there  was  no  temple  in  which  he  could  consistently 
worship. — At  this  little  village  was  born,  in  the  year  1805,  his  son 
Frederick  D.  Maurice,  who  became  the  great  Professor  Maurice, 
of  King's  College,  London.  Professor  Maurice  is  the  author  of 
many  valuable  works  on  theology  and  metaphysics,  his  great 
work — "  The  Religions  of  the  World,"  still  keeps  its  place  in  the 
literature  of  England.  From  Kirby,  for  what  reason  does  not 
appear,  Mr.  Maurice  went  to  Lowestoft,  in  Suffolk,  a  town  of 
little  promise,  yet  connected  with  the  gloomy  early  history  of 
Crabbe,  the  poet,  and  of  which  the  upright  though  eccentric 
Whiston  was  once  vicar.  Mr.  Maurice's  predecessor  in  the  Lowes- 
toft pulpit  was  the  learned  and  amiable  Thomas  Scott,  the  poetical 
translator  of  the  book  of  Job.  Here  Mr.  Maurice  spent  several 
years  of  usefulness,  but  in  181 5  he  was  chosen  minister  to  the 
small  but  respectable  congregation  at  Frenchey,  a  pretty  hamlet 
near  Bristol.  The  chapel  at  Frenchey  stood  on  a  pleasant  com- 
mon, though  there  were  many  genteel  houses  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  chapel.  In  this  beautiful  retirement,  with  plenty  of  work  to 
do,  Mr.  Maurice  stayed  till  the  year  1824.  His  son,  F.  D.  Maurice, 
who  was  a  man  of  great  learning,  married  twice,  and  both  times 
remarkably  gifted  women.  The  first  was  sister  to  John  Sterling, 
the  poet  ;  the  second  was  a  sister  to  Sterling's  friend  Hare,  and 
was  also  a  lady  very  distinguished  in  the  literary  world.  Mr. 
Michael  Maurice's  other  children  went  with  him  to  Sidmouth, 
Southampton,  Reading,  and  finally  to  London.  It  is  said  that 
Mr.  Maurice  was  a  fine  speaker,  and  had  a  remarkable  command 
of  language.  It  is  also  said  he  was  always  heard  with  pleasure 
as  a  preacher.  Mr.  Maurice  was  a  thorough  advocate  of  civil 
and  religious  equality.  He  was  associated  with  Clarkson  and 
Macaulay  (the  father  of  Lord  Macaulay,  the  historian),  in  their 
work  of  slavery  abolition.  Among  his  friends  in  the  world  of 
literature  were  Mrs.  Barbauld,  Coleridge,  Samuel  Rogers,  Dr. 
Price,  and  others.     He  lived  a  good  life  and  was  a  man  of  high 


1 66  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

culture,  with  an  open  mind  for  all  good,  and  retained  his  mental 
faculties  to  the  last.  He  died  near  London  in  1855,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty-eight* 

Lepton  Dobson,  Esq.,  of  Grove  House,  Pudsey,  occupied 
with  distinguished  honour  the  position  of  Mayor  of  Leeds  in 
1 82 1.  It  was  during  his  i^^'oralty  that  it  was  resolved  to  pull 
down  the  Middle  Row  in'criggate.  It  was  Mr.  Dobson  who 
succeeded,  after  others  had  failed,  in  laying  the  foundation  of  an 
agreement  with  the  Vicar  of  Leeds,  which  led  to  the  institution 
of  the  Free  Market  in  Vicar's  Croft,  which  Parson's  History  of 
Leeds  says,  was  "  one  of  the  most  signal  and  beneficial  improve- 
ments ever  accomplished  in  the  town  of  Leeds."  The  first  stone 
of  the  Central  Market  in  Duncan  Street,  Leeds,  was  laid  by 
Lepton  Dobson,  on  the  26th  November,  1824,  as  also  was  that 
of  the  Commercial  Buildings,  on  May  i8th,  1826.  One  of  the 
ancestors  of  Lepton  Dobson  was 

Joseph  Lepton,  who  also  deserves  a  place  in  our  list  of 
eminent  townsmen.  He  was  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  the 
Nonconformist  Chapel,  erected  in  1708,  at  the  top  of  Chapel- 
town,  Pudsey,  and  he  left  by  Will,  dated  171 5,  a  field,  called 
Dick  Royd,  in  Pudsey,  the  rent  of  which,  after  deducting  ;^3  a 
year  for  a  dissenting  minister  settled  in  Pudsey,  was  to  be  given 
to  the  poor  who  do  not  receive  parish  relief  He  was  brother- 
in-law  to  Richard  Hey,  drysalter,  having  married  Dorothy,  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  John  Hey,  of  Pudsey.  He  died  in  17 16,  at 
Little  Gomersal,  having  appointed  John  Hey,  of  Pudsey,  his 
father-in-law,  and  Jonas  Thornton,  of  Horton,  his  executors. 

Lieut.  John  Carr,  a  native  of  Pudsey,  born  June  2nd, 
1798.  When  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  joined  the  army,  and 
rose  from  the  ranks  to  be  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  of  the  2nd 
Regiment  of  Life  Guards  ;  was  personally  complimented  for  his 
abilities  in  manoeuvring  troops  by  His  Majesty  the  King. 
Served  in  the  Life  Guards  for  the  space  of  twenty-four  years  in 
the  most  zealous  and  exemplary  manner.  Died  from  the  result 
of  an  accident,  much  respected,  June  6th,  1839,  aged  41  years, 
and  was  interred  in  the  Holy  Trinity  Church,  Brompton, 
London. 

Samuel  Ryley,  mathematician,  was  the  son  of  Mr.  Joseph 
Ryley,  of  All-Cotes,  Pudsey.  He  was  born  in  1783,  and  from 
his  boyhood  took  the  greatest  interest  in  arithmetical  and  mathe- 
matical studies.  He  was  instructed  by  his  uncle,  Mr.  John 
Ryley,  and  showed  himself  a  worthy  pupil.     He  contributed  to 

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BISHOP     REICHEL,    D.D.  167 

some  of  the  mathematical  periodicals  of  his  time.  He  died  on 
the  1 6th  of  May,  1847,  aged  64  years,  and  was  buried  in  the 
burial  ground  of  Pudsey  Church. 

William  Huggan,  was  born  in  1802,  and  after  learning 
the  art  of  cloth-making,  carried  on  a  successful  business  during  a 
long  life.  In  township  matters  he  was  a  faithful  public  servant, 
for  at  various  times,  through  a  long  period  of  years,  he  filled 
local  offices  with  credit  to  himself  and  satisfaction  to  his  fellow- 
townsmen.  Every  movement  which  had  for  its  object  the  im- 
provement of  society,  the  extension  of  freedom,  whether  civil  or 
religious,  had  his  countenance  and  hearty  support.  Institutions 
for  the  diffusion  of  knowledge  and  the  spread  of  instruction 
amongst  the  young  were  benefited  by  his  liberal  and  generous 
donations.  He  will  be  long  remembered,  not  only  for  the  many 
sterling  qualities  he  consistently  exhibited,  his  unswerving 
adherence  to  principle,  and  the  unblemished  character  he  main- 
tained, but  also  for  his  high  sense  of  public  duties  and  the 
obligations  of  the  citizen,  all  of  which  he  discharged  in  an 
honourable  and  worthy  manner.  He  held  the  office  of  overseer 
of  the  poor  for  many  years,  and  previously  had  held  the  office 
of  guardian  for  several  years,  and  for  the  three  years  prior  to  his 
death  he  was  one  of  the  councillors  of  the  Bramley  Ward  in  the 
Leeds  Town  Council.  Mr.  Huggan  died  on  the  6th  day  of 
December,  1869,  and  was  interred  at  the  Independent  Methodist 
Chapel,  Lowtown,  Pudsey. 

The  Right  Rev.  ClIARLES  PARSONS  Reichel,  was  born 
at  Fulneck,  in  18 16.  He  was  the  son  of  a  Moravian  minister, 
but  his  ancestors  have  been,  with  the  above  exception,  Lutheran 
clergymen,  so  far  back  as  the  Thirty  Years'  War.  In  1835  he 
became  a  member  of  the  University  of  Berlin,  where  he  studied 
Hebrew,  Syriac,  and  Arabic,  together  with  Ecclesiastical  History 
and  New  Testament  Exegesis.  In  1838  he  returned  to  England, 
and  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  where  he  gained  a 
classical  scholarship,  and  took  a  gold  medal  in  Greek,  first 
Hebrew  premium  at  seven  examinations,  and  v/as  first  in  the 
first  class  at  the  final  Divinity  examination  in  1846.  He  was 
then  ordained  deacon  in  1847  ;  appointed  to  a  curacy  at  St. 
Mary's,  Dublin,  which  he  resigned  three  years  afterwards  on 
being  appointed  Professor  of  Latin,  at  Queen's  College,  Belfast. 
In  1854  he  was  chosen  Donnellan  Lecturer  at  Dublin  University. 
These  lectures  are  now  out  of  print,  and  he  has  been  Select 
Preacher  at  the  Universities  of  Oxford,  Cambridge,  and  Dublin ; 
in  the  latter  University  holding  the  office  twice.     In   1856  he 


1 68  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

was  created  D.D.  by  the  University  of  Dublin,  and  in  1864  ac- 
cepted the  vicarage  of  Mullingar  at  the  hands  of  the  Crown, 
where  he  remained  until  he  was  transferred  to  Trim  and  the 
Archdeaconry  of  Meath  in  1875.  Dr.  Reichel  was  appointed 
Dean  of  Clonmacnois,  and  he  acted  as  Commissioner  for  his 
Grace  the  Lord  Primate,  in  which  capacity  he  carried  on  the 
affairs  of  the  diocese  of  Meath,  in  the  interregnum  that  elapsed 
after  the  death  of  Dr.  Butcher  ;  and  at  the  election  of  Dr. 
Plunket,  now  Lord  Archbishop  of  Dublin,  the  present  Bishop  him- 
self received  a  large  number  of  votes,  especially  from  the  laity.  On 
Lord  Plunkct's  election  in  1885,  Dr.  Reichel  was  elected  to  the 
See.  He  was  one  of  the  three  Select  Preachers  at  the  late  Church 
Congress  at  Wakefield.* 

John  T.  Beer,  F.S.A.S.,  F.R.S.L.,  Threapland  House,  Pud- 
sey.  He  was  born  at  Whitstable,  in  Kent,  in  the  year  1825,  and 
received  his  early  training  in  the  British  School  of  that  place. 
At  twelve  years  of  age  he  was  removed  to  Maidstone,  and  began 
working  life  as  an  errand  boy,  subsequently  learning  the  trade  of 
a  tailor  with  his  father.  He  worked  at  his  trade  in  London,  and 
as  a  foreman  at  Retford  and  Sheffield,  and  while  in  Retford  was 
married  to  a  daughter  of  Mr.  William  Pennington,  a  worthy 
burgess  of  that  ancient  borough.  In  1857,  he  commenced  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  in  Leeds,  at  the  instigation  of  the  late 
Dr.  Punshon.  During  his  business  career,  he  devoted  much 
attention  to  studies  of  an  intellectual  character,  and  was  fre- 
quently engaged  giving  lectures  on  physiological,  scientific,  and 
other  equally  solid  subjects.  Poetry  also,  found  in  him  a  devoted 
admirer,  and  he  wooed  the  Muse  himself  on  many  occasions.t 
Mr.  Beer  was  connected  with  the  Cambridge  University  Exten- 
sion scheme  on  its  introduction  into  Leeds,  and  was  the  President 
of  the  Students'  Union  during  the  three  years  of  its  existence. 
Before  this  Union  he  gave  lectures  on  the  Transit  of  Venus, 
Comets  and  Shooting  Stars,  and  the  Moon.  He  is  also  President 
of  the  Bradford  Scientific  Association  ;  before  which  he  has 
lectured  on  "  Changes  in  the  Coast-line  of  Kent,"  the  "  Motions 
of  the  Moon,"  "  Past  and  present  History  of  the  Moon,"  "Solar 
Physics,"  etc.  He  has  also  been  engaged  for  many  years  in 
pursuits  of  an  antiquarian  character,  having  thereby  acquired  an 
important  and  valuable  collection  of  Roman  and  other  pottery, 
coins,  old  china,  rare  books,  etc.     Mr.  Beer  has  been  untiring  in 

*  This  sketch  has  been  contributed  by  the  Rev.  R.  V.  Taylor,  B.A.  See  also  sketches  of  Dr, 
Reichel,  in  Church  Bells,  No.  321,  and  Men  of  ilie  Time,  1887. 

t  For  list  of  Mr.  Beer's  writings,  see  Chapter  on  the  Bibliography  of  Piidsey. 


JOHN     NAYLOR,    MUS.    DOC.  169 

his  efforts  on  behalf  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute  and  other  asso- 
ciations, religious  and  philanthropic,  of  Pudsey.  For  upwards 
of  twenty  years  Mr.  Beer  has  been  closely  connected  with  the 
Wesleyan  Church  in  Pudsey,  formerly  as  a  local  preacher,  and 
since,  as  the  teacher  of  the  Adult  Class,  which  at  the  present 
time  numbers  over  forty  members.  In  1871,  he  was  elected  a 
Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Literature,  and  also  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland. 

John  Naylor,  Mus.  Doc,  Oxford.  This  talented  musi- 
cian was  born  at  Stanningley,  at  which  time  his  father  was  clerk 
of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Leeds  (a  very  important  position  forty 
years  ago).  It  is  said  of  the  elder  Naylor  that  "  he  possessed  a 
fine,  rich-toned  bass  voice,  with  which  he  used  to  astonish  the 
congregation  occasionally,  when  holding  out  the  low  note  in  one 
of  the  responses  or  the  Amens."  He  was  a  good-natured,  genial 
man,  and  his  company  was  much  sought  after  by  music-loving 
friends.  Young  Naylor  received  his  earliest  musical  training  as 
a  choir-boy  at  the  Parish  Church,  Leeds,  the  first  year  and  a  half 
of  which  time  Dr.  S.  S.  Wesley  was  the  organist.  He  was  after- 
wards deputy-organist  thereuntil  1856,  when,  at  seventeen  and 
a  half  years  of  age,  he  was  appointed  by  Dr.  Whiteside  to  the 
organistship  and  choirmastership  of  the  parish  church  of  Scar- 
borough. This  position  he  held  until  1873,  when  he  was 
appointed  organist  of  All  Saints',  Scarborough  ;  and  in  1883  he 
was  promoted  to  the  valuable  and  much-coveted  post  of 
organist  and  choirmaster  of  York  Minster. 

Nelson  Varlf.y  was  born  in  1846,  the  son  of  Richard 
Varley,  of  Stanningley.  He  was  apprenticed  in  his  youth  to 
Mr.  Nicholson,  organ-builder,  of  Bradford,  but  long  before  his 
indentures  were  out,  he  had  shown  himself  to  be  possessed  of 
a  tenor  voice  of  fine  quality  and  power.  Encouraged  by  some 
friends  at  Bradford,  Mr.  Varley,  on  the  expiration  of  his 
apprenticeship,  was  taken  in  hand  by  Chevalier  Lemmens, 
to  whom  he  engaged  himself  for  five  years,  and  under 
whose  direction  he  was  first  introduced  to  the  public  at 
the  Crystal  Palace,  with  a  success  which  was  in  the 
highest  degree  gratifying.  He  accompanied  Madame 
Sherrington  and  a  "concert  party"  through  the  provincial  towns 
four  or  five  years  in  succession,  and  both  in  the  country  and  in 
London  made  good  his  early  promise.  Mr.  Varley  also  accom- 
panied Madame  Rudersdorf  to  America,  where  his  success  was 
even  greater  than  in  England.  After  being  in  America  rather 
more  than  a  year,  he  returned  to  this  country,  and,  with  his  wife 


I^O  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

(Mdlle.  Theresa  Liebe),  fulfilled  many  successful  engagements. 
Mr.  Varley  died  at  Cardiff,  on  the  2nd  of  December,  1883,  at  the 
age  of  37. 

Robert  Salter.  Born  in  18 17,  in  very  humble  circum- 
stances, the  subject  of  our  sketch  became  one  of  the  brightest 
examples  of  the  class  of  citizens  who  raise  themselves  from  ob- 
scurity to  positions  of  wealth  and  respect.  He  was  a  man  of  a 
most  retiring  disposition  ;  shunned  all  ostentation,  but  he  had 
great  business  tact  and  ability,  and  those  qualities  of  honesty 
and  integrity,  which  build  up  a  solid  and  permanent  commercial 
concern.  His  prosperity  and  great  success  in  business  did  not, 
as  is  too  often  the  case,  harden  his  heart,  or  tighten  his  purse 
strings,  for,  throughout  his  life,  he  had  a  large  tender  heart  and  a 
generous  disposition,  which  prompted  him  to  do  many  a  benevo- 
lent action  unknown  to  those  around  him.  In  1854  Mr.  Salter 
commenced  business  with  Mr.  W.  D.  Scales,  in  Pudsey,  the  pur- 
chase money  of  the  business  being  ;^300,  a  large  proportion  of 
which  was  borrowed.  This  was  during  the  time  of  the  Crimean 
War,  and  for  three  years  trade  was  very  bad,  and  after  this  lapse 
of  time  the  firm  found  they  had  not  a  penny  left.  Thanks  to 
their  honourable  business  transactions,  this  time  of  trial  and 
difficulty  was  overcome,  and  a  change  for  the  better  took  place. 
The  firm  grew  and  prospered,  and  ultimately  became  one  of  the 
largest  firms  in  the  county  in  the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  trade. 
Much  of  this  success  was  due  to  Mr.  Salter,  whose  integrity, 
knowledge,  skill,  and  energy  in  the  mechanical  department  had 
no  small  share  in  building  up  the  very  extensive  and  successful 
business  of  this  important  firm.  Mr.  Salter  was  a  Liberal  in 
politics,  and  a  Congregationalist  in  religion.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  first  Local  Board  of  Health  in  Pudsey,  but  re- 
signed his  seat  on  his  removal  to  Underwood  Villa,  Rawden,  in 
1875.  He  was  thrice  married,  and  left  a  widow  and  a  son,  Mr. 
Joseph  Salter,  The  Oaks,  Newlay  ;  and  daughter,  Mrs.  Driver, 
Croft  House,  Rickardshaw  Lane  ;  and  two  grandsons,  children 
of  a  son  who  had  been  dead  several  years. 

John  Holmes  Walker,  C.E.,  was  the  only  son  of  Mr. 
Joseph  Walker,  chemist,  of  Pudsey,  and  was  born  in  1855.  From 
a  child  he  was  devoted  to  study  and  learning.  He  evinced  great 
aptitude  for  scientific  knowledge — sanitary  engineering,  electricity, 
and  cognate  subjects  being  favourite  objects  of  study  with  him. 
After  a  successful  school  life,  he  was  articled  to  a  civil  engineer, 
and  pursued  his  scientific  studies  in  the  evening.  He  eventually 
qualified  himself  as  a  civil  engineer,  and  became  an  Associate  of 


RICPIARD     WOMERSLEY.  I7I 

the  Society  of  Engineers.  He  became  one  of  the  most  active 
members  of  the  Bradford  Scientific  Association,  frequently 
reading  papers  before  that  body,  one  of  the  ablest  being  on 
"  Various  forces  of  energy."  When  2 1  years  old,  he  was  the 
second  out  of  108  candidates,  in  an  examination  (twenty  sub- 
jects) for  the  position  of  Assistant  Civil  Engineer  to  the 
Admiralty,  and  was  informed  that  had  he  been  five  years 
older,  he  would  have  received  the  appointment.  He  subse- 
quently was  appointed  electrical  engineer  to  Messrs.  Bower  and 
Son,  St.  Neots.  In  a  short  time  afterwards  he  fell  a  victim  to 
excessive  study  and  overwork,  and  at  24  years  of  age 
the  bright  promise  of  a  very  clever  and  useful  life  was  for  ever 
eclipsed.  He  lingered  for  five"-  years  in  deep  mental  affliction, 
and  died  on  Sunday,  the  nth  of  April,  1866,  deeply  regretted 
by  every  one  who  knew  him  and  esteemed  him,  for  his  kind  and 
good  nature,  as  well  as  for  his  brilliant  mental  qualities. 

John  Hyland  Clough.  This  gentleman  was  born  at 
Fulneck  in  18 14,  and  commenced  business  as  a  grocer  at  Hors- 
forth  in  1840.  Here  he  occupied  a  seat  on  the  Board  of 
Guardians,  and  was  much  respected.  He  went  to  Stockton  in 
1855,  where  he  commenced  business  as  a  provision  merchant, 
and  was  prosperous.  He  took  a  warm  interest  in  the  progress 
and  welfare  of  his  adopted  town,  and  for  seventeen  years  repre- 
sented the  South-West  Ward  in  the  Tov/n  Council.  In 
November,  1876,  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  the  borough.  Mr. 
Clough  departed  this  life  on  the  23rd  day  of  April,  1878. 

Richard  Womersley.  As  a  public  servant,  this  gentle- 
man held  a  deservedly  high  position,  and  at  his  death,  which 
took  place  on  the  13th  of  December,  1878,  Pudsey  lost  one  of  its 
most  useful  inhabitants.  He  filled  at  various  times  several 
offices  in  the  management  of  the  business  of  the  town,  both  with 
credit  to  himself  and  advantage  to  the  township.  He  was  the 
first  chairman  of  the  Burial  Board,  and  took  a  most  active  part  in 
securing  the  new  cemetery.  For  a  long  time  he  served  on  the 
directorate  of  the  Gas,  Water,  and  other  local  Companies,  where 
his  sound  judgment  and  strict  integrity  always  commanded 
respect.  He  was  one  of  the  two  trustees  of  the  Christmas  dole, 
known  as  Lepton's  Charity,  which  is  given  to  the  poor  annually. 
He  was  well-known  as  a  moderate  Liberal  in  politics,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  both  local  and  general  political  organisations. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist,  and  took  an  active 
interest  in  the  formation  of  the  Congregational  Day  School, 
Greenside,  in  1853,  and  was  one  of  its  principal  supporters  until 


p.    A.     STRICKLAND.  1/3 

it  was  transferred  to  the  School  Board.  He  was  also  a  trustee, 
and  for  a  long  period  the  treasurer,  of  the  Congregational 
Church.  Mr.  Womersley  was  born  at  Hill  Foot,  in  Calverley, 
in  1813. 

P.  A.  Strickland,  A. CO.,  though  not  a  native  of  Pudsey, 
was  so  much  connected  with  the  town  and  its  music,  that  no 
apology  need  be  offered  for  this  brief  memoir.  He  was  born  at 
Farsley  on  July  13th,  1858,  and  was  the  eldest  son  of  Mr.  Abra- 
ham Strickland  of  that  village.  His  father  being  a  musician, 
young  Peter  early  became  acquainted  with  the  rudiments  of  the 
art,  and  evinced  a  great  desire  to  learn  more.  When  he  was 
eleven  years  of  age,  he  was  admitted  as  a  chorister  at  St.  Thomas' 
Church,  Stanningley,  under  the  late  Mr.  Joseph  Varley  Roberts, 
brother  of  Dr.  Roberts,  now  organist  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford. 
Two  years  later,  Mr.  Abraham  Strickland  was  appointed  Choir- 
master at  St.  Paul's  Church,  Pudsey,  and  Peter  went  to  join  his 
father.  In  a  very  short  time  he  became  the  principal  treble 
singer,  and  could  without  difficulty  sing  solos  from  most  of  the 
oratorios.  In  1874,  when  he  was  only  15  years  of  age,  he  began 
to  compose  music,  his  hymn  tunes — one  in  particular — being 
often  sung  in  the  church.  He  knew  nothing  of  the  theory  of 
harmony  at  this  time,  yet  the  harmony  of  the  favourite  tune  was 
so  good,  that  it  was  not  found  possible  to  improve  upon  it  in  later 
years.  He  had  been  for  some  time  learning  the  organ,  under 
the  able  tutorship  of  F.  W,  Hird,Esq.  (then  organist  of  St.  Peter's, 
Bramley),  and  made  such  progress  that  he  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  organist  at  Rodley  Mission  Church.  He  also  studied  the 
pianoforte,  and  became  so  proficient  that  his  services  were  very 
much  in  request  for  local  concerts,  etc.  In  1878,  when  seventeen 
years  of  age,  he  left  the  Mission  Church  to  devote  the  whole  of  his 
time  to  music,  and  succeeding  in  obtaining  the  position  of  organist 
at  the  Wesleyan  Chapel,  Stanningley,  which  post  he  held  four 
years,  when  he  was  promoted  to  Rawden  Church.  At  the  Society 
of  Arts  Examination  in  July,  1882,  he  was  awarded  first-class 
Certificates  for  organ  and  pianoforte  playing,  and  took  a  Second- 
class  Honors  Certificate.  In  1883,  he  entered  the  examination 
of  the  College  of  Organists,  London,  and  on  July  20th  of  that 
year,  received  his  diploma  as  an  Associate.  In  the  same  year 
he  was  appointed,  after  competition,  to  succeed  Mr.  A.  Benton, 
as  organist  and  choirmaster  at  Pudsey  Parish  Church,  and  he 
held  the  position  up  to  his  death.  In  1883,  also,  he  was  made 
conductor  of  the  Pudsey  Choral  Union.  He  was  the  composer 
of  a  large  number  of  hymn  tunes  and  choruses,  which  have  been 


1^4  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

published  and  well  received.  Besides  these,  he  has  left,  in  manu- 
script, at  least  forty  part-songs,  duets,  songs,  etc.  Three  of  the 
principal  published  songs  are  "  Love  for  Evermore,"  "Years  may 
come  and  years  may  go,"  and  "  Something  More,"  the  words  of 
each  of  these  being  supplied  by  the  well-knov/n  writer,  Edward 
Oxenford.  Two  dramatic  cantatas  "  The  Crusaders,"  and  "  The 
Knight's  Guerdon,"  both  works  of  some  promise,  were  unfor- 
tunately left  unfinished. 

In  1883,  a  tumour  grew  on  his  left  arm,  which, though  brought 
before  several  medical  men,  grew  worse.  He  was  recommended  to 
go  to  St.  George's  Hospital,  London,  where  on  April  18th,  1884, 
the  limb  was  amputated.  The  shock  proved  too  much  for  him, 
and  he  died  a  few  hours  after  the  operation,  at  the  early  age  of  25. 
His  remains  were  brought  to  Pudsey  and  interred  in  the  cemetery. 
About  400  persons,  including  40  of  his  pupils,  took  part  in  the 
funeral  ;  full  choral  services,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Pudsey 
Choral  Society,  were  held  in  the  Parish  Church  and  at  the  grave. 
His  happiest  moments  were  when  he  was  composing,  and  he 
thought  little  of  losing  his  arm,  being  confident  of  making  his 
living  as  a  composer.  His  death  was  much  regretted.  A  fine 
monument  has  been  erected — by  subscription — to  his  memory.* 

R.  Machill  Garth. — This  promising  musician  was  born 
at  Pudsey  on  the  15th  day  of  October,  i860,  his  parents  being 
descended  from  two  old  and  well-known  Pudsey  families,  viz., 
the  Garths  of  Lowtown  and  the  Machills  of  Ratcliff  House. 
Young  Garth  received  his  early  training  at  the  Free  Grammar 
School,  Batley,  and  was  a  chorister  boy  at  the  old  church  there 
for  two  years,  when  between  seven  and  nine  years  of  age.  When 
only  nine  years  old,  he  officiated  as  organist  at  Batley  Church, 
on  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Wilkinson,  but  some  time  afterwards 
he  became  organist  at  Carlinghow  mission  church,  St.  James's. 
He  was  subsequently  appointed  as  pianist  at  the  Literary 
and  Philosophical  Exhibition,  Middlesbrough  (1875),  during 
which  period  he  was  also  organist  and  choirmaster  of  St.  Martin's, 
and  sub-organist  of  St.  Paul's,  Middlesbrough.  When  eighteen 
years  of  age,  Master  Garth  was  appointed  sub-organist  of  St. 
Mary's  Cathedral,  Edinburgh,  which  post  he  held  for  six  years, 
and  during  two  of  these  years,  he  also  held  the  posts  of  private 
organist  to  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Molyneux  H.  Nepean,  and  the 
Hon.  Sir  Edward  Colebrooke,  Bt.,  M.P.  In  January,  1885,  Mr. 
Garth  was  appointed  to  his  present  position,  as  private  organist 
to  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Michael  Shaw  Stewart  of  Ardgowan.    For 

*  This  sketch  has  been  contributed  by  Mr.  S.  Kirkwood  of  Stanningley. 


R.     MACHILL    GARTH,    F.E.I.  ^  •  175 

this  post  there  were  many  applicants,  and  these  were  submitted 
to  a  contest  at  the  Edinburgh  University,  with  Professor  Sir 
Herbert  Oakley,  Composer  Royal,  Scotland,  as  adjudicator.  In 
September,  1885,  Mr.  Garth  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Educa- 
tional Institute  of  Scotland,  a  society  incorporated  by  Royal 
Charter  in  1841.  Mr.  Garth  was  one  of  the  selected  organists 
who  gave  recitals  on  the  grand  organ  at  the  Edinburgh  Exhibition 
in  1886.  He  also  wrote  the  Grand  March  for  the  Royal  Review 
in  1 88 1. 

Mr.  Garth  has  contributed  many  popular  and  pleasing  com- 
positions to  the  musical  literature  of  the  country.  His  first 
composition,  at  the  age  of  ten,  was  a  set  of  waltzes,  and  at 
eighteen,  he  published  a  song,  "The  Heaving  of  the  Lead,"  which 
is  very  popular  in  his  native  county.  The  work,  however,  to 
which  we  would  desire  more  particularly  to  refer,  is  his  oratorio, 
Ezekiel,  in  forty-three  numbers,  which  has  been  lately  completed, 
and  which  has  occupied  a  year  and  a  half  to  write.  The  Scottish 
Guardian,  speaking  of  the  first  performance  of  this  work,  says: — 

The  libretto  of  the  oratorio  was  compiled  by  the  Rev.  C.  R.  Linton.  Both 
subject  and  scheme  are  admirably  adapted  for  effective  musical  illustration,  and  the 
united  labours  of  Compiler  and  Composer  have  resulted  in  a  work  decidedly  original 
in  character,  containing  not  a  few  striking  passages,  and  abounding  almost  to  excess 
in  charming  melodies. 

During  the  many  years  in  which  England  was  engaged  in 
the  great  war,  which  ended  at  the  ever  memorable  Field  of 
Waterloo,  it  is  somewhat  interesting  to  learn  that  Pudsey 
contributed  a  fair  contingent  to  those  who  bravely  fought  and 
bled  in  upholding  the  honour  of  their  country  on  many  a  bloody 
field. 

George  Loryman  served  in  the  7th  Royal  Fusiliers,  and 
was  in  19  engagements,  viz.,  Copenhagen  (Denmark),  Martinique 
(West  Indies),  Busaco  and  Burlado  (Portugal),  Albuhera, 
Aldcade  Port,  Ciudad  Rodrigo,  Badajoz,  Fonta  du  Luy,  Sala- 
manca, Mountela,  Vittoria,  Roncevalles,  Pampeluna,  Escurial, 
and  Lauze  (Spain),  Orthes  and  Toulouse  (France)  and  New 
Orleans  (America).  Had  a  medal  with  seven  clasps,  and  had, 
the  last  few  years  of  his  life,  a  pension  of  /d.  a  day.  Died  at 
Pudsey,  May  15th,  i860,  aged  75. 

James  Gibson  was  in  the  7th  Royal  Fusiliers,  and  w^as 
some  time  a  Sergeant ;  went  through  the  Peninsular  Campaign, 
and  was  at  most  of  the  engagements  mentioned  above.  Had 
two  medals  with  three  clasps  for  Albuhera,  Busaco,  and  Talavera. 
Had  a  pension  of  is.  a  day.  Died  at  Pudsey,  July  30th,  1864, 
aged  84. 


176  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

Henry  WilcOCK  was  in  the  militia  from  1807  to  181 2, 
when  he  joined  the  Grenadier  Guards.  Went  through  Spain 
and  Portugal  with  Wellington,  was  at  the  battles  of  Nive  and 
Nivelle,  and  was  slightly  wounded  at  Waterloo.  He  was  also 
one  of  those  who  were  chosen  from  the  guards  as  the  best  and 
steadiest  men  to  form  the  Duke  of  Wellington's  guard  in  Paris, 
in  1815.  Was  discharged  in  1819,  without  a  pension.  In  1854 
had  a  pension  of  6d.  a  day  granted,  which  was  increased  to  gd. 
sTfew  months  before  his  death.  Died  at  Pudsey,  February  26th, 
1862,  aged  73. 

William  Varley,  born  at  Pudsey  in  1793,  was  in  the  2nd 
W.Y.  Militia,  from  1809  to  1812,  when  he  joined  and  was  made 
a  Corporal  in  the  renowned  33rd  Regt.  of  Foot,  the  "  Havercake 
Lads,"  as  they  were  called  in  Yorkshire.  Was  in  the  following 
engagements  :  At  Marksom,  in  Holland,  the  seige  of  Antwerp, 
the  storming  of  Bergen  op  Zoom,  and  the  three  days  at  Waterloo, 
where  he  was  slightly  wounded  on  the  third  day  ;  was  discharged 
in  1819,  without  a  pension,  Varley  died  September  the  nth, 
1872. 

William  Glover,  of  Lowtown,  born  at  Morley,  was  in  the 
Militia  from  1810  to  1811,  when  he  entered  the  36th  Regt.  of 
Foot  ;  was  engaged  in  the  Rolohas  Valleys,  at  Rodrigo,  Badajos, 
Salamanca,  where  he  was  wounded  ;  at  Burgos,  Vittoria,  Pampe- 
luna,  the  Pyrenees,  Orthes,  Nive,  Neville,  Toulouse,  and  Laville. 
Had  a  medal  with  six  clasps,  and  a  pension  of  9d.  a  day. 

John  Boocock  was  in  the  33rd  Regt,  and  was  killed  at 
Bergen  op  Zoom,  March  loth,  18 14. 

Joshua  Wheater  was  in  the  33rd  Regt.,  was  wounded  at 
Bergen  op  Zoom,  and  died  from  the  effects,  March  31st,  18 14. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


HE    following  attempt    at  a  bibliography   of  Pudsey 
literature,  includes  a  list  of  books,  pamphlets,  ser- 
mons, essays,  tracts,  and  articles  written  by  natives 
or   residents   of  the   place  ;  also  books    written   by 
strangers  having  reference  to  Pudsey,  or  its  people.  The 
list  also  includes  books  issued  from  the  Pudsey  press. 

Armstrong,  James  Leslie.  Was  for  some  time  a  schoolmaster  in  Pudsey, 
and  edited  a  local  paper  called 

The  Townsman,  or  Pudsey  Literary  Entertainer.  David  Scott,  Pudsey. 
Fortnightly  i|d.  Only  eight  Nos.  appeared.  No.  i,  November  12th,  1842; 
No.  8,  February  18,  1843.  In  No.  7  was  commenced  "  The  Maid  of  Fulneck  ; 
or,  the  Affray  of  Ad  Walton."  A  Tale  of  Yore.  By  the  Editor.  The  tale  was 
afterwards  published  in  one  volume,  under  the  title  of  "The  Heir  of  St. 
Emerald."  Printed  at  Bradford  :  Woodhead.  The  story  forms  the  subject  of 
a  long  poem  by  Robert  Carrick  Wildon,  of  Tong,  "The  Forbidden  Union," 
which,  along  with  other  poems,  was  published  by  subscription  in  1850,  and 
dedicated  to  Col.  Tempest,  of  Tong. 

Scenes  in  Craven,  in  1835.     136  pp. 

Beningborough  Hall  :  a  Yorkshire  Tale. 

Beer,  John  T.,  F.S.A.S  ,  F.R.S.L.,  of  Threapland  House,  Pudsey. 
Miscellaneous  Poems.     Leeds,  H.  W.  Walker,  1859,  pp.  98. 
The  Prodigal.     A  Dramatic  Poem.     London  :  Peter  Dow,  1861.     pp.  iv.,  134. 
Creation.     A  Poem.     Leeds  :  B.  W.  Sharp,  1870.     With  Portrait  of  the  Author. 

pp.  viii. ,  240 
The  Prophet  of  Nineveh,     A  Dramatic  Poem.     Leeds,  1877,  PP-  xiii.,  228. 

Published  by  subscription.     List  of  subscribers,  12  pp.     Price  4s.  6d. 
The  Beauty  and  Significance  of  Diversity.      Four  papers  in  the  Yorkshire 

Magazine,  volume  I,  1872. 
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178  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

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Derby,    1 821.     A  second  edition  was  published  some  years  afterwards,  without 
date,  containing  reviews  of  the  first  edition,  "  Recollections  of  Filey,"  etc. 
England,  Rev.  John,  Minister  and  Tutor  at  Fulneck. 

The  Human  Element  in  God's  Work.     A  Sermon.     Crown  Svo.,  3d. 

The  Salt  of  the  Earth.     Two  Sermons.     Crown  8vo.,  3d. 
Hey,  Rev.  J  ohn,  D.  D.   Born  at  Pudsey  in  1 734 ;  was  a  Tutor  of  Sidney  Sussex  College, 

Cambridge,  from    1 760  to  1779;  Norrisian  Professor  of  Divinity  in  that  University 

from  1780  to  1795. 

Redemption.  A  Poem.  Seaton's  prize  at  the  University,  1763,  410.  is. 
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Seven  Sermons,  preached  on  several  occasions,  Svo. 

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Malice,  and  Resentment,  1801.     Svo.,  pp.  xx.,  213. 

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Letters  on  Patronage.     In  the  Ckuixhman's  Mas^azine. 

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Substance  of  a  Bill  Respecting  Parish  Registers,  as  amended  by  the  Com- 
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with  remarks  by  Jno.  Hey,  D.  D.,  rector  of  Passenham,  in  the  County  of 
Northampton,  and  of  Calverton,  Bucks.+     Buckingham  :  1812,  pp.  50. 

Hey,  William,  F.  R.S.,  an  eminent  surgeon,  born  at  Pudsey  in   1736;  was  twice 
Mayor  of  Leeds.     Died,  23rd  of  March,  1819.J 

*  These  lectures  are  much  esteemed  for  the  various  and  extended  learning,  the  profound  thought, 
the  copious  and  correct  document,  and  the  calm  discussion  for  which  they  are  distinguished. — 
Darling's  Cyclopedia. 

t  A  short  memoir  of  Dr.  Tohn  Hey  appeared  in  the  Literary  Memoirs  of  Living  Authors, 
published  in  1798  ;  in  the  GentlevtaiCs  Mai^azine,  iZic,  •  Dictionarv  of  Living  Authors,  published 
in  iSi5  ;  in  Rose's  Biographical  Dictionary;  in  Taylor's  Leeds  Worthies ;  also  notices  in 
Cvclofcedia  Bibliogrnfhia,  Lowndes'  Bibbografher's  Manual,  etc.,  etc.  Miniature  portrait  of  Dr. 
Hey  in  possession  of  William  Hey,  Esq.,  of  Gledhow. 

t  The  Lif«  ot  William  Hey,  Esq.,  F.R.S..  by  John  Pearson,  was  published  in  one  large  Svo 
volume,  1822,  and  a  second  edition  in  two  vols,  small  Svo,  in  1823.  Both  editions  contain  an  excellent 
portrait  of  Mr.  Hey,  from  a  painting  by  Allen,  and  engraved  by  Scriven.  For  short  memoirs  of  Mr. 
Hey,  see  Parson's  History  of  Leeds;  the  Christian  Observer  for  August,  1S22  ;  Darlin&'s 
Cycloficedia  Bibliograihia ;  the  appendix  to  Gortons  Biografiiiical  Dictionary;  Eminent 
TVIhdical  Men,  published  by  the  Religious  Tract  Society  ;  Mavhall's  Annals  of  Leeds;  Taylor's 
Leeds  Worthies,  etc.  For  his  pedigree,  etc.,  see  Thoresbys  Diicntus  Leodiensis,  and  Whitakek's 
Loidis  et  Ehneie  for  portrait  engraved  by  Holl,  4to. 


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passed  over  in  larger  commentaries.  The  reflections  at  the  end  of  each  chapter  are  characterised  by 
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12  Nos.  appeared.     Was  recommenced  as  a  Weekly  Paper,  March  3rd,  i860, 

44  Nos.  appeared. 
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by  Yorkshire  Authors,  1873,  pp.  179-180. 

Memoirs,  Sermons,  Essays,  Reports,  etc.,  by  Various  Authors. 

Memoir  of  W.  Boyes,  in  Methodist  New  Connexion  Magazine,  March,  185 1,  pp. 
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p.  7,  and  Turner's  Nonconformity  in  Idle,  p.  16,  1876. 

Memoir  of  Rev.  Thomas  Laird,  Independent  Minister  of  Pudsey.    In  Evangelical 
Magazine,  Jan.  1832,  pp.  1-5. 

*  For  Memoir  of  Elkanah  Wales,  see  pages  47-51  ;  also  Calamy's  .Voiuoii/ormisi  Memorial, 
vol.  iii.,  p.  444,  2nd  Edition  ;  Parson's  History  of  Leeds,  vol.  ii.,  pp.  8-g ;  Taylor's  Leeds 
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in  Turner's  Noncon/orinity  in  Idle,  pp.  13-16;  Acrostic  and  Epitaph  on  Elk.  Wales,  in  Vorks. 
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Last  No.,  February  i8th,  1843.     D.  Scott,  Greenside. 
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FOLK-LORE   AND   SUPERSTITIONS. 


HE   interesting  study  of  folk-lore  has,  during  the  past 

Pfew  years,  amongst  the  antiquarian  students  of  the 
north,  received   a  good  share  of  attention  ;  its  revival 
has  arisen  from  the  fact,  apparent  to  many,  that  the 
;uperstitions   and    practices   and    old   sayings,  so  much 
^         mixed   up   with    the   every-day    life    of    our   venerable 
V         ancestors,  were  fast   fading   away   from    remembrance  : 
were  fast  giving  way  to  the  reasonable  age  ;  and  that  now 
the  time  was  really  come  when  it  was  necessary  to  make  haste 
to  collect  them  before  it  was  too  late. 

We  live  in  an  age  of  improvements,  in  an  age  when  inter- 
course is  made  so  easy  by  the  aid  of  telegraphs  and  newspapers, 
steam  and  educational  institutes,  that  we  are  fast  stripping  off 
superstition  for  reason  ;  and  when  immigrations  are  constantly 
leading  whole  families  from  one  district  to  another,  and  constantly 
breaking  up  the  relics  that  have  been  preserved  in  such  cases 
where  those  immigrations  have  been  made  from,  it  shows 
another  reason  for  making  good  use  of  the  time  present. 

We  have  all  a  love  for,  if  not  the  belief  in,  these  "  old  wives' 
tales  ;"  we  were  nursed,  suckled,  taught,  and  married  on  these 
beliefs,  and  in  due  course  transmit  the  same  to  our  descendants 
too  much  not  to  have  a  reverence  for  them. 

So  many  of  them  can  be  separated  from  the  really  super- 
stitious that  are  worthy  of  mention  too,  that  a  collection  is  in 
many  points  instructive,  and  fancy  can  picture  to  us  a  reason 
why  some  old  careful  Matty  of  the  past  should,  to  prevent  a 


1 86  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

waste  of  nature's  productions,  impress  on  her  descendants  that  it 
was  really  wrong  or  unlucky  to  burn  anything  green  or  of  use. 
Some  the  teachings  of  experience,  expressed  in  a  quaint  manner 
not  easily  forgotten,  on  unnatural  and  therefore  not  seasonable 
things — for  instance,  "a  green  yule  makes  a  fat  kirk  yard  ;" 
against  "  bearded  or  whistling  women,"  and  so  forth.  We  can 
and  do  believe  that  an  unnatural  season  is  productive  of  disease  ; 
and  have  all  an  antipathy  to  bearded,  masculine,  or  whistling 
women. 

By  another  flight  of  fancy  we  can  call  before  us  the  advice 
of  age  to  imprudent  youth,  suggesting,  "  That  before  you  stir 
folks  fires — that  is,  meddle  with  their  business — know  them  seven 
years  !"  or  the  advice  of  age  to  careless  youth,  "  Keep  a  thing 
seven  years  and  it  will  be  useful." 

There  are  so  many  of  this  instructive  stamp  that  it  is  worth 
while  the  collecting  of  them.  "  It  is  really  lucky  to  have  money 
in  your  pocket  when  the  cuckoo  sings,"  and  so  it  is  at  any  time. 
This  list  of  really  useful  proverbial  expressions  is  great,  and  we 
do  not  wonder  that  in  the  works  published,  which  are  all  far  from 
complete,  the  authors  should  suggest  to  persons  who  can  find 
interest  in  the  subject  that  it  is  a  duty  of  theirs  to  seek  up,  before 
it  is  too  late,  unrecorded  morsels  in  their  districts. 

It  certainly  has  a  tendency  to  excite  our  surprise  to  hear  of 
some  of  the  superstitions  which  existed  in  this  district  less  than 
a-half  century  ago.  It  seems  strange,  and  looks  almost  incredible 
to  us,  to  hear  how  extensive  was  the  belief  in  witches,  wizards, 
and  witchcraft,  and  the  power  of  charms  and  certain  strange  and 
absurd  ceremonies  which  were  practised,  by  the  fair  sex  in 
particular,  in  order  to  learn  the  secrets  of  the  future,  particularly 
those  secrets  which  related  to  sweethearts  and  husbands.  Did  a 
young  woman  desire  to  know  who  should  be  her  good  lord  in 
"  the  good  time  coming  "  (and  no  doubt  this  secret  would  like  to 
be  read  even  now-a-days),  well,  she  must  obtain  the  first  egg  laid 
by  a  pullet  and  boil  it,  but  not  a  word  must  be  spoken  during 
the  boiling  or  eating  of  it,  else  the  spell  would  be  broken  ! 
During  the  boiling  of  it  she  must  sit  and  look  into  the  fire  all 
the  time,  sitting  on  something  which  had  never  been  sat  on 
before,  as,  for  instance  :  a  candle-stick,  a  flat-iron,  or  astride  a  fire 
poker  or  cowlrake,  or  anything  which  the  fertile  imagination  of 
a  young  lady  could  easily  suggest.  When  boiled  and  eaten,  she 
must  then  march  off  to  bed  without  sound  or  speaking  a  word, 
then  fall  asleep,  and  sure  enough  she  would  dream  of  the  man 
who  was  to  be  her  sweetheart — so  they  said.     However,  should 


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this  ceremony  fail  of  satisfying  the  spirits  which  have  the  secrets 
of  the  future  in  their  keeping,  she  must  obtain  a  peas-cod  or 
"  pea-swad,"  with  nine  peas  in  it,  hang  it  up  on  the  house  door, 
and  whoever  came  first  in  at  the  door,  she  must  rest  assured  that 
her  sweetheart  would  be  of  the  same  name.  If  this  was  not 
satisfactory,  she  must  visit  the  nine  wells  at  the  "  Hall-royd  " 
("  royd,"  Saxon,  an  essart  or  ground  cleared  of  wood),  in  the 
neighbourhood  ;  and  there  the  fair  lady  must  take  her  handker- 
chief and  wash  it  in  the  nine  wells,  she  would  then  see  the  gentle- 
man who  would  afterwards  be  her  husband — so  it  was  said. 
More  might  be  added,  such  as  "  watching  the  porridge  on  St. 
Mark's  eve,"  and  "  throwing  over  the  pancake  on  Shrove  Tues- 
day," customs  which  yet  remain  amongst  us,  and  are  practised 
now  for  fun. 

The  belief  in  witches  was  very  common  amongst  a  large 
class  of  persons,  and  the  fear  of  their  power  for  evil  showed  itself 
in  a  variety  of  ways.  For  instance  :  if  anything  went  wrong  in 
their  houses,  their  farms,  or  their  work,  they  at  once  concluded 
that  they  were  bewitched,  nothing  so  certain,  and  something 
must  be  done,  or  else  there  was  no  telling  where  it  would  end, 
nor  what  the  consequences  would  be.  And  the  "  wise-man,"  or 
"  wise-woman  "  must  be  consulted,  who,  of  course,  must  be  paid 
just  the  same  as  we  pay  our  medical  adviser  now-a-days  ;  and 
strange  indeed  are  the  stories  one  has  often  heard  of  the 
gullibility  of  their  dupes. 

I  once  knew  a  cloth  weaver  who,  when  he  was  a  young  man, 
had  been  prevailed  upon — on  one  occasion  when  he  had  a  poor 
web,  or  chain,  as  they  are  called  in  some  districts — to  get  a 
quantity  of  "  wiggin  "  and  put  it  over  the  loom  in  order  to 
destroy  the  effect  or  power  of  the  witches.  "  Wiggin "  or 
"  Sipsap,"  as  it  is  now  frequently  called  in  some  parts  of  York- 
shire, is  the  Mountain  Ash,  and  was  believed  to  be  a  certain 
preventative  for  witchcraft.  Sometimes  it  was  put  over  beds 
in  which  persons  slept,  to  keep  off  the  evil  power  of  witches  ; 
sometimes  in  stables  over  the  horses  and  cattle,  to  prevent  them 
from  being  witched,  and  frequently  horse-shoes  were  nailed  up 
behind  doors  in  order  to  prevent  them  from  being  under  witches' 
influence.  I  lately  heard  the  following  rhyme,  which  is  rather 
appropriate : — 

There  was  an  old  woman  at  Baildon, 
Whose  door  had  a  horse-shoe  nail'd  on, 

Because  on  one  night 

She  had  such  a  fright 
With  a  boggart  that  was  horned  and  a  tail'd  un. 


1 88  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

I  have  seen  a  bed,  which  had  been,  I  was  informed,  once 
marked  all  over  the  bed-head  board  with  strange  cabalistic  signs, 
because  those  who  slept  in  it  could  not  rest  at  nights.  They 
were  troubled  with  night-mare,  consequently  they  were  believed 
to  be  bewitched,  and  these  strange  marks  were  to  drive  away  the 
evil  influence  of  the  witches.  A  farmer  in  the  neighbourhood 
had  a  calf  which  died  ;  it  was  at  once  settled  out  that  it  was 
bewitched,  and  that  it  must  be  burnt  ;  accordingly  the  carcase 
was  burnt.  Charms  were  also  bought  from  the  so-called  "  wise- 
man"  and  worn  to  protect  the  wearer  from  the  power  or  influence 
of  the  witches. 

It  is  somewhat  surprising  to  find  in  this,  the  nineteenth 
century,  to  what  a  large  extent  silly  superstition  prevails  in  the 
every-day  life  of  a  great  mass  of  the  people  ;  how  it  is  mixed  up 
in  the  common  daily  conversation.  For  instance,  one  has  often 
heard  "  I  wouldn't  go  on  Friday,  because  it  isn't  lucky."  If 
going  on  a  journey,  "  Don't  turn  back,  because  there's  no  luck 
after  it."  Is  there  a  leafy  smut  shaking  on  your  fire-grate,  then 
"  it's  a  stranger  about  to  visit  you."  Does  a  cinder  fly  out  of  the 
fire  with  a  hollow  side,  then  "  it's  a  coffin  for  you."  If  a  corpse 
retains  a  soft  fleshy  feeling  until  the  funeral,  then  "  there  will  be 
another  death  among  the  near  relatives  of  the  deceased  before  a 
long  time  elapses."  Do  you  break  a  looking-glass,  then  "  there 
is  trouble  in  store  for  you."  Have  you  heard  the  ticking  of  a 
spider,  of  course  "  it's  the  death  watch  ;"  or  the  howling  of  a  dog 
during  the  night,  then  "  some  one  near  you  is  going  to  die."  I 
lately  heard  a  person  say,  "  They  say  he  couldn't  die  easy 
because  he  was  laid  on  a  feather  bed."  Sometimes  it  is  a  feather 
pillow  that  is  blamed.  Sometimes  old  people  will  say,  "You  will 
never  be  able  to  raise  that  child,  because  it  has  a  blue  vein  on  its 
nose."  Many  persons  will  not  give  you  a  light  during  Christmas 
time,  because  it  is  unlucky  to  do  so.  If  you  have  money  in  your 
pocket  when  you  hear  the  cuckoo  for  the  first  time  in  a  season, 
then  "  you  will  be  lucky  during  the  year."  To  spill  salt  is  a  sign 
of  sorrow  in  store  for  you.  To  have  crickets  in  your  house  is  a 
lucky  sign.  I  have  heard  of  one  family  who  gathered  up  all  they 
could  find  (and  they  had  a  large  lot  of  them)  and  took  them  with 
them  when  they  removed  from  one  house  to  another.  If  you 
bathe  in  the  sea,  be  sure  and  bathe  an  odd  number  of  times,  and 
also  duck  yourself  an  odd  number  of  times  at  each,  if  you  don't 
it  is  unlucky.  Has  your  child  got  a  sore  mouth,  then  try  the 
following  remedy,  recommended  by  an  old  woman  to  a  neigh- 
bour of  mine.     Obtain   a  live  frog,  and   put  it  in   the  child's 


SUPERSTITIONS.  1 89 

mouth,  and  pull  it  out  by  the  legs,  and  the  child  will  be  cured  ; 
and  not  only  that,  but  ever  afterwards,  any  person  who  might  be 
suffering  from  sore  mouth  will  also  be  cured,  if  the  child  who  had 
the  frog  put  into  its  mouth  should  blow  its  breath  into  the 
mouth  of  the  persons  afflicted.  If  you  have  warts  that  you  want 
to  be  rid  of,  try  some  of  the  following  remedies,  which  I  have 
lately  heard  are  certain  cures.  "  Sell  them  to  a  friend,  and  then 
wrap  up  the  money  received  (be  it  only  a  penny  or  more)  and 
hide  it,  not  looking  at  it  again,  and  you  will  soon  lose  your 
warts."  So  my  informant,  a  woman,  told  me,  and  she  had 
known  it  done,  she  said,  and  quite  successfully  too.  Another 
remedy  is — "  Rub  them  with  a  piece  of  raw  beef,  and  then  bury 
the  beef  somewhere,  and  as  the  flesh  decays,  so  will  the  warts 
die."  If  this  is  not  tried,  then  "Tie  a  piece  of  silk  round  the 
warts,  cutting  off  the  ends  of  the  silk  after  tying,  wrap  up  the 
ends  so  cut  off,  and  lose  them,  and  you  will  so  lose  your  warts 
and  not  know  how  or  when."  So  my  informant  did  (again  a 
lady)  and  she  lost  her  warts  and  nev^r  knew  how.  One  more 
remedy — "  Rub  them  with  a  cinder  and  then  throw  it  over 
your  head,  and  whoever  finds  the  cinder  will  get  your  warts." 
This  reminds  me  of  a  practice  we  used  to  perform  when  I  was  a 
boy  :  when  we  found  one  of  those  hairy  or  downy  caterpillars, 
found  generally  in  hedge  bottoms,  and  which  we  called  "  Tommy 
Tailyers,"  we  used  to  throw  them  over  our  heads  for  luck. 

Among  the  schoolboys  in  the  playground  and  at  their  games, 
there  is  a  great  belief  in  the  effects  of  certain  words  and  acts  ; 
and  here  we  find  a  great  quantity  of  them  are  used  constantly 
and  regularly,  as  well  as  in  the  schoolroom.  It  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at  that  the  imagination  of  a  youth  is  so  full  of  them, 
when  tradition  is  ever  keeping  them  green  in  his  memory,  and 
each  lad  faithfully  transmits,  unknowingly,  his  part  to  the  fresh 
boys.  In  the  schoolroom  we  find  them  going  to  receive  a  caning 
without  fear,  simply  because,  from  the  most  remote  ages  of 
schoolboy  life,  there  has  been  handed  down  this — "  That  if  you 
wet  your  hand  and  put  a  hair  across  it,"  you  will  not  only  be 
without  pain,  but  also  have  the  consolation  and  joy  of  knowing 
that  the  cane  will  split  ;  it  will  split,  if  used  enough,  we  daresay. 
Again,  if  possible,  the  master's  cane  is  conveyed  and  dipped  in 
urine,  and  returned  to  the  master's  desk  to  split  all  to  pieces  at 
the  first  stroke.  But  it  is  in  the  playground  we  must  look  for 
the  greater  part.  Here  we  may  hear  the  charm  repeated — "  A 
cross  to  loss,  a  ring  to  win  ;"  and  looking  round  find  two  boys  at 
play,  with  a  third  boy  acting  as  helpmate  to  one  of  them  ;  his 


190  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

help  consists  of  giving  the  above  as  the  play  is  going  on,  using 
the  first  part,  "  a  cross  to  loss,"  as  a  cry  to  take  away  the  success 
of  his  friend's  opponent,  and  the  other  to  encourage  his  friend. 
Signs  on  the  ground,  illustrative  of  the  expression,  are  made. 
This  third  boy,  in  some  cases,  does  it  for  friendship's  sake,  but 
in  most  cases  it  is  a  paid  work :  either,  in  the  words  of  the 
advertisement,  by  salary  or  commission.  This  boy  will  some- 
times keep  the  ground  clear  with  his  cap,  and  sometimes  is  con- 
sidered very  lucky.  In  games  of  marbles  the  players  have 
generally  a  lucky  "  ally  "  as  "  taw,"  and  to  take  this  away  will  be 
like  taking  the  great  Samson's  locks — it  will  be  nothing  less  than 
taking  his  strength. 

Should  you  run  a  race,  to  prevent  a  stitch  in  the  side,  you 
have  only  to  take  a  small  bunch  of  grass  in  your  left  hand  while 
running  ;  and  in  bathing,  to  tie  an  eel  skin  round  your  leg,  or 
the  more  common  bit  of  band  or  garter,  you  will  be  free  from 
cramp  while  bathing.  A  rainbow  is  made  to  disappear  by 
crossing  it  out,  or  putting  two  straws  across  each  other,  and 
weighting  the  four  ends  with  bits  of  coal  ;  this  is  a  sure  method, 
truly  believed  in  by  a  schoolboy,  and  should  it  stay  for  a  time 
after,  when  it  does  disappear  it  is  from  his  charm.  In  rainy 
weather,  the  most  effective  means  to  bring  fine  weather  is  the 
repetition  of  the  couplet — 

Rain,  rain,  go  away ; 

Come  agean  at  t'washing-day. 

When  it  snows  they  are  killing  geese  in  Scotland,  and  sending 
feathers  here.  To  make  a  cockchafer  spin  and  work  for  his 
liberty,  pierce  him  with  a  pin  ;  and  the  juice  of  the  dock-leaf, 
with  a  suitable  accompaniment  of  words,  eases  the  pain  from  the 
sting  of  the  nettle. 

To  tell  if  you  like  butter,  a  buttercup  is  held  under  your 
chin,  and  if  there  is  shown  the  yellow  reflection,  you  do  like 
butter  ;  all  are  found  to  be  fond  of  butter,  and,  like  the  fortune 
we  have  told  by  the  straggling  gipsy,  the  verdict  is  made  always 
on  the  right  side,  that  allows  of  no  doubters.  To  prevent 
another  lad  from  growing  put  your  hand  on  his  head  while  he  is 
in  a  stooping  posture  or  on  the  floor,  and  pass  one  of  your  legs 
over  it  ;  and  to  catch  a  sparrow,  there  is  the  old  story  of  putting 
salt  on  his  tail. 

Then,  on  Easter  Tuesday,  was  the  "  barring  out,"  now 
almost  extinct ;  yet,  in  our  recent  recollection,  it  has  been  done 
in  the  immediate  neighbourhood.  Boys  were  masters  on  this 
day,  the  master  was  not  barred  out,  but  turned  out,  and   the 


SUPERSTITIONS. 


191 


school-door  locked  in  his  face,  and  then  ensued  a  destruction  of 
benches  and  desks,  and  other  appHances,  If  you  take  a  robin's 
nest  it  is  unlucky  ;  your  sleep  will  be  disturbed,  you  will  be 
awakened  by  a  tapping  at  the  window,  and  of  course  it  is  the 
robin  coming  to  pick  out  your  eyes.  To  bind  an  exchange  one 
asks,  "  Is  grass  green?"  And  on  receiving  an  affirmative  reply, 
will  say,  "  No  swaps  (exchanges)  back,  wol  thi  muther's  a  queen." 
To  remove  doubt,  another  formula  is  necessary,  and  by  showing 
a  wet  finger,  and  drying  it  over  his  head  and  re-showing  it  dry, 
while  saying  it,  is  a  proof  of  the  honesty  of  the  doer,  and  is 
a  clear  remover  of  all  doubts. 

Happily  these  things  are  now  of  the  past,  but,  in  some  out 
of  the  way  place,  one  sometimes  hears  of  the  remnants  of  these 
absurd  delusions  still  lingering  amongst  the  most  ignorant  of 
the  population. 


LOCAL    CUSTOMS   AND    AMUSEMENTS. 


jJIpf  ANY    of  the  simple  and   innocent   customs   which 

"^HJWr     were  incidental  to  the  life  of  Pudsey  a  century  or 

more  ago,  are  now  lost  to  us  for  ever,  and  in  their 

stead  we  have  a  foretaste  of  the  "  fast  life"  of  the 

larger  towns. 

With  regard  to  the  festivals  of  the  year  and  their 
observances,  we  shall  only  make  brief  references.  Many 
of  the  customs  attaching  to  saints'  and  other  holidays  in 
Pudsey  were  common  to  most  of  the  villages  in  the  manufac- 
turing districts  of  the  West  Riding,  and  have  been  described  by 
other  local  historians.* 

Christmas  and  New  Year's  Day. — This  season  of  the 
year  was,  above  all  others,  given  up  to  festivity.  The  Yule-log 
was  burnt  on  Christmas  Eve,  the  Christmas  carol  sung,  and  the 
"mummers"  went  from  inn  to  inn,  playing  their  fantastic  "Peace 
Egg."  On  Christmas  Day  the  brass  band  paraded  the  streets, 
and  called  at  the  residences  of  the  local  gentry,  who  regaled  the 
members  with  genuine  Christmas  fare.  The  custom  of  sitting 
up  on  New  Year's  Eve  till  after  midnight,  to  see  the  New  Year 
make  its  advent,  was  observed  by  large  numbers  who  did  not 
attend  the  Watch-night  services.  "  Letting  in  the  New  Year  " 
was  a  custom  of  importance.  A  superstitious  feeling  was  enter- 
tained as  to  the  proper  person  to  bring  good  luck  to  the  house, 
and  it  was  considered  very  unlucky  if  the  visitor  happened  to 
have  red  hair.      A  household    so  visited  might   expect   much 

*  For  descriptions  of  many  of  these  ancient  customs,  see  Smith's  Morley :  Ancient  and 
Modern,  pp.  1 19-150. 


VALENTINE    DAY.  1 93 

trouble  during  the  coming  year.  On  New  Year's  Day  morning 
the  custom  of  asking  for  New  Year's  gifts  was  observed  by  the 
children  of  the  place,  and  the  evening  was  given  up  to  games 
with  pins,  which  had  been  received  as  gifts. 

Valentine  Day. — This  festival  was  duly  honoured,  but 
in  a  widely  different  manner  to  what  it  is  at  the  present  time. 
The  post-office  and  printing-press  did  not  lend  their  aid  to  any 
great  extent  in  the  transmission  of  the  love-epistles  of  a  century 
ago  ;  the  "  soft  nothings  "  were  not  conveyed  to  the  "  fair  sex  " 
of  Pudsey  on  scented  cards^  elaborately  and  artistically  designed  ; 
but,  on  the  contrary,  the  message  was  transcribed  in  a  fair  round- 
hand,  and  was  a  work  of  time  to  the  unskilful  penman,  and  when 
completed  was  carried  by  the  lover  to  the  residence  of  his 
inamorata,  and  slipped  under  the  door  in  a  somewhat  hasty 
manner.  Now-a-daj's,  the  factory  and  servant-girls  of  the  place 
are  the  principal  recipients  of  these  missives,  which  are  ofttimes 
of  a  very  burlesque  or  insulting  character. 

Shrovetide.— This  season  was  a  peculiarly  happy  one  to 
the  schoolboy  and  the  apprentice  ;  for,  after  eleven  o'clock  in 
the  forenoon,  work  for  the  day  ceased,  and  merriment  of  various 
kinds  was  indulged  in.  "Collop  Monday"  was  strictly  observed, 
but  at  the  present  time  "  collops  and  eggs"  are  scarcely  recognised 
as  specialities  of  the  day.  The  eating  of  pancakes  on  Shrove 
Tuesday  is  now  about  all  that  remains  to  us  of  this  festival. 

April  Fool's  Day  was  made  the  occasion  of  much  harm- 
less, and  at  times  boisterous,  pleasantry,  for  every  one  appeared 
to  enjoy  the  delight  of  making  as  many  fools  as  he  could. 

May  Day. — The  observances  connected  with  this  day,  as 
also  of  the  29th  of  May  (Royal  Oak  Day),  have  all  fallen  into 
desuetude,  and  the  decorations  of  the  horses'  heads  upon  the 
anniversary  of  the  Restoration  (1660)  has  become  almost  a  thing 
of  the  past. 

Whit-Monday. — This  festival  has  been  kept  with  much 
enthusiasm  during  the  last  fifty  years,  and  is  a  day  looked  for- 
ward to  by  the  children  connected  with  the  Sunday  schools  with 
great  delight.  The  new  dresses,  the  singing,  with  instrumental 
accompaniments,  the  parading  of  the  streets,  and  the  subsequent 
tea,  \yith  a  cake  each  to  take  home,  made  this  day  exceedingly 
popular.  Now  and  again  it  would  be  a  day  of  grievous  dis- 
appointment, however,  for  the  rain  would  persist  in  coming  down 
just  at  the  time  when,  in  all  the  glory  of  new  clothing,  and  with 
banners  flying,  the  processions  of  happy  school-children  should 
have  started  on  their  way.     The  schools  which  took  part  in  the 

O 


194  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Whitsuntide  festivities  of  1886  were — Parish  Church  (three 
schools),  teachers  and  scholars,  778,  conductor,  Mr.  John  Parker  ; 
Fulneck  (two  schools),  334,  conductor,  Mr.  Geo.  Baggaley;  Con- 
gregationalists,  420,  conductor,  Mr.  B.  Dufton  ;  Upper  Sunday 
School  (U.M.F.C),  332,  conductor,  Mr.  S.  Gaunt  ;  Primitive 
Methodist,  Lowtown,  367,  conductor,  Mr.  C.  M.  Sheard  ;  Mount 
Zion,  256,  conductor,  Mr.  Albert  E.  Webster  ;  Mount  Tabor 
(U.M.F.C),  187,  conductor,  Mr.  Wm.  Eddison  ;  Roker  Lane 
(P.M.),  100,  conductor,  Mr.  Ramsden  ;  Baptists,  Littlemoor,  no, 
conductor,  Mr.  J.  A.  Hinchliffe  ;  Wesleyans,  Church  Lane,  400, 
conductor,  Mr.  Wright  Wilson  ;  Wesleyans,  Littlemoor,  250, 
conductor,  Mr.  Stables  ;  Lower  S.S.  (Free  Church),  274,  con- 
ductor, Mr.  S.  Rogers;  Unitarians,  150,  conductor,  Mr.  J.  W. 
Varley  ;  Bethel,  134,  conductor,  Mr.  S.  W.  Wilson  ;  Rickardshaw 
Lane  (P.M.),  346,  conductor,  Mr.  W.  Cawson ;  St.  Paul's  Church, 
230,  conductor,  Mr.  Strickland;  the  number  taking  part  in  the 
festival  making  a  total  of  over  4,000  scholars  and  teachers. 

PUDSEY  Feast  does  not  maintain  the  character  for  real 
or  genuine  hospitality  which  attached  to  this  annual  holiday  in 
former  days.  The  inhabitants  now-a-days  for  the  most  part  go 
to  the  seaside,  and  leave  the  "  fun  of  the  fair"  to  those  who  are 
sticklers  for  keeping  up  the  good  old  customs.  The  feast,  when 
held  at  Chapeltown,  was  a  sight  well  worth  seeing.  Pitching  the 
bar,  wrestling,  hunting  the  pig,  sack,  smock,  and  wheelbarrow 
races,  were  amongst  the  so-called  amusements  of  our  forefathers. 
Something  of  the  din  and  confusion  of  these  old-time  feasts  is 
with  us  yet,  and  the  children  and  young  people  are  still  enter- 
tained with  swings  and  roundabouts,  shows  and  panoramas,  fat 
women,  and  gambling-tables  of  many  descriptions.  Eating  and 
drinking  were  formerly  the  principal  indoor  attractions  of  the 
feast-time,  and  beef,  pickled  cabbage,  and  home-brewed  beer 
were  the  staple  provisions  of  each  household.  Amongst  the 
caterers  for  the  patronage  of  the  pleasure-seekers  at  the  annual 
feast  in  former  days  was  Tom  Wild,  a  travelling  actor,  well- 
known  in  his  profession  throughout  the  North  of  England.  Tom 
closed  his  career  in  the  Market  Place,  Pudsey,  in  May,  1883,  at 
the  age  of  70  years.  "  Wild's  Show,"  or  theatre,  was  a  "house- 
hold word"  in  almost  every  town  and  village  in  Yorkshire  in 
connection  with  village  feasts  thirty  to  forty  years  ago. 

Music,  both  vocal  and  instrumental,  has  been  a  conspicuous 
feature  in  the  recreations  of  the  Pudseyites  for  many  generations. 
More  than  sixty  years  ago,  the  "  Pudsey  Old  Reed  Band  "  was 
a  power  in  the  village,  and  amusing  stories  might  be  told  of  both 


PUDSEY    CHORAL    UNION.  1 95 

performers  and  their  performances,  but  we  refer  our  readers,  for 
fuller  information,  to  a  work  recently  published.*  In  1876, 
the  Old  Band  having  ceased  to  exist,  a  Brass  Band  was  estab- 
lished in  Fartown. 

Fifty  years  ago  Pudsey  had  its  Choral  Society,  and  gave 
oratorio  performances  and  choral  concerts,  at  which  many 
eminent  performers,  vocal  and  instrumental,  took  part.  Mrs. 
Sunderland,  the  "  Yorkshire  Queen  of  Song,"  made  her  first 
appearance  as  a  vocalist  in  1836,  when  sixteen  years  of  age,  at 
one  of  the  Society's  concerts.  On  April  27th,  1862,  Mrs.  Sunder- 
land made  her  last  appearance  at  Pudsey  in  the  "  Messiah,"  when 
a  splendid  folio  copy  of  Handel's  immortal  work,  handsomely 
bound  in  morocco,  was  presented  to  this  unequalled  exponent 
of  sacred  song. 

When  the  Society  ceased  its  operations,  a  new  one  was 
formed  in  1877,  under  the  name  of  the  "  Pudsey  Choral  Union," 
which  has  continued  up  to  the  present  time.  This  excellent 
body  of  musicians  has  contributed  greatly  to  the  cultivation  of 
good  music  amongst  the  inhabitants  of  Pudsey,  and  brought 
before  the  public  in  a  most  creditable  and  praiseworthy  manner, 
music  of  the  very  highest  class. 

Amongst  the  British  manly  sports  and  recreations,  which 
were  at  one  time  supposed  to  do  much  towards  the  formation  of 
the  national  character,  giving  strength,  pluck,  and  endurance,  or 
furnishing  recreation  and  amusement,  we  find  that  Pudsey  ap- 
propriated a  considerable  share. 

In  the  Leeds  Merciiry  of  1730,  we  find  the  following  ad- 
vertisement, showing  that  Pudsey  160  years  ago,  had  its  race 
ground  and  conditions  of  racing  : — 

On  Wednesday  the  7th  (1730),  will  be  run' for  at  Pudsey  Upper  Moor,  a  three 
pounds  plate,  by  horses  not  exceeding  fourteen  hands  high,  the  best  of  three  heats, 
carrying  nine  stone,  all  under  to  be  allowed  weight  for  inches.  As  usual,  to  pay  four 
shillings  entrance,  and  to  conform  to  articles.  None  to  run  for  the  said  plate  that 
ever  won  the  value  of  eight  pounds.  The  horses,  etc. ,  for  these  races  to  be  showed 
and  entered  at  William  Hutchinson's,  at  the  Shoulder  of  Mutton  aforesaid,  upon 
Monday,  between  the  hours  of  twelve  and  eight  of  the  afternoon.  N.B. — No  less 
than  three  horses  to  start  (and  excepting  any  horse,  mare,  or  gelding  that  is  or  ever 
was  Mr.  Parson's  of  Micklefield.  If  any  such  horse  running  shall  have  no  benefit  of 
Stakes). 

Many  of  the  amusements  of  our  forefathers  were  rude  and 
barbarous  ;  as  BULL-BAITING,  which  was  very  common  during 
the  past  century.  There  were  persons  living  not  long  ago  who 
could  remember  the  last  bull-baiting,  which  took  place  in  the 
croft,  where  the  Fartown   National    School    now  stands.     The 

*  See  Lawson's  Progress  in  Pudsey,  pp.  103-5. 


ig6 


HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


bull  belonged  to  a  man  called  "  Jack  Sheldon."  He  and  several 
others  who  had  taken  an  active  part  in  the  disgraceful  sport  were 
summoned  before  the  magistrates  and  fined.  This  revolting 
sport,  as  formerly  practised  here,  is  thus  described  : — On  the 
opening  of  this  sublime  amusement  (?)  the  bull  is  fastened  to  a 
stake  by  a  chain  which  extends  about  fifteen  yards  in  length,  and 
terminates  in  a  very  strong  leather  collarpassing  round  his  neck,his 
horns  being  previously  muffled  at  the  points  with  a  composition 
of  tow,  tallow,  and  melted  pitch.  The  attack  then  commenced 
with  dreadful  noises  of  different  kinds — bellowings,  hootings, 
huzzaings,  and  all  the  discordant  noises  which  human  savagery 
could  invent.  Whatever  could  be  brought  to  bear  upon  the 
poor  animal  to  work  it  into  a  state  of  fury  was  used  ;  missiles 
were  aimed  at  him  in  front,  and  he  was  punctured  with  sharp- 
pointed  sticks,  and  irritated  with  repeated  twists  of  the  tail 
behind.  The  irritation  being  judged  sufficient,  a  single  bull-dog 
is  just  let  loose  upon  the  prey,  and  if  he  be  found  incapable  of 
pinning  him  by  the  nose  to  the  ground,  he  is  soon  assisted  by  a 
second,  and  even  by  a  third  ;  and  when  these  are  tired  or  gored, 
other  bull-dogs,  howling  and  impatient  of  control,  and  let  loose 
in  their  turn,  till  the  poor  exhausted  captive  faints  beneath  the 
protracted  attack,  and  falls  a  victim  to  a  sport  as  barbarous  as 
ever  disgraced  the  race  of  man."* 

Cock-fighting  was  another  amusement  which  met  with 
much  favour  amongst  a  certain  class  of  society,  but  which  need 
not  here  be  described. 

The  game  of  FOOTBALL  was  a  favourite  diversion  in  the 
days  long  gone  by,  but  it  was  far  different  to  the  healthy  game 

of  football  as  played 
now,  with  their  well- 
drawn  rules  for  the 
guidance  of  the  play- 
ers. The  game  as 
played  now-a-days, 
would  have  t^een 
voted  tame  and  in- 
sipid, and  as  only  fit 
for  children — not  the 
manly  gamein  which 
many  were  maimed 
for  life.  Many  are 
the  stories  which  I 
Football  in  Pudsey,  a.d.  1887.  havc  heard  old  men 


Holmes's  HUtory  of  Keighley,  p.  130. 


FOOTBALL    AND    CRICKET. 


197 


relate  about  this  game — tales  which  forcibly  showed  the  folly 
and  recklessness  of  the  young  men  of  that  day — the  hairbreadth 
escapes,  or  the  dangerous  wounds  which  some  received  from 
their  antagonists,  the  foolhardiness  with  which  they  entered  into 
the  contests  which  took  place,  when  township  was  arrayed 
against  township,  and  village  against  village,  or  the  Lowtown 
against  Fartown,  Chapeltown,  and  Greenside.  Great  was  the 
excitement  created  by  the  great  set  matches.  The  ball  was 
generally  "  thrown  down  "  in  the  field  called  "  Greatrails,"  be- 
tween  Chapeltown  and   Fartown.     The  Lowtown  party  had  to 


Cricket  in  Pudsey,  A.u,  1087. 


take  the  ball  down  Littlemoor  to  the  beck,  if  they  won  the 
match,  and  the  Fartown  party  had  to  take  it  to  the  beck  below 
Smalewell.  The  game  of  football  has  been  revived  in  Pudsey 
within  the  last  few  years,  and  a  flourishing  football  club  is  in 
existence.  The  club  was  formed  in  1881,  with  Dr.  Farquhar  as 
president,  and  a  membership  of  sixty  persons. 

The  game  of  Cricket  has  been  long  practised  in  Pudsey, 
but  was  at  one  time  played  in  a  very  primitive  fashion,  generally 
on  the  highway,  or  the  village  green.     Bats,  wickets,  and  leather 


I9S  HISTORY    OF     rUDSEV. 

balls  were  then  unknown  ;  a  tub  leg  served  as  a  bat,  made 
smaller  at  one  end  for  a  handle,  a  wall  cape,  or  some  large  stone 
set  on  end  for  a  wicket,  called  a  "  hob,"  and  a  pot  taw  or  some 
hard  substance  covered  with  band.  They  were  all  one-ball 
overs  if  double  wicket  was  played  ;  no  umpires,  and  often  those 
who  cheated  the  hardest  won.*  All  this  has  been  changed,  and 
the  game  elevated  into  a  science,  and  Pudsey  has  its  cricket  club.s, 
the  St.  Lawrence  and  the  Britannia,  both  of  which  are  regarded 
as  formidable  competitors  by  the  clubs  of  neighbouring  towns. 
In  1863  Pudsey  received  a  visit  from  the  All  England  Eleven, 
who  played  with  22  selected  from  the  players  of  the  townshij^ 
and  the  surrounding  district.  The  match  resulted  in  a  victory 
for  the  All  England  party,  though  by  only  seven  runs.  In  the 
following  year  the  Eleven  were  defeated  by  105  runs. 

Lawn  Tennis  has,  at  the  present  time,  taken  a  promnent 
position  as  an  out-door  amusement  more  particularly  for  ladies. 
In  1884  the  "  Pudsey  Lawn  Tennis  Club  "  was  formed,  with  Mr, 
George  Hinings  as  president,  and  a  goodly  number  of  members. 

The  "  HORNBLOWERS,"  once  an  institution  in  Pudsey,  are 
now  extinct.  Formerly  there  was  in  Pudsey,  almost  within  the 
memory  of  the  "  oldest  inhabitant,"  an  interesting  custom  in 
vogue,  by  which  apprentices  and  the  inhabitants  generally  were 
aroused  from  their  slumbers  by  the  shrill  blasts  of  the  "  horn- 
blower,"  or  trumpeter,  whose  duty  it  was  to  go  through  the 
village  every  morning  during  the  week,  at  five  o'clock,  when  the 
apprentices  were  obliged  to  arise  and  commence  their  work. 

The  horn  was  also  blown  again  at  eight  in  the  evening, 
when  the  apprentices  ceased  working  for  the  day.  The  last  horn- 
blower  in  this  township  was  Richard  Anderson,  usually  called 
"  Old  Dick  Anderson."  This  quaint  relic  of  bygone  usages  (when 
there  were  no  mill-bells  to  arouse  the  people  to  their  work)  is 
still  practised  at  Otley,  where  a  trumpet  is  blown  d  la  militaire, 
every  morning,  to  arouse  the  mill-hands  to  their  work.  One 
night  in  May,  i860,  I  was  staying  at  Otley,  when  early  in  the 
morning  I  was  awakened  by  the  shrill  rattle  of  the  trumpet,  and  as 
I  wondered  what  it  meant,  I  could  hear  the  trumpeter  passing 
along  the  streets  making  the  little  town  ring  again.  On  making 
inquiry,  I  was  informed  what  it  meant. 

"  Riding  Weddings." — It  was  formerly  a  custom  in  this 
neighbourhood,  for  those  parties  who  could  afford  it,  to  have 
what  was  termed  "  riding  weddings,"  namely,  for  those  who  went 
to  the  marriage  to  ride  on  horse-back  (sometimes  two  on  a  horse) 

*  Lawson's  1^1  ogress  itt  Pudsey,^-  63. 


THE    DUCKING    STOOL. 


199 


to  and  from  the  Parish  Church  at  Calverley,  and  on  the  return  to 
gallop  home  helter-skelter,  as  hard  as  the  horses  could  go,  in 
order  to  be  in  first  ;  sometimes  a  silver  cup  was  the  prize  for  the 
first  in.  And  it  was  also  a  custom,  now  happily  gone  out  of  date, 
to  seek  up  a  number  of  old  shoes  to  pelt  or  throw  at  the  parties  as 
they  rode  along.  When  shoes  could  not  be  obtained,  sods  were 
used  for  the  purpose,  and  what  is  somewhat  singular  these  things 
were  done  in  jest  and  good  humour,  not  in  anger  or  ill-will.  It 
is  probable  that  this  custom  may  have  originated  in  the  belief 
which  existed  in  former  times  "  that  to  throw  an  old  shoe  after 
a  person  was  considered  lucky."  This  custom  was  sometimes 
called  "  trashing."  I  have  heard  of  a  person  in  Pudsey  (named 
Greaves)  who  offered  to  give  his  children  ;;^20  each,  on  their 
wedding  day,  if  they  would  forego  their  "  riding  wedding,"  but 
they  would  not — no,  not  for  the  ;^20.  !* 


The    Ducking    Stool. 

"  Ducking  Stool." — There  is,  or  was  a  few  years  ago,  a 
large  pond,  at  the  top  of  Tyersall-lane,  known  by  the  name  of 
"  ducking  stool."  There  was,  about  60  years  ago,  at  this  pond, 
a  chair  fastened  to  the  end  of  a  long  pole,  which  worked  on  a 
pivot  in  order  that  the  chair  could  be  made  to  descend  into  the 
water  by  working  the  pole.  This  was  the  relic  of  an  ancient 
custom  for  the  punishment  of  scolds  and  brawling  women,  who 
were  placed  in  the  chair  and  ducked,  to  the  edification  of  the 
bystanders.  Sometimes  this  mode  of  punishment  has  been  con- 
founded with  the  "  cucking  stool,"  which  was  in  use  as  early  as 
the  time  of  Domesday  Book,  and  also  with  the"  tumbrell,"  which 
was  used  sometime  after.  In  the  "  cucking  stool  "  the  culprit 
was  placed  before  her  own  door,  or  in  some  other  public  place, 
for  a  certain  time,  and  subjected  to  the  jeers  of  the  passers-by 

*  See  ScATCHERij'g  History  of  Morhy,  p.  195. 


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HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 


and  of  the  viciously  inclined.  On  the  "  tunribrell,"  she,  or  he,  was 
drawn  round  the  town,  seated  on  the  chair,  and  this  was  sometimes 
so  constructed  as  to  be  used  for  "ducking  "as  well,  but  the 
"ducking  siooX" par  excellence,  was  the  one  fixed,  or  moveable, 
but  made  specially  for  the  purposes  of  immersion* 

"  Riding  the  Stang,"  by  the  roughs,  after  a  fight  between 
husband  and  wife,  was  a  custom  formerly  common  in  this  locality, 
and  has  been  carried  out,  within  the  last  few  years.  A  noinincv 
was  generally  said  by  the  person  who  rode  the  stang  or  rail.  If 
the  wife  had  beat  the  husband,  it  commenced  thus : — 


Riding    the    Stang. 

Ranty  tan,  tan,  tan, 
You  may  hear  by  the  sound  of  my  frying  pan 
That  Mrs. has  beat  her  good  man.t 

The  customs  practised  at  FUNERALS  were  most  objectionable, 
being  the  remnants  of  practices  handed  down  from  the  dark  ages. 
Ina  description  of  a  funeral  in  1541,  it  is  said,  "The  corpse  was 
then  buried,  during  which  was  sung  the  Te  Deiun,  and  the  whole 
was  concluded  with  good  eating  and  druiking."  It  was  customary, 

*See  the  Reliqitarv,  iS6i.    James's  History  of  Bradford,  p.  293.    Scatcherd's  History  0/ 
Morley,  p.  192,  and  Sjuth"s  Mortey  :  Ancient  and  Modern,  p.  45. 
t  Scatcherd's  Motley,  p.  193. 


ANCIENT    CUSTOMS. 


20 1 


during  the  last  century,  to  have  what  was  termed  an  "  arvil." 
The  persons  attending  the  funeral  were  supplied  with  warm  ale 
and  cakes,  or  a  sumptuous  feast  was  prepared  either  at  the  house 
of  the  deceased  or  at  a  public-house  near,  as  if  the  visitors  were 
rejoicing  at  the  demise  of  the  deceased — a  proceeding  altogether 
unseemly  on  such  a  solemn  occasion.  In  some  country  districts 
this  feasting  custom  yet  lingers. 

When  we  look  around  now,  upon  our  town,  what  a  change 
has  come  over  the  scene.  Long  chimneys  and  gigantic  manu- 
factories have  risen  on  every  hand,  giving  employment  at  good 
wages  to  hundreds  and  in  some  instances,  thousands  of  hands. 
The  barbarities  and  degrading  customs  have,  in  a  great  measure, 
fled  before  the  activity  of  business  and  the  educational  institutions 
which  have  sprung  up  in  all  our  manufacturing  villages  through- 
out the  country.  The  amusements  are  generally  of  a  higher 
order,  if  we  except  the  dog-racing  and  rabbit-coursing  community, 
which,  alas,  is  sadly  too  numerous.  Sunday  and  day  schools, 
mechanics'  institutions,  soirees,  lectures,  and  musical  entertain- 
ments, railway  excursions,  and  holiday  tours,  cricket  clubs,  and 
other  interesting  and  healthy  out-door  games,  now  all  come  in  for 
a  large  share  of  patronage.  There  are  now  but  very  few  who  sigh 
for  the  "  good  old  times  "  to  which  in  this  chapter  I  have  alluded 
more  particularly. 


SOCIAL  CONDITION  AND  HABITS. 


T   is  not  possible  for  us  to  faithfully  portray  the  con- 

J    -  i^T     ditions   of  actual    living   in    Pudsey    in    the   earlier 

,.]LcxU^      periods  of  its  history,  when  there  existed   a  vastly 

'"t^^^*^       different    state    of  things  to  that  which  we  find  at 

irl'^     the  present  time.      The  want   of  roads,  the    primitive 

j^       conditions  of  the  dwellings,  and  the  domestic  economy, 

'^         the    struggles  with  nature  to  obtain  a  living  from  the 

^  ground,  and  the  restricted  privileges  of  schools,  churches, 

and   literature,  with  the  unpolished   manners  of  the  people — all 

these  drawbacks,  as  we  reckon  them — made  the  conditions  of 

life  very  hard   to  our  ancestors  in  the  bygone  centuries,  and  we 

might  be  led  to  infer  that  "  life  was  not  worth  living  "  under  such 

hardships,  did  we  not  remember  how  readily  human   nature  can 

adapt  itself  to  circumstances. 

That  the  conditions  of  life  were  hard,  may  be  gathered 
from  the  following  illustration  of  the  domestic  slavery  existing  in 
this  district  in  the  fourteenth  century : — 

Thomas  de  Tiresall  made  fine  with  the  lord  of  6(1.  chiefage,  '^or  license  of 
having  John,  son  of  Roger  Childeyounge,  a  bondman  in  his  service  up  to  the  feast  of 
St.  Michael  next  ensuinge,  so  that  he  shall  give  back  the  aforesaide  John  to  the 
bailiff  at  the  time.  * 

In  the  reign  of  Edw.  III.,  1352,  the  wages  paid  to  hay- 
makers was  id.  per  day  ;  a  mower  of  meadows  5d.  per  acre,  or 
5d.  per  day  ;  reapers  of  corn,  without  meat  and  drink,  finding 
their  own  tools,  2d.  to  3d.  per  day  ;  for  thrashing  a  quarter 
wheat   rye,    2^d.       In    1361,    of  same   reign,   a   chief  master 

»  From  Bradford  Ulanor  Court  Rolls.     'fi-»i/>.  Edw.  III. 


SOCIAL    COKDITIOX    OF    THE    TEOrLE.  ^O^ 

carpenter  or  mason  received  46.  per  day,  and  others  2d.  or  3d., 
as  they  acquitted  themselves.  In  the  reign  of  Richard  II.,  [389, 
the  wages  of  a  baihff  of  husbandry  was  13s.  4d.  per  y^ar,  and 
clothing  once  a  year  ;  the  master  hind  was  paid  los.  a  year  ;  the 
carter,  los.  ;  and  the  shepherd,  los.  From  this  time  up  to  the 
year  1445,  in  Henry  VI.  reign,  the  price  of  labour  was  fixed  by 
the  justices  by  proclamation,  viz.  :  freemasons  and  carpenters, 
4d.  per  day — without  meat  or  drink,  5j^d.  per  day  ;  reapers  and 
carters,  5d.  per  day,  without  meat  or  drink.  In  1758  labourers 
received  lod.  per  day. 

The  homes  of  the  poor  were  scarcely  more  than  mere 
hovels,  and  it  was  not  until  the  eighteenth  century  that  any 
great  improvement  took  place.  For  many  generations  there 
could  be  seen,  around  these  dwellings  of  our  ancestors,  the 
moorland,  unreclaimed  by  the  plough  or  the  spade,  and  fine 
woods  where  the  towering  trees  grew  thick  as  a  forest.  We  can 
well  understand  that  the  labourers  of  those  days  were  poor  and 
ignorant,  but  it  is  certain  that  out  of  this  apparently  crude  and 
unproductive  period,  and  from  these  unlettered  ancestors  of 
ours,  the  present  prosperous  condition  of  Pudse)^  had  its  rise. 
Our  forefathers  laid  the  foundation  of  the  manufacture,  which 
is  now  the  staple  trade  of  the  place,  and  from  which  the 
wealth,  which  has  its  evidences  on  every  side,  has  been 
realised. 

In  1736,  the  v/ages  of  a  weaver  were  only  8d.  a  day, 
and  for  this  sum  he  had  to  work  fifteen  hours.  The  price  of 
provisions  was  much  less  than  at  the  present  time,  but  through 
nearly  the  whole  of  the  eighteenth  century,  beef  and  mutton 
were  from  3d.  to  3^d.  per  lb.  ;  cheese  and  butter  from  3d. 
to  4d.,  and  sugar,  6d.  ;  while  tea  and  coffee  were  luxuries  un- 
known to  Pudsey  folks  of  the  poorer  class.  Clothing  of  all 
sorts  was  very  dear,  and  boots  and  shoes  were  equally 
expensive.  The  fashions  in  dress,  and  the  quality  of  the  food 
of  our  forefathers,  were  of  the  plainest  description.  In  the 
beginning  of  the  present  century  their  food  consisted  of  very 
poor  fare — such  as  porridge,  bacon,  salt  beef,  and  havercake 
{/laver,  Scandinavian  for  oats),  now  called  oatcake  ;  in  fact,  so 
largely  was  this  wholesome  article  of  food  used,  that  a  regiment 
of  soldiers  (the  33rd),  raised  principally  in  Yorkshire,  was  called 
the  "  Havercake  Lads."  Wheat  bread  was  but  seldom  seen  in 
many  households  ;  it  was  considered  a  rare  treat  to  be  favoured 
with  it  once  a  week,  viz.,  on  Sundays.  When  a  pig  was  killed  it 
was  usual   for  a   goodly  portion  of  it  to  be  distributed  amongst 


204  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

the  friends  or  kinsfolk.  The  villagers,  having  but  few  sweets  or 
luxuries,  such  as  is  common  in  this  age  of  refinement,  grew  up 
hale,  hearty,  and  strong  ;  they  thought  little  of  walking  forty  or 
fifty  miles  a  day. 

The  dress  of  the  men  of  Pudsey,  at  the  time  of  which  we 
are  writing,  very  often  consisted  of  coarse  grey  hose,  leather 
breeches,  drab  vest  and  coat,  gay-coloured  neckerchief,  beaver 
hat,  and  often  a  striped  woolsey  apron,  and  once  "  rigged  out  "  it 
would  do  almost  for  a  generation.  The  dress  of  the  fairer  sex 
rarely  rose  above  a  gay-coloured  print,  the  plainest  of  a  cottage 
or  coal-scuttle  bonnet,  and  a  plain  or  fancy  shawl. 

We  cannot  forego  the  temptation  to  say  one  word  to  the 
workman  of  Pudsey  with  reference  to  his  present  condition.  If 
he  has  regular  work  at  present,  he  should  be  far  better  off  than 
the  working  man  of  a  century  ago,  with  his  8s.  or  los.  a  week, 
and  bread  occasionally  at  famine  prices,  as  in  1800,  and  again  in 
1820,  when  the  best  corn  was  from  20s.  to  22s.  per  bushel. 
There  was,  occasionally,  an  increase  of  wages  in  bad  times,  but 
not  in  proportion  to  the  cost  of  bread.  At  such  seasons,  the 
most  sober  and  industrious  workman  had  much  "  planning  "  to 
be  able  to  pay  for  necessary  food  and  house  rent,  but  even  in  the 
hardest  of  times,  we  have  heard  of  instances  where  men  have 
struggled  on  through  all  difficulties,  in  order  to  be  able  to  pride 
themselves  upon  never  having  received  a  penny  from  the  parish. 
The  poor  who  had  to  receive  parish  relief  were  but  indifferently 
treated,  as  we  are  told  by  one  writer,  who  says  : — "  At  the 
poor-house  in  Pudsey,  not  more  than  fifty  years  ago,  I  have 
seen  large  black  bowls  filled  with  oatmeal  porridge  and  milk, 
and  a  big  podgy  person  who  figured  as  master,  filling  black 
earthen  mugs  with  a  ladle,  and  the  poor,  miserably-clad  old 
people,  hobbling  away  with  their  meal  to  their  room,  which 
was  not  very  tidy  or  over  clean.  But  I  suppose  it  was  thought 
good  enough  for  the  aged  and  infirm  poor." 

Coming  down  to  recent  times,  we  find  that  Pudsey,  in  the 
early  years  of  the  present  century,  had  a  somewhat  unenviable 
reputation  ;  its  inhabitants  were  considered  rude,  intractable, 
and  scarcely  amenable  to  the  common  laws  regulating  order 
and  courtesy.  The  very  name  of  the  place  furnished  amuse- 
ment for  many  a  long  year,  and  anything  belonging  to  it 
was  thought  fair  game  for  sport.  That  both  the  place  and 
its  people  had  their  peculiarities  it  would  be  idle  to  deny. 
The  place  was  not  picturesque  enough  for  those  who  were 
partial    to    order     and     regularity     in     the     architecture     and 


^ 


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NESBIT     HALL.  205 

environments  of  the  homes  of  the  people.     A  writer,  in    1829, 
thus  expresses  himself: — 

Pudsey,  one  of  the  most  populous  villages  in  the  West  Riding,  is  finely  situated 
on  an  eminence,  but  the  irregularity  of  its  buildings  detracts  greatly  from  its  natural 
beauty.  The  inhabitants  do  not  appear  to  pride  themselves  in  the  beauty  of  their 
village,  or  to  rival  each  other  in  the  exterior  decorations  of  their  several  dwellings  ; 
but,  on  the  contrary,  they  try  to  excel  each  other  in  industry  and  frugality,  and  seem 
more  anxious  to  acquire  riches  than  ostentatiously  to  display  them.  The  manufacture 
of  woollen  cloths  is  carried  on  here  to  a  greater  extent  than  any  other  village  in 
England.* 

This  neglect  of  the  beautiful,  in  the  homes  of  the  people, 
might  be  attributed  to  many  causes.  There  were  no  schools 
in  existence  at  that  time  where  the  taste  for  the  beautiful  was 
cultivated,  and  the  people  had  hard  work  to  encounter  in 
order  to  provide  things  honest,  and  keep  the  wolf  from  the 
door.  True,  the  number  of  small  freeholders  in  the  place  was 
at  that  time  a  noticeable  feature,  and  these  favourites  of 
fortune  manifested  a  strong  feeling  of  independence,  which 
may  have  had  something  to  do  with  the  indifference  to 
external  surroundings  which  they  manifested. 

When  the  cloth  manufacture  began  to  develop  itself,  houses 
of  a  roomy,  if  not  of  a  very  substantial  character,  were  built, 
generally  of  stone.  In  these  houses  the  small  manufacturers, 
who  were  also  in  many  cases  farmers,  lived,  and  carried  on  the 
domestic  manufacture  of  cloth.  The  farm  buildings  (outhouses) 
were  inconvenient  erections,  sometimes  covered  with  thatch,  but 
oftener  with  grey  slates. 

Of  the  better  class  of  houses  built  in  the  sixteenth,  seven- 
teenth, and  eighteenth  centuries,  and  occupied  at  that  time  by 
the  yeomanry  of  the  village,  we  have  several  good  examples  left 
to  us.     One  of  these  is 

Nesbit  Hall. — On  the  sunny  side  of  the  township, 
nestling  under  the  hill,  and  protected  from  the  north  and  east 
winds  by  fair-sized  sycamores  and  beeches,  stands  a  quaint  old 
mansion,  Nesbit  Hall  (or  Nisbet  Hall).  Standing  near  the  old 
iron  entrance-gates,  the  first  sight  of  the  place  gives  one  a  feeling 
that  there  is  something  unusual  about  it.  From  papers  still  in 
possession  of  Mrs.  James  Clayton,  it  appears  that  in  171 2,  a  John 
Holdsworth,  of  Pudsey,  yeoman,  and  Dorothy,  his  wife,  lived 
here,  in  the  "  Bank-house,"  and  then  sold  it,  and  sixteen  closes, 
to  John  Darnbrough,  of  Tong,  who  died  1741,  leaving  his  son 
John  in  possession.  Darnbrough,  junior,  parted  with  the 
property,  in   1755,    to    Richard    Farrer,  of  Pudsey,    who   then 

*  PieoTT  AND  Co.'s  Directory  o/  the  U'est  Riding,  pub.  1829.  p.  1045. 


206  HISTORY     OK     PUDSEY. 

resided  here;  and  he  in  1760  sold  it  to  Claud  Nisbet,  merchant,  of 
the  city  of  London,  who  built  the  present  hall  on  the  site  of  the  old 
"  Bank-house,"  and  had  the  graceful  monogram  of  "  C.  &  J.  N., 
1 76 1,"  cast  in  the  conductors,  with  his  crest  on  each  socket 
below.  His  will  is  dated  this  year,  and  Claud  Nisbet,  the  elder 
of  two  sons,  enters  into  possession;  but  "soon  afterwards 
departed  this  life,"  where  or  how  was  never  known,  though  some 
old  neighbours  will  have  it,  that  if  the  lower  cellars  are  inspected, 
he  will  be  found  there.  In  1811,  it  was  sold  to  John  Clayton, 
by  auction,  on  the  condition  that,  if  ever  C.  N.  turned  up,  he 
should  be  reinstated.  The  Claytons  were  of  some  standing  in 
the  district,  were  lords  of  the  manor  of  Yeadon,  and  earlier  on, 
were  stewards  of  the  Calverley  estate  of  the  Thornhills,  living  in 
the  house  next  the  church  there.  Two  generations  lived  here, 
finally  leaving  in  1866,  since  which  date  the  place  has  had  several 
short  occupiers,  until  1885,  when  it  was  bought  by  Mr.  John 
Cliff,  late  of  Wortley,  and  Lambeth,  London,  who  now  lives 
there,  takes  a  great  interest  in  keeping  up  the  old  place,  and  in 
learning  anything  of  its  history  and  architecture.*  The  house 
gradually  ceased  to  be  styled  "  Bank  House  "  after  Nisbet's  pur- 
chasing, and  now,  Nisbet  is  changed  to  Nesbit.  It  was  designed 
by  the  same  architect  as  Fulneck  (some  ten  years  later)  and  the 
house  on  Scotthill  ;  and  the  similarity  in  the  windows,  mould- 
ings, etc.,  fully  bears  out  the  tradition.  The  old  malt-kiln  shown 
in  the  ordnance  map  was  built  for  Christopher  Scott  (his  son-in- 
law),  of  Wortle}',  maltster,  by  John  Darnbrough,  senior,  and  was 
finally  sold  by  the  late  Mr.  James  Clayton  as  old  material.  In 
the  grounds  is  an  old  doorway,  of  very  much  older  date  than  the 
present  house,  and  it  is  believed  to  be  the  front  doorway  of  the 
old  "Bank"  house.  The  views  over  the  Tong  estate  from  this 
"  bank  "  are  very  beautiful. 

Mr,  W,  Wheater,  in  writing  of  the  old  houses  in  Pudsey, 
tells  us  that 

In  the  Heights  stands  one  of  those  fine  old  yeoman-mansions  that  tell  us  that 
when  King  James  the  Sapient  conquered  England  and  ascended  its  throne,  theytomen 
of  I'udsey  were  a  solid  antl  tliriving  race.  In  the  low  broad  windows  of  those  houses, 
with  their  heavy  stone  muUions  and  light  surmounting  labels,  their  peaked  roofs  and 
deep  splayed  doorways,  their  cosy  rooms,  and  wide  e.\panding  fire-places,  we  have 
the  best  type^  of  English  past-baronial  grandeur.  In  Pudsey  there  are  some  six  or  seven 
such  houses — the  foremost  perhaps  being  that  on  Greentop,  which  Mr.  Rayner  told 
me  was  dedicated  to  liberty  of  conscience  in  the  troublous  days  of  "  the  man  Charles 
Stuart,"  when  these  Pudsey  men  ranged  themselves  bodily  on  the  side  of  manhood, 
and  afterwards  told  their  children  how 

"  We  trampled  on  the  throng  of  the  haughty  and  the  strong 
Who  sat  in  the  high  places  and  slew  the  saints  of  God." 

*  Mr.  Cliff  gives  the  accompanying  photograph  of  the  Hall  to  this  book. 


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WKST    MOUSE.  207 

Notwithstanding  the  awful  fact  that 

"The  man  of  blood  was  there,  with  his  long  emerced  hair, 
And  Astley,  and  Sir  Marmadulve,  and  Rupert  of  the  Rhine." 
They  are  sacred,  these  old  houses,  to  the  political  liberties  and  moral  grandeur  of 
England.  They  are  the  abiding  testimony  of  what  manner  of  men  they  were  who 
smote  with  the  sword  of  the  Lord  and  of  Gideon.  Burghers  and  freemen  they,  as  the 
domestic  character  of  their  houses  still  indicates — no  time-servers,  no  menial 
sycophants,  no  aspirants  for  baronial  distinction,  no  dwellers  in  castles,  or  sham 
things  having  the  similitude  thereof;  but  plain  men,  substantial,  capable  of  endurance, 
self-willed  and  self-respecting,  much  endowed  mentally,  and  resolute  in  the  good.  To 
them  the  apostle's  exhortation,  "  Fight  the  good  fight,"  was  not  a  meaningless  waste 
of  words  ;  it  was  a  soul- wracking  command.  Under  the  roof  of  his  friend  Sales,  in 
this  very  mansion  at  Greentop,  that  fiery  Puritan,  Elkanah  Wales,  was  wont  to  preach 
to  his  brother  parishioners  ;  and  he  preached  in  no  courtly  tones  ;  he  advocated  no 
maudlin  theclogy  ;  he  had  taken  up  his  cross  and  started  to  follow  the  liod-man, 
whom  our  Saxon  forefathers  called  the  Healer,  He  who  justified  His  own  life  upon 
Calvary.  Such  men  are  born  to  win  ;  ye  may  destroy  them  in  the  flesh,  but  in  the 
spirit  they  are  immortal.  "^I'hey  it  was  who  prepared  the  men  who  rode  through 
Charles's  ranks  at  Marston  Moor,  and  shattered  his  duplicity  at  Worcester  ;  it  was 
their  children  in  the  wilds  of  the  New  World  who  taught  England  that  prayerfulness 
was  stronger  than  kingcraft,  and  that  freedom  was  more  powerful  than  bayonets.  Let 
Pudsey  point  with  undying  pride  to  these  burgher-mansions,  and  may  the  spirit  of 
the  wild  Vikings,  whose  children  founded  them,  never  depart  therefrom. 

West  House,  the  property  and  residence  of  Mr.  James 
Banks,  is  a  fair  specimen  of  the  class  of  residences  which  spring 
up  as  a  result  of  commercial  prosperity.  It  is  of  modern  date, 
and  has  all  the  appearances  of  substantiality,  comfort,  and 
adaptability  to  the  domestic  requirements  of  the  successful 
manufacturer,  Mr.  Banks  has  occupied  a  prominent  position  in 
Pudsey  for  many  years,  having  served  in  the  offices  of  church- 
warden and  guardian  of  the  poor  with  great  ability,  and  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  his  fellow-townsmen.  He  has  also  held  other 
public  offices,  and  in  many  ways  has  rendered  praiseworthy 
services  to  his  native  town.  Mr.  Banks  is  a  Conservative  in 
politics,  and  .a  member  of  the  Established  Church. 

At  Troydale  there  is  an  old  farmhouse,  upon  which  is  a  double  cross  or  stone, 
denoting  that  the  site  on  which  it  stands  formerly  belonged  to  the  Knights  of 
Jerusalem,  afterwards  called  Knights  of  Malta.  This  Order  had  considerable  pos- 
sessions granted  to  them  by  pious  admirers  in  the  thirteenth  century,  and  the  lessees 
of  their  lands  had  many  curious  privileges  granted  to  them.  Proof  of  wills  was  one 
of  the  prerogatives  enjoyed  by  the  Order,  and  this  right  was  exercised  within  their 
minors  of  Cros'ey,  Bingley,  and  Pudsey,  so  late  as  1795  The  wills  are  kept  by  Mr. 
Ferrand,  at  St.  Ives,  Bingley,  whose  family  were  impropriate  rectors.* 

Grove  House,  in  Chapeltown,  with  its  tastefully  laid  out 
grounds,  and  many  excellent  conveniences,  is  a  good  specimen 
of  the  domestic  architecture  of  last  century.  This  was  at  one 
time  the  residence  of  John  Farrer,  Esq.,  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
who  was  of  some  importance  in  his  day,  as  appears  by  the  part 
he  took  in  town's  affairs,  and  what  is  of  still  greater  importance,  the 

*  Cudworth's  Round  about  Bradford,  p.  499. 


208  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

lively  and  unceasing  interest  he  took  in  the  training  of  young  men. 
Mr.  Farrer  is  the  first  magistrate  we  hear  of  as  connected  with 
Pudsey,  but  at  that  time  justice  was  not  dispensed  in  the  village 
itself,  for  there  was  no  court  house  ;  the  police  station  had  not 
shown  itself,  and  the  blue-coated  police  officer  had  not  then  began 
his  patrol  of  the  streets  and  highways.  There  was  a  poor  house, 
at  the  back  of  which  was  the  prison  where  the  refractories  were 


John  Farrer,  J.  P. 

locked  up  until  the  constables  could  escort  them  to  the  New  Inn 
at  Bradford,  or  the  then  noted  "  Catherine  Slack,"  where  justices 
used  to  sit  and  hear  cases  belonging  to  the  township. 

On  the  death  of  Mr.  Farrer,  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Howarth  suc- 
ceeded to  the  possession  of  Grove  House,  at  which  place  he 
resided  alternately  with  his  Leeds  residence.  In  1868,  Mr. 
Howarth  qualified    as    a  West    Riding  magistrate,   and  sat  in 


GROVE    HOUSE.  ■  209 

Petty  Sessions  at  Bradford.  He  was  a  distant  relative  of  the 
Rev.  W.  Howarth,  who  was  for  fifty  years  incumbent  of  i\ll 
Saints'  Chapel,  He  was  educated  at  Fulneck,  Doncaster,  and 
Leeds  Grammar  Schools,  and  graduated  at  Magdalene  College, 
Cambridge.  He  was  ordained  to  the  curacy  of  St.  Lawrence's 
Church,  Fudsey,  which  office  he  held  for  seven  years.  In  1865  he 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  Banks,  and  sister 
to  Mr.  James  Banks,  of  Pudsey.  As  a  reader  and  elocutionist, 
Mr.  Howarth,  it  is  said,  "  was  not  surpassed  by  anyone  in  the 
district,  and  his  sermons  were  generally  sound  and  eloquent." 
Mr.  Howarth  died  at  his  Leeds  residence,  Elmwood  House,  on 
the  14th  day  of  December,  1877,  aged  58  years. 

In  1878  Grove  House  came  into  the  possession  of  Mr. 
William  Dibb  Scales,  a  gentleman  whose  life,  though  it  contains 
no  adventures  or  events  of  an  exciting  nature,  serves  to  show 
how  high  and  worthy  a  position  may  be  attained  by  steady  per- 
severance, plodding  industry,  and  honourable  dealings.  During 
the  last  forty  years,  Mr.  Scales  has  been  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent public  men  in  Pudsey,  and  has  taken  a  large  share  in 
furthering  its  growth  and  development.  He  has  during  that 
long  period  taken  a  deep  interest  in  all  public  matters  tending 
to  the  welfare  and  well-being  of  his  fellow-townsmen.  He  was 
elected  first  chairman  of  the  Local  Board,  having  previously 
served  in  many  public  offices  connected  with  the  township.  He 
has  been  identified  with  every  benevolent  and  Christian  move- 
ment, and  a  large-hearted  well-wisher  and  contributor  to  every 
good  cause.  His  life  has  been  marked  by  great  thoroughness, 
transparency,  and  firmness  of  character,  and  having  now  retired 
from  business,  he  has  ample  opportunity  for  usefulness,  and  also 
the  willingness  to  avail  him.self  of  it.  In  religion  Mr.  Scales  is 
connected  with  the  Wesleyan  body,  and  in  politics  is  an  advanced 
Liberal. 

As  to  the  people  who  lived  in  Pudsey  in  bygone  days,  they 
were  a  strong-minded  race,  and  not  to  be  "  put  on."  Adopting 
their  own  expression,  they  would  "  fight  like  tigers "  for  an 
opinion,  and  it  is  said  of  them,  that  "  politics,  friendship,  and 
kinship  go  for  nothing  in  a  question  of  doubtful  policy."  Re- 
finement of  manners  was  not  then  a  characteristic  of  the  people, 
but  other  sterling  qualities  made  amends  for  the  roughness 
and  uncouthness  of  their  speech  and  actions.  An  amusing  de- 
scription of  an  encounter  with  a  Pudsey  youth  is  given  by  the 
late  Dr.  Winter  Hamilton,  of  Leeds.*     He  says  : — 

*  From  Ntig<e  Literarice,  pub.  184T,  p.  292. 


210  HISTORY     OF'     PUDSEV. 

A  week  had  scarcely  elapsed  since  my  arrival  i  in  Leeds),  before  I  determined 
on  an  excursion  to  the  Aloravian  settlement  at  Fulneck.  Ignorant  of  the  way,  I 
accosted  a  lad  who  was  breaking  stones  by  the  side  of  the  road,  in  a  very  common 
but  unmeaning  manner — "  Where  does  this  road  go  to  ?"  With  a  proud  contempt  on 
his  face,  at  what  he  perceived  to  be  a  southern  tone  and  an  equally  foolish  question, 
he,  half  with  the  air  of  the  churl,  and  half  that  of  the  rogue,  exclaimed  :  "  Go  ! 
no  where  ;  I  have  knawn  it  for  more  than  ten  years,  and  it  never  sturred  yet."  A 
little  out  of  countenance,  if  none  out  of  temper,  I  still  urged  my  desire  for  information. 
"  Whither  shall  I  get  if  I  drive  along  this  road?"  "To  Pudsey,  sure;  follow  thy 
nose,  and  aw's  plain  as  a  pikestaff."  Thinks  I  to  myself, — if  such  be  the  cub,  what 
must  they  be  who  have  whelped  him  ?  If  such  be  the  eaglet,  little  more  than  callow 
and  new  ejected  frcwn  the  eyrie,  what  is  the  region  of  his  sires?  A  precipitate  retreat 
seemed  alike  prudent  and  inevitable  from  scenes  with  which  I  had  so  small  an  affinity  ; 
and  those  sharp  spirits  which  peopled  it,  for  which  I  was  so  poor  a  match. 

If,  howevei",  the  people  were  unpolished,  a  considerable 
number  of  them  were  frugal  and  industrious,  and  although  they 
might  never  forget  their  mother  tongue  when  addressing  a 
stranger,  yet  they  were  hospitable  and  generous  to  those  who 
had  any  claim  upon  their  kindness.  They  were  earnest  and  con- 
scientious, independent  and  strictly  honest,  and  though  they 
might  appear,  on  a  first  acquaintance,  rough  and  hard  to  a 
stranger,  under  this  apparent  coarseness  there  was  no  lack  of 
kindly  feeling.     A  recent  writer,  in  a  notice  of  Ossett,  says : — 

It  has  long  taken  rank  in  popular  estimation  v.ith  Pudsey,  and  similar  places, 
where  artificial  refinement  of  manners  has  not  been  deemed  a  characteristic,  but  where, 
at  the  same  time,  sterling  good  qualities  have  been  combined  with  a  hard  and  plodding 
industry.* 

Judging  from  what  we  can  learn  of  our  ancestors  and  their 
ways,  we  are  led  to  the  conclusion  that  what  they  lacked  was 
education  and  more  refined  conversation,  for  they  had  mother 
wit  enough  to  be  able  to  hold  their  own  with  strangers. 

That  the  simple  diet,  frugal  living,  and  naturally  healthy 
surroundings  were  conducive  to  long  life,  is  abundantly  testified 
by  the  many  instances  of  longevity,  of  which  we  give  the  follow- 
ing list,  extracted  from  registers  : — 

1672  Old  Dame  Lobley,  aged  99  years,  buried  September  19th. 

1696  James  Thornton,  aged  102  years. 

1778  Richard  Anderson,  sen.,  aged  93,  buried  in  the  Old  Chapel,  Dec.  9th. 

1779  Mrs   Margaret  Marshall,  widow,  of  Black  Hey,  aged  96,  buried  March  ist. 

1779  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Dan  Farrer,  Owlcoats,  bur.  at  Calverley,  March  l8th, 

aged  105. 

1780  John  Hinchliffe,  buried  March  I2th,  aged  92. 

1780  Frances,  widow  of  Samuel  Ilinchlifie,  sen.,  buried  Nov.  19th,  aged  95. 

1782  Mary  Routh,  of  Pudsey,  bur.  at  Calverley,  aged  93. 

1 784  Sarah,  widow  of  James  Fenton,  buried  Oct.  2nd,  aged  99  years. 

1785  Elizabeth,  widow  of  John  Grave,  buried  March  19th,  aged  90. 

1 790     Sarah,  widow  of  Rich.  Anderson,  buried  January  loth,  aged  93. 
1790     Mary,  widow  of  Wm.  Kershaw,  buried  Dec.  28th,  aged  96. 

"  Banks's  IVal/cs  in  Yorkshire,  published  1S71,  p.  485. 


LONGEVITY.  211 

1793  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Joseph  Binns,  buried  Jany.  7th,  aged  90. 

1794  Joseph  Wilson,  buried  January  6th,  aged  90. 

1794  Martha  Fenton,  alias  Pearson,  buried  Dec.  26th,  aged  99. 

1799  Joseph  Turner,  late  of  Jumble's  Well,  buried  Jany.  8th,  aged  99. 

1802  George  Hainsworth,  a  Chelsea  pensioner,  buried  Jany.  27th,  aged  89. 

1805  Joseph  Holliday,  buried  Sept.  27th,  aged  91. 

1810  Mary,  widow  of  Boocock,  of  Lowtown,  buried  Sept.  7lh,  aged  98. 

1810  Jane,  widow  of  Richard  Farrer,  buried  Dec.  22nd,  aged  99. 

1810  Aaron  Ackroyd,  buried  Nov.  i8th,  aged  92. 

1812  Mr.  Joseph  Drake,  late  Chapel  Clark  (Old  Chapel),  and  Schoolmaster,  buried 

Sept.  29th,  aged  87. 

1814  Edward  Hinchhffe,  aged  91. 

1816  Mrs.  Susannah  Holdsworth,   aged  95.     She  was   mother,  grandmother,  and 

great-grandmother  to  upwards  of  100  persons. 

1801  Joshua  Gaunt,  of  Pudsey,  bur.  at  Calverley,  January  21st,  aged  92. 

1807  Mary  Hodgson,  of  Owlcoats,  bur.  at  Calverley,  May  31st,  aged  91. 

1810  Betty  Armistead,  bur.  at  Independent  Chapel,  Sep.  15th,  aged  91. 

1829  George  Poole,  Esq.,  of  the  Height,  Pudsey,  aged  99. 

1831  Ellen,  widow  of  Joseph  Northrop,  of  Lowtown,  bur.  June  l8th,  aged  93. 

1839  Mrs.  Susannah  Holmes,  aged  92  years,  died  July  9th. 

1840  Robert  Bywater,  of  Chapeltown,  Pudsey,  died  Nov.  8th,  aged  91. 

1841  Mrs.  Farrer,  mother  of  the  late  John  Farrer,  Esq.,  J. P.,  died   March  17th, 

aged  90. 

1841  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Haste,  died  August  I7th^  aged  90. 

1842  Jeremiah  Watson,  sexton.  Independent  Chapel,  aged  92. 

1844  Mary,  widow  of  Mr.  Thomas  Walker,  aged  89. 

1845  Samuel  Ingham,  in  his  90th  year,  died  Feby.  19th. 

1847  Nancy,  widow  of  Samuel  Farrer,  died  Oct.  13th,  aged  89. 

1855  Benjamin  Farrer,  in  his  92nd  year,  died  August  29th. 

1857  Hannah,  relict  of  Jeremiah  Watson,  died  Jan.  15th,  aged  93. 

1857  Hannah,  wife  of  John  Barraclough,  died  March  12th,  aged  93. 

1859  Tobias  Farrer,  of  Lowtown,  died  Dec.  31st,  aged  92. 

1861  Mrs.  Ann  Schofield,  died  July  20th,  aged  92,  leaving  behind  her  5  children, 
35  grand-children,  61  great  grand-cliildren,  and  seven  great  great  grand- 
children—  total,   108. 

1863  Matthew  Ingham,  farmer,  died  May  9th,  aged  91. 

1874  Mrs.  Sarah  Banks,  Chapeltown,  died  Oct.  26th,  aged  93. 

1874  Joseph  Roberts,  died  8th  of  December,  aged  90  years. 

1876  Mary,  relict  of  old  Jim  Berry,  died  Oct.  iSth,  aged  94. 

1876  Joseph  Webster,  in  his  95th  year,  born  at  Morley,  died  June  22nd. 

1879  Mrs.  McCollah,  died  June  5th,  aged  90  years. 

1880  Hannah,  widow  of  James  Waterhouse,  died  Dec.  2Sth,  aged  93. 

1882     Sarah,  widow  of  late  Joseph  Varley,  Lowtown,  died  May,  18,  aged  92. 

1884  Eleanor,  widow  of  Joseph  Roberts,  died  Dec.  27,  aged  <)T). 

1885  Joseph  Appleby  Bateson,  died  March  i8th,  aged  94. 

1885  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Wm.  Lupton,  died  May  27th,  aged  93. 

1885  Martha  Smith,  buried  May  29th,  aged  92. 

1885  Thomas  Johnson,  died  October  8th,  aged  89. 

1886  Hannah,  widow  of  John  Walton,  died  January  i6th,  aged  90. 

Pudsey  like  many  of  its  neighbours,  had  a  somewliat 
unenviable  reputation  in  bygone  days,  in  the  matter  of  drunken- 
ness. Fighting  too,  was  not  uncommon,  a  century  ago,  more 
especially  at  holiday  and  feast  times.  The  former  vice  led  to  the 
latter,  and  it  was  not  at  all  a  rare  sight,  to  see  men  stripped  to 
the  waist,  fighting  for  a  great  length  of  time,  until   one  of  the 


Hi  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEV. 

combatants  was  completely  beaten.  Dog  battles  were  a  favourite 
form  of  amusement,  as  also,  cock-fighting,  game  cocks  being 
trained  to  fight  with  steel  heels  put  on.  That  much  allowance 
needs  to  be  made  for  the  indulgence  in  these  coarse  amusements, 
we  do  not  deny.  The  drinking  habits  of  the  people  were  the 
outcome  of  the  customs  of  centuries,  and  especially  of  the  old- 
time  modes  of  "  treating,"  and  giving  drink  as  part  of  wages. 
From  the  middle  of  the  last  century  until  a  comparatively  recent 
period,  the  drinking  customs  of  society  have  kept  their  sway  over 
each  successive  generation  of  our  people  ;  but  efforts  have  been 
made,  from  time  to  time,  to  check  the  evil,  and  in  1833  the  first 
"Temperance  Society"  in  Pudsey  was  formed,  and  for  a  time 
did  much  for  the  moral  and  intellectual  advancement  of  the 
village,  but,  having  relaxed  its  efforts,  the  society  was  re-modelled 
in  1853,  when  the  crusade  against  intemperance  was  carried  on 
with  much  vigour  and  persistency,  and  with  a  considerable  amount 
of  success. 

In  1880,  the  "  Pudsey  and  District  Band  of  Hope  Union" 
was  formed,  with  Mr.  Matthew  Walker  as  president,  and  in 
1883,  the  membership  numbered  1,000,  whilst  in  1886,  there 
were  sixteen  Bands  of  Hope  connected  with  the  Union,  having 
a  membership  of  2,801,  716  of  whom  were  over  twenty-one 
years  of  age. 

Other  agencies  for  the  improvement  of  the  condition  of  the 
inhabitants,  and  for  the  more  rational  enjoyment  of  their  leisure, 
were  started  from  time  to  time.  In  1857,  the  "  Early  Closing 
Association"  was  formed,  with  the  Rev.  H.  J.  Graham  as  president. 
The  scheme  came  into  operation  on  Sep.  14th,  and  the  hours  of 
closing  were,  for  the  first  four  days  of  the  week,  at  8  o'clock  ; 
Friday,  9  o'clock  ;  and  Saturday  at  1 1  o'clock.  The  number  of 
members  was  60.  A  half-holiday  on  Wednesday  afternoon  in 
each  week,  has  now  been  in  operation  for  some  years. 

In  1857,  the"  Pudsey  Floral  and  Horticultural  Society  "was 
instituted,  and  held  its  first  exhibition  on  the  28th  day  of 
September,  when  a  large  and  respectable  collection  of  plants,  etc., 
was  shown,  and  the  undertaking  was  a  pecuniary  success.  Mr. 
H.  C.  Smith  was  the  first  president.  For  many  years  the  society 
enjoyed  a  career  of  great  usefulness,  having  induced  amongst  the 
resident  cottagers  a  spirit  of  emulation  and  pride,  and  their  little 
garden  plots  began  to  occupy  the  leisure  time,  which  was  pre- 
viously used  unprofitably,  if  not  perniciously.  Much  of  the 
success  of  the  society  was  due  to  the  exertions  of  Mr.  Smith,  Mr. 
George  Hinings,  and  Mr.  E.  Sewell,  the  secretary. 


FRIENDLY     SOCIETIES.  213 

The  number  of  Friendly  Societies  in  Pudsey  is  very  large, 
there  being  between  thirty  and  forty  lodges  or  clubs,  having  an 
aggregate  membership  of  nearly  3,000  persons.  In  addition  to 
these,  the  amounts  paid  into  the  building  societies  of  Leeds  and 
Bradford  represent  a  large  sum.  The  various  orders  of  Odd- 
fellows, Foresters,  Rechabites,  and  similar  societies,  cannot  in 
Pudsey  date  their  origin  earlier  than  the  year  1823,  but  since 
that  year  they  have  increased  rapidly,  and  have  become  so 
popular  that  there  are  few  working  men  who  do  not  belong  to 
some  one  or  other  of  them.  Judging  from  the  number  of 
members,  one  would  be  led  to  conclude  that  a  very  large 
portion  of  the  working  classes  in  Pudsey  are  men  of  provi- 
dent habits,  who  make  provision  in  case  of  sickness  or  casualties, 
so  as  to  place  themselves  independent  of  the  workhouse  or 
parish  relief. 

During  the  last  twenty-five  years,  Pudsey  has  borne  a 
conspicuous  part  in  furthering  the  co-operative  movement.  The 
Leeds  Industrial  Co-operative  Society  first  commenced  business 
here  in  i860,  the  first  year's  turnover  amounting  to  ;^2,923,  and 
the  profit  to  ;^53.  In  1871,  the  foundation  stone  of  a  large  new 
store  was  laid  at  Pudsey,  an  eligible  site  having  been  secured  at 
the  junction  of  Manor  Street  with  the  main  road  at  the  top  of 
Lowtown.  The  building  comprises  spacious  shops,  in  which  are 
carried  on  the  grocery  and  drapery  trades.  There  are  also  two 
dwelling  houses,  and,  over  the  whole,  a  large  room  for  the  use  of 
the  committee  and  shareholders  at  their  meetings.  The  erection 
is  in  the  Italian  style  of  architecture,  from  designs  by  Messrs. 
Wilson  and  Bailey,  architects,  of  Leeds.  The  foundation  stone 
was  laid  by  Mr.  William  Bell,  president  of  the  Leeds  Society. 
The  number  of  members  connected  with  the  branch  of  the  Leeds 
Society  is  about  300,  and  the  amount  of  their  purchases  in  con- 
nection with  the  store  at  Lowtown  for  year  ending  December, 
1886,  was  i^io,i  1 1  i6s.  5d.,  and  the  profit  realised  thereon,  ;;^93o. 
The  total  amount  of  business  done  at  the  store  from  its  com- 
mencement in  i860,  to  December,  1886,  is  iS^i 84,857,  and  the 
total  profit,  ^12,725. 

In  addition  to  this  store,  the  Society  has  a  branch  at  Green- 
side,  Pudsey,  which  was  commenced  in  1874,  and  another  at 
Littlemoor,  commenced  in  1879. 

The  whole  Society,  the  operations  of  which  cover  a  large 
area,  numbered  at  the  end  of  1886,  23,985  members,  with  an 
annual  turnover  amounting  to  £481,220,  with  a  net  profit  of 
^54,737,  having  a  share  capital  of  £251,235. 


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CO-OPERATION    IN     PUDSEY.  21 5 

In  1 87 1,  the  first  Co-operative  Mill  in  Pudsey  was  started, 
under  the  title  of  the  "  Pudsey  Worsted  Mill  Company,  Limited." 
The  first  stone  of  the  mill  was  laid  by  one  of  the  directors,  Mr. 
James  Newell,  on  the  14th  day  of  July,  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
assembly,  when  an  address  on  the  advantages  of  co-operation 
was  delivered  by  Mr.  Bell,  of  Leeds.  The  cost  of  the  erection 
was  upwards  of  £6,000,  and  it  was  built  from  designs  by  Mr. 
John  Haton,  of  Pudsey.  Nearly  2,000  shares  at  £2  each  were 
taken  up,  principally  by  working  men.  The  site  of  the  mill  is 
near  to  the  Greenside  Station  of  the  branch  railway  from 
Stanningley. 

The  means  of  communication,  in  Pudsey  itself,  as  well  as 
with  other  towns  was,  until  a  comparatively  recent  period,  of  a 
very  unsatisfactory  kind.  The  roads  were  of  the  most  primitive 
character,  chiefly  footpaths,  leading  from  one  part  of  the  village 
to  another,  and  to  the  markets  at  Leeds  and  Bradford.  No 
macadamising,  no  paving,  no  draining,  no  side  walks  worthy  of 
the  name,  and  the  roads  generally  both  dangerous  and  difficult 
to  travel.  On  dark  nights,  lanterns,  pattens,  and  sticks,  were 
indispensable  to  avoid  accidents,  and  ensure  a  measure  of  safety 
in  plodding  along  the  knife-edged  footpaths,  and  almost  im- 
passable streets.  Since  the  formation  of  the  Local  Board,  a 
great  improvement  has  been  effected  in  the  management  of  the 
highways,  and  Pudsey,  in  this  respect,  will  compare  favourably 
with  neighbouring  towns. 

For  a  quarter  of  a  century  Pudsey  was  dependent  upon 
Stanningley  for  its  railway  accommodation,  and  it  was  not  until 
1870,  that  steps  were  taken  to  remedy  this  great  inconvenience, 
arising  from  Stanningley  Station  being  too  distant  to  meet  the 
growing  requirements  of  a  populous  manufacturing  town  like 
Pudsey.  A  local  committee  was  formed  to  wait  upon  the 
directors  of  the  London  and  North- Western  Railway  Company, 
with  the  view  of  inducing  them  to  continue  their  line  from  Lower 
Wortley  and  Farnley  to  Bradford,  via  Pudsey.  The  deputation 
went  to  Euston  Station,  met  the  directors,  and  stated  their  case. 
After  due  consideration,  the  Company  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  on  account  of  the  difficulties  of  crossing  the  Tong  Valley, 
and  obtaining  a  station  in  Bradford,  they  could  not  accede  to 
the  application.  The  Committee  subsequently  went,  on  the 
same  errand,  to  the  head-quarters  of  the  Lancashire  and  York- 
shire Railway  Company,  at  Manchester.  Their  application  was 
favourably  received,  and  instructions  were  given  that  the  district 
should  be  surveyed.     This  was  being  done,  when,  in  1871,  the 


2l6  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

Great  Northern  Railway  Company  obtained  powers  in  Parlia- 
ment to  construct  a  railway  to  Pudsey,  branching  from  their 
Leeds  and  Bradford  line.  Negotiations  were  commenced  with 
some  thirty-two  owners  of  property,  and  the  line  was  marked 
out. 

The  ceremony  of  cutting  the  first  sod  took  place  on  March 
24,  1875,  in  a  field  near  to  Priestley  Mills.  Mr.  John  Butler 
turned  the  first  sod  ;  Joseph  Elsworth  and  Joseph  Emsley,  two 
old  inhabitants  of  Pudsey,  also  taking  part. 

The  railway  is  two  and  a  quarter  miles  long.  Commencing 
behind  the  station  at  Stanningley,  a  line  of  rails  is  laid  alongside 
the  main  line  for  a  distance  of  some  600  yards  in  the  direction  of 
Bramley.  The  line  then  breaks  off  to  the  right,  and  is  joined  by 
a  fork  from  Bramley,  near  Dyeholes  Well,  in  a  field  opposite  the 
Priestley  Mills,  which  stand  a  little  to  the  left  of  the  line.  This 
fork  is  850  yards  long.  It  leaves  the  main  line  about  150  yards 
on  the  down  side  of  Bramley  Station,  and  joins  the  Stanningley 
fork  at  a  point  1,000  yards  from  Stanningley  Station.  The  line 
from  the  Bramley  end  to  some  distance  above  the  junction,  runs 
on  a  heavy  embankment.  The  Stanningley  fork  leaves  the  main 
line  in  a  cutting  100  yards  long,  and  then  the  level  is  raised 
until  the  junction  is  reached.  The  railway  from  this  junction 
follows  the  direction  of  the  Bramley  fork,  sweeping  gradually  to 
the  left  until  it  reaches  Pudsey  main  street,  a  little  above  the 
Allanbrig  Mill.  In  order  to  bring  the  line  underneath  the  road, 
a  cutting  had  to  be  made  730  yards  long,  and  32ft.  in  its  deepest 
part,  extending  from  a  short  distance  above  the  fork  to  about 
100  yards  on  the  other  side  of  the  road,  where  Lowtown  Station 
is  erected.  The  site  of  the  station  is  on  the  lower  side  of  the 
line.  The  land  purchased  by  the  Company  at  this  place  for 
station  purposes — some  four  or  five  acres  in  extent — comprises 
a  portion  of  the  field  in  which  for  many  years  the  Pudsey  feasts 
were  held,  and  where,  in  times  gone  by,  the  lovers  of  bull-baiting 
used  to  witness  their  favourite  sport.  The  cutting  is  through 
shale  and  a  hard  "  bastard "  rock,  and  the  work  was  mainly 
carried  on  by  means  of  blasting.  After  leaving  the  station,  the 
line  curves  considerably  to  the  right,  and  passing  to  the  left  of 
Crawshaw  Mill  is  carried  underneath  Robin  Lane,  opposite 
Crawshaw  House.  Radcliffe  Lane  is  crossed  in  a  similar 
manner,  near  its  junction  with  Robin  Lane.  The  line  then 
passes  through  a  number  of  fields  between  Chapeltown  and  the 
top  of  Fartown,  until  its  terminus  is  reached  in  a  piece  of  vacant 
ground  near  Cliffe  Mill,  Greenside, 


RAILWAY    ACCOMMODATION.  217 

There  are  several  substantial  bridges  on  the  railway,  among 
which  may  be  mentioned  that  carrying  the  line  over  Swinnow 
Lane,  another  (a  three-arch  bridge)  over  Boggard  Lane,  near  the 
Allanbrig  Mill  reservoir  ;  a  third  supporting  the  main  street ;  an 
arched  way  under  the  line  at  Hammerton  Fields  ;  and  two  iron- 
girder  bridges  which  carry  Robin  and  Radcliffe  Lanes.  The 
Main  Street  bridge  is  68ft.  long  and  43ft.  wide,  and  consists  of 
an  iron-girder  span,  26ft.  across,  supported  by  two  massive  stone 
abutments.  The  height  is  15  ft.  from  the  level  of  the  rails. 
There  is  only  one  line  of  rails,  but  the  bridges  have  been 
constructed  so  as  to  carry  a  double  line,  and  the  Company  have 
also  purchased  the  land  necessary  for  that  purpose. 

The  total  rise  from  the  Bramley  Junction  to  Greenside  is 
nearly  149ft.,  so  that  somewhat  heavy  gradients  predominate. 
The  steepest  ascents  are  1  in  50,  and  the  easiest  i  in  108. 
Messrs.  N.  B.  Fogg  and  Co.,  railway  contractors,  Liverpool, 
constructed  the  line.  Mr.  John  Fraser,  C.E.,  Leeds,  was  the 
chief  engineer  ;  and  Mr,  Charles  Robinson,  C.E.,  Leeds,  the 
resident  engineer.  Mr.  John  Butler,  of  the  Stanningley  Iron- 
works, supplied  the  ironwork  for  the  bridges,  and  the  stone  was 
procured  from  the  Park  Spring  Quarries,  near  Bramley.  The 
cost  of  the  line  was  i^  103,000.  It  was  opened  for  passenger 
traffic  on  the  ist  of  April,  1878,  amidst  much  enthusiasm  on  the 
part  of  the  townspeople.  From  early  morn  to  late  at  night  the 
famous  Pudsey  bells  rang  out  merry  peals,  while  the  Pudsey 
band  paraded  the  streets  during  a  great  portion  of  the  day. 
There  was  no  recognised  holiday,  except  so  far  as  Saint  Mon- 
day is  recognised,  but  the  aggregate  result  of  the  day's  working 
would  probably  show  that  machinery  might  as  well  have  been 
allowed  a  rest.  As  might  be  expected,  the  inclination  to  take  a 
ride  on  the  first  day  of  opening  was  irresistible,  if  only  that  so 
extraordinary  an  event  might  be  handed  down  to  posterity ; 
but  apart  from  that,  the  delights  of  a  railway  ride  might,  to 
not  a  few  natives,  have  been  a  real  pleasure,  for  it  is  affirmed 
that  scores  spent  most  of  their  time  in  riding  backwards  and 
forwards  throughout  the  day.  However  that  may  be,  it  was 
found  at  the  close  of  the  day  that  450  single  tickets,  and  over 
400  returns,  had  been  issued  between  Pudsey  and  Stanningley 
Stations,  and  nearly  500  tickets  giving  transmission  from 
Stanningley  to  Pudsey. 


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LITERARY  AND    EDUCATIONAL    INSTITUTIONS. 


HOUGH  we  may  be  a  long  way  from  being  in  educa- 
tional matters  what  we  ought  to  be,  yet  we  can  stand 
the  test  when  compared  with  most  other  places.  We 
can  speak  with  confidence  of  the  provision  made  in 
Pudsey  for  educating  the  young  during  the  last 
century,  as  being  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  that  of  many 
other  villages  in  the  district.  An  educational  census  has 
not  been  taken  by  the  Government  since  185 1,  but  at 
that  time  the  general  returns  proved  that  there  was  one  day 
scholar  for  every  8^  of  the  population  in  England,  while  in 
Pudsey  there  were  at  that  time  28  schools,  with  1,454  scholars, 
or  one  in  every  eight  of  the  population  ;  and  there  were  only  1 16 
scholars  absent  on  the  day  when  the  census  was  taken.  Adding 
the  scholars  in  attendance  at  the  Mechanics'  Institute  and  other 
kindred  societies,  there  was  one  in  every  seven  receiving  instruc- 
tion in  Pudsey.  From  returns  collected  privately  in  1858,  similar 
results  were  obtained. 

The  old  Town's  School  at  Littlemoor  was  probably  rebuilt 
about  the  beginning  of  the  century.  Over  the  door  there  is  an 
inscription  stating  that 

This  school  was  repaired  by  the  town  in  the  year  of  Our  Lord  1814.  W.  Stone, 
W.  Greaves,  Overseers  ;  G.  Beaumont,  J.  Drake,  chapel-wardens. 

Some  of  the  schools  in  existence  fifty  years  ago,  or  more,  were  of 
a  superior  class  to  village  schools  generally,  as,  for  instance,  the 
Fulneck  Boarding  Schools, established  in  1753, where  the  branches 
of  learning  taught  included  Latin  and  Greek,  modern  languages, 
geometry,  and  other  branches  of  mathematics,  drawing,  painting. 


SCHOOL     BOARD. 


219 


etc.  ;  the  Commercial  School,  Fulneck,  established  about  1770, 
where  the  higher  branches  of  education  were  taught.  A  school 
at  Fartown  was  established  in  1845,  and  education  was  given 
here  to  the  factory  workers,  and  the  branches  of  learning  taught 
included  "  Holy  Scripture  and  Catechism,  reading,  writing, 
arithmetic,  geography,  grammar,  dictation,  and  the  science  of 
common  things."  The  "  Pudsey  Schools  "  were  established  in 
1843,  and  the  education  given  was  of  a  high  character,  whilst  at 
the  Training  School,  Greenside,  started  in  1853,  the  education 
included  mensuration,  geometry,  algebra,  mapping,  and  drawing. 
In  1855,  Pudsey,  in  addition  to  the  public  schools  already  men- 
tioned, had  fifteen  private  schools,  with  500  scholars. 

When  Mr.  Forster's  Education  measure  became  law,  there 
was  no  attempt  in  Pudsey  for  several  years  to  take  advantage  of 
the  proffered  boon,  until,  in  1874,  the  Education  Department 
sent  a  notice  to  the  town's  authorities,  requesting  them  to  supply 
the  school  deficiency  which  had  been  found  to  exist.  Nothing 
was  done,  however,  until  a  second  and  final  notice  was  received 
from  the  Department,  calling  attention  to  the  deficiency  of 
school  accommodation  existing  in  the  township,  and  requiring 
that  steps  be  taken  during  the  next  six  months  to  supply  the 
deficiency.  If,  at  the  end  of  that  time,  steps  had  not  been  taken 
to  supply  the  necessary  accommodation,  then  the  compulsory 
powers  of  the  Education  Act  w^ould  be  used  to  supply  the 
deficiency.  Accompanying  the  notice  were  schedules,  the  first 
showing  the  accommodation  then  existing,  as  follows  : — Fulneck 
Infant  School,  155;  Fartown  National,  190;  Lowtown 
National,  228  ;  Congregational,  Greenside,  270 ;  Primitive 
Methodist,  Rickardshaw,  192  ;  total,  1,035.  I"  this  schedule  no 
account  was  taken  of  the  private  adventure  schools,  of  which 
there  were  several.  Schedule  2  gave  the  amount  and  description 
of  accommodation  required  : — Littlemoor,  200  ;  Lowtown,  500  ; 
Marsh,  200;  Tyersal,  300;  Stanningley  250,  including  120 
children  from  the  township  of  Calverley-with-Farsley. 

In  December,  1874,  preparations  for  the  election  of  a  School 
Board  were  commenced,  to  consist  of  seven  members.  Eight 
gentlemen  were  proposed,  but  one  of  them  withdrew,  and  thus  a 
contest  was  avoided.  The  first  Board  consisted  of  the  following 
persons : — Messrs.  James  Banks,  William  Maude,  Samuel  Wade, 
George  Hinings,  J.  G.  Mills,  Robert  Dalby,  and  James  Brook, 
At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Board,  held  on  January  28th,  1875, 
Mr.  George  Hinings  was  elected  chairman,  and  Mr.  Robert 
Palby,  vice-chairman,  with  Mr.  James  Brook  as  clerk^r^  tevi. 


220 


HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


The  first  work  of  the  Board  was  to  make  provision  for 
sufficient  school  accommodation.  After  taking  a  census  of  the 
children  in  the  district,  and  making  other  full  and  exhaustive 
inquiries  respecting  educational  requirements,  it  was  decided  to 
build  new  schools  at  Rickardshaw  Lane  and  Laisterdyke — the 
former  to  accommodate  600  children,  at  a  cost  for  site,  building, 
and  fittings,  of  ^^"6,700  ;  the  latter  to  accommodate  450  children, 
at  a  cost  of  £/[,'joo.  The  latter  has  since  been  incorporated  in 
the  borough  of  Bradford.  While  these  schools  were  being  built, 
the  Greenside  and  Crimbles  Schools  were  taken  under  the 
Board's  management.  These  were  followed  by  the  Lowtown 
National  and  the  Primrose  Hill  Schools. 

Three  new  schools  have  been  built  by  the  l^oard  since  its 
formation,  at  a  cost  of  £i/\.,200.  At  none  of  the  five  elections  of 
the  Board  has  there  been  a  contest,  and  Mr.  George  Hinings 
ably  filled  the  office  of  (Chairman  of  the  Board  during  the 
existence  of  the  first  four  Boards,  declining  at  the  last  election 
to  act  in  that  capacity,  on  account  of  advancing  age  and 
infirmity.  The  following  gentlemen  have  filled  the  post  of  vice- 
chairman  : — Messrs.  R.  Dalby,  James  Banks,  Simeon  Rayner, 
and  D.  Moseley.  The  present  members  of  the  Board  are : — 
Messrs.  James  Stillings  (chairman),  D.  Moseley  (vice-chairman), 
George  Hinings,  J.  E.  Jones,  and  Revs.  R.  B.  Thompson,  M.  C. 
Bickersteth,  and  D.  A.  Henderson.  Mr.  G.  Haynes  is  clerk  to 
the  Board,  also  superintendent  and  inspector  of  schools  ;  and 
Mr.  S.  Lobley  is  the  school  attendance  officer.  The  staff  con- 
sists of  13  teachers,  10  assistants,  and  37  pupil  teachers  and 
candidates  ;  total,  60. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  schools,  with  the  accommoda- 
tion provided  and  numbers  on  the  registers  : — 


Name. 

Accommodation. 

No.  on  Registers. 

Rickardshaw  Lane 

Three  Departments 

600 

653 

Greenside 

Mixed  and  Infants 

400 

334 

Chapeltown 

Junior  Mixed 

280 

208 

Crimbles 

Girls  and  Infants... 

300 

240 

Primrose  Hill 

Mixed       

200 

173 

Lowtown 

Boys          

200 

140 

Stanningley 

Infants 

180 

90 

Littlemoor 

Infants 

200 

no 

Waterloo 

Infants      

200 

80 

2,560 

2,028 

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The  following  table  will  indicate  the  progress  of  the  schools 
since  the  formation  of  the  Board  : — 


Year. 

School  Fees  Received. 

Government  Grants. 

1876 

^  79  3  2 

1877 

246  II  3 

^180  7  0 

1S78 

526  10  5 

402  8  0 

1879 

599  II  10 

687  0  0 

18S0 

775  15  II 

794  5  II 

1 88 1 

853  4  3 

969  7  5 

1882 

823  10  2 

1,045  17  7 

18S3 

765  10  I 

976  15  8 

1884 

846  II  6 

1,015  12  5 

1885 

865  18  9 

9-4  II  0 

1S86 

881  9  II 

1,277  13  6 

In  1885,  the  date  of  examination  of  some  of  the  schools 
was  altered,  throwing  some  of  the  grants  into  the  following  year. 

In  1882,  the  Laisterdyke  School,  with  400  children,  was 
transferred  to  the  Bradford  School  Board. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that,  except  by  the  loss  of  the  school  at 
Laisterdyke,  progress  has  been  continuous.  Notwithstanding 
this,  there  are  now  2,028  children  on  the  registers  of  the  schools. 
The  whole  work  of  the  Board  has  been  accomplished  at  a  cost 
to  the  ratepayers  on  the  average  of  less  than  sixpence  in  the 
pound.  The  educational  results  in  the  schools  improve  from 
year  to  year,  and  according  to  the  testimony  of  the  late  Head 
Inspector,  the  advance  at  Pudsey  is  more  marked  than  in  any 
other  part  of  the  Northern  district.  Regularity  in  attendance, 
though  still  defective,  is  also  improving. 

The  rise  and  progress  of  the  Sunday  School  movement  in 
Pudsey  is  an  interesting  feature  in  the  history  of  the  place,  and 
for  the  brief  account  of  it  we  give  here,  we  are  indebted  to  an 
excellent  pamphlet,  published  about  sixteen  years  ago.*  The 
first  attempt  made  to  commence  a  Sunday  School  on  the 
voluntary  system,  took  place  in  the  year  1807,  a  year  memorable 
for  the  abolition  of  the  slave  trade.  The  originator  of  the  move- 
ment in  Pudsey  was  a  working  man,  who  was  too  poor  to  build 
a  school  or  defray  the  rent  of  a  separate  building,  but  he  was 
determined  to  do  something,  and  he  therefore  commenced  a 
Sunday  School  in  his  own  house,  in  Driver's  Fold,  Fartown.  To 
William  Boyes  belongs  the  distinguished  honour   of  introducing 

*  Hisio>y  of  the  Rise  and  Progress  of  Sunday  Schools  in  Pudsey  and  its  vicinity,  by 
John  Boves. 


22i  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

into  his  native  town  the  inestimable  boon  of  Sunday  Schools. 
After  a  while  this  school  became  too  large  for  the  accommodation 
that  could  be  offered  by  a  dwelling-house,  and  it  was  conse- 
quently removed  by  general  consent  to  the  Town's  School, 
Littlemoor,  where  it  was  for  some  years  conducted.  In  the 
course  of  time,  as  other  schools  began  to  be  opened  in  connection 
with  the  various  places  of  worship,  this  school  became 
appropriated  by  the  church-people  as  their  school.  During  the 
time  this  school  was  held  at  Littlemoor,  the  late  Abraham 
Hainsworth  took  an  active  part  in  its  management,  and  Mrs. 
Ratcliffe  (sister  to  the  first  Dr.  Hey),  also  entered  warmly  into 
the  work  of  teaching.  After  being  held  for  a  number  of  years 
in  the  Littlemoor  School,  it  was  removed  when  the  Ratcliffe  Lane 
School  was  built. 

About  the  same  time  that  a  Sunday  School  was  begun  in 
Fartown,  another  Sunday  School  was  commenced  in  the  house 
of  John  Sugden,  who  then  lived  in  a  cottage  adjoining  the  site  on 
which  Allanbrig  Mill  was  subsequently  erected.  This  John 
Sugden  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  cotton  weaver  at  the  time, 
and  very  likely  had  several  looms  in  the  house.  At  all  events, 
one  loom  was  pulled  down  every  Saturday  night,  to  make  room 
for  the  scholars  on  the  succeeding  day  ;  and  as  there  were  more 
children  than  the  benches  could  accommodate,  the  younger  part 
had  to  sit  on  the  floor.  This  school  rapidly  increased  in 
numbers,  so  that  shortly  after,  as  we  are  informed,  John  Sugden 
sold  one  of  his  looms,  in  order  that  he  might  make  provision  for 
the  Sunday  School. 

The  next  Sunday  School  commenced  in  Pudsey  was  the 
Moravian  School,  Fulneck,  which  was  established  in  1813,  and 
has  been  continued  without  interruption  to  the  present  time. 
One  of  the  most  active  persons  in  connection  with  this  school  in 
its  early  years  was  the  late  Joshua  Sutcliffe,  sen. 

Zion  School  (Methodist  New  Connexion)  was  begun  about 
the  year  18 19,  in  a  chamber  at  the  lower  part  of  Fartown.  When 
the  chapel  was  erected  in  1825,  the  school  was  removed  also,  and 
continued  to  be  held  in  the  chapel  until  the  year  1840,  when  it 
was  removed  to  a  large  chamber  behind  the  chapel.  It  was  held 
in  that  room  until  the  erection  of  the  present  school-room,  in  the 
year  1853. 

The  next  Sunday  School  formed  in  Pudsey  was  the  Upper 
School,  Lowtown,  in  the  year  1826,  and  was  carried  on  in  this 
upper  room  for  twenty-six  years,  until  the  present  new  school 
was  built  in  the  year  1853.      This  large  and  commodious  edifice 


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was  erected  for  the  two-fold  purpose  of  a  Sunday  School  and  to 
accommodate  public  meetings  on  subjects  of  general  importance. 
The  Littlemoor  Wesleyan  was  formed  more  than  40  years 
ago,  and  after  a  successful  career  in  that  locality  has  been  re- 
moved into  a  new  school  underneath  their  handsome  new  chapel. 
The  Gibraltar  Wesleyan  School  was  also  formed  nearly  40 
years  ago,  and  was  first  held  in  an  old  chamber  belonging  to  the 
Gibraltar  Mill,  and  was  afterwards  removed  to  the  chapel, 
erected  in  the  year  1840,  at  Waterloo. 

The  Primitive  Methodist  School,  Lowtown,  Pudsey,  was 
commenced  in  the  year  1839,  the  year  when  their  chapel  was 
opened,  and  is  now  held  in  the  commodious  school  adjoining  the 
chapel. 

The  Wesleyan  Association  commenced  a  school  in  Low- 
town  in  the  year  1850,  which  has  been  continued  up  to  the 
present  time,  and  is  now  a  part  of  the  Sunday  School  Union, 
under  the  name  of  the  United  Methodist  Free  Church. 

Sixty  years  ago  there  were  five  Sunday  Schools  in  Pudsey, 
and  at  the  present  time  the  number  has  increased  to  22.  A 
Sunday  School  Union  was  established  in  1868,  and  is  still  in 
existence  as  the  "  Pudsey  and  District  Sunday  School  Union." 
It  comprises  17  schools,  with  360  male  and  280  female  teachers 
— total  640.  Scholars:  males,  1,555  ;  females,  1,779;  total, 
3,364.  Teachers  who  have  been  scholars,  633  ;  number  of  classes 
in  the  schools,  244  ;  scholars  in  select  classes,  827  ;  in  infant 
classes,  610.     Number  of  volumes  in  the  libraries,  4,000. 

In  addition  to  the  Day  and  Sunday  Schools,  other  agencies 
for  the  spread  of  education  have  been  in  existence  in  the  town- 
ship, and  some  of  these  have  exerted  a  very  marked  influence 
for  good  on  the  inhabitants  generally. 

The  Pudsey  Mechanics'  Institution  was  founded  in 
the  year  1847,  by  a  few  young  men  who  were  desirous  of 
improving  their  leisure  time.  One  or  two  rooms  were  first  taken 
at  Greenside,  the  members  then  numbering  less  than  twenty.  In 
a  very  short  period  the  Institute  was  removed  to  a  room  opposite 
the  New  Inn,  Church  Lane,  occupied  for  some  time,  we  believe, 
in  the  day  time  by  the  late  Mr.  Colefax,  as  a  day-school.  While 
located  here  rules  and  regulations  were  formed,  and  the  number 
of  members  increased  to  thirty,  but  yet  the  place  met  with  little 
public  recognition  and  support,  until  in  December,  1847,  a 
determined  effort  was  made  by  the  members  to  bring  their 
Institution  more  prominently  before  the  notice  of  the  public. 
Accordingly  an  exhibition  was  got  up,  which  remained  open  for 


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mechanics'  institution.  225 

a  month,  at  a  low  charge  for  admission,  and  this  had  the  effect 
of  attracting  a  fair  degree  of  notice  and  patronage.  As  the 
result  of  the  "  exhibition  "  a  small  surplus  of  money  was  left, 
and  the  number  of  members  increased  to  120,  so  that  the 
"  exhibition  "  may  be  said  to  have  been  a  really  happy  thought 
on  the  part  of  its  promoters.  But  on  the  occasion  of  the  first 
public  soiree,  in  June,  1848,  held  in  the  Primitive  Methodist 
Chapel,  the  number  of  members  had  gone  down  to  70.  Yet 
the  Institute  prospered,  and  the  membership  again  slowly 
increased,  until  in  November,  1849,  it  was  found  necessary  to 
move  to  larger  premises,  a  little  lower  down  Church  Lane, 
now  known  as  the  "  Butchers'  Arms."  For  fourteen  or  fifteen 
years  the  work  of  the  Institute  was  carried  on  here  with 
varying  success,  the  number  of  members  increasing  to  200. 
Much  good  was  done  here  in  the  classes  for  imparting 
elementary  and  secondary  knowledge,  many  youths  receiving 
in  these  classes  the  larger  part  of  their  education.  For  some 
reason  or  other,  however,  the  interest  in  the  Institution 
appeared  eventually  to  flag,  when  it  was  known  that  the 
property  had  changed  hands,  and  the  committee  had  received 
"  notice  to  quit."  A  meeting  of  the  committee  was  held  under 
these  unpromising  circumstances,  and  the  dissolution  of  the 
Institution  was  freely  discussed,  and  all  but  decided  upon.  At 
this  critical  moment  a  gentleman  connected  with  the  place — Mr. 
George  Minings — came  into  the  meeting,  and,  learning  what  was 
about  to  be  done,  raised  his  voice  against  the  proposition, 
and  eventually  sought  out  other  premises  in  Hammerton  Field, 
and  took  the  responsibility  of  the  tenancy  upon  himself.  Thus 
the  threatened  dissolution  was  narrowly  averted.  But  the  aff"airs 
of  the  Institution  did  not  thrive  in  Hammerton  Field  ;  it  was 
too  much  "  out  of  sight  and  out  of  mind,"  and  the  membership 
again  dwindled  down  rapidly. 

After  a  short  stay  here,  that  had  nearly  proved  fatal  to  its 
existence,  despite  the  efforts  and  support  of  several  of  its  original 
and  warmest  friends,  the  committee  took  a  house  in  Manor  House 
street,  and  made  another  effort  to  rouse  the  dormant  interest  in 
the  welfare  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  and  with  such  success 
that  in  about  a  year  and  a  half  another  change  had  to  be  made, 
in  order  to  find  accommodation  for  the  rapidly  increasing  number 
of  members.  The  committee  rented  a  house  near  the  present 
Institute,  and  ultimately  purchased  the  building,  together  with 
some  adjoining  property,  and,  notwithstanding  the  increased 
accommodation,  it  was  found  necessary  in   1877  to  take  steps  to 

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226  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

obtain  a  new  building,  and  in  1878,  the  most  successful  bazaar 
ever  held  in  Pudsey,  contributed  over  ;^  1,200  towards  a  new 
Institute,  The  site  was  purchased  for  ^  i ,600,  and  the  memorial 
stone  was  laid  on  October  6th,  1879,  by  Mr.  W.  D.  Scales,  of 
Grove  House.  The  following  is  a  description  of  the  building, 
which  occupies  a  most  central  position  at  the  top  of  Lowtown, 
having  a  south  westerly  front  to  Waver  Green,  and  a  north  front 
to  Lowtown  road  and  forms  with  the  adjoining  Co-operative 
stores,  a  handsome  and  imposing  block  of  buildings.  The  Gothic 
style  of  architecture  has  been  adopted,  and  one  of  the  principal 
features  of  the  building  is  a  square  tower  at  the  angle  of  the  two 
streets  above  mentioned,  having  a  slated  spire,  which  rises  to  a 
height  of  no  feet,  and  is  surmounted  by  an  ornamental  iron 
finial  and  vane.  In  the  base  of  this  tower,  at  the  side  next 
Lowtown  road,  is  the  principal  entrance  to  the  building,  the  door- 
way being  deeply  recessed,  and  having  an  arched  and  moulded 
head.  From  the  level  of  the  principal  entrance  short  flights  of 
steps  lead  upwards  on  to  the  ground  floor  (which  is  raised  about 
6  feet  above  the  street  line),  and  downwards  to  the  basement, 
and  the  steps  are  so  arranged  that  the  rooms  on  the  basement 
may  be  let  off,  or  used  without  interfering  in  any  way  with  the 
upper  floors.  The  accommodation  on  the  basement  floor  is  as 
follows  : — a  large  room,  intended  to  be  used  for  tea-parties  or 
similar  gatherings, with  kitchen,  scullery  and  store-room  adjoining; 
and  also  four  class-rooms,  and  a  lavatory,  etc.  These  rooms  are 
all  of  ample  size  and  well-lighted.  On  the  ground  floor  are  a 
news-room,  34  feet  by  24  feet,  a  library,  24  feet  by  16  feet,  a 
conversation  room  29  feet  by  16  feet,  a  committee  room,  two 
class-rooms,  a  lavatory  and  a  secretary's  room.  A  handsome 
stone  staircase,  the  steps  of  which  are  5  feet  wide,  leads  upwards 
to  the  first  floor,  upon  which  is  situated  the  public  hall,  56  feet 
by  40  feet.  It  is  32  feet  high  from  floor  to  ceiling,  and  has 
galleries  round  three  sides,  which  are  entered  frorn  the  second 
floor  level.  It  will  accommodate  an  audience  of  600  persons. 
Adjoining  the  public  hall  are  two  ante-rooms,  with  lavatories,  etc., 
for  the  use  of  those  engaging  the  hall.  There  is  also  upon  this 
floor  a  science  lecture  theatre,  seated  in  raised  stages,  and  capable 
of  accommodating  120  students.  Upon  the  second  floor,  over 
the  science  lecture  theatre,  are  spacious  rooms,  lighted  from  both 
roof  and  sides,  to  be  used  by  the  art  classes  connected  with  the 
Institute.  The  building  is  heated  throughout  by  means  of  hot- 
water  pipes,  and  special  attention  has  been  paid  to  the  lighting 
and  ventilating  arrangements.     The  two  principal   fronts  have 


LITERARY     UNION.  227 

been  faced  with  "  pitch-faced  "  wall  stones  of  excellent  quality, 
obtained  from  quarries  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood,  and  all 
the  windows  have  ashlar  dressings.  Most  of  the  windows  are  of 
tinted  cathedral  glass,  except  those  to  the  upper  storey.  The 
works  were  carried  out  under  the  superintendence  of  the  archi- 
tects, Messrs.  Hope  and  Jardine  of  Bradford,  whose  plans  were 
selected  in  open  competition.  The  total  cost  of  the  structure, 
with  fittings,  was  ^^6,305,  of  which  3,000  remains  to  be  paid.  The 
opening  ceremony  took  place  on  November  loth,  1880,  and  was 
performed  by  Herbert  J.  Gladstone,  Esq.,  M.P.  In  1885,  the 
number  of  members  was  596  ;  volumes  in  the  library,  1,300. 

A  Literary  Union  was  established  in  1854,  at  Fulneck, 
the  number  of  members  being  limited  to  24,  and  monthly  meetings 
are  held,  at  which  papers  are  read  by  the  members  on  historical, 
scientific,  or  literary  subjects.  Other  societies  exist  in  connection 
with  the  various  religious  and  political  organizations,  at  which 
questions  of  public  importance  are  discussed,  essays  are  read, 
and  lectures  are  occasionally  delivered.  We  may  mention,  the 
Church  Institute,  the  Congregational  Young  Men's  Improvement 
Society,  the  Wesleyan  Young  Men's  Improvement  Society,  and 
the  Unitarian  Young  Men's  Improvement  Society.  The  classes, 
libraries,  lectures,  etc.,  have  an  important  influence  in  forming 
the  habits  and  characters  of  the  young  persons  who  are  members. 
Amongst  other  educational  agencies,  Pudsey  has  its  local 
newspapers  ;  the  Pudsey  Neivs  and  the  Pudsey  and  District 
Advertiser.  The  News  was  established  in  1 872  by  Mr.  T.  Stillings, 
and  is  published  by  him,  with  Mr.  John  Middlebrook  as  its  able 
editor.  The  paper  is  issued  weekly,  on  the  Friday,  and  contains 
accurate  and  well  digested  reports  of  all  local  matters,  notes  and 
correspondence  on  affairs  of  interest  to  the  public  of  the  neigh- 
bourhood ;  also,  a  large  amount  of  varied  news,  and  a  serial  story 
of  general  interest.  The  price  is  one  half-penny.  The  Pudsey 
and  District  Advertiser  was  established  in  1875,  by  Mr.  J.  W. 
Birdsall,  Staningley.  It  is  published  on  the  Friday,  at  one  half- 
penny. It  gives  reports  of  all  matters  of  interest  connected  with 
the  town  and  district,  together  with  serial  tales  of  domestic  interest, 
and  original  articles  and  notes  on  imperial  and  local  subjects, 
railway  time  tables,  etc. 


MANUFACTURES. 


HE  inhabitants  of  Pudsey  and  neighbourhood  have 
long  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  woollen 
cloth.  During  the  last  century  the  art  of  manufacture 
was  in  a  rude  state;  the  various  processes  of  scribbling, 
carding,  etc.,  were  all  done  by  hand  in  a  very  tedious 
manner,  and  the  warp  and  weft  were  spun,  one  thread  at 
a  time,  on  what  we  now  term  a  bobbin-wheel,  and  the 
weaving  of  the  cloth  required  two  persons  to  each  loom. 
Mr,  J.  L.  Gaunt  informs  me  that  he  had  heard  his  grand- 
father, Jos.  Gaunt,  say  that  the  practice  of  weaving  two  on  one 
loom  was  just  going  out  of  date  when  he  commenced  working, 
which  would  be  about  1778,  as  he  was  then  13  years  of  age.  He 
said  he  remembered  having  seen  them  weaving  two  on  a  loom  in 
the  old  house  at  the  top  of  Chapeltown,  pulled  down  in  1885, 
occupied  by  George  Moss,  behind  the  Commercial  Hotel.  He 
said  he  used  to  go  with  cloth  to  be  milled  to  Shipley,  and  would 
generally  start  off  on  Friday  afternoon  and  would  be  returning 
home  with  the  cloth  on  Sunday  morning,  when  people  were  going 
to  worship  at  the  old  Bell  Chapel,  or  the  Nonconformist  Meeting 
house,  top  of  Chapeltown.  He  used  to  card  wool  by  hand,  and 
the  first  scribblers  that  he  remembered  were  at  Esholt.* 

The  cloth  when  made  was  conveyed  to  Leeds  by  pack-horses, 
though,  I  believe,  sometimes  by  the  men  themselves.  There  it 
was  exposed  for  sale,  formerly  upon  Leeds  Bridge,  where  the 
manufacturers  held  their  market  until  1684,  when  it  was  removed 

''  For  an  exhaustive  account  of  the  primitive  methods  of  cloth  manufacture,  see  Lawson's 
Progress  in  Pudsey,  pp.  20-38,  and  83-93. 


THE    CLOTH    MANUFACTURE.  229 

into  Briggate,  where  it  continued  to  be  held  until  171 1.  The 
Coloured  Cloth  Hall  was  erected  in  1758.  In  process  of  time 
"  spinning  jennies  "  were  introduced,  which  were  of  a  somewhat 
rude  construction.  An  anecdote  is  told  of  one  old  man  named 
Will  Sugden,  who  went  to  see  a  neighbour,  who  had  just  got  a  new 
"jenny"  with  fifty  spindles.  On  seeing  the  machine,  the  old 
fellow  exclaimed  "  eh,  lad  !  hah-ivver  dus'  ta  see  'em  all  ?  I've 
nobbut  twenty-four  threeds  an'  I  let  five  on  'em  lake." 

The  introduction  of  scribblers,  carders,  and  billies  gradually 
took  place  during  the  latter  half  of  the  last  century,  and  the  in- 
troduction of  these  new  machines  was  looked  upon  with  anything 
but  a  favourable  spirit;  indeed,  on  some  occasions  sheetings  of 
cardings  and  slubbings  were  met  on  the  road  and  torn  to  pieces. 
These  machines  were  worked  by  horse  power  in  Pudsey.  The 
horse  turned  a  "  gin  "  similar  to  those  used  at  our  stone  quarries 
for  raising  stone.  There  were  seven  of  those  little  mills  turned 
by  horse  power  in  Pudsey,  at  the  close  of  the  last  century,  viz.: — 
Ingham's,  at  Hill  Foot  ;  Bickerdike's,  at  Greenside  ;  Craven's, 
at  Bankhouse  ;  Lumby's,  at  Littlemoor  ;  Edward  Farrar's,  in 
Church  Lane  ;  Matthew  Dufton's,  top  of  Lowtown  ;  and  Matthew 
Whitfield's,  at  Delph  Hill.  The  cloth  to  be  fulled  or  milled  was 
taken  to  Cockersdale,  Shipley,  Esholt,  Harewood,  or  Arthington. 
At  each  of  these  places  were  "  fulling-stocks  "  turned  by  water 
power.  Very  amusing  stories  are  told  in  illustration  of  the  in- 
experience and  mismanagement  of  the  workmen  engaged  in 
this  department.*  On  one  occasion  a  clothier's  man  was  sent 
with  a  piece  of  cloth  to  "  mill "  and  after  putting  the  cloth  into 
the  machine,  both  miller  and  man  adjourned  for  refreshment. 
Returning  after  a  time  to  look  at  the  cloth,  they  found  it  so 
strangely  felted  together  in  one  mass  that  it  could  not  be  opened 
out,  and  it  was  eventually  buried  in  the  dung  heap. 

The  processes  of  dyeing  and  drying  were  also  carried  on  in 
a  similarly  rude  way,  and  the  "  lead-broth  "  as  it  was  called,  that 
is,  the  dye-water  was  suffered  to  run  along  the  highways,  as  there 
were  no  sewers  at  that  period,  consequently  the  roads  were  in  a 
very  filthy  state  in  this  and  the  other  manufacturing  villages. 

In  1824  a  severe  panic  existed  in  the  woollen  trade,  and 
there  was  scarcely  a  cloth-loom  to  be  heard  in  the  village.  To 
keep  them  from  starving  many  of  the  people  were  employed  in 
weaving  cotton  by  hand-loom,  obtaining  their  work  from  a  Mr. 
Nutter,  or  Nuttall,  of  Bradford,  whither  they  took  their  pieces 
on  Thursdays.     Mr.  Joseph  Tordoff,  of  Low  Moor,  also  put  out 

'  See  Smith's  Morley  :  Awient  and  Modern,  p.  297.    Wilson's  History  of  Brainley,  pp.  43-44- 


230  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

cotton  weaving  at  Pndsey.  The  first  woollen  mill  in  Pudsey 
turned  by  steam-power  was  commenced  towards  the  close  of  the 
last  century  at  the  bottom  of  Roker  Lane,  by  Mr.  Ellwand. 
The  mill  is  known  as  Union  Bridge  Mill.  It  was  the  property 
of  the  late  Mr.  J,  Crowther,  but  is  now  the  property  of  Mr. 
Galloway.  The  next  and  most  important  was  Gibraltar  Mill, 
erected  in  1 801-2,  by  Messrs.  Joseph  Thackrah  and  Fairfax 
Carlisle.  This  mill  was  burnt  down  on  June  14,  1812,  and  there 
being  no  other  mill  in  the  neighbourhood,  the  loss  was  con- 
siderable, both  to  owners  and  workpeople,  as  well  as  to  the 
clothmakers.  The  mill  was  rebuilt  by  Mr.  Thackrah  on  the  best 
principles,  and  completed  with  all  the  newest  improvements. 
Gas  was  introduced  into  this  mill  very  early,  being  the  first  lit  in 
the  neighbourhood.  Mr.  Thackrah  having  built  a  large  factory  on 
the  higher  ground  adjoining  became  a  great  contractor  for  army 
goods,  and  for  many  years  employed  a  large  number  of  work- 
people; the  goods  made  by  him  being  completed  in  all  the 
various  branches  upon  the  premises,  and  exported  to  all  parts 
of  the  world.  Mr.  Thackrah  died  in  1828.  The  premises  were 
then  let  to  Messrs.  Hall  and  Walton,  and  in  1836  were  pur- 
chased by  Messrs.  William  Walton  and  Co.  They  are  now 
occupied  by  Mr.  D.  Womersley  and  others.  The  mill  has  been 
twice  enlarged. 

Varley's  old  mill,  at  Stanningley,  was  erected  in  18 16,  and 
the  new  one  in  1837,  the  firm  being  composed  until  recently  of 
Messrs.  William  and  Samuel  Varley.  This  firm  have  frequently 
1,000  workpeople  in  their  employ.  The  Smalewell  Mill  was 
commenced  about  1821,  and  rebuilt  in  1844-5.  It  became  the 
property  of  Messrs.  William  and  Jonathan  Clarkson  in  1854, 
and  has  recently  been  purchased  by  Mr.  Reuben  Gaunt,  the 
present  owner.  Albion  mill  was  erected  in  1822,  and  has 
since  been  enlarged.  The  name  of  the  firm  is  The  Pudsey 
Albion  Mill  Co.,  Ltd.,  Waterloo  Mill;  erected  in  1825,  received 
an  addition  in  1852 ;  and  since  then  a  new  mill  has  been  added,  the 
first  stone  of  which  was  laid  in  July,  1857,  by  Mr.  Jonas  Bate- 
man  and  Mr.  William  Carr,  two  of  the  senior  partners  of  the 
firm.  The  company  trade  under  the  name  of  James  Blackburn 
and  Co.  The  following  names  of  mills,  with  the  dates  of  their 
erection,  complete  the  list : — Union  Mill  (Mr.  Matthew  Walker), 
erected  in  1825,  and  enlarged  in  1855.  Allanbrig  Mill  (Messrs. 
Salter  and  Salter),  erected  1830;  enlarged  since.  Crawshaw 
Mill,  erected  1831  ;  enlarged  1857  ;  now  wholly  worsted.  Priest- 
ley Mill  (William   Elsworth  and  Co.),  erected   1834,  and   since 


THE    CLOTH     MANUFACTURE.  23 1 

enlarged  (now  the  property  of  The  Priestley  Mill  Co.)  Fartown 
Mill  (Claughton  Garth  Mill  Co.),  erected  1837;  enlarged 
i860,  burnt  down  in  1879,  and  afterwards  purchased  and  rebuilt 
by  Mr.  James  Banks,  the  present  owner  and  occupier.  Cliff  Mill 
(Farrer,  Sharp,  and  Co.),  erected  1837;  since  enlarged.  Bank- 
house  Mill  (worsted)  ;  unoccupied.  With  the  exception  of 
Bankhouse  Mill  and  Messrs.  Varley's  Mill,  at  Stanningley,  all 
the  above  are  woollen  mills,  built  by  companies  on  the  joint- 
stock  principle.  Messrs.  B,  Crosland  and  Son,  of  Valley  Bottom, 
and  Messrs.  W.  and  T.  Huggan,  of  Swinnow  Grange,  are  Pudsey 
firms,  but  their  works  are  not  within  the  township. 

It  is  only  within  the  last  20  years  that  the  worsted  business 
has  become  fairly  established  at  Pudsey.  In  1867,  Messrs. 
Cooper  Brothers  erected  Valley  Mill,  and  since  that  time  their 
works  have  been  doubled  in  extent.  Brick  Mill  (woollen),  Mr. 
Robert  Spencer's,  was  erected  in  1868;  Brunswick  Shed  (worsted), 
Messrs.  James  Smith  and  Co.'s,  erected  in  1869  ;  Prospect  Mill 
(woollen),  occupied  b}-  Mr.  W.  C.  Forrest,  erected  in  1870,  and 
since  enlarged  ;  Grange-field  Mill,  Mr.  Isaac  Gaunt's  (worsted), 
erected  in  1871  ;  and  a  new  portion  has  just  been  added  for  the 
woollen  trade.  New  Shed,  Pudsey  Worsted  Mill  Co.,  Limited, 
erected  in  1872,  has  now  been  doubled  in  size  to  hold  840  looms. 
It  is  at  present  occupied  by  Messrs.  Midgley  and  Mills,  Messrs. 
James  Smith  and  Co.,  Messrs.  Turton  and  Mitchell,  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Jowett.  Messrs.  S.  A.  Jones  and  Co.,  woolcombers, 
worsted  spinners  and  manufacturers,  commenced  extensive 
works  named  South  Park  Mills  in  1874,  enlargements  of  which 
are  still  in  progress.  To  the  above  list  must  also  be  added  New 
Lane  Mills,  Tyersal,  erected  in  1873,  by  Messrs.  W.  and  J. 
Whitehead,  worsted  spinners  and  manufacturers  ;  Wellington 
Works,  erected  by  Messrs.  Pickard  and  Son,  and  occupied  by 
Mr.  Joseph  Jowett,  manufacturer ;  and  Mr.  P.  Harrop's  wool- 
combing  shed. 

We  are  not  able  to  state  the  exact  number  of  persons  now 
employed  in  the  woollen  trade  in  Pudsey  ;  but,  including  the 
whole  township,  the  number  employed  in  that  of  worsted  is 
close  upon  4,000.  Since  the  introduction  of  the  worsted  trade, 
the  woollen  business  has  been  left  behind  in  the  race  by  its  more 
vigorous  rival,  all  the  manufactories,  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
erected  during  the  last  twenty  years  having  been  built  for  the 
worsted  trade. 

The  old  clothiers,  who  were  generally  small  farmers  as  well, 
have   become  well-nigh    extinct,  but  they  are  held  in  grateful 


232  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

remembrance  by  those  who  remember  their  many  good  quahties. 
Industrious  and  frugal  in  their  habits,  they  were  generally  counted 
men  of  integrity  and  honour,  and  in  their  dual  capacity  of  trades- 
men and  farmers  possessed  advantages  which  might  well  be 
envied  by  the  present  generation. 

There  are  still  many  small  clothiers  in  and  around  Pudsey, 
and  a  few  "  wool  extractors "  dealers  in  "  fudd,"  flocks,  and 
mungo — substances  which  are  immediately  connected  with  the 
trade.     There  are  also  several  engineers'  and  machinists'  works. 

A  goodly  number  of  persons  find  employment  in  the  leather 
trade  ;  the  principal  firms  engaged  in  this  business  being  Messrs. 
Wm.  Haste,  Hough  End  ;  Thomas  Goodall,  Alma  Tannery, 
Bramley  ;  and  Edward  Tetley,  Fartown.  The  boot  and  shoe 
trades  have  also  assumed  dimensions  of  no  small  importance, 
and  the  works  of  Messrs.  vScales  and  Sons,  and  Messrs.  Salter 
and  Salter  employ  many  hundreds  of  persons. 

Pudsey  is  also  largely  engaged  in  the  stone  trade.  The 
Upper  Moor  quarries  have  been  worked,  it  is  said,  for  hundreds 
of  years.  The  buildings  of  the  Moravian  Establishment,  at 
Fulneck,  were  erected  with  stone  from  these  quarries.  Formerly 
they  were  worked  by  one  Stockdale,  and  afterwards  by  Thomas 
Farrer  and  his  trustees,  who  exported  the  hard  "  ncll "  stone  to 
foreign  countries.  About  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  Messrs. 
W.  Pickard  and  Son  entered  upon  and  still  work  them.  The 
other  stone  quarrying  firms  of  Pudsey  are  Messrs.  Wm.  Merritt 
and  Son,  John  Procter  and  Son,  George  Lumby,  J.  Illingworth, 
and  Lord  and  W.  H,  Vickers.  In  Back  Lane,  many  disused 
quarries  have  been  filled  up  and  houses  erected  upon  them. 


FULNECK. 


J'lmil.  T  is  said  of  the  monks  and  friars  of  the  centuries  gone, 
that  they  were  particularly  careful  in  selecting  the 
sites  for  their  monasteries  and  other  religious  houses  ; 
but  certainly  they  were  not  peculiar  in  this  respect, 
as  witness  the  case  of  the  pleasant  and  unique  village 
whose  name  is  at  the  head  of  this  chapter.  Fulneck  is 
most  beautifully  situated  on  the  northern  slopes  of  the 
Tong  valley,  forming  the  southern  boundary  of  the 
Pudsey  Township*  It  has  a  perfectly  open  prospect  to  the 
south,  embracing  a  wide  range  of  country,  including  Dudley 
Hill  ;  Tong,  with  its  tree  embowered  hall,  the  seat  of  Sir  R. 
Tempest-Tempest,  Bart.  ;  Drighlington  ;  Gildersome  ;  Adwalton, 
with  its  historic  moor  ;  Morley,  Middleton,  Farnley,  etc.  ;  and 
it  would  have  been  difficult  for  the  founders  of  the  place  to  have 
chosen  a  spot  in  this  district  more  desirable  for  the  purposes 
contemplated  by  them.  Not  inaptly  may  a  part  at  least  of 
David's  eulogy  of  Mount  Zion  be  applied  to  this  place : — 
"  Beautiful  for  situation."  More  especially  was  this  the  case 
when  the  site  was  first  selected,  ere  the  pellucid  and  fish-inhabited 
stream,  which  winds  through  the  vale,  had  become  black  with 
nauseous  drainage,  or  the  opposite  slopes  were  disfigured  by  heaps 
of  shale  and  other  rubbish  thrown  out  from  the  pits  which  have 
been  opened  of  late  years  by  the  Low  Moor  Iron  and  Coal 
Company,  and  the  chimneys  whose  sulphurous  smoke  pollutes 
the  air,  and  destroys  the  trees  of  the  adjoining  woods. 


*  This  account  of  Fulneck  has  been  edited,  and  partly  written,  by  Mr.  J.  T.  Beer,  of  Threap- 
jand  Houhe. — Ed. 


MORAVIAN     ESTABLISHMENT. 


235 


The  establishment  presents  a  fine  imposing  front  when 
viewed  from  the  other  side  of  the  valley,  and  consists  of  a 
broken,  yet  not  inharmonious,  line  of  buildings  ;  having  the 
chapel  in  the  centre,  which,  however,  is  not  distinguishable  as 
such  on  this  side  ;  the  schools  for  girls  and  boys  ;  the  residences 
for  the  principals  of  these  schools  ;  the  Single  Sisters'  and 
Brethren's  Houses,  the  Lecture  Hall,  etc.,  the  whole  of  which 
are  faced  by  a  broad  and  level  gravelled  terrace,  from  whence 
gardens,  orchards,  fields,  and  forest  trees,  occupy  the  space  down 
to  the  stream.  Although  the  beauty  of  Fulneck  is  seen  in  the 
front,  it  is  at  the  back  where  its  specially  unique  features  are 

most  apparent.  Here  the  line  of  the 
buildings  is  considerably  more  broken 
than  in  the  front,  and  the  chapel  is 
conspicuous  by  its  advancing  entrance, 


surmounted 
by  the  belfry 
and  clock. 

»  J  ,  The  Terrace. 

A  paved  ter- 
race having  a  rise  of  some  yards  above  the  front  one,  runs 
nearly  the  whole  length  of  this  side,  being  shortened  by  an 
enclosed  yard,  etc.,  belonging  to  residences  of  the  Single  Sisters 
at  the  east  end.  From  this  terrace  green  slopes  rise  to  the  road 
or  street  above,  which  at  the  centre  is  greatly  above  its  level,  and 
is  reached  by  flights  of  steps  of  varying  heights.  The  west  end 
of  this  rising  ground  was,  until  a  few  years  ago,  occupied  by  a 
block  of  unsightly  cottages  and  other  erections,  partly  used  for  a 
bakery,  stabling,  etc.,  the  removal  of  which  has  added  much  to 
the  cleanliness  and  appearance  of  this  part  of  the  village. 


236  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

Beyond  the  establishment  proper,  are  the  boarding-house, 
the  shop,  the  single  Brethren's  prayer  hall,  and  cottages,  which 
have  been  utilised  as  a  reading  room  or  institute.  On  a  lower 
level,  and  in  front  of  these  latter,  there  are  a  few  houses  so 
pleasantly  situated  as  to  have  acquired  the  name  of  "  Paradise." 
They  are,  however,  only  approachable  through  a  narrow  entry 
on  the  low  side  of  the  inn,  which  covered  passage  is  therefore 
appropriately  named  "  Purgatory."  Yet  let  it  not  be  inferred 
from  this  that  there  was  any  justification  for  the  popular  belief 
of  their  Romanist  or  Jesuitical  character.  At  this  end  is  a 
barrier  where  a  toll  of  2d.  is  demanded  for  horses  and  vehicles 
passing  through  the  place.  The  whole  of  the  private  residences 
are  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  extending  for  the  most 
part  from  the  entrance  gate  on  the  east  to  the  bar  above 
indicated.  Although  considerably  above  the  level  of  the 
establishment,  the  village  is  still  much  below  the  crest  of  the  hill 
in  its  rear,  so  that  the  whole  place  is  well  protected  from  the 
north  and  north-east  winds.  From  the  style  and  arrangement 
of  the  buildings  the  tojit  eriseinble  of  the  place  is  of  a  semi- 
continental  character,  and  cannot  fail  to  impress  the  visitor  by 
its  neat,  quiet,  and  almost  solemn  appearance. 

Some  of  the  most  modern  additions  to  the  requirements  of 
the  village  are,  a  capital  Sunday  School  for  boys  nearer  the  top 
of  the  hill,  and  one  for  girls  at  the  back  of,  and  adjoining  the 
Sisters'  House.  The  Lecture  Hall,  also,  was  erected  only  a  few 
years  since  on  the  site  of  what  was  once  the  boys'  day  school, 
which  for  many  years  was  successfully  conducted  by  Mr.  E. 
Sewell,  who  is  now  quietly  passing  the  remainder  of  his  days 
amid  the  calm  seclusion  of  his  former  activities. 

The  estate,  as  a  whole,  is  of  very  considerable  extent  and 
value,  reaching  from  Hare  Lane  on  the  east  to  near  Scholebrook 
Lane  on  the  west,  and  from  the  top  of  the  hill  on  the  north  to 
the  bottom  of  the  valley,  which  is  its  southern  limit,  embracing 
an  area  of  160  acres.  This  important  freehold,  originally  con- 
sisting of  about  130  acres,  was  added  to  by  subsequent  purchases 
or  gifts,  and  when  first  acquired  was  mostly  waste  or  moorland, 
with  one  small  farm  and  a  malt-kiln.  When  the  common  lands 
of  Pudsey  were  enclosed  in  181 2,  a  great  deal  of  this  side  of  the 
Tong  valley  was  quite  a  wilderness  of  moorland,  thickly  covered 
with  brambles  and  briars.  In  this  public  spoliation  the 
proprietary  of  the  Fulneck  freehold  came  in  for  a  considerable 
share.  By  the  persevering  industry  of  the  first  settlers  this  was 
gradually  changed  into  a  well  cultivated  and  fruitful  inheritance, 


THE    PLAY    GROUND,    FULNECK. 


23; 


such  as  but  few  religious  communities  of  the  present  day  can 
claim  to  possess.  This  fine  property  is  owned  by  the  Church  of 
"  Moravian  Brethren,"  or,  as  they  sometimes  style  themselves, 
"  Uiiitas  Fratruui"  whose  history  in  connection  with  this  place 
we  must  now  follow. 


The  Gills'  Play  Ground. 


Previous  to  the  year  1742,  this  church,  influenced  by  a  holy 
zeal,  had  sent  out  Missionaries  to  different  parts  of  the  world, 
and  had  established  an  English  Conference,  or  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, in  London.  It  was  in  this  year  decided  by  the  Board  that 
a  staff  of  labourers — actually  hand-working  ministers — should 
go  and  "  take  up  their  residence  in  some  convenient  spot  in 
Yorkshire,  whence  as  a  centre  they  could  go  forth  to  minister  to 
the  societies."  "  The  zeal  of  the  Brethren  was  such,  that  by  the 
end  of  the  following  year  they  had  organised  forty-seven  places 
where  the  Scriptures  were  regularly  read  and  prayer  offered  up 
once  in  every  three  weeks."  These  places  were  divided  into  six 
districts,  in  each  of  which  was  a  preaching  place,  to  which  the 


238 


HISTORY    OF    PUDSEV, 


societies  might  resort  on  Sundays.     Pudsey  was  one  of  these 
centres. 

In  March,  1743,  Count  Zinzendorf,  who  had  devoted  him- 
self to  the  interests  of  the  Church,  visited  the  brethren  at 
Pudsey  ;  and  in  order  fully  to  carry  out  their  social  as  well  as 
religious  polity,  fixed  upon  the  hillside  then  called  Fallneck, 
which  was  then,  or  shortly  afterwards,  offered  for  sale.  This 
noble  convert  was  a  zealous  and  enthusiastic  member  of  the 
cause  he  had  espoused,  and  did  much,  both  by  his  labours  and 
his  means,  to  advance  the  spiritual  and  material  prosperity  of  the 
community  with  which  he  had  associated  himself ;  one  of  its 
best  known  and  perhaps  finest  stations  in  Germany — Herrnhutt 
in  Lusatia — being  the  fruit  of  his  generosity.  By  many  this 
nobleman  is  thought  to  have  been  the  founder  of  the   Moravian 


Fuliieck,  from  Tong  Hill. 

Church  ;  but  this  is  a  great  mistake,  he  only  having  been  a 
co-worker  with  others  in  the  extraordinary  revivals  of  the  last 
century.  In  fact,  the  Moravians  claim  to  have  been  Protestants 
before  the  Reformation,  and  to  have  kinship  with  those  early 
martyrs,  John  Huss,  of  Bohemia,  and  Jerome  of  Prague ;  with  John 
Wicliffe,  and  others,  who  heralded  Luther  in  his  noble  work. 

It  is  stated  that  240  years  previous  to  Zinzendorfs  invita- 
tion to  the  Brethren  to  form  a  settlement  upon  his  patrimony,  a 
number  of  Waldensian  refugees  from  Romanist  persecution  in 
Austria,  fled  for  safety  and  protection  to  the  Church  at  Fulneck 
in  Moravia  ;  and  although,  from  persecution  and  other  causes, 
the  organisation  was  brought  very  low  during  the  following  two 
centuries,  yet  it  was  from  this  same  Moravian  Fulneck  that  the 
first  colony  was  transferred  to  Herrnhut. 


ETYMOLOGY.  239 

As  yet  no  reference  has  been  made  in  this  history  to  the 
name,  "  Fulneck."  As  afterwards  stated,  the  place  was  called 
Grace  Hall  from  the  completion  of  the  chapel  in  1748  until  1763, 
when  the  name  of  Fulneck  was  adopted,  in  loving  remembrance 
of  the  original  home  of  the  Brethren  in  Moravia,  which  bore  that 
name.  Also,  it  is  said,  because  the  situation,  or  general  appear- 
ance of  the  two  places,  had  some  resemblance  to  each  other. 
By  a  curious  coincidence,  however — and  this  may  have  given 
some  weight  to  the  new  baptism — the  spot  had,  for  genera- 
tions previous  to  the  Brethren  becoming  owners  of  it,  been 
known  as  "  Fallneck,"  Some  previous  writer  has  endeavoured 
to  find  the  source  of  this  in  Fall'n-Ake,  or  Oak,  from  the  Saxon 
ac,  from  the  supposition  that  some  notable  tree  of  that  tribe  had 
become  prostrate  thereabouts.  Notwithstanding  the  improba- 
bility of  this  derivation,  it  has  been  very  generally  accepted  by 
local  antiquaries,  perhaps  without  considering  the  value  of  the 
jestion. 

I  venture,  however,  to  offer  what  I  think  to  be  a  much  more 
plausible  indication  of  the  source  from  whence  it  comes.  Those 
acquainted  with  the  locality  will  know  that  between  Nesbit 
Hall  on  this  side,  and  Tong  Hall  on  the  other,  the  valley  opens 
out  westward,  dividing  itself  into  a  fork  or  Y  shape,  one  branch 
going  up  to  Holme  and  Dudley  Hill,  the  other  passing  round 
the  Tyersall  Hill  to  Laisterdyke.  The  junction  of  these  two 
branches,  then,  is  the  head  of  the  valley,  and  that  portion 
immediately  adjoining,  eastward,  is  the  neck.  This  is  the  part 
wholly  included  in  the  estate,  i.e.,  from  Scholebrook  or  Jackass 
Lane  to  South  Royd  or  Hare  Lane.  Did  not  the  name,  then, 
indicate  the  wide  neck  of  the  valley,  or  Fullneck,  as  it  was  often 
spelt  in  the  old  writings  ?  The  corruption  from  full  to  fall  by 
the  original  inhabitants  needs  no  explanation. 

Yet  another,  and  perhaps  more  likely  origin,  is  communi- 
cated by  Mr.  J.  Cliff,  of  Nesbit  Hall,  from  a  note  recently 
acquired  by  him.  It  is  extracted  from  the  notes  of  a  Mr.  Samuel 
Hemmingway,  who,  along  with  a  Squire  Sugden,  who  lived  on 
the  hill,  inspected  property  which  John  Holdsworth,  then 
residing  in  the  old  "  Bank-House,"  wished  to  sell.  After 
viewing  West  Royd,  they  walked  on  to  "  Fallneck  and  Fall, 
Stubbs,  and  South  Royd  " — all  significant  names — "  and  came 
up  one  side  of  the  Calf  Close  "  (sic.  Hare  Lane).  Here,  then, 
we  have  the  popular  and  strictly  correct  nomenclature— the 
steep  slope  ox  fall -dX  the  NECK  of  the  valley,  this  part  being  by 
far,  steeper  than  the  land  at  either  end  ;  therefore,  appropriately 
known  as  the  "  Fall." 


240  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

At  the  time  the  Moravians  were  pushing  on  their  work  of 
preaching  and  estabHshing  societies,  the  Wesleys,  with  Whitfield 
and  others,  were  going  up  and  down  through  the  country, 
engaged  to  a  much  greater  extent  in  the  same  work.  Among 
these,  and  for  long  a  coadjutor  with  them,  was  the  Rev, 
Benjamin  Ingham.  He  was  a  native  of  Ossett,  in  this  county, 
was  educated  at  Oxford,  and  ordained  to  be  a  Minister  of  the 
Established  Church  ;  but  not  waiting  to  be  inducted  into  a 
living,  and  probably  having  some  private  means,  he  commenced 
preaching,  both  in  the  churches  and  in  the  open  air,  to  large 
congregations  which  flocked  to  hear  him,  principally  in  York- 
shire and  the  borders  of  Lancashire.  He  was  an  earnest  and 
successful  preacher,  and  in  a  short  time  about  fifty  congregations 
or  societies  were  formed  as  the  result  of  his  labours.  Probably 
he  was  a  better  preacher  than  organiser,  or,  preferring  the 
system  and  polity  of  the  Moravians,  he  persuaded  his  followers 
to  unite  themselves  with  the  Brethren,  and  with  one  consent 
they  seem  to  have  done  so,  to  the  extent  of  about  a  thousand 
members.  He  thus  became  a  man  of  considerable  influence  in 
the  combined  societies. 

Thus  it  was,  that  when  the  Board  of  Direction  in  1743,  acting 
upon  the  advice  of  the  Count,  decided  to  obtain  this  site  as  a 
grand  centre  for  their  work  in  Yorkshire,  Mr.  Ingham  was  com- 
missioned to  purchase  it  for  the  Brethren,  i.e.,  to  pay  down  the 
purchase  money,  with  the  understanding  that  the  I3oard  would 
take  it  over  before  the  end  of  the  year.  This  arrangement, 
however,  was  not  carried  out,  and  subsequently  there  seems  to 
have  been  some  difficulty  in  bringing  the  matter  to  a  settlement; 
as  a  note  under  date  1744  says,  "  No  final  agreement  or  bargain 
was  made,  but  this  was  at  length,  1754,  obtained  upon  a  lease  of 
500  years  (another  note  says  999  years),  after  a  good  deal  of 
trouble  and  many  changes  of  Mr.  Ingham's  mind."  Count 
Zinzendorf,  who  was  on  a  visit  at  the  time,  exclaimed  when  the 
matter  was  settled, "  I  can  now  with  freedom  lift  up  my  eyes  and 
pronounce  this  settlement  a  settlement  of  the  Lord."  Subse- 
quently the  rights  of  Mr.  Ingham's  heirs  in  the  estate  were 
purchased  by  the  lessees,  and  the  property  thus  became  their 
freehold.  This  gentleman  appears  also  to  have  been  subject  to 
no  small  measure  of  religious  impulsiveness  ;  for  it  is  stated, 
under  date  Oct.  9th,  1745,  or  nearly  two  years  after  he  had  bought 
the  estate  for  the  church, — 

After  a  blessed  Lovefeast  with  the  single  Brethren,  Mr.  Ingham  fetched  a  piece 
of  ground  from  the  field  in  which  their  house  was  intended  to  be  built,  and  gave  it  to 
them  as  a  token  of  their  henceforth  having  possession  of  it.     But  this  was  afterwards 


THE     CHAPEL.  24I 

returned,  when  the  said  field  was  determined  upon  as  the  future  place  of  the  single 
sisters'  house  ;  when  Mr.  Ingham  gave  them,  in  the  same  solemn  manner,  possession 
of  the  ground  of  their  present  house  and  garden.  He  promised,  moreover,  ^loo,  either 
in  money  or  bricks,  towards  their  house. 

The  Brethren  at  this  time  lived  in  one  or  two  small  houses 
in  connection  with  a  Meeting  Room  on  the  top  of  the  hill,  also 
apparently  in  a  house  or  houses  at  Bankhouse, — possibly  at 
Nesbit  Hall.  The  hill  was  then  called  "  Lamb's  Hill,"  and  at 
these  two  places  they  resided  for  four  or  five  years,  while  the 
chapel  and  houses  were  being  built  for  them.  The  first  stone  of 
the  former  was  laid  on  May  2  ist,  1746,  by  the  brethren  Foeltschig, 
Okershausen  and  Hauptman,  with  much  solemn  religious  cere- 
mony, singing  and  prayer  being  continued  in  the  open  air  the 
whole  of  the  night  following.  This  place  for  worship  was 
designated  by  them  "  Grace  Hall,"  and  afterwards  for  some  years 
was  the  name  by  which  the  whole  place  was  known. 

One  cannot  but  admire  the  ardent  faith  and  burning  zeal  of 
this  handful  of  men,  most  of  whom  were  strangers  in  the  land,  in 
starting  to  build  an  establishment,  calculated  by  themselves  to 
cost;i^3,000,  but  which  others  thought  would  reach  ^10,000;  and 
which  is  stated  finally  to  have  been  as  much  as  ^15,000;  and  this 
upon  land  the  tenure  of  which  was  not  fully  secured  to  them,  or 
had  been  forfeited  by  their  non-fulfilment  of  the  terms  of  agree- 
ment. This  Chapel  or  Hall  was  completed  in  1748,  and  solemnly 
consecrated  on  June  2nd,  by  John  de  Watteville  and  Peter  Bohler, 
two  of  the  most  learned  and  prominent  labourers  in  the  fraternity 
at  that  time.  The  minister's  house  had  been  completed  and 
occupied  during  the  March  preceding. 

The  chapel  organ  was  one  of  no  mean  repute,  being  built  by 
Snetzler,  an  eminent  maker  of  his  day  ;  and  as  music  has  ever 
been  a  leading  feature  in  connection  with  the  economy  of  their 
worship,  it  will  account  for  the  fact  that,  although  engaged  in  a 
great  enterprise  and  with  straightened  means,  yet  they  succeeded 
in  putting  in  this  fine  instrument  in  the  same  year  that  the  chapel 
was  opened.*  It  was  originally  placed  in  the  east  gallery,  but  was 
in  1802  removed  to  its  present  position  opposite  the  pulpit. 

This  last  named,  and  generally  considered  most  important 
piece  of  ecclesiastical  architecture,  seems  to  have  been  with  them 
a  matter  of  minor  concern,  as  it  was  not  erected  until  1750,  when 
it  was  first  occupied  by  the  gifted  and  learned  preacher  Benjamin 
La  Trobe,  who  at  that  time  was  stationed  with  the  church  as 
Brethren's  labourer.  His  was  a  name  of  Huguenot  celebrity, 
which  has  been  continued  down  to  the  present  day  through  a 
succession  of  talented,  influential,  and  honoured  generations. 

*  The  present  Instrument  was  erected  in  185 1. 


242 


HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


Among  the  earliest  of  those  who  were  connected  with  the 
Brethren,  was  one  Claudius  Nesbit,  who  resided  at  Bankhouse, 
and  built  what  is  now  called  "  Nesbit  Hall,"  at  present  owned 
and  occupied  by  John  Cliff,  Esq.,  F.R.Hist.S.,  who  was  himself 
educated  at  the  Fulneck  Boarding  School.  A  view  of  this  finely 
situated,  and  lately  much  improved  mansion,  will  be  found  in  this 
history.  Doubtless  it  was  with  this  same  Claudius  Nesbit  that 
Zinzendorf  temporarily  abode  during  his  visits  to  the  district.  A 
great  mystery  has  always  surrounded  his  last  days.  It  is  related 
that  going  to  London  on  business,  he  was  never  more  heard  of. 

In  the  year  1749  Zinzendorf,  and  his  son  Renatus,  again 
visited  the  settlement,  and  laid  the  foundation  stones  of  the  houses 
for  the  Single  Sisters  and  Brethren.  The  first  is  detached  from 
the  main  block,  is  built  of  bricks,  and  is  an  imposing  termination 
of  the  facade  to  the  east.  Through  the  space  thus  left  open  there 
is  a  delightful  and  almost  telescopic  view  of  the  front  prospect  ; 
here  also  access  is  had  from  the  rear  to  the  main  terrace. 

This  noble  promenade 
deserves  more  than  a  mere 
passing  reference.  It  is  a  well 
kept  gravel  walk,  having  an 
extension  of  about  240  yards 
and  a  breadth  of  8  yards.  "  It 
was  in  existence  in  a  rude 
state  in  1753,  and  about  the 
same  time  the  gardens  on  the 
slope  below  were  laid  out." 
About  60  years  subsequent  to 
the  above  date  it  seems  to 
have  been  brought  somewhere 
near  to  its  present  condition  of 
perfection,  and  is  said  now  to 
be  "  equal  if  not  superior  to 
that  at  Windsor  Castle;  "  and 
also  to  bear  more  than  a 
favourable  comparison  with 
the  famed  parade  in  front  of 
Hampton  Court.  The  houses 
above-mentioned  were  finished 
and  occupied  three  years  later. 
It  was  also  in  the  above-named 
year  that  the  Burial  ground 
was  laid  out  for  its  sacred  pur- 


JOHN    WESLEY    AT    FULNECK.  243 

pose.  It  is  a  long  strip  of  land  sloping  gently  down  from  the 
road  to  a  considerable  distance  below,  and  has  within  the  last  few 
years  been  enlarged  by  addition  of  land  from  the  adjoining  fields. 
This  holy  resting-place  for  the  dead  is  to  the  east  of  the  estate, 
and  is  overshadowed  by  many  very  fine  forest  trees,  which  add 
much  to  its  quiet  and  hallowing  appearance.  Here  some  of  the 
most  sacred  of  their  religious  services  were  wont  to  be  held  ;  and 
oft  has  the  stillness  of  the  early  morning  been  broken  by  the 
slowly  measured  and  solemn  music  of  their  brass  horns.  More 
particularly  was  this  the  case  at  Eastertide,  when  the  burial  and 
glorious  resurrection  of  our  Blessed  Saviour  was  celebrated  with 
much  that  was,  to  the  natives,  both  strange  and  novel ;  and  so 
much  attention  and  curiosity  did  it  excite  as  to  cause  thousands 
to  assemble  to  witness  the  uncommon  spectacle.  This  ultimately 
became,  by  the  unruly  character  of  the  assemblies,  so  great  an 
annoyance  as  to  compel  the  transfer  of  the  service  to  the  chapel. 
Grace  Clarke  was  the  first  interred  in  the  burial  ground. 

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  state  that  the  brethren  and 
their  general  economy  were  held  in  much  esteem  by  that  great 
apostle  of  the  last  century,  the  Rev.  John  Wesley,  and  his 
equally  good  and  talented  brother  Charles.  Indeed,  the  former 
acknowledged  that  it  was  by  communion  with  Peter  Bohler  he 
was  enabled  to  understand  the  plan  of  salvation  as  propounded 
in  the  New  Testament,  and  to  realise  that  "  peace  of  God,"  by 
faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  which  he  afterwards  preached  with  so  much 
fervour,  persistency,  and  success  ,  and  which  became  a  leading 
characteristic  of  his  long  and  self-denying  ministry.  Further,  it 
is,  apparently,  to  his  intercourse  with  the  brethren  that  the 
Methodist  Church  is  indebted,  not  only  for  the  knowledge  of  this 
joyous  fact  of  christian  privilege  and  vital  godliness,  but  also  for 
much  of  its  peculiar  polity.  Lovefeasts,  fellowship  meetings, 
watch-night  services,  class  meetings,  circuits,  and  districts,  seem 
mostly  to  have  been  grafted  from  this  source.  He  visited 
Grace  Hall  in  1747,  when  he  first  preached  in  Pudsey  at  8.0  a.m., 
and  upon  other  occasions  during  his  busy  life  when  at  Pudsey, 
and  although  the  whole  manner  of  their  social  arrangements  did 
not  commend  itself  to  his  judgment,  yet  he  was  always  glad  of 
that  spiritual  intercourse  he  found  active  amongst  them.  In 
reference  to  their  social  affairs  he  says  in  his  journal,  April  17th, 
1780— 

I  left  Leeds  in  one  of  the  roughest  mornings  I  have  ever  seen.  We  had  rain, 
hail,  snow,  and  wind  in  abundance.  About  nine  I  preached  at  Bramley  ;  between 
one  and  two  at  Pudsey.  Afterwards  I  walked  to  Fulneck,  the  German  settlement. 
Mr.  Moore  shewed  us  the  house,  chapel  hall,  lodging  rooms,  the  apartments  for  the 


244  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

widows,  the  single  men  and  single  women.  He  shewed  us  likewise  the  workshops  of 
various  kinds,  with  the  shops  for  grocery,  drapery,  mercery,  hardware,  &c.,  with 
which,  as  well  as  with  bread  from  their  bakehouse,  they  furnish  the  adjacent  country. 
I  see  not  what,  but  the  mighty  power  of  God,  can  keep  them  from  acquiring 
millions,  as  they  (1st)  Buy  all  materials  with  ready  money  at  the  first  hand.  (2nd) 
Have  ab')ve  a  hundred  young  men,  above  fifty  young  women,  many  widows,  and 
above  a  hundred  married  persons,  all  of  whom  are  employed  from  morning  to  night, 
without  any  interruption,  in  various  kinds  of  manufactures  ;  not  for  journeymen's 
wages,  but  for  no  wages  at  all,  save  a  little  very  plain  food  and  raiment.  As  they 
have  (3rd)  a  quick  sale  for  all  their  goods,  and  sell  them  all  for  ready  money.  But 
can  they  lay  up  treasure  on  earth  and  at  the  same  time  lay  up  treasure  in  heaven  ? 

The  above  interesting  note  will  doubtless  explain  to  a  very- 
large  extent  how  the  community  managed  to  possess  itself  of 
this  fine  propert}^  It  was  by  the  persistent  self-abnegation  of 
hundreds  of  people,  industriously  pursuing  this  one  end,  with  a 
religious  fervour  but  rarely  equalled.  Joyfully  toiling,  and  under 
the  most  favourable  conditions  for  success,  not  for  themselves, 
but  the  cause  to  which  they  were  wholly  devoted.  As  an 
illustration  also  of  the  widespread  interest  felt  in  one  another  by 
the  members  of  the  Church  generally,  a  ship's  cargo  of  timber 
was  sent  as  a  present  from  Norway  towards  the  erection  of  these 
buildings. 

It  will  already  have  been  observed  from  the  note  above 
quoted  that  the  object  of  the  establishment  was  not  merely  a 
spiritual  one.  Employment  was  to  be  found  for  the  members, 
not  only  to  provide  for  their  own  necessities,  but  also  that  by 
their  labours  there  might  be  a  capital  account  for  the  common 
good.  They  thus  occupied  themselves  in  various  trades  and 
manufactures,  and  became  the  pioneers  of  that  principle  of  co- 
operation which  has  spread  so  widely  in  later  years. 

The  clothmaking  business  was  commenced  in  1748,  and 
afterwards  that  of  worsted  and  gloves,  tailoring,  shoemaking, 
farming,  etc.,  by  the  brethren  ;  and  needlework,  hosiery,  and  lace 
making  by  the  sisters,  were  all  successfully  followed  for  many 
years,  but  finally  abandoned  as  unprofitable,  or  impracticable 
when  brought  into  competition  with  the  ordinary  outside  traders. 
Doubtless  the  novelty  of  the  movement  would  attract  many 
young  people  at  first,  who  were  also  the  subjects  of  strong 
religious  influences,  but  the  austerity  of  the  life  imposed  on  them 
being  unnaturally  severe,  would  soon  become  irksome  and 
intolerable  ;  so  that  what  was  in  the  beginning  effective  by  the 
influence  of  an  abnormal  zeal,  speedily  failed  when  worked  under 
the  conditions  of  ordinary  and  reasonable  life.  The  building 
at  the  extreme  west  end  of  the  terrace  was  erected  for  cloth- 
making  in  1758,  and  the  business  continued  to  be  carried  on  by 
the  Brethren,  principally  under  the  direction  of  Br.  Charlesworth, 


PERSECUTION.  245 

until  1780,  when,  for  reasons  just  given,  it  lapsed  into  other 
hands.  It  was,  however,  resumed  by  them  about  1823,  and  con- 
tinued till  1837,  when  it  was  finally  abandoned. 

The  temporary  prosperity  of  the  movement,  however, 
aroused  the  jealousy  and  anger  of  many  in  the  district.  This 
feeling  was  further  increased  by  the  spreading  of  false  and 
scandalous  reports  as  to  their  political  and  religious  connections  ; 
while  the  fact  of  the  great  bulk  of  their  leading  men  being 
foreigners,  was  quite  sufficient  of  itself  to  quicken  the  suspicions 
with  which  they  were  generally  regarded. 

In  the  middle  of  the  last  century  the  partizans  of  the 
Pretender  were  numerous  and  active,  while  Romanism,  with 
which  his  cause  was  supposed  to  be  closely  connected,  was 
everywhere  by  the  mass  of  the  people  bitterly  hated.  It  was, 
therefore,  an  easy  task  with  the  enemies  of  the  Brethren  to 
accuse  them  as  Romanists  and  Jacobites,  while  their  peculiar 
religious  rites,  and  close  mode  of  life,  together  with  the  aid  they 
got  from  abroad,  served  to  convince  the  ignorant  and  vulgar, 
who  are  always  superficial  in  their  observations  and  hasty  in 
their  conclusions,  that  these  pious  and  harmless  strangers  were 
in  league  against  the  throne  and  church.  They  thus  became 
subject  to  much  annoyance  and  persecution  ;  their  meetings 
were  interrupted,  their  houses  searched,  and  large  mobs  from 
Leeds  and  elsewhere  caused  them  much  apprehension,  and 
threatening  serious  riots.  These,  however,  seem  to  have  been 
averted  by  some  of  their  ministers  appearing  before  Sir  Walter 
de  Calverley  and  taking  oath  as  to  the  loyal  and  peaceable 
character  of  their  work  and  people  ;  furthermore,  they  are  said 
to  have  persuaded  one  or  two  magistrates  to  visit  the  settlement, 
and  have  fully  explained  to  them  the  nature  of  its  economy. 
From  thence  their  way  would  seem  to  have  been  unmolested, 
save  by  such  small  matters  as  occasionally  arose  from  internal 
causes,  or  other  and  more  perplexing  questions  connected  with 
the  estate.  An  instance  of  the  latter  sort  arose  with  the  owner 
of  the  opposite  side  of  the  valley,  in  relation  to  the  Brethren 
establishing  a  dyehouse  for  their  cloth  manufactory  on  the 
stream  dividing  the  two  properties, 

A  note  under  date  1750  says  — 

The  congregation  enjoyed  rest  from  without  and  within,  excepting  some  dis- 
agreeable disputes  betwixt  us  and  Mr.  Tempest  ofTong,  concerning  the  Dyehouse  and 
the  use  of  the  brook  near  it,  which  came  to  a  tedious  law  suit. 

Again,  in  the  next  year,  we  find — 

The  disagreement  with  Mr.  Tempest,  in  Tong,  was  finally  settled  at  York  in 
July.     Some  matters  in  dispute  were  given  in  the  ri|^ht  of  Mr.  Tempest,  and  the  right 


246  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

of  the  brook  given  in  favour  of  Fulneck  Settlement.      Br.    Metcalf  was  very  much 
engaged  in  helping  to  terminate  this  disagreeable  dispute. 

Still  another  in  the  year  following — 

Those  in  the  Economy  at  Holme  had  much  to  suffer  by  Mr.  Tempest,  who 
threatened  to  turn  them  out  of  their  house,  and  they  were  at  last  obliged  to  move 
from  thence  to  Pudsey  town  (1756?) 

Disputes  and  petty  jealousies  also  between  the  foreign  and 
English  residents  were  not  unknown,  and  sometimes  went  so  far 
as  to  create  no  small  amount  of  vexation  and  anxiety. 

A  congregation  of  the  Moravians  existed  at  Pudsey  contem- 
poraneously with  the  one  at  Fulneck,  but  whereas  the  "  Fulneck 
congregation  was  confined  to  its  own  place  ;  Pudsey  congrega- 
tion (1755)  included  Holbeck  (Leeds),  Dudley  Hill,  Horton,  and 
Baildon."  This  separate  society,  with  its  constitution  and  privi- 
leges, existed  down  to  the  year  181 1,  when,  from  constantly 
decreasing  numbers,  and  to  prevent  an  utter  collapse,  it  became 
amalgamated  with  the  stronger  section  at  Fulneck. 

In  connection  with  the  Pudsey  Society  a  boys'  school  was 
opened,  and  as  an  indication  of  the  value  set  upon  their  own 
services  by  the  brethren,  it  is  recorded,  Feb.  27th,  1784 — ^just 
when  they  were  about  to  begin  the  erection  of  the  large  boarding 
school  at  Fulneck — 

Brn.  Watson  and  Collis  had  conference  with  the  committee  brethren  touching 
the  boys'  school  to  be  begun,  i.f.,  to  settle  the  school  wages.  It  was  thought  readers 
only  should  pay  2\^.  ;  readers  and  writers,  4d.  ;  and  readers,  writers,  and  cypherers, 
6d.  per  week  ;  and  the  schoolmaster  to  have  for  the  present  6s.  per  week  ;  and  as 
soon  as  the  Schollers  bring  in  7s.  per  week,  then  he  to  have  7s.  per  week  !  ! 

There  had  been  an  attempt  to  establish  a  school  two  years 
previously,  which  failed  for  the  reason  that  it  was  "  very  hard  to 
get  any  house  as  room  in  Pudsey,  as  they  are  all  occupied,  and 
the  rents  also  are  very  high."  This  was  in  March,  1782  ;  and  in 
July  of  the  same  year  it  states,  "  we  are  much  concerned  that  we 
cannot  get  a  room  to  keep  a  school  in  for  our  boys." 

The  minister  at  Pudsey  at  this  time,  a  married  man,  only 
received  8s.  per  week,  and  at  the  time  of  the  union  with  Fulneck, 
as  above,  his  salary  was  but  12s.  per  week. 

It  was  old  widow  Stephenson  who  received  the  Brethren  when  they  first  came 
to  Yorkshire  {sic  Pudsey),  and  in  whose  house  they  preached. 

This  junction  of  the  societies  "  was  settled  with  150  persons 
present,  but  there  were  as  many  as  345  souls  in  the  society.  Pud- 
sey, 125  ;  Dudley  Hill,  60  ;  Great  Horton,  70  ;  Baildon,  30  ;  Leeds 
and  Plolbeck,  60.  The  average  during  the  first  ten  years  of  these 
societies  had  been  660."  The  labourers  on  the  Pudsey  plan  resided 
together  in  a  cottage  yet  indicated  in  the  street  at  Fulneck. 


A    TIME    OF    REVIVAL,  247 

During  the  separate  "  existence  of  the  Pudsey  Congrega- 
tion, the  number  in  Fuhieck  averaged  359  the  first  ten  years, 
then  rose  to  425  as  their  highest  average,  and  was  probably  not 
much  under  400  at  the  time  of  union." 

This  was  undoubtedly  the  period  of  greatest  energy  in  the 
church,  not  only  in  this  district  but  throughout  all  its  ramifica- 
tions. But  we  have  to  do  with  Fulneck  only,  and  what  is  said  of 
the  Yorkshire  societies  generally  is  most  fully  applicable  here,  that 
from  "  1755-90  was  the  time  of  greatest  congregational  activity; 
1785 — 1825  the  almost  exclusive  educational  period;  1825 — 1855 
years  of  comparative  inactivity."     (Cent.  Jub.,  p.  35.) 

The  first  section  was  one  of  utter  and  general  consecration, 
body  and  soul,  to  the  service  of  God  and  the  church,  wherein  no 
labour  was  too  great,  no  sacrifice  too  much,  if  only  the  one  would 
appear  to  benefit  thereby,  or  the  other  required  it  at  their  hands. 
Indeed,  the  brethren  seem  at  this  time  to  have  come  as  near  as 
possible  up  to  the  standard  of  the  primitive  church,  when  "  all 
that  believed  were  together,  and  had  all  things  common." — i\cts 
ii.,  44.  "  And  the  multitude  of  them  that  believed  were  of 
one  heart  and  soul,  and  not  one  of  them  said  that  aught  of  the 
things  which  he  possessed  was  his  own  ;  but  they  had  all  things 
common."  —  Acts  iv.,  32.  Imbued  with  this  noble  charity, 
and  fired  by  such  zeal  to  promote  the  spiritual  and  eternal 
welfare  of  each  other,  and  of  the  masses  lying  around  them  in 
the  arms  of  the  Wicked  One,  it  were  a  marvel,  indeed,  if,  while 
sustained  by  this  spirit,  the  blessing  of  heaven  had  not  crowned 
their  labours  with  success.  But  "  a  fierce  fire  needs  much  fuel," 
and  humanity  is  none  the  less  human  however  sanctified  and 
sustained  by  Divine  grace.  The  three  gredl  forty  days  of  Moses 
in  the  mount,  Elijah  in  the  desert,  and  the  .Saviour  in  the  wilder- 
ness, all  had  an  end  ;  for  no  abnormal  condition  of  life,  whatever 
good  it  may  secure  for  the  nonce,  or  promise  in  the  future,  can 
possibly  be  upheld  any  longer  than  the  fire  which  animated  it  is 
kept  fully  alive.  And  to  suppose  such  a  state  of  living  can  be 
continuous  is  to  ignore  the  whole  tradition  of  our  being,  and  the 
noble  attempt  of  the  early  Christians  which  so  soon  collapsed. 

From  this  universal  experience  the  Brethren  were  not  exempt.  Here  it  appears 
that  within  the  short  space  of  ten  or  fifteen  years  after  the  settlement  of  our  Congre- 
gations, the  numbers  reached  their  culminating  point.  The  fire  proved  in  many  places 
to  be  merely  that  of  stubble,  quickly  flaming,  and  soon  burnt  down.  Thus,  though  the 
number  of  additions  was  at  first  great,  — at  that  time  tens  were  counted  where  we  are 
contented  with  units, — the  number  of  those  that  fell  off  was  proportionately  large, 
amounting  (in  some  years)  to  between  40  and  60.  From  the  simple  accounts  handed 
down  to  us,  it  is  hardly  possible  to  say  who  laboured  most  successfully ;  all  appear 
to  have  devoted  themselves,  soul  and  body,  to  the  work.     The  attractive  eloquence 


24^  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

of  Br.  La  Trobe,  and  the  loving  words  of  the  venerable  Bishop  Traneker  seem  to 
have  made  particular  impression. — (Cent.  Jub. ,  p.  41). 

We  should  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  the  later  half  of 
the  last  century  was  a  time  of  general  revival  of  religion  through- 
out this  and  some  other  lands.  Experimental  and  practical 
Godliness  was  almost  extinct ;  services  were  held  in  the  churches, 
and  sermons  were  preached  ;  but  the  first  were  coldly  formal, 
and  the  latter  not  only  insipid  but  in  many  cases  wholly  hid 
under  the  bushels  of  morality  and  tradition. 

The  clergy  proclaimed  the  "form  of  Godliness"  without  the  power  ;  often  spoke 
of  virtue,  but  rarely  exhibited  the  only  saving  foundation  of  every  Christian  grace. 
The  Independents  had  not  developed  the  evangelical  spirit  they  have  since  displayed, 
and  there  were  comparatively  few  Methodists  here  to  search  out  the  poor  and  dispised, 
and  to  preach  with  rude  but  earnest  eloquence  the  terrors  of  "  the  wrath  to  come."' 
Thus  the  field  was  open  ;  there  were  no  rivals,  and  even  the  places  of  worship,  such 
as  they  were,  were  far  apart  and  thinly  scattered  among  an  ignorant  population. 

Thus  were  the  fields  in  this  corner  of  Vorkshire  ready  for 
the  harvest,  when  Ingham  and  Delamottc,  La  Trobe  and  Trane- 
ker, Cennick  and  Hartley,  with  others,  put  in  the  sickle  and 
reaped  a  harvest  of  men  ;  while  some  of  the  brethren,  as  Boehler 
and  Gambold  were  "  compelling  the  attention  of  Oxford  to  the 
truth  by  their  Latin  discourses,  prayers,  and  extemporised  verses." 

The  foundation  thus  laid  in  true  piety,  zeal,  and  learning, 
cannot  but  be  abiding  ;  and  although,  for  awhile,  the  super- 
structure may  fall  partially  into  decay,  yet  with  such  a  basement 
to  work  upon,  and  the  same  Divine  Power  at  the  command  of 
their  faith,  may  we  not  at  any  time  look  for  a  return  to  the  old 
evangelistic  activities,  and  as  a  consequence,  the  former  fruits. 
"Then  shall  the  offering  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  be  pleasant 
unto  the  Lord,  as  in  the  days  of  old,  and  as  in  the  ancient  years." 
Mai.  iii.,  iv. 

We  must  now  glance  at  another  branch  of  the  work  allotted 
to  the  place,  one  which  has  far  exceeded  in  importance,  as  it  has 
outlived  in  time,  that  of  the  industrial.  I  refer  to  the  work  of 
education.  This  has  almost  from  the  beginning  been  a  notable 
feature  of  Fulneck,  and  long  ere  the  value  of  a  liberal  education 
was  generally  recognised  in  this  country,  the  Moravians  were 
careful  to  give  it  to  their  own  children,  as  well  as  to  admit 
others  to  the  benefits  of  their  schools.  It  must  also  not  be  for- 
gotten that  theirs  was  a  Missionary  Church  many  years  prior  to 
the  other  Protestant  Churches  awaking  to  a  sense  of  this  branch 
of  Christian  duty.  This  being  so,  the  children  of  the  Brethren 
engaged  upon  foreign  stations,  where  education  was  next  to 
impossible,  had  to  be  cared  for  at  home,  so  that  then,  as  now, 


SCHOOLS     AND     COLLEGE.  249 

many  were  sent  to  this  country  for  that  purpose.  At  the  period 
with  which  we  are  now  deaHng  (about  1750) — 

Day  schools  were  set  on  foot  in  various  parts  for  the  use  of  the  societies ;  and 
the  children  of  those  brethren  and  sisters  who  were  set  apart  for  the  service  of  the 
church,  were,  together  with  some  few  whose  parents  desired  it,  collected  into  one 
family,  forming  the  nucleus  of  the  present  boarding-schools  at  Fulneck.  'Jhe  children's 
oeconomy  was  at  Broadoaks,  in  Essex,  in  1743,  but  the  boys  were  afterwards  removed 
to  Buttermere,  in  Wiltshire  ;  and  in  1748  were  transplanted  to  Smith's  House  (Wyke),  in 
Yorkshire,  and  finally  took  possession  of  the  rooms  under  the  chapel  (1753),  which  were 
occupied  by  them  until,  30  or  40  years  afterwards,  the  present  Boys'  School  was  built." 

It  was  two  years  after  the  arrival  of  the  boys,  that  the  girls  were 
also  transferred  from  Church  Lane,  Chelsea,  to  the  same  rooms 
beneath  the  chapel.  In  reference  to  a  sad  epidemic  of  small- 
pox, there  is  an  entry  in  the  diaries,  very  characteristic  of  the 
simplicity  of  the  times.  We  read  :  "  By  occasion  of  the  small- 
pox, Our  Saviour  held  a  rich  harvest  among  the  children,  many  of 
whom  departed  in  a  very  blessed  manner." 

The  first  attempt  by  the  Moravian  brethren  to  establish  a 
large  public  school  in  Yorkshire  was  made  at  Fulneck  about  1785, 
when  "  a  few  children  of  parents  who,  without  entirely  con- 
necting themselves  with  our  Church,  yet  kept  up  an  intimate 
acquaintance  with  it,  had  been  already  admitted  to  our  schools. 
The  increase  of  applications  of  this  nature,  together  with  the 
great  insuflficiency  of  the  accommodation  for  both  schools 
below  the  chapel,  rendered  an  additional  building  requisite. 
In  August  of  the  above  year,  the  older  portion  of  the  present 
Boys'  Boarding  School  was  solemnly  opened  for  this  purpose  by 
Brother  Traneker."  This  movement  was  so  successful  that, 
from  a  beginning  of  from  50  to  60,  the  number  had  reached 
200  in  18 17.  This  result  was  partly  due  to  the  fact  of  the 
Church's  connection  with  the  Continent,  by  which  an  uncommon 
staff  of  good  classical,  mathematical,  and  language  teachers  was 
readily  and  continuously  secured.  Among  the  most  conspicuous 
of  these  was  "  H.  Steinhauer,  who,  inheriting  his  father's  zeal, 
and  endowed  with  extraordinary  acquirements  in  most  depart- 
ments of  science,  imparted  signal  impulse  to  many  studies, 
which,  with  classics,  mathematics,  and  the  pursuit  of  the  Fine 
Arts,  enabled  this  institution  to  afford  a  more  liberal  education 
than  most  others." 

A  Theological  College  was  commenced  here  in  1809,  for 
the  training  of  students  for  the  ministry,  but  was  discontinued 
in  1827,  being  fettered  in  its  usefulness  by  "  numerous  restrictions 
and  inadequate  resources."  It  subsisted  during  these  few 
years  "  under  various  names  and  arrangements,  and  has  not 
since  been  renewed,"  except  for  a  brief  period. 


2^0  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

The  union  of  this  secular  education  with  the  church  work, 
and  spiritual  life  of  the  congregation,  was  not  in  all  respects  con- 
sidered satisfactory.  "  The  service  of  the  schools  swallowed  up 
a  great  number  of  brethren,  without  creating  an  equivalent 
supply  of  new  members  ;"  the  spirit  of  zeal  and  self-denial  was 
declining  ;  success  had  enervated  the  establishment,  "  and  the 
period  of  real  prosperity  had  ceased  long  before  the  numbers 
had  reached  their  maximum."  But  the  schools  were  popular, 
the  pupils  were  many,  and  the  profits  good  ;  and  the  glamour  of 
this  success  not  unnaturally  dimmed  the  eyes  of  the  Brethren, 
so  that  they  could  not  see  to  what  an  extent  they  were  con- 
suming the  hard-won  stock  of  spiritual  capital  accumulated 
during  the  previous  fifty  years.  "  It  seemed  as  if  the  prosperity 
of  the  schools  was,  by  its  brilliant  glare,  to  hide  every  other 
defect,  and  we  believe  we  are  giving  a  correct  impression  of  the 
state  of  feeling,  when  we  say  that  the  first  question  of  a  visiting 
brother  was  not,  '  What  spirit  animates  the  congregation  ? '  but 
'  How  full  are  the  schools  ?'  " 

They  were  also  among  the  first  of  the  Churches  to  enter 
upon  that  then  novel,  but  now  most  popular,  work  of  Sabbath 
School  teaching.  In  1800  the  exertions  of  C.  I.  La  Trobe  were 
successful  in  establishing  such  schools  at  Fulneck.  These,  with 
a  short  break  at  the  commencement  of  the  period,  have  ever 
since  been  in  operation,  and  proved  an  incalculable  blessing 
to  the  whole  neighbourhood.  Following  a  principle  which 
seems  to  be  incorporated  into  most  of  their  religious  and  social 
activities,  the  boys  and  girls  are  kept  as  much  as  possible  apart 
from  each  other,  and  separate  schools  have  been  erected  of  late 
years  for  their  use  ;  that  for  the  girls  being  in  the  street  at  the 
rear  of  the  Sisters'  House,  while  the  one  for  the  boys  occupies  a 
commanding  position  nearer  the  crest  of  the  hill.  This  practice 
operates  throughout  their  whole  polity,  the  sexes  not  comming- 
ling in  any  of  their  religious  gatherings  ;  in  fact,  so  far  is  this 
enforced  at  Fulneck,  that  the  writer  of  this  article,  having 
taken  a  seat  upon  one  occasion,  at  a  public  service,  in  the  chapel, 
on  the  very  margin  of  the  female  side  of  the  entrance,  was 
peremptorily  told,  three  times  over,  "  You  must  not  sit  there  !" 
This  division  is  also  strictly  carried  even  to  death,  as  in  the 
burial  ground  one  half  is  set  apart  for  males,  and  the  other  for 
females,  so  that  husbands  and  wives,  parents  and  children, 
brothers  and  sisters,  whatever  may  be  their  lot  in  Heaven,  at 
least  in  Hades  are  kept  apart.  One  is  led  to  wonder  that,  with 
such  Benedictine  practices,  matrimony  should  be  sanctioned. 


THE    SABBATH     SCHOOLS.  25 1 

Returning  to  the  Sabbath  Schools,  it  is  claimed  for  them 
in  an  account  of  the  "  Celebration  of  the  Centenary  Jubilee," 
that  the  Brethren  were  not  second  in  this  popular  and  profitable 
field  of  labour.  It  says,  "  We  cannot  refrain  also  from  men- 
tioning Bro.  Steinhauer,  whose  exertions  show  us  how  far  even 
some  of  the  so-called  '  simple  '  brethren  of  olden  times  were  in 
advance  of  their  age.  Both  as  boys'  labourer  in  Fulneck,  and 
as  minister  in  Wyke  (1773),  he  made  use  of  his  own  press,  in 
order  to  circulate  printed  copies  of  hymns  or  addresses  among 
the  children,  thus  anticipating  by  twenty  years  the  work  of 
Sunday  Schools."  It  would  also  further  appear  that  this  same 
"  simple "  brother  is  responsible  for  the  introduction  of  choir- 
singing  into  the  services  of  the  church  at  Fulneck.  To  him  also 
is  given  the  honourable  notice  of  having,  ten  years  previous  to 
the  above  date,  raised  the  standard  of  instruction  in  the  day 
schools  from  a  "course  of  tuition  at  first  very  limited,  comprising 
little  beyond  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,"  by  the  introduc- 
tion of  higher  branches  of  study,  as  Latin,  German,  French, 
music,  etc.;  which,  of  course,  considerably  encroached  upon  the 
time  set  apart  for  manual  labour  ;  for  even  the  time  of  the 
children  was  strictly  apportioned  between  school  and  work. 
Here  we  appear  to  see  the  first  germ  of  that  modern  system  of 
education  in  connection  with  our  Board  Schools — the  half- 
timers — in  operation  at  this  out-of-the-way  corner  of  the  world, 
a  hundred  years  before  the  establishment  of  these  institutions 
was  practically  contemplated.  Is  there  anything  new  under 
the  sun  ? 

The  buildings  for  the  boys'  boarding  schools  were  erected 
1784-5,  but  considerably  enlarged  in  1818.  They  occupy  the 
space  between  the  Brethren's  and  the  Directors'  residences, 
and  were  "  solemnly  opened  by  Br.  Traneker,  who  at  that  time 
combined  the  functions  of  congregation-helper  and  minister  with 
those  of  the  school  director."  The  ceremony  of  the  stone  laying 
is  referred  to  in  the  Diary  under  date  April  19th,  1784: — 

Being  the  anniversary  of  the  settling  of  the  congregation  in  Fulneck  up  (on)  the 
footing  of  a  place  congregation  29  years  since.  At  8  was  morning  blessings  ;  at  1 1 
the  congn.  assembled  in  the  Hall,  when,  after  singing  some  verses, _  z.^.,  "  Un- 
fathomed  wisdom  of  our  King,"  &c.,  reading  the  inscription  to  be  put  in  the  Leden 
Box,  the  foundation  stone  of  the  House  for  the  Boys'  oeconomy  was  laid  by  Br. 
Traneker,  who,  standing  upon  the  foundation  stone,  offer'd  up  a  prayer,  and  though  I 
(was)  at  a  great  distance  to  (from)  him,  yet  the  feeling  I  had  was  sufficient  to  convince 
me  our  Savr.  was  pleased  with  the  whole  transaction. 

From  hence  have  gone  forth  missionaries  to  the  remotest  parts 
of  the  earth,  not  only  to  teach  and  preach,  but  often  to  work  and 


25^  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEV. 

maintain  themselves  in  desolate  regions.  Here  too  has  been  the 
chief  seminary  in  England  for  training  of  ministers  for  the  home 
work,  and  a  succession  of  teachers  for  succeeding  generations. 
The  Centenary  Anniversary  of  the  schools  was  celebrated  on 
May  3rd,  1853.  _ 

It  would  be  an  incomplete  notice  of  these  old  and  important 
scholastic  institutions,  were  we  to  omit  mention  of  a  few  of  the 
names  which  stand  forth  conspicuously  in  connection  with  them, 
as  Directors,  Tutors,  or  Pupils. 

Among  the  first  of  these  is  one  whose  name  is  constantly 
recurring  in  the  Diaries  of  the  last  century,  the  Rev.  G. 
Trancker.  As  stated  above,  his  duties  were  duplex  and  onerous  ; 
yet  discharged,  evidently,  with  conscientious  faithfulness,  and  a 
general  satisfaction  to  those  among  whom  he  laboured.  He  was 
the  first  "  Helper"  under  the  new  settlement,  April  14th,  1755, 
being  appointed  "  Ordinary  [Bishop]  of  Fulneck,  and  of  the 
whole,"  i.e.^  the  other  congregations  in  connection  with  it,  "  and 
his  wife  also  was  to  be  a  general  labouress  or  elder."  He  is 
specially  mentioned  with  the  brethren  Johannes  de  Watteville, 
La  Trobe,  and  Charlesworth, — who  is  referred  to  as  the  "Gaius," 
or  "Congregation  Innkeeper," — as  taking  a  general  and  principal 
part  in  all  the  solemnities  of  the  great  Conference  where  these 
and  many  other  things  of  importance  were  settled,  including  the 
appointment  of  Br.  Planta  as  congregation  physician.  The 
Bishop's  first  appointment  was  not  of  long  duration,  as  he  was 
succeeded  in  both  offices  in  1757  by  the  Rev.  B.  La  Trobe,  but 
he  returned  to  his  old  duties  twenty  years  later,  1776,  and 
appears  to  have  continued  as  School  Director  till  1791,  and  was 
congregation-helper  until  the  appointment  of  the  Rev.  S. 
Benade,  in  1801.  This  venerable  and  devoted  servant  of  Christ 
and  the  brethren  died  at  Fulneck  in  the  following  year,  and  was 
interred  in  the  burial  ground  there.  The  jubilee  of  the  brethren's 
and  sisters'  houses  was  celebrated  this  year. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  Latrobe,  who  has  already  been  referred 
to,  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  first  importance  in  the  church 
of  the  Brethrens'  Unity,  and  a  member  of  the  Central  Board  of 
Direction  in  London.  From  him  descended  a  long  line  of 
worthy  and  notable  men  and  women  who  have  continuously 
laboured  in  some  way  or  other  at  Fulneck,  and  other  places,  in 
the  interest  of  the  church. — Of  his  sons.  Christian  Ignatius,  Peter, 
and  James  ;  the  first  named  was  very  actively  employed  both 
at  home  and  abroad,  and  was  often  at  Fulneck  during  his  busy 
life  :  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  181 5  he  visited  the  missions 


REV.    BENJAMIN    LA    TROBE.  ,       253 

in  South  Africa,  being  at  that  time  Secretary  to  the  Brethren's 
Missionary  Society.  Peter  was  an  eminent  musician  and  com- 
poser ;  James,  in  1788  was  minister  at  Mirfield,  and  in  1806  at 
Pudsey — at  that  time  a  bishop — with  8s.  per  week.  His  son, 
James,  w^as  minister  of  Mirfield  from  1836  to  1841.  Another 
member  of  the  family,  Joseph,  who  was  educated  at  Fulneck, 
"  rose  to  be  Lieut-governor  of  Victoria,  in  Australia." — 


Rev.  Benjamin  La  Trobe. 

The  "  settling "  of  Fulneck  as  a  place-congregation  w^as 
done  under  his  guidance,  in  conjunction  with  John  de  Watteville, 
or  "Johannes,"  as  he  is  usually  called,  during  a  visit  which  they 
paid  apparently  for  that  purpose.  He  followed  Mr.  Traneker  in 
the  offices  of  congregation-helper,  and  school-director  at  the 
end  of  his  first  term,  1757,  and  is  said  to  have  been  a  gifted  man 


2  54  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

and  an  eloquent  preacher  ;  as  before  stated,  he  was  the  first  to 
occupy  the  pulpit  of  the  chapel  in  1750.  His  power  as  a  preacher 
is  often  spoken  of,  especially  at  the  Easter  Services,  when  the 
assemblies  were  not  only  very  large  but  tumultuous.  He  appears 
from  the  tabular  statement,  in  the  Cent.  Jiib.  account,  to  have 
held  the  above  offices  until  1768,  or  about  ten  years.  A  note 
under  date  July  31st  of  that  year,  says,  "  Bro.  Latrobe  held  his 
last  public  preaching  for  this  time  of  his  long  sojourning  in 
Yorkshire.  A  farewell  lovefeast  was  held  Aug.  24th,  before  his 
setting  out  to  London."  He  is,however  often  mentioned  as  visiting 
Fulneck  during  the  following  years.  He  died  at  Chelsea,  1786  ; 
and  so  great  was  the  respect  in  which  he  was  held,  that  no  less 
than  58  coaches  followed  his  remains  to  the  grave. 

A  curious  note  occurs  a  year  previous  to  his  leaving  this 
place  : — "May  15th,  1  kept  the  meeting  at  the  girls'  school,  and 
acquainted  them  that  they  must  again  move  for  some  weeks  to 
Jefferson's  house,  in  Pudsey,  as  Sister  Latrobe  would  want  that 
house  in  which  they  were  during  the  time  of  her  lying  in." 

Passing  over  a  host  of  names,  worthy  of  note,  we  must  come 
to  one  whose  long  connection  with  the  Schools  endeared  him  to 
many,  and  whose  cheerful,  active.  Christian  life,  is  yet  fragrant  in 
the  memory  of  all  in  this  neighbourhood.  The  Rev.  Joseph 
Hutton  Willey,  who  for  a  long  period  was  director  of  both  the 
Fulneck  boarding  schools,  was  born  in  Ballinderry  in  co. 
Antrim,  in  1820.  His  father  was  born  in  Fulneck  in  1781,  and 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Plymouth  in  July,  1783,  who  had 
completed  their  appointment  on  the  Pudsey  plan.  He  was  a 
minister  in  the  Moravian  Church,  as  had  been  also  his  grand- 
father, a  Yorkshireman  who  joined  the  Brethren  at  their  first 
coming  into  these  parts  about  the  middle  of  last  century,  and 
was  appointed  minister  at  Pudsey,  1773.  His  mother  was  a 
Hutton,  of  a  good  Dublin  family  ;  she  was  aunt  of  Sir  W.  R. 
Hamilton,  the  celebrated  mathematician,  and  Astronomer  Royal 
of  Ireland,  who  spent  some  time  in  Fulneck  on  the  occasion  of 
a  British  Association  Meeting  in  Leeds.  The  late  director  had 
himself  been  a  scholar  at  Fulneck,  which  he  left  in  1835  to 
pursue  his  studies,  at  first  in  Dublin,  afterwards  at  the  Moravian 
Church  Schools  in  Nisky  and  Guadenfeld.  After  completion  of 
his  studies,  he  assisted  for  three  years  in  tuition  at  a  school  in 
Holland,  spending  thus  eight  years  in  early  life  with  what 
advantage  is  to  be  gained  from  foreign  training,  and  becoming 
conversant  with  German  and  French.  In  1848,  Mr.  Willey  was 
ordained  in  Fairfield  by  Bishop  Essex,  and  after  assisting  in  the 


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ministry  in  Bristol,  he  was  appointed  to  the  charge  of  the 
congregation  at  Gomersal.  At  the  same  time,  in  185 1,  he 
married  Miss  Jane  Millar,  a  Belfast  lady,  who  was  educated  at 
Gracehill.  Their  stay  in  Gomersal  was  but  short,  for  the  next 
summer,  1852,  saw  their  entrance  upon  the  superintendence  of 
the  schools  at  Fulneck,  a  work  in  which  nearly  27  years  were  to 
be  spent.  During  this  period  there  were,  of  course,  many 
fluctuations,  but  the  general  course  of  the  Institution  was  very 
successful  ;  the  premises  were  improved,  the  playground 
extended,  a  swimming  bath  built,  and  the  financial  state  of  the 
school  much  improved.  At  the  first  beginning  of  the  University 
school  examination,  Fulneck  joined  the  movement  heartily,  and 
won  early  honours,  pupils  receiving  prizes  from  the  hand  of  Lord 
Palmerston  in  Leeds.  Mr.  Fitch,  on  behalf  of  Government, 
made  a  close  inspection  of  both  schools,  and  sent  in  a  most 
favourable  report.  At  the  present  time,  1887,  two  of  the  former 
pupils  are  valued  members  of  Parliament. 

During  the  period  of  Mr.  Willey's  directorship,  above  1,000 
young  people  boarded  and  were  taught  in  the  schools  ;  at  least 
1 20  teachers  had  been  engaged  in  the  good  work  ;  above  200 
domestic  servants  had  followed,  as  usual,  in  too  rapid  succession. 
The  elevated  and  airy  situation  of  the  school  buildings  was 
conducive  to  health,  and  for  a  long  time  there  seemed  to  be 
immunity  from  any  serious  ailment,  but  a  rather  severe  visitation 
of  fever  in  1878  checked  prosperity  for  a  time,  and  disheartened 
those  who  had  the  serious  responsibility  of  caring  for  the 
children  of  absent  parents,  so  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willey  were  for 
some  reasons  not  sorry  to  take  an  otherwise  regretful  leave  of 
friends  in  Fulneck  and  neighbourhood,  following  a  call  to  take 
charge  of  the  congregation  in  Gracehill,  co.  Antrim.  This  part- 
ing took  place  in  March,  1879. 

He  was  succeeded  in  the  office  of  Director  of  the  Schools  by 
the  Rev.  John  J.  Shawe,  who  had  himself  been  educated  at 
Fulneck,  and  in  Germany  ;  afterwards  was  engaged  as  a  teacher 
here,  and  Brethren's  labourer  about  1856.  He  then  removed  to 
Ireland  for  a  few  years,  and  subsequently  returned  to  Fulneck  in 
connection  with  the  Theological  Institute,  which  had  been 
revived  for  a  short  time,  but  which  was  afterwards  removed  to 
Fairfield,  near  Manchester.  His  term  of  labour  in  striving,  under 
great  difficulties,  to  restore  the  Schools  to  some  degree  of  the 
prestige  they  had  lost  by  a  repetition  of  unfortunate  epidemic 
visitations,  was  cut  short  by  almost  sudden  death,  under  circum- 
stances most  distressing.     Staying  with  his  family  at  Morecambe 


256  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

in  1882,  one  of  his  sons  when  bathing,  got  out  of  his  depth  and 
called  to  him  for  assistance.  Both  were  nearly  drowned,  but 
were  rescued  in  a  state  of  unconsciousness  by  a  boatman,  and 
afterwards  restored.  In  the  case  of  Mr.  Shawe,  however,  fever 
supervened,  and  the  shock  to  his  system  was  so  great,  that 
although  he  partially  recovered,  yet  a  relapse  came  on,  and  he 
died  in  about  a  fortnight  after  the  sad  occurrence,  to  the  great 
grief  of  all  who  knew  him,  and  amid  much  sympathy  for  his 
wife  and  family.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  great  energy  and 
devotion  to  his  work,  of  very  considerable  attainments,  and  as  a 
preacher,  eloquent,  impressive,  and  popular. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  Titterington,  another  old  boy  and  teacher, 
succeeded  next  in  1882,  and  is  at  present  in  charge  of  the  Boys' 
School,  which  now  numbers  about  70  pupils,  and  under  his  able 
conduct,  assisted  by  his  matronly  partner,  and  a  staff  of  efficient 
teachers,  is  regaining  no  small  amount  of  the  favour  it  so 
unfortunately  lost  for  a  while.  Miss  Shawe,  sister  of  the  above 
J.  J.  Shawe,  has  the  management  of  the  Girls'  Department. 
These  biographical  notes  might  be  extended  to  a  great  length  ; 
indeed,  a  volume  of  biographies  of  Fulneck  worthies  would  in 
itself  be  a  work  of  large  extent  and  very  considerable  interest. 
For  beside  those  who  have  had  the  direction  of  the  Schools, 
many  have  been  otherwise  associated  with  them  who,  in  their 
day,  were  men  of  influence,  and  have  left  impressions  of  their 
work,  which  arc  yet,  and  must  continue,  "  Footprints  on  the 
sands  of  Time." 

One  of  these  was  Mr.  Wm..  Nelson,  who  as  a  musician  and 
an  artist,  was  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  both  in  the 
schools  and  the  neighbourhood.  He  had  charge  of  the  chapel 
organ  and  the  musical  services  for  more  than  30  years,  these 
services  during  that  period  being  unusually  famous.  As  an  ex- 
tempore player  he  had  few  equals,  and  his  method  of  accom- 
panying the  services  was  marked  by  great  judgment  and  taste. 
Nor  was  he  less  known  as  an  artist.  His  drawings  were  of  the 
highest  order,  and  much  sought  after  by  those  who  had  the  op- 
portunity of  knowing  him. 

A  few  of  these  passed  under  the  hands  of  the  lithographer  ; 
perhaps  the  best  known  to  the  public  being  a  view  of  Fulneck, 
and  a  set  of  six  views  of  Kirkstall  Abbey. 

In  many  ways  he  did  good  work  for  the  church  of  the 
Brethren,  holding  sundry  offices  from  time  to  time  ;  and  many 
who  have  passed  through  the  schools  would  testify  to  the  care 
and    attention   devoted  to  them   in  connection  with  these  two 


c/^^^--^^^ 


EDWARD    SEWELL,    M.A.  257 

branches  of  study  under  his  guidance.  He  died  and  was  buried 
at  Fulneck  in  1868,  aged  58  years.  His  son,  Mr.  C.  Sebastian 
Nelson,  architect,  of  Leeds,  but  who  resides  at  Fulneck,  in  the 
pleasant  house  formerly  occupied  by  his  parents,  has  now  charge 
of  the  organ  and  musical  services  of  the  congregation. 

One  other,  whose  long  connection  with  the  place  and  neigh- 
bourhood forbids  his  exclusion  from  these  pages,  was  born  at 
Fulneck,  Nov.  8th,  1820,  and  educated  at  the  school  there.  His 
father  dying  when  he  was  but  an  infant,  Edward  Sewell  be- 
came the  special  charge  of  a  mother  who  devoted  herself  to  his 
welfare.  He  was  intended  for  the  ministry,  and  his  early  educa- 
tion was  conducted  with  that  aim  ;  but  circumstances  occurred 
ere  his  arrival  at  manhood  which  diverted  him  from  this  end, 
and  finally  moulded  his  professional  after-life  very  different  from 
what  he  ever  expected.  He  began  to  teach  in  the  Sabbath 
school  when  only  14  years  old,  and  for  nearly  20  years  pursued 
these  labours  "  with  abundant  success." 

In  1842  he  was  entrusted  with  the  head-mastership  of  the  day  school  in  Ful- 
neck, a  post  he  held  for  27  years  with  unvarying  prosperity  to  all  concerned,  and 
with  distinguished  honour  to  himself.  His  name  will  ever  be  remembered  by  hun- 
dreds of  his  pupils  with  sincere  gratitude  and  pleasure. 

During  the  first  49  years  of  his  residence  in  Fulneck  he 

Filled  many  posts  of  honour  and  trust  in  the  church ;  twice  he  was  called  to  its 
service  ;  for  years  he  was  conductor  of  the  choral  society,  and  chief  bandmaster.  His 
townsmen  also  elected  him  to  several  public  offices,  which  he  discharged  faithfully 
and  well.  He  was  connected  with  the  chief  improvements  of  his  native  place  in  every 
direction  for  the  good  of  his  fellow-men.  For  16  years  he  was  the  Hon.  Secretary 
of  the  Literary  Union,  held  in  Fulneck,  and  the  papers  he  read  before  it  deserve  to 
be  more  widely  known  than  they  have  been  as  yet. 

In  connection  with  the  ("ent.  Jubilee  celebration,  at  Fulneck, 
Mr.  Sewell  composed  a  "  Cantata,"  which  was  performed  here 
on  April  21st,  1855,  and  was  well  received. 

In  the  year  1869  he  removed  to  Ilkley  to  establish  a  college 
for  boarders,  which  for  awhile  appeared  to  answer  his  expecta- 
tions. Here  he  served  for  some  years  upon  the  Local  Board 
and  the  Board  of  Guardians.  During  his  residence  in  Ilkley  he 
paid  a  visit  to  Italy  and  had  the  honour  of  an  introduction,  as 
Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  United  Order  of  Oddfellows,  to  the 
Pope  Pius  IX.,  who  dismissed  him  with  the  remark: 

I  have  been  pleased  to  meet  you, — your  works  of  charity  and  love  have  preceded 
you  here, — go  on  in  the  great  work  in  which  you  are  engaged  ;  for  charity  knows  no 
religion,  no  country,  and  heaven  will  assuredly  bless  you.     Farewell. 

Mr.  Sewell  not  only  won  the  distinction  just  indicated 
in  connection  with  his  Lodge,  but  also  that  of  M.A.,  and 
many  other  inferior,  though  not  less  honourable,  trophies  by  his 

T 


258  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

wonderful  energy,  talent,  and  perseverance.  Though  now  much 
enfeebled  by  affliction  and  misfortune,  as  before  said,  his  mar- 
vellously active  life  is  declining  in  quiet,  not  many  yards  from 
where  he  iirst  drew  his  breath. 

The  festivals  of  Fulneck  have  always  been  a  leading  and 
characteristic  feature  of  the  place,  and  when  the  work  from  this 
centre  was  more  energetic,  and  its  influence  more  widely  spread 
than  it  has  been  during  the  last  half  century,  these  were  times  of 
stirring  importance  which  excited  a  large  amount  of  influence, 
not  only  upon  the  members  of  the  church  generally,  but  also  upon 
those  dwelling  in  the  district  who  were  merely  observers  of  their 
doings.  Upon  these  occasions  it  was  customary  for  very  many 
to  come  from  Holbeck,  Baildon,  Wyke,  Dudley  Hill,  Gomersal, 
Mirfield,  Heckmondwike,  etc.,  to  join  in  the  sacred  services  which 
followed  one  another  at  short  intervals  during  the  day. 

Such  constant  gatherings  partook  very  much  of  the  character 
of  the  feasts  under  the  old  Jewish  economy  ;  when  every  Jew, 
unless  incapacitated,  was  expected  to  go  up  to  Jerusalem  to  the 
Temple  Service.  Fulneck,  from  the  time  of  its  constitution  as  a 
place-congregation,  became  such  a  temple  to  the  scattered  so- 
cieties of  the  Brethren  in  these  quarters,  who,  like  the  ancient 
Israelites,  n^ight  often  be  seen  wending  their  way  in  small 
parties  along  most  of  the  roads  converging  upon  their  Hill  of 
Zion,  These  holy  pilgrimages — long  before  stage  coaches  or 
railways  were  thought  of — must  have  tended  very  much  to 
maintain  and  strengthen  the  fraternal  feeling  among  the  locally 
divided  members  of  the  church,  and  to  encourage  that  sympathy 
and  fellowship  which  was  so  strong  a  bond  to  their  political 
unity.  It  becomes,  indeed,  a  question  whether  the  excess  of 
this  feeling  has  not  degenerated  into  an  evil,  and  that  partial 
isolation  and  exclusiveness  for  which  the  colony  is  somewhat 
known. 

These  festivals  may  be  divided  into  two  classes ;  those 
which  are  general,  or  related  to  the  whole  community,  and  those 
immediately  connected  with  the  individual  congregation,  although 
even  these  latter  are  as  universal  in  their  observance  as  the  for- 
mer. The  general  festivals — all  of  which  are  still  sacredly 
observed,  though  not  in  the  same  degree — are, 

1st.  Beginning  of  the  Building  at  Herrnhut,  by  the  first  emigrants  of  Moravia. 
For  June  17th. 

2nd.  The  laying  of  the  Foundation  Stone  of  the  first  Meeting  Hall  and  Academy 
at  Herrnhut.     May  12th 

3rd.     The  Renewal  of  the  Brethren's  Church,  1727.     Aug.  13. 

4th.     The  Great  Awakening  among  the  Children  at  Herrnhut,  Aug.  27th. 

5th.     Beginning  of  the  Hourly  Intercession.     Aug.  27th. 


THE    FESTIVALS.  259 

6th.  First  Mission  to  the  Heathen;  the  Negroes  at  St.  Thomas,  W.T. 
Aug.  22nd. 

7th.     First  Mission  to  the  Heathen  in  Greenland.     Jan.  19th. 

8th.  Powerful  experience  in  the  Unity  of  the  Brethren,  that  Jesus  is  the  Chief 
Shepherd  and  Head  of  His  Church.     Sept.  i6th  and  Nov.  13th. 

The  two  first  of  the  above  relate  to  their  temporal  polity, 
the  third  to  their  doctrinal  unity,  the  fourth  and  eighth  to  special 
religious  experiences,  and  the  two  others  to  their  work  in  the 
mission  field. 

The  local  or  congregational  festivities  are  much  more  per- 
sonal and  limited  in  their  scope,  yet,  as  above  stated,  as  wide 
spread  in  their  observance,  i.e.,  wherever  there  is  a  congregation 
to  which  the  individual  members  can  obtain  access.  For  these 
annual  ceremonials  the  church  is  divided  into  what  are  called 
"  choirs  "  or  bands,  all  of  which,  with  one  exception,  are  in  re- 
lation to  the  state  of  marriage.     Thus,  there  is 

1st.     The  Married  Choir — Brethren  and  Sisters. 

2nd.   The  Single  Brethren's  Choir. 

3rd.    The  Single  Sisters'  Choir. 

4th.    The  Widowers'  Choir. 

5th.    The  Widows'  Choir. 

6th.  The  Children's  Choir. 
In  addition  even  to  this  large  number  of  special  services,  there 
are  the  local  school  and  chapel  anniversaries,  and  others  still 
more  sacred  in  connection  with  the  birth  and  death  of  the  Divine 
Saviour,  at  Christmas  and  Easter.  And  as  in  reference  to  the 
latter,  there  has  been  occasion  to  remark  upon  the  disorderly 
conduct  of  the  crowds  of  people  who  annually  assembled  to 
witness  the  novel  ceremonials  of  the  brethren  ;  it  is  only  fair  to 
add,  that  the  upright  and  sincere  conversation  of  the  one,  and 
the  good  common  sense  of  the  other,  at  last  prevailed  to  bring 
about  a  better  state  of  things.  Thus  the  Diary  of  1822  says: 
"  Being  Easter  Sunday  we  had,  as  usual,  great  crowds  flocking 
to  our  chapel,  who  conducted  themselves  with  decorum,  and, 
generally  speaking,  with  devotion."  Again,  in  reference  to  the 
Christmas  Eve  of  the  same  year,  we  find — Dec.  24th,  "  The 
public  service  this  evening  was  attended  by  great  crowds  of 
attentive  hearers  ;  many  who  came  could  not  be  admitted  for 
want  of  room.  It  is  pleasing  to  observe  that  an  improvement,  at 
least  in  the  manners  of  our  neighbours,  appears  to  take  place 
from  year  to  year.  On  such  occasions  they  now  disperse  with 
great  quietness  and  decorum."  Surely  this  is  a  red  mark  for 
Pudsey,  65  years  ago,  and  at  a  time  when  it  is  usually  credited 
with  lying  in  uncivilised  darkness  ! 


260  HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 

All  these  festivals  partake  very  much  of  one  character, 
excepting,  perhaps,  those  of  the  Sunday  Schools  and  that  at 
Easter,  which  is  preceded  by  a  whole  week  of  special  services. 
As  may  be  readily  surmised,  the  diaries  of  the  place  abound 
with  references  to  their  observance,  nearly  all  of  which  are 
expressions  of  gratitude  and  praise  for  spiritual  blessings,  some- 
times the  texts  discoursed  upon,  with  brief  comments  on  the 
sermons,  and  often  with  references  to  the  weather  as  affecting 
the  attendance  from  the  outlying  Societies,  Very  often  heavy 
and  continuous  snowstorms  are  noted  as  preventing  the  move- 
ments of  the  people  ;  and  at  other  times  the  wind  made  it 
dangerous  even  for  the  local  members  to  join  in  the  services. 
Let  one  extract  suffice  : — 

Feby.  2nd,  1822.  The  wind  resembled  a  hurricane,  and  rendered  it  dan- 
gerous for  our  brethren  and  sisters  to  pass  and  repass  to  and  from  the  Chapel. 
Besides  tiles  and  bricks  being  thrown  from  roofs  and  chimnies,  especially  at  the 
Single  Brethren's  House,  a  high  chimney  on  the  house  of  Brother  and  Sister  Jowett 
fell  about  li  o'clock  at  night,  broke  through  the  roof  under  which  they  slept,  and 
spread  a  great  number  of  bricks  on  the  public  road,  which  must  have  occasioned  the 
loss  of  life  if  it  had  happened  at  a  time  when  persons  passed  that  way.  The 
torrents  of  rain  at  the  same  time  were  such,  that  when  Brother  Reichel,  on  the 
following  day,  was  on  his  way  to  Baildon,  there  to  preach,  he  could  proceed  no  farther 
tlian  Shipley,  the  whole  valley  of  the  River  Aire  being  inundated. 

The  observance  of  the  Festival  days  mostly  commences 
with  a  short  early  service,  which  is  followed  by  an  ordinary  one 
and  address.  Then  there  is  often  a  lovefeast,  succeeded  by  an 
evening  service,  and  mostly  the  Holy  Communion.  There  are 
also  particular  matters  connected  with  each  choir,  which  are 
introduced  in  their  order,  and  which  serve  to  vary  the  general 
routine.  There  is,  moreover,  one  thing  which,  perhaps,  charac- 
terises these  solemnities  more  than  anything  else,  viz.,  the 
passing  round  of  a  loving  cup,  or,  as  it  is  termed,  "  The  Cup  of 
Praise,"  when  the  whole  choir,  or  congregation  of  members, 
stands,  and,  joining  hands,  passes  the  cup  from  one  to  another, 
each,  as  he  or  she  receives  it,  at  the  same  time  making  a  solemn 
promise  to  be  wholly  the  Lord's.  Two  or  three  notes  from  the 
records  will  convey  a  sufficiently  good  impression  of  the  whole 
of  these  high  days,  and  also  introduce  a  few  names  of  those 
belonging  to  the  Society  at  that  period,  181 8  : — 

April  19th.  Friday  being  the  Anniversary  of  the  Fulneck  Congregation,  and 
the  weather  being  fine,  there  was  a  good  attendance  of  our  brethren  and  sisters, 
Eleven  persons  at  their  earnest  request  were  joined  to  our  Society.  The  two  married 
pairs,  Tames  and  Ann  Wood,  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Waterhouse  ;  the  two  men, 
Robert  Hall  and  James  Walker  ;  the  widow  woman  Elizabeth  Clark,  and  the  three 
girls,  Mary  Proctor,  Mary  Webster,  and  Sarah  Wilson.  The  married  man  William 
Stowe,  junr.,  was  also  readmitted  to  the  Society. 


THE    CENTENARY    FESTIVAL.  261 

May  2 1  St.  The  Single  Sisters'  Choir  had  a  lively  and  blessed  celebration  of 
their  festival.  The  day  being  fine,  there  was  a  good  attendance  from  all  the 
country  congregations.  The  great  girls,  Han.  Walker,  Elizabeth  Stanhope,  Sar. 
Nichols,  Mary  Wood,  Eliz.  Proctor,  and  Maria  I'lischke,  were  received  into  the 
Choir. 

May  31st.  The  married  man  John  Naylor  ;  the  girls  Han.  Man,  and  Sarah 
Turner,  were  added  to  the  Society.  The  married  woman  Sarah  Cromack  and  the 
married  man  James  Bullock,  were  at  the  same  time  solemnly  received  into  the  con- 
gregation. 

July  29th.  The  two  youths  Chas.  Sharman  and  Jos.  Stocks*  were  received  into 
the  Choir. 

A  more  particular  account  of  the  observance  of  the  great 
Centenary  Festival  which  commemorated  the  first  establishment 
of  the  little  church  at  Herrnhut,  when  Christian  David,  the 
great  apostle  of  its  new  dispensation,  struck  his  axe  into  the 
first  tree  cut  down  for  building  a  dwelling,  with  the  exclamation 
from  Psalm  84,  v.  3,  "  The  sparrow  hath  found  her  an  house, 
and  the  swallow  a  nest  for  herself,"  etc.  These  words  were  the 
theme  of  a  sermon  on  the  i6th  of  June,  1822, 

Which  treated  on  the  excellency  of  our  religious  ordinances,  enjoyed  for 
100  years,  with  full  security  under  every  government  in  whose  dominions  we  have 
been  planted.  In  the  evening  the  congregation  met  for  a  solemn  conclusion  of  the 
last  century  of  the  revived  Brethren's  Unity  ;  a  powerful  emotion  pervaded  the  whole 
assembly,  and  we  received  manifest  proofs  that  the  Lord  still  owns  us  as  His  flock  and 
people. 

On  the  following  morning,  the  17th,  the  true  memorial 
day — 

As  early  as  five  o'clock  we  were,  by  musical  instruments,  roused  from  sleep, 
and  then  already  pur  distant  brethren  and  sisters  began  to  arrive  [from  various  quar- 
ters. At  eight  we  assembled  for  the  morning  blessing  ;  and  at  ten  an  extensive  and 
very  affecting  narrative  was  read  of  the  events  we  commemorated.  The  meeting  was 
opened  and  concluded  with  the  singing  of  some  verses  composed  for  the  occasion  by 
our  brother  James  Montgomery,  in  which  the  congregation  joined  with  uncommon 
life  and  spirit.  The  chapel  could  scarcely  contain  the  congregation,  especially  at  the 
Lovefeast,  when  an  ode  was  sung  which  was  in  substance  a  translation  of  that  which 
had  been  composed  for  the  congregation  at  Herrnhut.  Want  of  room  prevented  us 
from  admitting,  with  very  few  e:.ceptions,  any  but  members  of  the  congregation.  The 
discourse  was  held  on  Gamaliel's  words.  Acts  5,  v.  38-39.  That  the  cause  committed 
to  the  Brethren's  Unity  is  of  God  we  were  most  powerfully  convinced,  by  tracing  His 
way  with  us  hitherto.  To  belong  to  such  a  people  becomes  increasingly  dear  to  us, 
and  at  the  '"  Cup  of  Praise  "  we  covenanted  with  one  accord  to  be  faithful  to  Him 
Who  hath  called  us.  We  can  hope,  from  our  experience  of  this  day,  that  Our  Saviour 
will  grant  to  our  Church  a  season  of  revival  and  renovation.  His  Spirit  was  poured 
upon  us  from  on  high,  and  the  celebration  of  this  jubilee  will  not  soon  be  forgotten. 
For  the  purpose  of  obtaining  room  in  our  chapel  for  these  solemnities,  the  majority  of 
the  boarders  had  been  previously  dismissed  for  the  midsummer  holidays, 

A  very  brief  account  of  the  origin  of  some  of  the  first-class 
Festivals  may  not  be  deemed  out  of  place  in  this  short  history, 
especially  as  but  few  outside  the  inner  circle  of  the  IMoravian 
community  will  have  any  knowledge  thereof. 

*  Still  residing  at  Fulneck  End  in  fairly  good  health  and  strength. 


262 


HISTORY     OF     PUDSEY. 


(No.  I.)  The  one  referred  to  above  is  at  the  head  of  the 
hst,  and  as  more  than  indicated,  commemorates  the  exodus  from 
Fulneck  in  Moravia  of  the  three  or  four  families  which,  under 
the  direction  of  Christian  David,  first  settled  upon  the  estate  of 
Count  Zinzendorf  in  Lusatia,  where  they  found  a  refuge  from 
the  persecutions  of  their  enemies,  and  began  the  work  hereafter 
described.  These  persecutions  had  been  maintained  during  a 
whole  century  by  the  Romish  Church,  until  that  of  the  Brethren 
and  other  Protestant  professors  was  almost  exterminated,  and, 
by  the  "  craft  of  their  adversaries,"  had  been 
deprived  "  of  their  religious  liberty,  their 
chapels,  their  ministers,  and  their  books." 
Yet  there  were  many  of  them  left,  especially 
in  the  little  town  of  Fulneck  and  the  adjacent 
villages,  which  had  formerly  been  the  parish 
of  the  last  Bishop  of  the  Moravian  Brethren, 
Amos  Comenius.  It  was  on  Whit-Sunday, 
1722,  that  C.  David  made  known  to  a  few 
members  of  this  tormented  flock,  that  he 
had  formed  the  acquaintance  of 
the  young  Count,  whom  he  des- 
cribed as  "a  genuine  follower  of 
the  Lord  Jesus,"  and  that  he  had 
invited  them  to  his  estate  at 
Berthelsdorf,  with  a  promise  of 
protection.  Two  brothers,  Augus- 
tus and  Jacob  Neisser,  both  cutlers 
by  trade,  at  once  set  out  with 
David,  who  was  a  carpenter,  for 
the  new  home  accompanied  by 
their  wives  and  children,  including 
twins  only  three  months  old,  and 
two  orthree  young  persons  besides. 
They  were  obliged  to  take  their  departure  under  cover  of  the 
night,  and  without  communicating  their  purpose  to  any  but 
their  most  faithful  friends.  These  godly  pilgrims  arrived  at 
their  destination  without  any  mishap,  and  were  welcomed  by  the 
steward  of  the  Count,  he  being  away  at  the  time.  They  were 
at  first  lodged  in  "  a  lonely  and  deserted  dwelling,  which  had 
been  erected  70  years  before,  but  never  been  inhabited."  A 
cow  was  also  given  them,  "  that  they  might  be  able  to  furnish 
their  little  ones  with  milk."  A  spot  being  assigned  them  for 
their  colony,  and  the  trees  marked   for  their  use,  arrangements 


In  the  Woods. 


DAYS    OF    PERSECUTION.  263 

were  at  once  made  to  commence  clearing  and  building.  "  The 
place  which  had  been  chosen  was  an  extremely  wild  and  marshy 
spot,  overgrown  with  bushes  and  briers,  at  the  declivity  of  the 
hill,  called  the  Hutberg."  Is  there  not  here  a  striking  likeness 
to  the  site  selected  by  Zinzendorf  in  Yorkshire  for  the  head- 
quarters of  the  Brethren  ? 

Here  it  was,  then,  that  the  three  earnest  men  set  to  work, 
and  on  the  17th  of  June,  1722,  felled  the  first  tree  for  the  first 
house  at  Herrnhut,  thus  commencing  a  labour  full  of  zeal,  trust, 
and  hope,  which  has  been  the  home  of  their  church,  and  the 
glory  of  its  members  for  more  than  a  century  and  a  half.  "  This 
tree  was  afterwards  formed  into  a  pillar,  and  required  as  much 
work  and  labour  as  five  others,  ivhicJi  ciraimstance  led  them  to 
many  reflections.'''  It  was  the  pious  steward,  Mr.  Heitz,  who  gave 
the  name  to  the  place  by  which  it  has  ever  since  been  known. 
This  occurred  in  a  letter  from  him  to  the  Count,  on  July  8th  of 
the  above  year.  On  August  12th  he  wrote:"  Yesterday  the 
new  building  erected  on  the  Lord's  Watch  (Herrnhut)  has  been 
so  prosperously  finished,  that  no  person  engaged  in  its  erection 
has  received  the  slightest  injury."  In  an  article  written  by  him 
relative  to  Herrnhut,  he  says,  "  We  gave  to  this  new  place, 
situated  near  the  Hutberg,  the  name  of  Herrnhut  {Lord's 
Watch)  partly  because  this  name  will  remind  us  that  the  Lord 
keepeth  watch  over  us  as  our  protector,  and  partly,  also,  because 
it  will  bring  to  our  daily  remembrance  our  duty  to  watch  and 
pray  continuously." 

(No.  2.)  Meantime  the  persecution  of  the  Protestants  in 
Bohemia  and  Moravia,  etc.,  was  carried  on  with  increasing 
bitterness  ;  for  in  the  year  1724 

There  arose  a  great  and  most  violent  persecution.  All  those  who  even  at- 
tended the  meetings  were  thrown  into  prison,  and  the  jails  being  soon  filled  with 
prisoners,  the  rest  were  confined  in  stables,  or  thrown  into  offensive  holes,  where  some 
of  them  nearly  perished  from  suffocation.  Others  were  cast  into  cellars  filled  with 
water,  in  which  they  had  to  remain  in  a  standing  posture  till  they  were  almost  frozen 
to  death.  Some  were  confined  in  the  very  depth  of  winter  in  the  tower  of  the  castle, 
to  extort  from  them,  through  the  sufferings  they  had  to  endure  in  consequence  of  the 
intense  cold,  a  confession  of  what  books  they  had,  who  attended  the  meetings,  etc. 
Some  were  sentenced  to  hard  labour  in  irons  for  a  series  of  years ;  some,  who  had 
made  a  bold  confession  of  Jesus,  remained  imprisoned  for  life,  others  were  transported 
to  distant  towns,  or  had  heavy  fines  imposed  upon  them.  This  was  particularly  the 
case  with  the  families  of  Nitschmann  and  Schneider.  The  house  of  one  of  the 
former  was  levelled  to  the  ground  because  he  had  lodged  a  Protestant  in  the  same. 

Upon  one  occasion  more  than  150  persons  were  assembled 
at  the  house  of  David  Nitschmann,  on  Easter  Monday  of  the 
above  year,  in  the  village  of  Kunewolde,  when  the  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  with   his  officers,  came  furiously  into  their  midst.     The 


264  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

Brethren,  however,  so  far  from  being  alarmed  or  taking  to 
flight,  commenced  at  once,  with  a  loud  voice,  to  sing  that  verse 
of  Luther's, 

And  if  the  world  with  devils  swarmed, 

And  threatened  us  to  swallow, 
We're  not  afraid,  for  we  are  armed, 

And  victory  must  follow. 

When  the  Justice  commanded  them  to  be  silent,  they  re- 
peated the  verse  once  and  again,  which  threw  him  into  such  a  state 
of  perplexity  that  he  flung  down  the  books  he  had  seized,  in  haste, 
and  departed  without  executing  his  purpose.  And  this  was  only 
during  the  first  half  of  the  last  century,  in  the  centre  of  Europe,  in 
the  dominions  of  enlightened  and  powerful  Austria.  Is  not  the 
beast  with  the  seven  heads  the  same  ravenous  and  cruel  creature 
in  all  places,  and  at  all  times,  except  when  awed  by  superior 
forces,  or  restrained  by  a  tiger-like  lurking  policy?  Oh,  that 
men  would  dispassionately  read,  mark,  and  learn  what  history  so 
plainly  teaches,  and  not  be  deluded  by  false  charity,  or  a  political 
war  cry,  to  place  those  religious  and  other  privileges  won  for  us 
by  the  blood  of  our  martyred  ancestors,  in  jeopardy  !  Rome  is 
Rome  all  the  world  over ;  the  same  yesterday,  to-day,  and  for  as 
long  as  God  shall  permit  her  to  bear  her  iron  sceptre,  and  wear 
her  triple  crown  ;  whether  in  her  own  naked  hideousness,  or  the 
snowy  plumes  of  a  celestial  form. 

From  this  bloodthirsty  tyranny  others  at  this  time  were 
driven  to  forsake  their  kindred,  country,  and  possessions — for 
some  of  them  were  "  sons  of  opulent  parents," — and  go  forth 
not  knowing  whither.  A  party  started  on  this  sad  pilgrimage  at 
ten  o'clock  at  night,  on  May  2nd,  1724,  and,  that  they  might 
"not  be  overtaken  by  those  who  might  possibly  be  sent  to  pursue 
them,  travelled  across  a  pathless  mountain  toward  Silecia."  On 
the  1 2th  they  arrived  at  Herrnhut,  where  they  were  received  by 
their  old  friends 

With  uncommon  demonstrations  of  joy  ;  but  the  room  for  dwelling  and  lodging 
was  extremely  small,  there  being  as  yet  but  one  of  the  houses  finished,  and  of  that  only 
the  lower  story.  This  was  the  day  appointed  for  laying  the  foundation  stone  of  that 
large  building,  which  was  intended  by  the  Count,  and  his  friends  united  with  him,  to 
be  an  academy  for  the  young  nobility,  and  to  be  employed  moreover  for  other  general 
and  useful  purposes ;  and  in  which  a  large  saloon  was  appropriated  hereafter  for  the 
meetings  of  the  congregation  at  Herrnhut. 

Baron  Frederic  de  Watteville,  who  was  one  of  Zinzendorf's 
most  devoted  friends  and  coadjutors,  and  whose  successor,  Jo- 
hannes, is  mentioned  often  in  connection  with  our  Fulneck, 
resided  at  this  time  in  the  humble  dwelling  of  the  Brethren.  On 
this  important  occasion  he  had,  "  from  the  earliest  dawn  of  the 


MEMORIAL     CELEBRATIONS.  265 

day  been  in  an  extraordinary  frame  of  devotion,  and  to  show 
how  utterly  he  had  renounced  the  world,  "  placed  under  the 
foundation-stone  all  the  jewels  and  costly  things  which  were  yet 
in  his  possession."  The  Count's  discourse  and  de  Watteville's 
prayer  and  devotion  produced  upon  the  minds  of  the  new 
emigrants 

The  full  conviction  that  this  was  the  place  where  their  foot  might  rest.  They  had 
quitted  their  country  with  their  staff  in  hand,  with  a  view  to  seek  a  place  of  rest  for 
themselves,  and  for  those  of  their  acquaintance,  who,  like  them,  could  resolve  to 
forsake  all  their  possessions  in  order  to  enjoy  liberty  of  conscience.  Now  they  had 
found  what  far  exceeded  their  expectations,  and  here  they  therefore  erected  their  tents. 

It  may  be  proper  here  to  mention  that  the  grandfather  of 
the  then  Count, — Erasmus,  Count  de  Zinzendorf, —  had  himself 
"  emigrated  from  Austria  for  the  sake  of  the  Gospel,  and  left  all 
his  estates  behind  him." 

Others,  arriving  shortly  after  at  the  place,  were  employed  as 
masons,  stone-cutters,  carpenters,  joiners,  glaziers,  potters,  or 
assistant  labourers  ;  so  that  the  Academy  and  Hall  was  opened 
during  the  following  year.  On  the  second  anniversary  of  the 
stone-laying,  May  12th,  1726,  "the  pupils  were  solemnly  as- 
sembled in  remembrance  of  Lady  de  Gersdorf,  grandmother  to 
Zinzendorf,  who  had  departed  this  life  the  6th  of  March,  on 
which  occasion  they  delivered  orations  in  the  Latin,  German, 
French,  and  Polish  languages." 

The  celebration  of  this  festival  is  thus  referred  to  in  the 
Fulneck  Diary  for  1818  : — 

May  1 2th.  We  took  notice  of  the  various  events  which  render  this  day  so  im- 
portant in  the  Brethren's  Unity  ;  and  more  especially  of  that  which  makes  it  annually 
a  day  of  particular  blessing  to  the  congregation  at  Herrnhut,  the  first  of  the  renewed 
Brethren's  Church,  and  the  germ  whence  all  the  rest  have  proceeded. 

It  would  be  extending  this  little  history  very  much  beyond 
its  scope  were  we  to  enter  into  all  the  particulars  of  the  causes 
which  have  given  rise  to  these  memorial  celebrations,  more 
especially  as  they  are  in  fact  a  history  of  the  Church,  and  bear 
no  direct  relation  to  Fulneck,  only  as  an  important  branch  of 
that  tree  at  whose  roots  they  lie. 

(No.  3.)  This  can  be  but  very  summarily  dealt  with,  and 
must  also  suffice  as  regards  this  feature  of  the  Brethren's 
ecclesiastical  history.  Like  most  other  churches  where  any 
latitude  has  been  given  to  individual  opinion,  this  had  soon  to 
lament  over  a  strong  disposition  on  the  part  of  many  to 
introduce  other  forms  and  doctrines  than  those  to  which  they 
had  already  subscribed.  Some  of  these,  men  of  mark,  piety,  and 
influence,  became   infected   with  the  peculiar  doctrine  of  Calvin, 


266  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

and  wrought  with  so  much  success  that  almost  the  whole 
community  was  drawn  away  from  the  truth  as  held  by  their 
fathers.  Matters  indeed  arrived  at  such  a  pitch  that  it  seemed 
more  than  probable  the  little  colony  would  again  become 
scattered,  or  at  best  divided  into  sects.  Many  means  were  tried 
to  avert  this  evil,  but  apparently  without  avail  ;  counsel, 
entreaty,  and  prayer,  were  alike  without  effect  ;  the  leaders 
declared  their  purpose  rather  to  go  again,  with  staff  in  hand,  to 
seek  another  home  than  to  allow  their  new  convictions  to  be 
brought  under  any  restraint. 

All  this  was  matter  of  intense  grief  to  the  young  and  pious 
Count,  who  had  done  so  much  to  promote  the  happiness  and 
comfort  of  these  strangers  upon  his  estate,  not,  as  he  says,  that 
a  new  town  might  be  founded,  but  that  it  should  be  a  congrega- 
tion for  the  Lord.  By  great  patience,  however,  combined  with 
consummate  tact,  and  no  small  amount  of  humility,  he  succeeded 
so  far  in  winning  back  the  malcontents  that  the  breach  was 
healed  ;  a  constitution  of  liberal  statutes  drawn  up  and  con- 
firmed ;  twelve  elders  elected  by  lot ;  the  Count  appointed 
warden  or  general  overseer,  with  the  Baron  de  Watteville  as  his 
assistant ;  all  the  other  offices  "  were  filled  anew,  and  Brethren 
and  Sisters  were  respectively  chosen  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
choice  of  the  twelve  Elders  had  been  effected."  This  custom 
was  also  carried  still  further,  for  when  the  Elders  in  their 
Conferences  failed  to  agree  on  any  matter,  it  was  referred  to  the 
Count  "  to  give  the  decision  by  the  use  of  the  lot."  Thus,  as  a 
contemporary  records,  the  spirit  of  our  fathers  "  came  again  upon 
us,  and  great  signs  and  wonders  were  wrought  among  the 
Brethren  in  those  days,  and  great  grace  prevailed  among  us,  and 
in  the  whole  country.  This  is  the  re-union  of  the  United 
Brethren." 

These  must  be  accepted  as  indicating  the  character  and 
source  of  the  whole,  and  are  given  that  it  may  be  seen  from 
whence  they  have  come,  and  with  what  purpose  they  are  so 
religiously  observed,  not  alone  at  Fulneck,  but  wherever  the 
Church  extends. 

The  decision  by  lot,  just  referred  to,  is  one  of  the 
peculiarities  of  the  Fulneck  community,  and  as  such  has  often 
been  a  subject  of  curiosity  to  those  without  the  pale.  It  is  stated 
in  the  above  instance  to  have  been  called  into  use  for  the  election 
of  officers,  and  the  settlement  of  differences.  There  were  also 
other  occasions  when  this  peculiar  method  of  procedure  was 
adopted,  such  as  the  selection  of  persons  for  the  mission  work, 


THE    HOME    LIFE.  267 

and  other  extraordinary  purposes,  and  not  infrequently  for 
partnership  in  marriage.  Whatever  may  be  said  for  or  against 
the  practice,  it  cannot  be  denied  that  the  Brethren  had  scripture 
warrant  for  its  use  ;  while  the  whole  significance  of  it  in  their 
hands,  was  a  testimony  of  their  absolute  consecration  to  God, 
reserving  no  will  of  their  own,  but  leaving  the  whole  disposing 
thereof  with  the  Lord.  It  may  then  be  taken  for  granted,  that 
it  was  always  resorted  to  with  the  greatest  reverence  and  awe, 
and  after  much  prayer  for  the  divine  interposition,  the  result 
being  ever  taken  with  humilit)^  and  an  assurance  of  the  Lord's 
will.  It  may  be  added  that  this  solemn  practice  is  less  seldom 
called  into  requisition  now  than  formerly. 

Another  distinctive  feature  of  the  Brethren  is  the 
Pedelavhun,  or  feet  washing,  which  although  confined  almost 
exclusively  to  themselves,  as  a  section  of  the  Christian  Church, 
has  a  much  more  positive  authority  than  the  former.  For  did 
not  the  God-man  wash  his  disciples'  feet  ?  and  did  he  not  say, 
"  Ye  ought  also  to  wash  one  another's  feet  ?"  This  injunction  is 
accepted  literally  by  the  Moravians.     The  Fulneck  records  say, 

Wednesday,  April  nth,  1770.  At  the  Pedelavium  of  the  place,  we,  who  were 
to  wash  the  feet  of  our  Brethren  of  the  Pudsey  congregation  to-morrow,  had  our  feet 
washed  with  the  place,  and  those  who  washed  them  were  also  to  be  washed  with  us 
to-  morrow. 

And  on  the  following  day  it  is  noted — 

At  seven  in  the  morning  and  at  five  in  the  evening  was  read  this  day's  portion 
of  the  Acts  of  the  Son  of  Man,  and  presently  after  a  suitable  discourse  and  prayer, 
kneeling,  was  the  Pedelavium  for  the  communicants  of  this  congregation,  and  for 
those  of  the  place  who  had  washed  their  fellow  members  yesterday. 

Just  another  quotation  to  show  the  importance  attached  to 
this  ceremony,  as  a  matter  of  conscience  and  holy  obedience. 

Feby.  28th,  1778.  Br.  Saml.  Fowler,  a  widdower,  had  the  "  foot-washing " 
previous  to  his  going  to  the  holy  communion  to-morrow,  as  he  had  exempit  himself 
from  it  for  many  years  through  unprofitable  reasoning. 

A  few  incidents  selected  from  many  which  are  recorded, 
will  give  some  little  insight  into  the  home  life  of  the  period,  and 
help  to  show  that  notwithstanding  all  the  great  changes  of  this 
century,  the  daily  life  of  our  fathers  was  not  materially  different 
to  what  it  is  at  present.     Thus, 

Oct.  5th,  1775.  A  few  days  ago  one  of  our  communicant  Brothers 
experienced  a  particular  preservation  ;  he  works  in  the  coal  mines,  and  came  out  of 
the  pit,  and,  contrary  to  his  usual  custom,  ran  directly  under  a  hedge  to  put  on  his 
clothes,  and  no  sooner  had  he  left  the  pit  but  it  tumbled  together. 

Oct.  23rd.  Br.  Willey  went  to  see  Grace  Hartley  in  our  Society,  whose 
husband,  a  cloth  maker,  went  to  Leeds  market  on  the  17th  instant,  and  has  not  been 
heard  of  since,  which  is  a  great  trouble  to  his  wife,  who  thinks  he's  fallen  into  the 
river  and  drowned.     Nov.  29th.     Br.  John  Tordoff  gat  very  much  hurt  yesterday  in  a 


268  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

coal-pit,  and  it  was  a  great  wonder  to  every  one  that  knew  it  that  (he)  was  not 
kill'd  on  the  spot,  because  a  stone  of  more  than  a  pack  weight  fell  from  the  top  of  the 
pit  more  than  20  yeards  deep,  where  he  was  in  the  bottom,  and  it  fell  upon  him. 

Oct.  loth,  1780.  I  went  a  good  round  to  visit  the  sick  ;  this  visit  was  more 
agreable  to  the  sick  than  to  my  poor  old  legs.     (Br.   Gussenbaur.) 

We  fear  that  the  following  note  would  not  apply  to  many- 
horse-dealers  of  the  present  day. 

July  3rd,  1 782.  The  corpse  of  the  widower,  Br.  John  Hinchcliffe,  was  interred 
at  Fulneck,  and  as  he  was  a  man  much  known  (for  he  has  followed  many  years  the 
trade  of  going  to  fares  and  markets  to  buy  and  sell  horses),  and  also  a  man  much 
belov'd,  there  were  a  large  number  of  people  attended  his  corpse  to  their  resting 
place.  There  were  people  from  Leeds,  Bradford,  Halifax,  and  all  round  about.  We 
have  lost  in  him  an  excellent  Committee  Br.,  and  a  Br.  who  helped  much  in  our  out- 
ward matters. 

The  part  taken  by  the  Fulneck  congregation  in  the  mission 
enterprise,  demands  a  larger  notice  than  can  possibly  be  given 
to  it  in  this  brief  sketch.  It  will  have  been  observed  that  two  of 
the  general  festivals  relate  to  this  important  section  of  Moravian 
activity,  and  Fulneck  has  not  been  behind  any  of  its  fellows  in 
doing  what  it  could  to  maintain  and  extend  this  noble  campaign. 
Besides  which,  its  situation  so  near  to  the  centre  of  England, 
made  it  a  convenient  "  house  of  call "  for  those  who  were  passing 
to  or  from  the  Continent  in  connection  with  the  various  fields  of 
labour,  so  that  at  one  time  or  another  it  has  lodged  nearly  every 
person  of  distinction  who  has  been  set  apart  for  this  wide  sphere 
of  Christian  charity  and  self-denial. 

It  is  a  pleasing  reflection,  when  one  enters  the  precincts  of 
the  village,  to  feel  we  are  treading  where  so  many  holy  ones  have 
trodden  in  the  generations  before  us.  Men  who  have  gone  forth 
as  "  ministering  angels "  to  the  ends  of  the  earth,  "  bearing 
precious  seed,"  or  who  have  returned  therefrom  "  bringing  their 
sheaves  with  them."  Unknown  and  unheeded  they  passed  by 
the  doors  of  the  many,  but  once  at  Fulneck  they  were  welcomed 
with  heart  and  voice,  or  dismissed  with  the  Cup  of  Praise ;  thus — 

Feljy.  26th,  1773.  Late  at  night  was  the  Cup  of  Covenant  (Praise)  with  dear 
Br.  Meder,  who  sets  out  in  the  morning  for  London  and  Antigua. 

And  again, 

Jany.  15th.,  1777.  The  day  was  concluded  in  the  Hall  with  the  Cup  of  Praise 
with  our  dear  Brn.  and  Sts.  bound  for  St.  Kitts,  who  are  to  set  out  to-morrow,  .  .  . 
the  people  felt  a  good  deal  at  parting  with  them  from  this  place,  especially  Br.  and  Sr. 
Birkby. 

The  principal  stations  occupied  by  the  Brethren  have  been, 
and  still  are,  amongst  the  lowest  and  most  needy  tribes  of  the 
human  family.  This  has  been  the  policy  of  their  Church  from  the 
beerinning. 


MISSION     ENTERPRISE.  269 

As  early  as  the  year  17 15  Count  Zinzendorf,  while  yet  at  the  Academy  at  Ilalle, 
had  entered  into  a  covenant  with  the  friend  of  his  youth,  Fred  de  AVatteville,  to 
establish  Missions,  especially  among  those  heathen  tribes  which  were  totally  neglected 
by  others. 

As  the  outcome  of  this  resolve  they  first  started  to  labour 
among  the  degraded  negroes  employed  upon  our  sugar  planta- 
tions in  St.  Thomas's,  and  afterwards  in  the  other  islands  of  the 
West  Indies.  Their  next  step  was  to  Greenland,  where  they 
have  done  much  good  among  the  Esquimaux  and  other  tribes 
in  that  most  inhospitable  region.  They  have  also  taken  ground 
at  the  very  antipodes  of  this  northern  climate,  and  for  genera- 
tions past  have  scattered  the  gospel  seed,  and  taught  the  blessings 
of  civilized  life  to  the  Hottentots  and  Bosjesmans  of  Southern 
Africa.  Thus,  at  a  meeting  at  Fulneck,  April  i8th,  1768,  the 
Rev.  B.  La  Trobe  stated,  that  since  the  "  settling  "  of  the  place 
13  years  previously — 

It  had  yielded  20  servants 'and  handmaids  who  had  gone  from  it  to  be  employed 
actually  in  our  service,  and  that  Saml.  Isles,  one  o  them,  had  been  the  Apostle  of 
the  Blacks  in  Antego ;  and  William  Balmforth,  another  of  them,  was  now,  with 
much  diligence  and  success,  employed  to  carry  forward  the  work  of  the  Lord  in 
Island  (Iceland  ? ). 

Sep.  24th,  1769.  In  the  afternoon  was  the  General  Meeting  where  j'TCi?^'^  ac- 
counts were  communicated  from  the  congregations  among  the  Heathen. 

1S12.  Br.  and  Sr.  Kleinschmidt  and  family  on  their  way  from  Greenland  are 
compelled,  on  account  of  the  war,  to  winter  in  Fulneck. 

1846.  Br.  J.  G.  Herman,  a  member  of  the  Unity's  Elders'  Conference,  visits 
Fulneck,  previous  to  setting  out  with  Br.  W.  Mallalieu  on  a  visitation  of  our  Missions 
in  the  West  Indies  ;  and  calls  on  his  return  (1847)  with  Br.  P.  H.  Goepp,  member  of 
the  Provincial  Helpers'  Conference  of  Pennsylvania. 

Nor  were  the  labours  of  the  Brethren  unobserved  or  un- 
appreciated by  other  sections  of  the  Christian  church  in  this 
district.  A  very  unusual  illustration  of  this  is  found  in  the  note 
following,  which  occurs  more  than  fifty  years  later. 

Br.  Ramftler  was  invited  by  some  Christian  friends,  at  Leeds,  to  explain  at  a 
meeting,  convened  for  the  purpose,  the  nature,  progress,  and  management  of  our 
Missions,  which  was  done  this  day,  and  led  to  the  formation  of  a  committee  con- 
sisting of  1 2  gentlemen,  who  undertook  to  use  their  best  efforts  for  raising  subscriptions 
and  donations  among  their  fellow-townsmen  for  the  support  of  our  Missions.  This, 
and  other  similar  instances  of  Christian  benevolence  and  liberality,  are  to  be  more 
gratefully  acknowledged  by  us,  because  the  several  denominations  of  Christians  have 
now  Missions  of  their  own,  which  are  generously  supported  by  them. 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  this  same  spirit  is  still  active  in 
Leeds,  being  fostered  principally  by  Miss  Baines  (a  daughter  of 
Sir  Edward  Baines),  and  that  only  two  or  three  years  ago  a 
similar  meeting  was  held  in  the  Mayor's  rooms,  at  the  Town 
Hall,  under  the  presidency  of  the  then  Mayor,  Mr.  Alderman 
Edwin  Woodhouse,  promoted  chiefly  by  Canon  Jackson,  who 
has  manifested  much  interest  in  the  Church  of  the  Brethren. 


270  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

That  the  people  of  Fulneck  did  not  fail  in  this  part  of  their 
own  duty  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  an  entry  in  the  Diary, 
four  years  previously,  says,  "  Two  Sermons  were  preached  on 
behalf  of  our  Missions.  The  collections  amounted  to  nearly  ^40." 
This  godly  charity  has  been  well  maintained  by  the  com- 
munity to  the  present  day,  and  the  Missions  in  operation  by  the 
Church  are  not  the  least  of  the  works  by  which  it  is  honoured, 
and  which  still  preserve  to  it  no  small  degree  of  the  glory  of 
"  the  former  days." 

In  April,  1822,  a  Ladies'  Bible  Association  was  formed  for 
the  township  of  Pudsey,  with  the  co-operation  of  Fulneck. 

It  has  been  before  remarked  that  the  polity  of  the  Moravian 
and  Methodist  churches  is  very  closely  allied.  Another  instance 
of  this  may  be  noted  in  reference  to  the  Synods  of  the  one  and 
the  Conferences  of  the  other.  These  periodical  gatherings  in  the 
Brethren's  Church  are,  so  far  as  this  country  is  concerned,  quite 
supreme  as  a  legislative  assembly,  but  have  not  power  over  any 
doctrinal,  or  radical  form  of  church  government.  Several  of 
these  important  meetings,  which  are  termed  Provincial  Synods, 
have  been  held  at  Fulneck,  the  first  of  which  was  in  1750, 
attended  by  de  Watteville,  Boehler,  Nitchman  (from  Herrnhut), 
Abraham  Taylor,  etc.  Descending  to  more  modern  times,  one 
was  held  here  in  1868,  presided  over  by  the  venerable  and  Rev. 
Benjamin  Seifferth,  who  had  occupied  the  same  position  in  the 
six  previous  Synods,  and  who,  although  present  at  the  one  fol- 
lowing, had  to  decline  the  honour  on  account  of  the  infirmities 
of  old  age.  At  this  meeting  Robert  Willey  and  Frederick  La 
Trobe  were  ordained  Presbyters,  and  others  to  the  Order  of 
Deacons,  by  the  Rev,  J  as.  La  Trobe. 

The  next  was  in  June  and  July,  1871,  presided  over  by  Jas. 
La  Trobe,  and  attended  by  56  representatives.  The  time  occupied 
by  the  business  and  services  is  usually  about  a  fortnight. 

At  the  following  one,  1 874,  the  Rev.  W.  Taylor  was  Presi- 
dent. At  this  Conference  the  Rev.  W.  Hasse  was  consecrated  a 
l^ishop  by  Bishop  Jas,  La  Trobe,  assisted  by  two  others  of  the 
same  dignity.  Of  the  meeting  it  is  recorded  :  "  It  has  been 
distinguished  by  harmony  and  good  feeling  throughout ;  more- 
over, many  excellent  measures  for  the  good  of  the  church  and 
our  congregation  have  been  devised."  Fulneck  was  further 
honoured  with  this  solemn  gathering  in  the  years  1883-6.  Synods 
were  also  held  here  in  1795,  1835,  1853,  and  1856. 

Nothing  has  yet  been  said  in  relation  to  the  oeconomy  of  the 
Single  Sisters,  except  as  regards  the  building  of  their  house.  The 
early  records  of  the  place  say, 


THE    SINGLE    SISTERS.  2/1 

That  the  first  company  of  Single  Sisters  associated  together  at  Low-house,  but 
finding  it  too  difficult  to  get  their  living  here,  they  removed  to  Chapeltown  in  Pudsey. 
The  chief  aim  of  these  CEconomies  was  to  be  as  much  as  possible  out  of  the  way  of 
temptation,  to  enjoy  hearts'  fellowship,  and  to  have  better  opportunity  for  attending 
the  meetings. 

There  was  also  a  dwelling  for  the  Sisters  at  Holme,  a  little 
higher  up  the  valley.  They  had  been  removed  there  on  account 
of  the  crowded  state  of  the  house  at  Fulneck,  but,  as  previously 
indicated,  their  residence  was  made  intolerable  by  the  action  of 
the  owner  of  the  Tong  estates,  so  that  they  were  compelled  to 
emigrate  to  Pudsey,  into  a  large  house  at  Littlemoor,  now  the 
residence  of  Mr.  Geo.  Hinings.  This  house  was  consecrated  for 
their  use,  Nov.  28th,  1767,  by  "  Our  dear  Br.  Petrus  (Boehler) 
with  a  lovefeast,  and  we  all  wished  them  much  blessing."  In- 
teresting is  the  following  as  a  combination  of  the  social  and  the 
spiritual  : — 

Feby.  24th,  1777.  Br.  and  Sr.  Coldwell  (the  newly  appointed  labourers  at 
Pudsey)  and  Sr.  Sally  Bryant,  spent  the  afternoon  with  the  Single  Srs.  at  Little- 
moor,  to  mutual  satisfaction  ;  and  drank  tea  altogether  by  way  of  a  lovefeast,  to 
make  them  welcome  to  this  their  Plan  in  Pudsey. 

The  next  refers  to  the  anniversary  of  their  entering  the 
house,  when  Br.  Coldwell  again  visited  and  dined  with  them,  "  as 
it  was  their  going  day  about  1 1  years  ago."  At  the  following 
annual  celebration  we  have  "  The  S.  Sisters  in  Littlemoor 
ceconomy  had  a  lovefeast,  as  this  was  the  day,  12  years  ago, 
when  they  came  to  live  there."  They  were  subsequently  all 
aggregated  at  Fulneck. 

Although  but  little  has  been  said  in  reference  to  the  female 
portion  of  the  settlement,  it  is  only  because  it  has  taken  a  second- 
ary part  in  the  spiritual  and  social  activities  of  the  place.  They — 
the  females — have  not  been  idle  nuns,  wasting  their  time  in  mere 
sentimental  contemplation  or  devotion,  but  hard-working,  pious, 
devoted  women,  consecrating  themselves  as  fully,  and,  in  their 
sphere,  as  usefully,  as  their  male  brethren. 

In  the  work  of  education  there  have  been  some  of  high 
intellect,  and  members  of  the  noblest  families  in  their  Church  ; 
while  in  their  choirs  they  have  laboured  persistently  and  with 
great  success,  by  the  needle  and  otherwise,  for  the  welfare  of  the 
community  at  home  and  abroad. 

It  would  not  be  possible  to  say  how  many  have  renounced 
friends,  country,  and  almost  all  the  comforts  of  life,  for  the 
inhospitable,  and  often  fatal  regions  in  which  the  missionaries 
were  selected  to  labour.  And  whatever  praise  may  be  given  to 
their  more  robust  co-labourers,  they,  as  the  weaker  vessels,  are 


2/2  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

deserving  of  more  especial  honour,  who,  so  far  as  they  were  per- 
mitted, have  emphasised  the  zeal  and  devotedness  of  their 
sterner  companions. 

At  present  both  the  Single  Sisters'  and  the  Widows'  houses 
are  fully  occupied,  but  the  Diaconies  being  long  since  given  up, 
the  industrial  activity  of  the  choirs  is  less  apparent,  and  probably 
confined  within  more  personal  and  semi-domestic  limits.  One 
might  well  imagine  that  those  whom  these  buildings  are  intended 
to  accommodate,  could  not  possibly  desire  a  more  quiet,  har- 
monious, and  perfect  refuge  from  worldly  storms  than  is  to  be 
found  in  the  quaint  interiors  and  beautiful  surroundings  of  their 
peaceful  abodes. 

Of  the  ministers  and  congregation-helpers  (these  last  were 
general  superintendents  of  all  the  Societies  in  the  district,  and 
ex-officio  presidents  of  all  choir  and  other  meetings)  but  little  has 
been  related,  nor  will  it  be  possible  to  do  more  than  mention  the 
names  of  a  few,  this  being  but  a  sketch  and  not  a  history  of  the 
place. 

The  Count  Donha  occupied  this  post  in  1768,  and  in  the 
following  year  attended  the  Synod  at  Marienborm.  1788,  the 
Rev.  John  Miller  was  the  minister,  succeeded  in  1791  by  Stcin- 
haur,  already  mentioned.  1797,  Rev.  John  Hartley  honourably 
fulfilled  the  duties,  followed,  1801,  by  Rev.  Saml.  Benade,  a  man 
of  some  eminence.  181 3,  C.  F.  Ramftler  held  the  appointment 
for  some  years. 

Holmes,  Wilson,  Smith,  Essex,  and  Edwards,  succeeded 
during  the  following  years  to  1852,  when  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Libby 
received  this  high  and  sacred  call.  This  gentleman  held  the 
office  for  13  years,  during  which  time  he  earned  the  respect  and 
reverence  which  were  due  to  his  personal  merits  as  well  as  his 
holy  calling.  He  died  at  a  ripe  old  age  in  1865,  and  was  buried 
in  the  ground  at  Fulneck. 

The  Rev.  Godfrey  Clemens  was  the  next  in  order,  being 
ordained  to  this  place  in  the  same  year,  where  he  remained  until 
his  removal  to  London  in  1 881,  thus  discharging  the  multifarious 
duties  of  the  ministry  here  for  16  years.  Perhaps  it  would  not 
be  saying  too  much,  to  state  that  no  predecessor  of  his  at  Ful- 
neck ever  succeeded  to  a  greater  extent  in  gaining  the  goodwill 
and  respect  of  the  neighbouring  churches  than  he.  His  kindly, 
gentle,  unassuming  manners,  favourably  impressed  all  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact  ;  and  not  infrequently  was  he 
requested  to  take  part  in  the  religious  services  of  other  denomi- 
nations in  the  township.     His  tall,  slender  figure,  and  general 


REV.    GODFREY    CLEMENS.  273 

Christian  deportment,  are  remembered  by  many  ;  neither  will 
the  meek  yet  earnest  accents  of  his  slightly  toned  foreign  tongue 
be  forgotten  by  the  present  generation.  He  carried  the  savour 
of  his  Master's  spirit  into  all  the  outer  acts  of  his  life. 

Yet  if  all  be  true  we  have  heard,  there  was  a  vein  of  quiet 
humour  within  him,  like  the  thin  white  layer  of  the  onyx.  Thus 
it  is  said  that  at  a  religious  meeting  over  which  he  was  presiding, 


Rev.  Godfrey  Clemens. 

a  good  Methodist,  formerly  well-known  and  much  esteemed  in 
this  neighbourhood  for  his  piety  and  zeal — was  present,  who 
could  not  restrain  his  usual  exclamations  of  Amen  !  Glory,  etc. 
The  good  minister  bore  this  strange  interruption  patiently  for  a 
while,  but  at  last  was  constrained  to  interpose  by  saying,  in  his 
own  quiet  way,  "  If  our  good  brother  is  poorly  he  had  better  go 
out." 


2/4  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

He  was  born  in  South  Africa,  May  ist,  1818,  his  father 
having  gone  to  that  mission  field  with  the  Rev.  C.  I.  La  Trobe, 
in  181 5.  He  was  the  third  of  the  name,  his  grandfather  and 
great  grandfather,  both  called  Gothfri^d,  or  Godfrey,  being  dis- 
tinguished members  of  the  Brethren's  Church  during  the  previous 
80  years.  After  an  early  training  at  home,  where  he  was  "  a 
good  child,"  he  was  sent  in  1825  with  his  older  brother  to  Europe 
for  education.  Their  destination  was  in  Saxony,  and  here  he 
stayed  for  five  years,  being  then  removed  to  a  more  important 
academy  at  Nisky,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  till  1836.  His 
first  visit  to  Fulneck  was  at  Christmas,  1839.  It  was  eight  years 
later  when  he  received  a  call  to  Fulneck  as  Brethren's  labourer, 
and  in  the  following  year  he  was  chosen  to  represent  the 
Congregation  at  the  General  Synod  of  the  Brethren's  Church. 
His  labour  for  this  time  terminated  at  the  end  of  three  years.  It 
was  here,  however,  that  he  was  ordained  a  Presbyter  by  Bishop 
Rogers,  July  3rd,  1853. 

After  appointments  at  Baildon,  Wyke,  and  Dublin,  he  came 
to  Fulneck,  as  stated,  in  1865,  being  greatly  encouraged  in  doing 
so  by  "  the  manifestations  of  brotherly  love  and  Christian  regard 
for  Br.  and  Sr.  Libby,  who  served  Fulneck  in  the  gospel,  for  the 
past  13  years." 

Having  been  elected  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Elders' 
Conference  in  1881,  he  removed  to  London.  "A  special 
valedictory  tea  party  and  public  meeting  were  held  in  Fulneck 
on  Monday,  Oct.  loth,  and  a  handsome  presentation  was  made 
to  him  and  Sr.  Clemens."  His  health,  however,  had  been 
gradually  declining,  and  not  long  after  his  arrival  in  London 
utterly  broke  down,  When  told  that  his  end  was  near,  he 
calmly  replied  "  I  am  ready,"  and  departed  "  to  be  with  Christ," 
March  15th,  1882.  A  full  and  interesting  account  of  his  life  is 
published  in  a  tract  by  Messrs,  Hazell  and  Co.,  London. 

The  Rev.  J.  Baxter  is  the  present  esteemed  minister  of  the 
Congregation,  he  having  succeeded  Mr.  Clemens  in  1881.  It 
would  be  impertinent  further  to  remark,  than  that  the  high 
character  of  the  Fulneck  ministry  is  fully  upheld  in  his  hands, 
and  that  his  own  personality  is  not  likely  to  take  anything  from 
the  halo  of  pure  light  which  encircles  the  memory  of  his  pre- 
decessors. 

The  last  of  these  brief  notices  shall  be  that  of  a  man  in  quite 
another  walk  of  life,  who  although  holding  a  professional  appoint- 
ment in  the  congregation  was  neither  minister,director,nor  teacher. 
We  refer  to  the  late  Dr.  Falcon,  a  man  who  for  many  years  went 


JAMES     MONTGOMERY. 


275 


about,  day  and  night,  doing  good.  His  plain  unpretentious  person 
was  as  well  known  at  this  end  of  the  township  as  that  of  anyone 
in  the  place  ;  and  his  services  were  as  promptly  rendered  at  the 
call  of  the  humble,  as  in  the  homes  of  the  well-to-do.  Unosten- 
tatious to  a  fault,  he  was  kindly  and  generous  to  the  patients  who 
needed  his  sympathy,  while  perchance  somewhat  abrupt  with 
others.  He  did  not  marry  until  quite  late  in  life,  July  13th,  1871, 
and  a  few  years  after  removed  from  here  to  Boden,  the  home  of 
his  childhood,  where  he  died,  leaving  two  children  ;  his  wife 
having  only  a  brief  time  before  preceded  him  to  the  grave. 


Quite  a  host  of  eminent  and  distinguished  men  have  in  one 
way  or  other  been  in  contact  with  Fulneck  ;  many  have  already 
been  named  : — James  Montgomery,  the  son  of  a  missionary,  was 
educated  there.  His  patriotic  spirit,  his  poetic  talents,  and  his 
powers  as  a  journalist,  won  him  a  nam.e  which  was  known  and 
admired  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  The  author  of  this  little  history 
has  often  seen  his  rather  diminutive  figure,  enveloped  in  a  long 
Spanish  cloak,  in  the  streets  of  Sheffield,  more  than  30  years  ago^ 


276  HISTORY    OF     PUDSEY. 

His  poem  on  prayer  is  a  household  word,  and  can  never  die 
while  the  soul  of  man  recognises  its  dependence  upon  God. 
Although  of  a  true  catholic  spirit,  his  heart  was  bound  to  this 
hallowed  spot,  nor  did  he  fail  on  many  occasions  to  visit  and  take 
part  in  the  occasional  services  of  the  congregation  of  which  he 
continued  a  member,  even  when  residing  so  far  away. 

Edwin  Atherstone  and  John  Edwards  were  also  educated 
here,  both  of  them  poets  of  no  mean  repute.  Among  the  visitors 
have  been  the  celebrated  Dr.  Chalmers  ;  the  renowned  and 
eminent  philanthropist,  Wilberforce  ;  the  great  champion  of  the 
factory  children,  Richard  Oastler,  who  was  a  pupil  in  the  school, 
and  was  present  as  a  speaker  at  the  Cent.  Jubilee  in  1855.  This 
honourable  list  might  be  much  extended,  but  it  is  sufficient  to 
indicate  the  scope  and  results  of  the  school  training,  and  also  the 
wide-spread  interest  that  is  felt  far  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
settlement  in  its  old  and  influential  economy. 

It  is  mentioned  in  the  early  part  of  this  sketch  that  the 
Brethren  were  accused  of  disloyalty,  let  us  justify  them  by  one 
or  two  extracts  from  their  Diaries — 

June  4th,  1 81 8.  We  remembered  also  in  our  prayers  our  aged  and  venerable 
King  (George  III.),  who  to  day  has  completed  his  Both  year.  Again,  Dec.  8th, 
l8i8.  This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  interment  of  our  late  Queen,  whose  decease 
took  ]5lace  the  7th  ult-,  we  met  at  7  in  the  chapel  to  express  our  sympathy  with  the 
Royal  Family  ;  and  to  apply  the  mournful  subject  to  serious  meditations  on  our 
mortality. 

One  of  the  periodic  seasons  of  distress  in  Ireland  arising 
from  the  potato  disease  is  referred  to  in  the  following,  and  helps 
to  illustrate  how  far  the  natives  of  that  country  have  been 
oppressed  by  their  Saxon  neighbours. 

July  14th,  1822.  After  the  pul^lic  service,  the  present  distresses  of  the  Irish 
peasantry,  which  have  chiefly  arisen  from  the  failure  of  two  potatoe  crops,  and  have 
reduced  many  thousands  to  a  state  of  starvation,  were  commended  to  the  charitable 
consideration  of  the  congregation ;  and  on  the  following  day  a  collection  was  made, 
in  this  view,  by  application  from  house  to  house.  The  voluntary  contributions  in  all 
parts  of  England  for  this  purpose  already  amount  to  between  two  and  three  hundred 
thousand  pounds. 

While  these  sheets  are  passing  through  the  press  a  service 
of  much  interest  has  j'ust  taken  place  in  that  hallowed  sanctuary 
which  has  witnessed  so  many  during  the  140  years  of  its  existence. 
On  Sunday  evening.  May  ist,  1887,  the  chapel  was  filled  with  a 
reverent  and  mixed  audience, — many  members  of  the  congre- 
gations in  the  town  being  present,  to  witness  the  ceremony  of 
ordination,  administered  by  the  venerable  Bishop  England,  who 
conducted  the  whole  service,  and  delivered  the  charge.  The  text 
was   appropriate,    "  And    daily   in    the  temple,    and    in    every 


ORDINATION     SERVICE. 


277 


house  they  ceased  not  to  teach  and  to  preach  the  Lord  Jesus." 
The  address  was  dehvered  with  much  unction  and  force,  and 
evidently  with  a  deep  sense  of  the  responsibility  attached  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  charge,  which  was 
given  from  a  chair  below  the  pulpit,  the  Bishop,  who  wore  a  long 
white  surplice,  advanced,  and  laying  his  hands  successively  upon 
the  heads  of  the  candidates,  pronounced  over  each  the  form  of 
ordination.  The  subjects  were  three  in  number  : — the  first,  the 
Rev.  Frederick  Clemens,  son  of  the  late  G.  Clemens  ;  he  also 
wore  a  white  surplice,  and  was  now  ordained  a  presbyter  in  the 
Church,  the  Bishop  saying  over  him,  'T' ordain  thee  Frederick 
Clemens  to  be  a  presbyter  in  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren, 
in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost," 
etc.  Mr.  Clemens  has  laboured  for  several  years  in  the  West 
Indies,  and  is  shortly  to  return  thither  ;  having  been  recently 
appointed  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  for  those  islands. 
There  were  two  others  who,  in  ordinary  dress,  were,  in  exactly 
the  same  manner,  bowing  themselves  under  the  hands  of  the 
Bishop,  inducted  into  the  office  of  Deacons  :  the  only  variation 
being  that  the  word  deacon  was  used  instead  of  presbyter.  The 
names  of  these  two  were,  Paul  A.  Assmussen,  and  Henry  England 
a  son  of  the  Bishop's.  A  short  anthem,  with  the  congregation 
kneeling,  and  a  verse  or  two  sung  standing,  with  the  ordinary 
benediction,  concluded  this  most  interesting  and  profitable 
service. 


APPENDICES. 


rUDSEY    BILL    OF    HEARTHS,     1666. 

PUDSEY   LAND   TAX,    1704. 

OWNERS   OF   LAND    IN   TUDSEY. 

CHURCH    AND    CHAPEL    WARDENS    FOR    PUDSEY. 

OVERSEERS    OF    THE    POOR. 

SURVEYORS    OF    THE   HIGHWAYS    FOR    PUDSEY. 

INVENTORY    OF    WILDEN'S    GOODS. 


APPENDIX     I. 


Lay  Subsidies.    Yorkshire,  W.R.     No.  210  and  394. 


Hearth   Tax. 


West  rideing. 
Com.  Ebord. 


Mr.  Copley's  bookc  witth 

3  more 
to  bee  returned  .... 
The  names  of  the  persons,  with  the  number  of  their  Harths 
for   Lady  Day,    1666,  within   the  Weapontake  of  Agbrigg  and 
Morley. 

Pudsey  Bill  of  Harths. 


Folio  6  [ . 

H 

Robai-t  Milner 

•••     5 

Mich,  ffenton    ... 

James  Saile       

..     7 

John  Ward 

Joseph  Holdsworth      

...     2 

Thom.  Mitchell 

Uxorlloldsworth         

...     1 

John  Gaunt 

Thorn.  Huthinson 

...     2 

John  Gaunt,  junior 

Abra.  Hutchmson        

...     2 

Dan.  Gaunt 

Hump.  Hutchinson      

...     I 

Thom.  Baines  ... 

James  Pooley 

...     I 

Henry  Belhouse 

Wilhn.  Wilson 

...     4 

Willm.  Hey      ... 

Willm.  Child 

...     I 

Jerem.  Crabtree 

Rich.  Lee          

...     2 

John  Galloway... 

Uxor  Whittaker 

...     I 

Thom.  Musgrave 

Gabriell  Dodgson 

...     I 

Sam.  Lumby     .. , 

John  Dighton 

...     I 

Willm.  Wise     ... 

Ffranc  Walker 

...     I 

Sara.  Calverley... 

Robt.  Lumby   ... 

...     I 

Willm.  Smith    ... 

Willm.  Jenkinson        

...     2 

Rich.  Gaunt 

Willm.  Stables 

...     I 

Rich.  Lobley    ... 

Willm.  Atkinson 

...     4 

Sam.  Gaunt 

John  Wilson      

...     2 

Chri.  Whitley   . . . 

Timoth.  Calverley        

...     I 

Willm.  Lumby... 

Steph.  Wainwright 

...     I 

James  Gaunt     ... 

Thorn.  Buterfield         

...     2 

John  Townes    ... 

Thom.  Bean     

..     I 

James  Lepton  . . . 

John  Lee 

...     I 

Rich,  ffether      . . . 

Uxor  Chapman            

...     2 

Willm.  Hall      ... 

Rich.  Crossley 

...     I 

Thom.  Turner  ... 

II. 
I 

2 
I 
2 
I 
I 
I 
2 
2 
2 
2 
I 
2 
I 
2 
I 
2 

4 
I 
I 
2 
I 
I 
I 
2 
2 
I 


28o                                                    APPENDIX. 

H. 

II. 

Mich.  Ryley     

I     Willm.  Moore 

I 

Chr.  Carter       

..      I     Abra.  Hainsworth        

..       2 

Edw.  Hinchliffe           

..     2    John  Netleton 

I 

Jerom.  Dighton             

..     I     Jrlenry  Netleton            

..       2 

Rich.  Jenkinson 

..     4     Dorathy  Gaunt 

..       I 

Uxor  Gargrave... 

I     Abra.  Handvvorth 

I 

John  Lee           

..     I     Willm.  Moss     

•■     3 

John  Smith 

..     3     Robt.  Burnell 

..       2 

Elkajiah  Wales            

..     4     Uxor.  Hurst 

I 

WiUm.  Gallaway          

..     2     Thorn.  .Siser 

..       2 

Edw.  Smith       

..     2     Robt.  Sugden 

I 

Sam.  Goodall   ... 

. .     2     Tim.  Elsworth 

3 

Josh.  Lmnby    ... 

..     2     Willm.  Wainewright    ... 

I 

Thirston  W'ilden          

2     Joseph  Bower  ... 

..       2 

Henry  Akeroyde 

..     2     Willm.  Gelder 

..       2 

John  Proctor     ... 

..     2     Thom.  Archer  ... 

1 

John  Hey          

2    Joseph  Thackray 

I 

John  Goodall 

I      \^  illm.  Sugden  . . 

I 

John  Fenton     

. .     I     John  Sharpe      

I 

Peter  Pigersgill... 

..     I     Willm.  Lee       

I 

Willm.  Rudd 

I     Willm.  Lee,  jun. 

I 

Willm.  Lepton 

..     3     Uxor  Ditch       

I 

Abra.  ffarrer     

..     I     Edwa.  Dawson 

I 

Rich,  ffarrer 

I     Rich.  Gaunt 

..       I 

James  Pearson  ... 

I     Rich.  Sugden    ... 

r 

Robt.  .Squire     ... 

I     Edw.  Payson    ... 

I 

Anth.  Alderson            

I 

Sam.  Stables 

I 

176 

APPENDIX     II. 


PUDSEY  Land  Tax  for  the  year  1704,  at  4/-  in  y, 


Mr.  John  Milner         

William  and  John  Moss,  for  Sharp  and  Shoolabroads 

James  Fenton  ... 

VVm.   Hutchinson 

Abm.  do. 

Michael  Riley,  for  Mr.  Walker  lands 

Richard  Farrer,  for  Swaine  land 

John  Wilson     ... 

Widow  Wilson  6/l,  and  for  Jordan  Royds  13/6 

Widow  Heigham 

Matthew  Moss,  for  the  Hall  Royds  .. 

Robert  Lumby 

William  Lumby,  for  Mr.  Whittaker  land 

Widow  Mosse... 

John   Cromack 

Matthew  Mosse,  for  Hollingworth  land 

Joseph  Pearson,  for  Mr.  Milner's  land 

William  Fenton,  for  Swaine  land     ... 

Do.  do.     and  Richard  Ingham,  for  Wilding  land 

William  Stables  or  occupiers... 


poun 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

2 

14 

2 

I 

3 

0 

0 

4 

6 

0 

6 

I 

0 

4 

I 

012 

6 

I 

II 

0 

0 

4 

7 

0 

19 

7 

0 

7 

8 

0 

12 

9 

0 

4 

7 

0 

13 

6 

I 

4 

6 

0 

16 

0 

0 

12 

3 

3 

I 

3 

0 

II 

6 

0 

8 

6 

0 

13 

8 

ArPENDIX.  281 


John  Chapman 

Sarah  Mitchel 

William  Farrer,  Junr. 

William  Jenkinson  and  Mr.  Eminson,  for  occupiers 

Joseph  Gant,  for  Mr.  Milner  land  

and  for  Swaine  land 
Henry  Belhouse 

Widow  Smith  and  William  Banks,  for  Mr.  Gibson's  land 
Edward  Harrison,  for  Mr.  Gibson  land 
William  Lumby,  for  Gibson  land     ... 
Thomas  Dean    ..         ...         ...         ...         ... 

Thomas  Buckton 

Edward  Kent,  for  Mr.  Watkinson  land 

and  for  his  owne  land 

John  Mitchell 

Thomas  HoUingworth,  for  Mr.  Milbland    ... 
James  Pearson,  for  the  Croft 
John  Lobley 

John  Rudd,  for  Mr.  Milner  land       

and  for  his  owne  land    ... 
William  Farrer,  for  Mr.  Butler  land 
John  Gant 
John  Pearson    ... 
James  Pearson... 
Joseph  Atkinson 
Cawtheray  Farme 
James  Taylor   ... 
Peter  Turner    ... 
James  Coates    ... 
Samuel  and  Jerrie  W^aterworth,  for  Lepton  land 

Widow  Marshall  

John  Hutchinson 
Joshua  Wliitley 
Abraham  Hainsworth  .. 

Widow  Nettleton        

Francis  Warburton     ,.. 

William  Belhouse 

Wm.  Mosse,  for  Atkinson  house 

and  for  his  own  land     ... 
John  Hey  and  for  Mr.  Milner  land  ... 

William  Whitley  

John  Thornton 

Jeremiah  Raistrick 

Thomas  HoUin worth,  for  Purdue  land 

Josias  Booth     ... 

Occupiers  of  Musgrave  land 

Robert  Burnill 

Christopher  Whitley  and  Josias  Booth 

John  Hey,  for  his  own  land    ... 

Samuel  Lumby,  for  Watson  land 

and  for  his  own  land 
Edward  Harrison,  for  Lepton  land 
Japheth  Atkinson  for  do. 

George  Longley,  for  Mr.  Milner  land 

and  for  his  own 
William  HoUingworth  land    ... 
Samuel  Hinscliff  ...  ...         .,.         ...         .,  ... 


£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

4 

I 

0 

2 

0 

0 

9 

2 

0 

12 

3 

0 

12 

3 

0 

14 

0 

0 

6 

I 

I 

6 

6 

I 

3 

6 

0 

11 

6 

0 

12 

0 

0 

8 

6 

0 

16 

0 

0 

5 

6 

2 

2 

0 

0 

12 

3 

0 

6 

4 

0 

15 

4 

0 

13 

9 

0 

10 

0 

0 

4 

I 

0 

4 

7 

0 

12 

■^ 
0 

0 

2 

3 

0 

2 

3 

0 

4 

7 

0 

9 

2 

0 

14 

3 

0 

IS 

4 

I 

4 

0 

0 

5 

6 

0 

6 

7 

0 

9 

2 

I 

4 

0 

I 

0 

6 

I 

I 

0 

I 

5 

0 

0 

4 

6 

I 

I 

0 

I 

13 

8 

0 

9 

0 

0 

I 

6 

0 

2 

6 

0 

12 

0 

I 

6 

0 

0 

1 1 

3 

0 

'3 

9 

I 

7 

6 

I 

5 

0 

0 

7 

6 

0 

7 

0 

I 

6 

0 

0 

16 

0 

I 

9 

I 

0 

4 

7 

3 

16 

6 

I 

iS 

9 

282 


APPENDIX. 


Japheth  Atkinson  and  William  Lumby 

Robert  Ililhouse,  for  Shay  Royds    ... 

John  Lumby,  for  Mr.  Heyland 

John  Jonson,  or  Occupiers     ... 

William  IloUingworth,  for  Strickland  house 

Samuel  Lumby  and  Joshua  Nailer,  for  ye  Quarrels 

Occupiers  of  ye  Tithe 

Samuel  Hilhouse 

William  Banks... 

Widow  Smith  ... 

John  Lumby,  for  his  own  land 

William  Luml:)y,  senr. 

Joshua  Lumljy 

Richard  Farrer,  for  his  own  land 

and  for  Christopher  Dufton  land 
Richard   Farrer,  for  Bastow  Ing 

and  for  Kellite  land 
and  for  Wm.  Fenton  house 
William  Watson,  for  Scaubert  land 
Matthew  Mosse,  for  his  own  land 
William  Lee     ... 
William  Shaw 

Thomas  Hollingworth,  for  Dick  Royds 
Occupiers  of  Tyrsall    ... 
Richard  Farrer,  junr. ... 
William  Lumby,  for  his  own  land 
John  Wilson,  for  Moss  land   ... 
Henry  Belhouse  and  Thomas  Buckton,  for  Mr.  Whitaker 
William  Williamson     ... 
Mr.  Nutter,  for  his  own  farm  .. 
Mr.  Hutton  and  Mr.  Sharpe,  for  Eastfield  and  low  groun 

and  for  Shay  Royds     ... 
John  Gant  and  William  Swaine,  for  Toby  Farrer  land 
William  Farrer,  for  Swain  land 

Do.  for  ye  Over  and  Nether  Ing 

William  Farrer,  junr.  ... 

and  for  Thomas  Royds 

and  for  Long  Close 

and  for  Galway  land 
William  Hollingworth,  for  Lepton  land 
John  Crombock,  for  do. 

Matthew  Moss,  for  Toft 
James  Constantine,  or  occupier 
Thomas  Banks 

Timothy  Wilson  

James  Hinscliffe,  or  occupiers 

James  Hainworth 

Josiah  Gant,  for  Lepton  house 

Mr.  Milner,  for  ye  Tithe 

Matthew  Moss,  for  Snowden  Tenement 


land 


Total 


£ 

s. 

d. 

I 

3 

0 

o 

3 

8 

o 

15 

4 

o 

5 

6 

o 

2 

0 

o 

19 

0 

o 

12 

0 

o 

2 

0 

o 

I 

6 

0 

7 

6 

I 

II 

6 

o 

7 

6 

o 

15 

0 

o 

15 

10 

o 

6 

I 

o 

2 

6 

o 

4 

7 

0 

I 

6 

o 

8 

0 

0 

9 

0 

o 

15 

0 

o 

3 

0 

o 

6 

0 

..  14 

16 

5k 

o 

4 

7 

o 

6 

0 

o 

2 

0 

o 

7 

6 

o 

I 

0 

I 

14 

10 

I 

15 

4 

o 

15 

6 

o 

7 

8 

o 

7 

6 

o 

7 

6 

o 

10 

6 

o 

6 

0 

o 

4 

6 

o 

10 

6 

1 

2 

0 

I 

9 

0 

o 

4 

6 

o 

3 

0 

o 

2 

0 

o 

I 

6 

o 

I 

0 

o 

3 

6 

o 

I 

6 

o 

0 

0 

o 

0 
15 

0 

£10^ 

2 

Richard  Farrer,  ) 
John  Lobley,         ) 


Assessors. 


William  Farrer  J.  CoUcc/ors. 

John  Lumby,  of  Stanmngley,) 


APPENDIX. 

APPENDIX     III. 


283 


Owners  of  Land  in  Pudsey. 

In  the  "Domesday  Book,"  published  by  Government  in 
1876,  or  "A  Return  of  Owners  of  Land  of  England  and 
Wales,  1873,"  appear  the  names  of  the  following  freehold  land- 
owners in  Pudsey  who  own  one  acre  and  upwards.  The  total 
number  of  owners  of  land  in  the  West  Riding  is  17,417  ;  extent 
of  lands,  1,519,119  acres,  3  roods,  13  perches;  owners  having 
less  than  one  acre,  59,496;  extent  of  lands,  13,226  acres,  i  rood, 
5  perches;  total  owners,  76,913.  Population  in  1871,  1,874,611. 
Inhabited  houses,  391,949  ;  number  of  parishes,  689.  Population 
in  Pudsey  in  1871,  13,976;  area  of  township  in  acres,  2,545  acres, 
2  roods,  30  perches. 


Name  of  Owner. 

Armitage,  George 
Armitage,  John 
Bank  [s],  Joseph 
Banks,  Thomas 
Barraclough,  John 
Beaumont,  George 
Beaumont,  Henry 
Beaumont,  Joseph 
Beaumont,  Nancy 
Beer,  J.  T. 
Bennet,  William     . 
Blackburn,  Joseph. 
Boocock,  Emanuel. 
Boocock,  Isaac 
Boocock,  William  . 
Boys,  Edwaid 
Burial  Board  of  Pudsey 
Butler,  Mrs. 
Butterfield,  George 
Camello,  Henry  M. 
Carr,  Henry 
Carter,  William 
Cawthery,  Joseph  ... 
Clarkson,  William... 
Clayton,  James  H. 
Cooper,  Hannah 
Cooper,  Mary  Ann 
Crowther,  Ann 
Crowther,  Benjamin 
Crowther,  Hannah 
Crowther,  John 

Crowther,  John  B 

Crowther,  Thomas.,. 


E.\tent 

of  Lands 

A. 

R.        I'. 

2 

I    20 

I 

0      0 

2 

2  37 

7 

2  23 

2 

3     7 

2 

0  28 

5 

2     3 

3 

I  31 

3 

1     7 

2 

2     2 

I 

3     9 

2 

0  23 

10 

2     3 

2 

3     t) 

2 

3     6 

2 

2  23 

XI 

I  24 

7^ 

0    6 

15 

0    9 

2 

I   10 

20 

I  25 

2 

3  23 

9 

3     I 

10 

I   14 

9 

I  28 

I 

0    0 

6 

I   12 

I 

2  21 

8 

2     3 

4 

3  37 

3 

0    4 

6 

3    4 

34 

3  24 

Gross 

E.S 

tiniated 

R 

ental. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

7 

6 

0 

2 

18 

0 

8 

12 

0 

27 

2 

0 

7 

10 

0 

6 

7 

0 

15 

15 

0 

1 1 

9 

0 

8 

0 

0 

7 

1 1 

0 

5 

16 

0 

6 

13 

0 

28 

12 

0 

7 

7 

0 

7 

7 

0 

8 

'7 

0 

31 

13 

0 

121 

5 

0 

25 

14 

0 

6 

9 

0 

50 

2 

0 

54 

0 

0 

31 

14 

0 

17 

16 

0 

29 

6 

0 

3 

0 

0 

15 

13 

0 

4 

3 

0 

23 

2 

0 

13 

10 

0 

9 

6 

0 

19 

II 

0 

94 

2 

0 

284                                                   AP 

PENDIX. 

Gross 

Name  of  Owner. 

Extent 

of  Laids. 

Estimated 
Rental. 

A. 

R.       P. 

.^ 

s.    d. 

Dawson,  John 

9 

2      2 

26 

S    0 

Duckett,  Richard  ... 

...     no 

0    10 

151 

13    0 

Dufton,  Matthew  ... 

I 

3  25 

4 

10    0 

Falcon,  John  [Thomas],  Fuhieck 

...      23 

I  23 

25 

18   0 

Farrar,  William 

9 

0    0 

33 

15    0 

Farrar,  Charles 

I 

0  27 

3 

13    0 

Farrar,  Edwin 

5 

I  30 

14 

19    0 

Farrar,  Frederick  ... 

22 

2  12 

60 

4     0 

Farrar,  John  C. 

3 

2    29 

12 

15     0 

Farrar,  Joshua 

5 

I  31 

14 

19     0 

Gas  Company 

5 

0  10 

14 

8    0 

Gaunt,  Charles 

I 

2      7 

5 

0    0 

Gaunt.  Joshua 

I 

3  36 

6 

I     0 

Glover,  William 

4 

3     8 

12 

18     0 

Goodhall,  Thomas... 

2 

2  27 

9 

4     0 

Gott,  Henry 

2 

5  12 

6 

5     0 

Graham,  Henry  John  [Rev.] 

...      40 

3  21 

171 

II     0 

Grayshon,  Joseph    .. 

4 

3  20 

12 

14    0 

Greenwood,  Alfred 

9 

0    3 

23 

13    0 

Harris,  John 

9 

0    3 

23 

16    0 

Harris,  William 

9 

0    3 

23 

16    0 

Hepworth,  B. 

•■       ^5 

2    9 

18 

IS    0 

Hepworth,  Joshua  ... 

...       17 

I  21 

20 

13    0 

Hinchliffe,  Nancy  ... 

2 

I  20 

7 

15    0 

Hinchliffe,  Samuel... 

4 

3     8 

13 

8    0 

Hinings,  George    ... 

I 

2  10 

6 

3     0 

Hinings,  John  Asquith 

4 

2  27 

13 

13     0 

Hinings,  Joseph  Edward 

2 

I     2 

7 

7    0 

Hodgson,  J.,  Exors. 

7 

2  24 

49 

0    0 

Hudson,  Richard 

2 

I  31 

6 

8    0 

Huggan,  Esther 

I 

0    0 

3 

5    0 

Huggan,  William 

I 

3  20 

6 

5    0 

Hutchinson,  David 

7 

I  31 

24 

17    0 

Hutchinson,  Willianr 

...       17 

0  12 

52 

II    0 

Jefferson,  William 

...      38 

0  12 

So 

9    0 

Jones,  George  Andrew 

II 

0  10 

36 

18    0 

Latimer,  Thomas 

3 

2     8 

ID 

19    0 

Lobley,  John,  Exors. 

3 

3  22 

33 

3     0 

Lobley,  Martha 

5 

0  38 

13 

19    0 

Lumby,  George 

3 

I   10 

8 

9    0 

Lumby,  William     ... 

8 

0  22 

22 

14    0 

Maude,  William 

2 

I     3 

7 

12     0 

Merritt,  Samuel  A. 

3 

2  20 

10 

17    0 

Merritt,  William     ... 

2 

2     0 

7 

12    0 

Mill,  Allenbrig 

4 

I      3 

II 

13    0 

,,     Claughton  Garth 

14 

2  n 

41 

3     0 

„     Gibraltar 

20 

I  18 

40 

I     0 

„     Cliff-e              

5 

2  25 

'5    0 

,,     Crawshaw 

6 

2  10 

17 

15    0 

,,      Priestley 

14 

2  30 

4i 

7    0 

,,     New  Worsted  Co. 

4 

2  29 

13 

4    0 

,,     Union 

6 

3  23 

iS 

II     0 

,,     Waterloo 

4 

I  38 

12 

6    0 

Mortimer.  Emanuel 

9 

3  21 

25 

10    0 

Moss,  Charles 

I 

2  36 

4 

19     0 

Name  of  Owner. 

Moss,  George 

Musgrave,  Hannah 

Musgrave,  John 

Musgrave,  William 

Naylor,  David 

Nelson,  W.  E.  (Fulneck  Estate) 

Newell,  James 

Northrop,  Joseph    .. 

Norton,  William    ... 

Overseers  of  the  Poor 

Parkinson,  John ... 

Pearson,  Charles     ... 

Peel,  Joseph 

Trustees^Poor 

Trustees— J.  Procter 

Procter,  Mary 

Procter,  Samuel 

Procter,  Thomas     ... 

Eayner,  Mary 

Rayner,  Catherine 

Rayner,  Misses 

Rider,  John 

Ryley,  J  oseph 

Salter,  Robert 

Scales,  W.  D. 

Schofield,  John 

Scott,  George 

Sharp,  Annie 

Sharp,  Emanuel  B. 

Spencer,  Ann 

Spencer,  George     ... 

Spencer,  Robert     ... 

Spencer,  Thomas   ... 

Stead,  Thomas 

Stocks,  Joseph 

Strickland,  Adam    .. 

Threapleton,  George 

Threapleton,  Mary 

Tunnicliffe,  Esther  M. 

Tunnicliffe,  Matthew 

Varley,  Apolmah  (Stanningley) 

Varley,  Harold  P.         ,, 

Varley,  Samuel  ,, 

Wade,  Mary 

Wade,  Matthew      ... 

Wade,  Samuel 

Wade,  William 

Walker  and  Huggans 

Walker,  Benjamin  ... 

Walker,  John 

Walker,  Joseph 

Watkinson,  James  ... 

Wheater,  Ezra 

Whitfield,  John      ... 

Wilcock,  Samuel    ... 


APPENDIX. 

285 

Gross 

Extent  of  Lands. 

Estimated 

Rental 

A. 

R.      P. 

£ 

s.      d. 

I 

I       2 

4 

I      0 

8 

2    23 

>3 

15      0 

3 

3  13 

8 

10     0 

4 

0       2 

9 

0      0 

I 

3  36 

6 

8     0 

116 

3  30 

..         285 

15     0 

2 

I  14 

7 

16    0 

2 

I  II 

7 

10    0 

2 

2    4 

8 

12     0 

I 

I     I 

3 

0    0 

4 

3  30 

13 

8    0 

I 

0  18 

3 

4    0 

6 

0  29 

II 

18    0 

4 

3     2 

13 

6    0 

7 

0  iS 

16 

0    0 

2 

0     0 

5 

iG     0 

2 

2    3 

7 

10     0 

I 

3  16 

5 

II     0 

6 

0     3 

19 

3     0 

6 

0    4 

19 

3     0 

i6 

2  27 

45 

0     0 

4 

0  30 

12 

0    0 

2 

3  14 

7 

17    0 

2 

3  13 

9 

3    0 

2 

3  12 

9 

3     0 

II 

«  37 

27 

17     0 

2 

I  20 

7 

0    0 

20 

3  2S 

75 

I     0 

3 

I  36 

1 1 

14    0 

8 

3     ^ 

24 

3     0 

2 

2  28 

7 

10    0 

3 

0  31 

9 

8    0 

9 

I  19 

23 

18    0 

8 

0    3 

12 

6    0 

3 

2  18 

II 

14    0 

3 

0  27 

9 

10    0 

4 

I     9 

1 1 

0     0 

I 

0     I 

2 

17    0 

I 

0  27 

•   ■         3 

7    0 

2 

2    5 

8 

II     0 

5 

3     7 

80 

16     0 

33 

I  36 

67 

4     0 

95 

2  32 

277 

19     0 

5 

I     9 

14 

15     0 

7 

2  18 

20 

10    0 

12 

0  30 

36 

14    0 

I 

0  16 

4 

19    0 

8 

0  28 

370 

10    0 

I 

0  31 

3 

I     0 

I 

3  15 

5 

6    0 

I 

2  26 

4 

12     0 

5 

0  17 

II 

0    0 

I 

00 

2 

18     0 

4 

0  II 

II 

10    0 

6i 

I   10 

19 

3    0 

286 

Name  of  Owner. 

Wilson,  Joseph 
Wilson,  Rev.  R.     ... 
Womersley,  Daniel 
Womersley,  George 
Womersley,  Henry 
Womersley,  Richard 
Womersley,  Richd.,  Junr. 
Womersley,  William 


APPENDIX. 


Extent  of  Land. 


9  2  25 

I  I    25 

I  I      o 

4  I  30 

27  o     7 

18  2  15 

8  o  25 

18  T.    16 


Gross 

Estimated 

Rental. 

£      s.     d. 

24     9     O 

380 

9  18 
91     5 

42    18 

17    7 

42    8 


APPENDIX     IV. 


16S3     Abm.      Hainsvvorth,     Jonathan 

Crowder 

***** 

1686  Edward  Kent,  Wm.  ffarrer 

1687  Samuel  Lumby,  William  Lee 

1688  John  Smith,  Jere.  Wilson 

1689  William  Mosse,  William  Child 

1690  Thomas  Lee,  William  Harrow 

1 69 1  Joshua  Lumby,  John  Bower 

1692  William  Lumby,  Ed.  Harrison 

1693  Joshua  Lumby,  John  Cromack 

1694  John  Hey,  jun.,  William  ffarrer 

■Jf-         ^         #         ^fr         4fr 

1701     Jno.  Hutchinson,  Richd.  Sugden 


*     *     * 


Church  and  Chapel  Wardens  for  Pudsey  Township. 

1606     John  Crosley,  Thomas  Whitley 
***** 

1608  William  Gaunte,  James  Saill 

1609  Wm,    fiarrowe,    Edwd.    Holds- 

worth,  or  Wm.  Dawson  ? 

1 610  William  Lepton 

***** 

1628     Richard    Smith,  Wm.    Stables, 

or  John  Elsworth  ? 
***** 

1633    James  Lepton,  Edwd.  Sizer,  or 

Wm.  Denby 
***** 

1640     Rowland  Milner,  John  Wilson 
***** 

1663  "Mr.    John    Smith,"     "Josua 

Lumby  " 

1664  John  Nettleton,  Thos.  Archer 

1665  Wm.  Jenkinson,  Wm.  Mosse 

1666  John  Hey,  Thos.  Butterfield 

1667  Wm.  Wilson,  Richd.  Gaunt 

1668  Thos.      Hutchinson,      Stephen 

Stout 

1669  Samuel  Lumby,  Thos.  Leigh 

1670  John  Wilson,  William  Lepton 

1 67 1  Richard  ffarrer,  Thos.  Syzer 

1672  Thos.  Milner,  Cuthbert  Leigh 

1673  GabrielDodgson,  Daniel  Ciaunt 

1674  Samuel  Stables,  Thos.  Watter- 

worth 

1675  Mr.  Jno.  Purdy,  Joshua  Lumby 

1676  Richd.  Lobley,  Wm.  Atkinson 

1677  Wm.  Rudd,  Robert  Lumby 

1678  Jeremiah  Crabtree,  Jno.  Wilson 

1679  William  Lumby,  John  Kent 

1680  James  Pierson,  Jonas  Bower 

168 1  Wm.  Hall,  Abm.  Hutchinson 

1682  Jose       Holdsworth,       Stephen 

Stoute 


1709 
1710 
1711 
1712 

1713 

1714 

1715 
1716 
1717 
1718 
1719 

1721 
1722 


1745 
1754 

1767 
176:5 


William  Banks,  Samuel  Hillas 

John  Holdsworth,  Ric.  Farrer 

Henry  Hillas,  Abm.  Hutchinson 

Henry  Sugden,  Richard  Lee 

Samuel  ffarrer,  Wm.  Swaine 

Josh.  Rayner,  Jno.    Hutchinson 

"Wm.  Atkinson,  Wm.  ffarrer 

Wm.  Atkinson,  Joshua  Sugden 

Henry  Bellas,  Jeremy  Scott 

Samuel  Hillas,  James  Taylor 

Samuel  Hillas,  James  Taylor 
***** 

William  Banks,  Samuel  Mosse 
Benj.  ffarrer,  Thomas  Dean,  or 

John  Gill 

***** 

Samuel  Moss,  Joshua  Farrer 
***** 

John  Farrer,  John  Hartley 
***** 

•Saml.  Hinchliffe,  J.  Pearson 
Wm.  Boys,  John  Brooksbank 


1771     Wm.  Moss,  T.  Johnson 


APPENDIX. 


287 


772  John  Carr,  John  Newsom 

773  Saml.  Cromack,  Geo.  Langley 

774  John  Newsom,  John  Carr 

775  Benj.   Asquith,   Richard  Moun- 

tain, Wm.  Dodgson 

776  Wm.  Munton,  Geo.  Langley 

*  *     *     *     * 

779  Wm.  Dodgson,  John  Lumby 

780  James  Heckler,  Saml.  Johnson, 

Jos.  Crowther 

78 1  Jos.  Crowther,  Saml.  Johnson 

782  John  Turner,  James  Heckler 

783  John  Turner,  James  Heckler 

784  James  Heckler,  Jonathan  Gaunt 

785  James  Heckler,  Jonathan  Gaunt 

*  *     *     *     * 

7S7     S.  Farrer  i'th'  Lane,  Wm.  Dean 

788  vSamuel  Farrer,  Wm.  Dean 

789  John  Gaunt 

***** 

791  Samuel  Farrer,  Samuel  Banks 

792  Samuel  Farrer,  Samuel  Banks 

793  Jeremiah        Crowther,        John 

Muschamp 

***** 

802    John  Carr,  Joshua  Whitfield 
***** 

806  Richard  Farrer,  John  Lister 

807  Richard  Farrer,  John  Lister 

808  John  Balme,  Richard  Farrer 

809  Thomas   Fairfax  Carlisle,  John 

Farrer 

810  Wm.  Hodgson,  Thomas  Banks 

811  Thos.  Banks,  John  Halliday 

***** 

814  George  Beaumont,  J.  Drake 

815  John  Halliday,  George  Scott 

816  George  Scott,  John  Webster 

817  John   Webster,  John   Dean,  or 

George  Scott 

818  Benj.  Dean,  John  Webster 

819  Richard  Farrer,  James  Sharp 

820  Richard  Farrer,  John  Balme 

821  Richard  Farrer,  Josh.  Armitage 

822  Joshua  Armitage,  J.  Hutchinson 

823  Jas.  Hutchinson,  Wm.  Denison 

824  Wm.  Denison,  Wm.  Boys 

825  Wm.  Denison,  Wm.  Boys 

826  Henry  Simons,  Robt.  Parkinson 

827  Henry  Simons,  Robt.  Parkinson 

828  Henry  Simons,  Robt.  Parkinson 

829  Henry  Simons,  Robt.  Parkinson 

830  Samuel  Sharp,  John  Hutchinson 

831  Samuel  Sharp,  Samuel  Scarth 

832  Samuel  Sharp,  Samuel  Scarth 

833  Samuel  Sharp,  Samuel  Scarth 

834  Joseph  Rayner,Joseph  Musgrave 

835  Joseph  Ra}Tier,  John  Farrer 


1836  John  Farrer,  Wm.  Beaumont 

1837  John  Farrer,  Wm.  Beaumont 

1838  Ric.  Fred.  Farrer,  Edward  Binks 

1839  Richd.    Fred.    Farrer,    Edward 

Binks 

1840  Benj.   Troughton,   Wm.   Hains- 

worth 

1841  Benj.   Troughton,  Wm.    Hains- 

worth 
1S42    John  Farrer  (Lowtown),  Joshua 
Harrison 

1843  Samuel  Field,  Joseph  Walker 

1844  John  Baker,  Samuel  Field,  and 

Wm.  Hutchinson 
1S45     John    Farrer     (Grove     House), 
John  Baker 

1846  John  Parkinson,  James  Walker 

1847  Abm.     Armitage,     jun.,     John 

Halliday 

1848  Abm.     Armitage,     jun.,     John 

Halliday 

1849  Joseph     Banks      (Chapeltown), 

Thos.  Waterhouse 

1850  Joseph     Banks      (Chapeltown), 

Thos.  Waterhouse 

1 85 1  John  Parkinson,  Wm.  Huggan 

1852  John  Rayner,  John  Crowther 
1^53     John  Rayner,  John  Crowther 

1854  Jas.  Beaumont,  Joseph  Rayner 

1855  Samuel     G.     Gamble,     Joshua 

Machill 

1856  T.    M.    Tunnicliffe,     Jonathan 

Clarkson 

1857  T.  M.  Tunnicliffe,  Henry  Moore 

1858  J.  H.  Mitchell,  G.  Hainsworth 

1859  J.  H.  Mitchell,  G.  Hainsworth 
i860    John  Halliday,  William  Farrer 

1861  Wm.  Elsworth,  John  Halliday 

1862  Wm.  Merritt,  Benj.  Troughton 

1863  Wm.  Merritt,  Benj.  Troughton 

1864  Wm.  Merritt,  Emanl.  Boocock 

1865  Wm.  Elsworth,  Emanl.  Boocock 

1866  James  Banks,  Joshua  Gaunt 

1867  James  Banks,  Joshua  Gaunt 

1868  W.  H.  Greaves,  John  Keenan 

1869  John  Keenan,  W.  H.  Greaves 

1870  \Vm.  Elsworth,  H.  Beaumont 

1871  Henry  Beaumont,  Wm.  Farrer 

1872  Henry  Beaumont,  Wm.  Farrer 

1873  Geo.  Armitage,  Joseph  Driver 

1874  Geo.  Armitage,  Joseph  Driver 

1875  Geo.  Armitage,  Wm.  Maude 

1876  Geo.  Armitage,  Wm.  Maude 

1877  Geo.  Armitage,  Wm.  Maude 

1878  Geo.  A.  Jones,  William  Maude 
1S79     Geo.  A.  Jones,  D.  Armitage 

1880  Geo.  A.  Jones,  D.  Armitage 

1881  Geo.  A.  Jones,  D.  Armitage 


288  APPENDIX. 


1882  Henry  Beaumont,  J.  Booth 

1883  Henry  Beaumont,  J.  Booth 

1884  Henry  Beaumont,  J.  Newell 


18S5     Henry  Beaumont,  J.  H.  Dawson 

1886  Henry  Beaumont,  J.  H.  Dawson 

1887  S.  Hyland,  W.  B.  Potts 


APPENDIX    V. 


Overseers  of  the  Poor  for  Pudsey  Township. 

Rate  per  jC 

1743  B.  Gaunt,  Thos.  Johnson,  Eli.  Pearson,  Jo.  Elsworth. 
****** 

1765  Mr.  Richard  Hey,  Mr.  Samuel  Ingham  is.   3d. 

1766  Wm.  Moss,  Wm.  Darnbrook. 

1767  Wm.  Whitley,  Jer.  Clifford. 

1768  Trist.  Moss,  J.  Lobley. 

*"***** 

1770  John  Hollingworth. 

1771  Jno.  Radcliffe,  Jno.  Balme  is.     6d.     is.     3d. 

1772  Joseph  Lumby,  John  Atkinson  is.    lod.     3s.     od. 

1773  James  Atkinson,  Wm.  Dean. 

1774  John  Farrar,  Joshua  Farrar. 
"775  Wm.  Walker,  Jno.  Farrar. 

1776  Wm.  Farrer,  Matthew  Farrer. 

1777  Richd.  Farrer,  John  Radcliffe. 

1778  Saml.  Boys,  John  Beaumont. 

1779  Joshua  Hargreave,  Matthw.  Hutchinson. 
17S0  John  Lobley,  Wm.  Banks. 

1781  Thos   Pullan,  Benj.  Roberts. 

1782  Wm.  Dodgson,  Jerh.  Crowtlier. 

1783  Saml.  Farrer  "  o'th  Hall,"  John  Lumby. 

1784  Wm.  Lumby,  Matthew  Dufton. 

1785  Matthew  Dufton. 

1 786  John  Newsom,  John  Booth. 

1787  Joseph  Greave,  John  Cowper. 

1788  Richd.  Womersley,  Jos.  Crowther,  Jas.  Harper. 

1 789  Samuel  Johnson. 

****** 

1 79 1  James  Harrison,  Wm.  Grave. 

1792  Wm.  Cautherey,  Joseph  Dodgson. 

1793  Samuel  Hinchliffe,  James  Harper,  Denis  Rider. 

1794  Wm.  Mirtield. 

1795  James  Barns. 

1796  No  entry  this  year. 

1797  James  Hutchinson,  Wm.  Dean,  James  Harper. 

1798  Richard  Farrer. 

1799  No  entry  this  year. 

1800  Joseph  Cooper,  John  Lobley 

1 80 1  Richard  Farrer. 

1802  Benj.  Dean.  John  Crampton. 

1803  W^m.  Ellwand,  Wm.  Dufton. 

1804  Jere.  Crowther,  Wm.  Cautherj-. 

1805  Thos.  Rider,  Andrew  Wade. 
x8o6  Andrew  Wade. 

1807  Andrew  Wade,  Joseph  Wilkinson. 


do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

APPENDIX.  289 

1808  Wm.  Clark,  Benj.  Seifferth,  Jos.  Wilkinson. 

1809  J.  Drake,  Henry  Carr,  Andrew  Wade. 

1810  Henry  Carr,  Matthew  Hainsworth. 

181 1  John  Radcliffe,  Wm.  Stowe  (paid). 

1814  Wm.  Greaves,  Willm.  Stowe  (paid  ;^ioo). 

1815  Jonas  Holmes,  John  Cooper,  junr. ;  Wm.  Stow,  collector. 

1 816  John  Boys,  Samuel  Hinchliffe. 

181 7  James  Hutchinson,  Robt.  Parkinson. 

1818  Wm.  Boyes,  James  Stead. 

1 8 19  Benj.  Gaunt,  John  Varley. 

1820  Benj.  Brook,  Thomas  Brayshaw ;  Jno,  Hutchinson,  ast. 

1821  Henry  Simons,  James  Blackburn;  J.  Hutchinson,  ast. 

1822  Wm.  Musgrave,  James  Blackburn ;  John  Hutchinson,  ast. 

1823  Jonn.  Tordoff,  W^m.  Farrer  ;  J.  Hutchinson,  ast. 

1824  Henry  Carr,   Peter  Winsor  ;  J.  Hutchinson,  ast. 

1825  Wm.  Sharpe,  John  Banks;  J.  Hutchinson,  ast.  6  yrs. 

1826  John  Farrer,  George  Scott. 

1827  William  Ellwand,  Jos.  W^ilkinson,  John  Farrar ;  ast.  and  coir.  pd.  /"50. 

1828  John  Halliday,  Geo.  Brooksbank,  John  Farrar  ; 

1829  Peter  Hyland,  Benj.  Braithwaite,  John  Farrer  ; 

1830  Saml.  Crowther,  John  Farrar  (Lowtown),  John  Farrer: 

1831  Joshua  Armitage,  Samuel  Lobley,  John  Farrer. 

1832  William  Beaumont,  Edward  Greenwood,  John  Farrer. 
^^33  Joseph  Cautheray,  Abrm.  Flutchinson. 

1834  William  Walton,  Benj.  Troughton. 

1835  John  Crowther,  Willkim  IJster. 

1836  John  Crampton,  John  Hinchlifte,  sen. 

1837  Samuel  Sharp,  Geo.  Glover,  senr. 

1838  William  Denison,  John  Farrer. 

1839  George  Beaumont,  John  Dawson  ;   Abrm.    Hutchinson. 

1840  John  Farrer,  Richard  Ellwand  ;  Abrm.  Hutchinson. 

1841  John  Farrer  (Lowtown),  Wm.  Boys,  Tyersall ;  Abrm.  Hutchinson. 

1842  Samuel  Field,  Isaac  Boocock  ;  Abrm.  Hutchinson. 

1843  Samuel  Sharp,  William  Hutchinson  ;  Abrm.  Hutchinson. 

1844  Wm.    Huggan,    Samuel    Lobley;  Ricd.    Sutcliffe  &  John  Newell,  asts. 

1845  Joshua  Harrison,  Wm.   Huggan  ;  Ricd.   Sutcliffe  &  John  Newell,  asts. 

1846  Richd.  Womersley  (Marsh),  Joshua  Harrison;  Ricd.  Sutcliffe  &  John  Newell,  asts. 

1847  Richd.  Womersley,  Joshua  Harrison. 

1848  Richd.  Womersley,  William  Procter. 

1849  Richd.  Womersley,  William  Jefferson;  Jos.  Newell,  collector. 

1850  Benj.  Wade,  James  Beaumont ;  do.  do. 

1 85 1  John  Farrar  (Grove  House),  Saml.  Varley. 

1852  John  Farrer,  Saml.  Varley. 

1853  Thompson  Farrer,  Saml.  Gaunt  Gamble 

1854  Thompson  Farrer,  Saml.  G.  Gamble. 

1855  Samuel  Sykes,  Benj.  Troughton. 

1856  Samuel  Sykes,  Benj.  Troughton. 

1857  Samuel  Sykes,  Benj.  Troughton. 

1858  Benj.  Troughton,  Joseph  Banks. 

1859  James  Banks,  Wm.  Shepherd. 
i860  James  Beaumont,  William  Haste. 

1861  William  Huggan,  Geo.  Hainsworth. 

1862  William  Fluggan,  Geo.  Hainsworth. 

1863  William  Huggan,  Geo.  Hainsworth. 

1864  Wm.  Huggan,  Geo.  Hainsworth,  James  Beaumont. 

1865  Wm.  Huggan,  G.  Hainsworth,  James  Beaumont. 

1866  Wm.  Huggan,  Geo.  Hainsworth,  Jas.  Beaumont. 

W 


290 


APPENDIX. 


1867  Wm.  Huggan,  G.  Hainsworth,  Jas.  Beaumont. 

1868  Wm.  Huggan,  G.  Hainsworth,  Jas.  Beaumont. 

1869  Wm.  Huggan,  Richd.  Womersley,  Emanl.  Boocock. 

1870  Rich.  Womersley,  Emanl.  Boocock,  Wm.  Dibb  Scales. 

1871  Emanl.  Boocock,  Thos.  Goodhall,  Jos.  Blackburn. 
1S72  Emanl.  Boocock,  Thos.  Goodhall,  Jos.  Blackburn. 

1873  Emanl.  Boocock,  Jos.  Blackburn,  Saml.  A.  Merritt. 

1874  Emanl.  Boocock,  Jos.  Blackburn,  Saml.  A.  Merritt. 

1875  Emanl.  Boocock,  Jos.  Blackburn,  Saml.  A.  Merritt. 

1876  Emanl.  Boocock,  Jos.  Blackburn,  Saml.  A.  Merritt. 

1879  Emanl.  Boocock,  Joseph  Blackburn,  William  Huggan. 

1880  Emanl.  Boocock,  Joseph  Blackburn,  William  Huggan. 

1881  Emanl.  Boocock,  William  Huggan,  John  Hyland. 

1882  Emanl.  Bo  cock^  William  Huggan,  John  Hyland. 

1883  Emanl.  Boocock,  William  Huggan,  Samuel  Armitage. 
18S4  Emanl.  Boocock,  William  Huggan,  Samuel  Armitage. 

1885  Emanl.  Boocock,  William  Huggan,  Samuel  Armitage. 

1886  William  Huggan,  Samuel  Armitage,  John  A.  Minings. 

1887  William  Huggan,  Samuel  Armitage,  John  A.  Hinings. 


APPEN.DIX     VI. 


Surveyors  of  the  Highways  for  Pudsey  Township 

1770  Matthw.  Hutchinson,  John  Hutchinson. 

1 771  Joshua  Town,  Joshua  Ilargreave. 

1772  Joshua  Town,  Joshua  Flargreave. 

1773  Richd.  Farrer,  Matthew  Farrer. 

1774  Richd.  Fenton,  Samuel  Crowther. 

1775  Thos.  PuUan,  Wm.  Banks. 

1776  Wm.  Moss,  Joseph  Banks. 

*  *  *  *  *  * 

1778  Robt.  Craven,  John  Whitfield. 

1779  John  Whitfield,  Matthew  Dufton. 
17S0  James  Hainsworth,  Tho.s.  Johnson. 
178  c  Joshua  Hall,  John  Brook.sbank. 

1782    Jonathan  Akeroyd,  Ihos.  Walker. 

****** 

1784     Wm.  Lister,  Wm.  Whitley. 

****** 

1 791  Jeremiah  Carter,  Jas.  Hutchinson. 

1 792  John  Balme,  John  Lobley. 

1 793  James  Atkinson,  James  Child. 

****** 

1 80 1     Samuel  Driver,  John  Pearson. 

****** 

1805  James  Barnes,  John  Dean. 

1806  James  Heckler,  John  Tunnicliffe. 

****** 

1809     George  Scott. 

****** 

181 1     Wm.  Cooper,  Christr.  Halliday. 

****** 

1 81 4     Samuel  Farrer,  John  Balme. 


APPENDIX. 


291 


1S15  A  Board  of  seven  nominated. 

1816  Robert  Den'son,  Joseph  Hall. 

181 7  Wm.  Hinings,  John  Beaumont. 

1818  Saml.  Moss,  Wm.  Lobley. 

1819  John  Hutchinson,  pd.,  Geo.  Scott,  John  Beaumont. 

1820  John  Hutchinson,  Matthew  Hainworth. 

1821  Wm.  Fearnley,  \\'m.  Roljinson,  prob. 

1822  Jos  Wilkinson,  Wm.  Ellwand,  John  Hutchinson,  pd. 

1823  John  Boys,  John  Halliday,  John  Hutchinson,  pd. 

1824  Thos.  Brayshaw,  Wm.  Beaumont,  John  Hutchinson,  pd. 

1825  John  Plinchliffe,  Saml    Sharpe,  John  Hutchinson,  pd. 

1826  Richd.  Farrar,  John  Farrer,  John  Hutchinson,  pd. 

1827  James  Stead,  Frederick  .Stowe,  John  Hutchinson,  paid  ;i^30. 

1828  James  Cautheray,  Matthw.  Hainsworth,  Jno.  Hutchinson,  paid  £^0. 

1829  William  Denison,  William  Beaumont. 

1830  James  Harrison,  John  Farrer  (Houghside). 

1 83 1  John  Webster,  Jos.  Spencer. 

1832  Samuel  Farrar,  John  Raistrick. 

1833  Wm.  Plutchinsou,  Robt.  Parkinson  (John  Raistrick  pd.  ^^30.) 

1834  Samuel  Myers,  James  Cautheray. 

1835  Samuel  Wilson,  James  Waterhouse. 

1836  Samuel  Wilson,  James  Waterhouse. 

,,  June  20.     George  Hepworth  appointed  surveyor  at  a  salary  of  .^50  per  an. 
Also,  a  Board  of  Surveyors  consisting  of  ten  persons  elected. 


APPENDIX     VII. 


Thomas  Wilden's  Goods,  i68r. 

An  Inventory  of  all  and  singular  the  Goods,  Chattells,  Debts  and  Creditts  of 
Thomas  Wilden,  Late  of  Pudsey,  in  the  County  of  York,  deceased,  prised  by  Gabriell 
Dodgson,  Edward  Wood,  Richard  Cockeram,  Joseph  Holdsworth,  the  Twentie-fift 
day  of  October,   in  the  Year  of  Our   Lord  One  thousand  Six  hundred  Eightie  and 
One. 

In  the  House. 
Imprimis,  his  purse,  and  apparell      ...         ...         ...         ...  .  ... 

Item.     One  Range  and  paire  of  Tongs  and  fire  shovell  two  Jacks  one 

fire  pote  and  paire  of  Racks  and  one  Spit  and  Iron  pot  and  a  paire 

of  pot 
It.     One  brasse  pan  three   Ladles  one  Scimer  one  beefe  forke  and  two 

prigs       

It.     One  Long  table  and  two  formes 

Item.     Two  Litle  white  Tables 

It,     Five  Chaires  and  one  dozen  of  Quishings 

Item.     One  Salt  pye  and  one  Little  Coffer 

It.     One   brasse  morter  &  an  iron  pestell  two  stooles  one  houre  glasse 

&  one  Lanthorne        ..  ...         ...  ...         ...  ...         ...         o 

In  the  Parlor. 
Item.     One  be  I  with  one  foot  chist  with  hingers  &  bedclothes  ...         2 

Item.     One  Cubert  &  thre  quishings  «&  one  Litle  bo.x  ...         ...         i 

It.     One  bright  table,  one  form,  two   Litle  Chists  O'^e  Chaire  &  one 

buffet  and  one  Seing  glasse  one  Range  &  one  paire  of  Ponges         i 
Item.     One  boyder  &  one  Litle  hoppet  one  Litle  buffett  and  one  pewter 

Chamber  pot  ...  ...  ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         O 


I 

s. 
10 

d. 
0 

0 

13 

4 

0 

5 

0 

I 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

8 

0 

0 

0 

6 

292  APPENDIX. 

In  the  Eteing  Parlor.  £    s.  d. 

Item.     One  great  Chist  two  Litle  Chists  and  one  deske  ...  ...  i   lo     o 

Item.     One  Kiver  one  Spining  whele  &  one  Lyne  whele  ...  ...         o  13     4 

It.     One  Kneading  kit  one  Chirne  &  two  Coa'e  baskits  ...         ...         026 

It.     Two  manudes  two  scutles  and  One  Tresse      ..  ...  ..  ..         026 

It.  One  Anvill  or  Stithie  thre  tew  Irons  &  one  Vice  two  great  Hammers 
thre  hand  hamers  two  nayleing  Hamers  &  twelve  Saits  &  punches 
one  buttericd  fire  Shovell  &  fire  pote  belonging  to  the  Smithie  & 
thre  shooing  Hamers  in  the  shooing  Hopit  about  two  dozen  of  Horse 
shooes  &  certain  nayle  wands  with  other  Iron  in  a  Litle  Chist 
foure  files  two  nayle  tooles  four  paire  of  Tongs  and  foure  ends  of 
Iron  and  one  paire  of  bellhouse         ...         ...  ...         ...  ..         500 

In  the  Butterie. 

It.  One  glasse  case  with  eight  pewter  dishes  one  dozen  an  half  of 
Trenchers  two  pewter  cans  one  candlesticke  &  Porringer  &  two 
salts  with  a  Litle  tin  can         ...         ...         ...  ..         ...         ...         o  16     o 

It.     A  brasse  morter  &  a  pestell  ten  milke  bowles  one  butter  bowle  five 

stone  pots  and  flowre  pots      ...  ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         040 

In  the  Kitchin. 

Item.  Two  brasse  pots  one  posnet  two  paire  of  brigs  one  backstone  two 
kits  one  milkeing  kit  &  a  pigin  thre  stands  one  barrell  three 
Ingrakes  and  One  brandrie  ...         ...  ..  ...         ...  i    10     o 

In  the   Chamber. 

tiem.  One  great  Chist  with  thre  Other  Chists  one  Litle  table  one 
forme  with  thre  beds  one  stroke  «S:  one  pecke  One  tub  two  Knead- 
ing troughs  One  bakebord  one  spitle  with  One  Ringe  two  paire  of 
Scales  with  weigh  balkes  one  sacke  two  paire  of  Hames  a 
Cart  Sadie  one  Iron  backhand  and  Swingle-tree  and  One 
Hagney  Sadie  ...  ...  ...  ...         ...  ...  ...         500 

In    the  Barne. 

Item.     One  day  worke  of  Oates       ...          ...  ...         ...         ...           ] 

It.     One  mough  of  Hay  &  one  Harrow        ..  ..          ...         ...           I 

It.     One  beareing  barrow  one   Sledge  one  paire  of  hooke  seames  and  i          " 

One  paire  of  Hotts  &  One  packe  .Sadie  ...          ...         ...           ) 

In   the  Smithie. 

Item.  Two  spades  one  hacke  one  Ladder  one  .shovell  one  paire  of 
paniers  two  grindle  stones  with  handles  thre  Iron  forkes  one  Ax 
&  one  bill  one  sleeking  trough  One  Litle  Chist  with  certaine 
peeces  of  Od  Iron       ...  ..         ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         100 

Catle  about  the  House. 

Item.     Two  Kine  One  Mare  one  Swine  one  Cart  body  with  wheeles 

thereunto  belonging                ...         ...          ...          ,..          ...         ...  900 

Item.     One  heap  of  manure  &  one  heap  of  Coales            ...         ...         ...  i    10     o 

Item.     One  farme       ...         ..           ...         ...         ...          ...         ...         ...  200 

Debts  which  he  had  Owing  at  the  tyme  of  his  De.a.th. 

Item.     Of  .Sevall  &  Sons  the  Sume  of         ...         ...         ...         ...          ...  800 

The  total  Sum  is  ...  ..       54     i     2 


GENERAL     INDEX 

(Compiled  by  the  Editor.) 


Abbey  Kirkstall,  8,  19,  44, 131, 157,  158 

Aborigines,  British,  3 

Academy,  Idle,  183 

Ackroyd,  Aarou,  210  ;  James,  100  ;  Jonathan,  141 

Act,  Black  Bartholomew,  48  ;  Burial,  153  ;  Con- 
venticle, 48  ;  Enclosure,  150  ;  Five  Mile.  48  ; 
Local  Government,  152  ;  Militia,  140  ;  Million, 
66  ;  Public,  160;  Toleration,  82  ;  Uniformity, 
48,51,57 

Adamson,  Sir  Nicholas,  13 

Advertise-,  District,  If  0, 184,  227  ;  Pudsey,  184 

Adwalton,  46,103, 177,  233 

Africa,  Southern,  269,  274 

Ainsworth,  Isaac,  115;  James,  115  ;  Titus,  115 

Aire,  The  46 

Alan,  John,  21 ;  Peter,  1",  20,  21 ;  Robert,  21  ; 
Roger,  19;  Richard,  21,  31;  Simon,  21;  Will, 
21 ;  Willelmus,  32 

Alayn,  Richard,  24  ;    Matilda,  27  ;  "William,  27,  30 

Albyne,  Henry,  37 

Alchate,  John,  37 

Aldred,  4 

Alexander  of  Berecroft,  19 

Alexandra,  Princess,  128,  129 

Aleyn,  John,  28 

Allanbrigg,  Thomas,  43 

Allcotes,  133 

Allen,  Rev.  James,  102 

Allerton,  141  ;  John  de,  35.  36;  Manor  of,  19 

All-England  Eleven,  The,  198 

All  Saints'  Chapel,  44—57, 147, 164 

Almanack,  The  Pudsey,  182 

Altofts,  35,  36  37 

Altun,  23 

Alverthorpe,  83 

Alnbrose.  Isaac,  47 

America,  47, 125,165, 169, 175 

Amusements,  192 

Anderson,  J.,  97;  Old  Dick,  198;  Richard,  210  ; 
Sarah. 210 

Angell,  Thomas,  150 

Atme,  Queen,  52 

Anniversaries,  Sunday  School,  194 

Annunciation,  The  Feast  of,  24 

Antliflf,  Rev.  Samuel,  i09 

Anthem,  The  National,  129 

Antigna,  268 

Antiquary,  The  Bradford,  19,  29,  40,  81,  83 

Apperiey,  121, 123 


April  Fools'  Day,  1S3 

Apprenticeship  System,  The.  149, 150 

Arch.   Journal,  .36  ;    Yorkshire,  4,  32,  38,  41,  43 

Archer,  Edmund,  38 

Archceological  Society,  The  British,  3 

Arch,  Thorpe,  13 

Ardeslawe,  22 

Ardington,  Peter  H.,  IS 

Armitage,  George,  75,  154  ;  Joshua,  68  ;  J.  E.  B., 

79 
Armistead,  Betty,  210 
Armley,  3,  90,  104 
Armstrong,  J.  Leslie,  177 
Assmussen,  Paul.  277 
Asquith,  John,  115 
Association   Bible,  183 ;    Parliamentary    Reform, 

119  ;  AVesleyan,  108 
Aston,  Sir  Richard,  1  8 
Athehieth,  4 
Atkinson,  John,  79,  145;  James,  149:  Rev.  John, 

i-3,  94,  95,  97, 109 
Attewell,  Isabella,  30  ;  John,   21,  29,  30,  34,  36  ; 

Margaret,  29, 34  ;  Robert,  31 
Augustine,  3 
Ayton,  93 

B. 

Back  Lane,  15  i,  155 

Baggaley,  George,  194 

Bagley,  Walthew  de,  13,  26,  29 

Baildon,  187,246,258 

Bailey,  B-njamin,52,  5),  114  ;  S.  0  ,  18! 

Baines,  Sir  Edward,  120,  269  ;  Miss,  269 

Baiston,  Michael,  141 

Balloel,  Bemaude,  9 

Baker,  John,  125,  141,  152,  153 

Balmcs.  Grace,  81  ;  John.  89,  115,  149 

Band,  The  Brass,  194  ;  Fartown,  194  ;    The  Old, 
194 

Bankhouse,  134, 135,  206 

Bannister,  G.  V..  156 

Banks,  Betty.  60  ;  Edward,     GO  ;  Elizab  th,   60 
James,   115,    154,    207,    209,    220;    John,   60 
Joseph,   60,  71,  115  :  Joshua,  60  ;  Mary,  85 
Matthew,  145  ;    Sarah,  60,   211  ;  Thomas,  60, 
67,  114. 115,  209 

Baptists,  The,  107,109, 110,  111,  194 

Barbauld,  Mrs.,  165 

Barkeston,  Alexander,  20  ;  John,  19 

Barkston,  4 

Bariagh,  "William,  12 


294 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Barlborongh,  13 

Barlow,  B.  K.,  183 

Barnes,  Ambrose,  60  ;  T.,  79 

Barnsley,  109 

Barraclough,  Edward,   79 ;    Hannah    211 ;   J.  J., 

79  ;  John,  114,  211 
Ban-edyke,  13 
Barwick-in-Elmete.  2 
Bateson,  Joseph  Appleby,  211 
Batley,  4,  5.  22, 108,  174 
Batteley,  38 
Batty,  John,  35 
Bav.-dwen,  5 
Baxter,  Rev.  J.,  274 
Bayard,  Hugh,  25  ;  William,  25 
Baylpy,  Rev.  Benjamin,  65  ;  Penelope,  65 
Beaumont,  George,  62,  218  ;  Harriet,  J.  7.i  ;  Henry, 

68;  H.    K.,  119;  James,  62,  68;    John,   114, 

145 ;    Robert,  t)8 ;    Sarab,   62  ;    Wlliiam,  68, 

143 
Beecroft,  George,  99 
Beckett,  Sir  John,  120 
Bede,  Venerable,  3 

Beer,  Mrs.,  103  ;  John  T.,  168,  169,  177,  2.'?3 
Beestou,  Ralph  H.,  18,  34,  35,  38  ;    Sir  William  de, 

10,  26,  28 
Belfast.  112,  167 
L'ell,  William,  213 
JieUs;  CTwcrt,  168 
Bendeschene,  Adam,  2S 
Bennett,  James,  79  ;  W,  H.,  95 
Benton,  A..  173 

Percroft,  John  de,29,  31  ;  Richard  de,  22 
B-.recroft,  John  de,  19,  21,  25 
Bere'ord,  15  ;  Manor  of.  7 
Bergheby,  Thomas  de.  29 
Berill,  John  de,  U,  22  ;  Thomas,  13 
Berlin,  167 
Berrv,   Rev.   Elkana,  85,  86,  87;  Tim.,  21;  Mary, 

211 
Bess,  Queen,  LS,") 
Bethel.  Richaid,  117 
heulah,  117 

Bevan,  John,  112  ;  Rev.  S.,  109 
Beverley,  Hugh,  1 3 
Bickersteth.  Rev.  M.  C,  M.A.,  77,  220 
Bierley,  f>,  33,  51.  79 
Bigot,  .John,  35,  36 

Bill,  the  Redistribution,  121  ;  Seats,  121 
Bingley,  43,  65.  89,  139,  207 
Binks.  Benjamin,  114  ;  Christopher,  141  ;  Edward, 

145 
Binus.  Elizabeth,  211;    John,  63;  Joseph,    211; 

Samuel.  115  ;  Sarah,  6;^ 
Birdsall  J.  W.,  227  ;  Richard,  150 
Btrley,  Robert  de,  13 
Birmingham  112,  16S 
Birstal,  35,  65.  !0,  99 
Blackburn,  John    102,  1.52;   Joseph,  72,   73;  H. 

W.,  102 
Board,  Burial.  U3,  1.54,171;  Lighting,  154,  156; 

Local,  03. 152,  153, 154,  209  ;  School,  219 
Poden,  John,  97 
BoheOiia,  238,  263 
Bohler,  Peter,  2  U 
Bolland,  Bolton -by- 12 
Boiling,    22,    42,   43,  139  ;    Robert    do,  30  ;  WUX 

de.  24 
Bollinge,  John,  25,  34 
Bollyiug,  .\  argaret.  :i6 
Bolton,  12.44,  104,112,  132,  139,  1.58 
Boocock,  John,  115.  Ii5, 176  ;  Mary,  211 
Book.  Old  Town's,  145,  147 
Booth.  John,  115  ;  Joseph,  111 
Bosjesmans,  The,  269 


Bottiler,  Robert,  37 

Boulton,  John,  62  ;  Naucy,  62 

Bounty,  Queen  Ai'ne's,  52 

Bowcock,  .Joseph,  114 

Bowling,  33,  80 

Bowness,  73 

Boyd,  J.  Smith,  97 

Boyes,   John,  116,  178;  Joseph,  105,  Mary,    105; 

Samuel,  115  ;  William,  104,  l!'2,  220  ;  W.  H., 

79 
Boys,  Hannah,  63;  John,  63  ;  Joseph,  C3;  Nancy, 

6  <  ;  Sanuiel,  6 1 ;  Sarah.  63  ;  William.  144 
Bradford,  1,2,    7,  23,  ;i3,  4-',  43,  47,  77,  89,  90,  9S, 

95,  99, 1'lO,  i03,  104,108,1(19,  IM,  IP.',  121,  123, 

125,  139,  156,  169,  171,  177,  183,  2i2,  207,  209, 

213  ;  History  of,  43,  138 
lira'fordJana  Coll  ctauca,  81 
Bradforth,  John  de,-9,  19,  20,  21,  2> 
Br.adloy,  William  de,  11 
Bramhop,  Baldwinde,  18 
Bramley,  3,  22,  31,  33,  42,  49,50,  5\  65,71,  75,  81, 

Si,  102,  110,  111,  132,  167,   173,216,217,229, 

•;43 
Br.arijeleia,  7 
Brear,  Jehu,  141 
Brerehalge,  Will,  37 
Bridge,  Apperley,  109 
Brig-.ate,  1  6 
Brigge,  William,  37 
Briggs,  John,  102 
Brindley  and  Foster,  69,  98 
Britaine  Description  of,  46 
Britannia,  Camden's,  22 
Brittauy,  Earl  of,  9 
Brocas,  Bernand  de,  15 
Brode,  Wilebuus,  32  ;  Cecilia,  32 
Broode,  William,  34,  36 
Brogden,  George,  63 
Brompton,  166 
Brook,  James,  220 
Brooks,  Thomas,  114 
Brown,  Rev.  A.,  74  ;  James,115:  Joseph,  99,  100; 

Thomas  163  ;  William,  52,  57 
Brayshaw,  John,  153 
Bruce,  Rev,  R..95 
Bruis,  Robert  de,  9 
Bull-baiting.  195 
Bulihouse,  90 
Bulmer,  Bertram,  9 
Bnrley,35,  :-;6,  37,39 
Burrows,  Enoch,  79 
Burton,  Thomas,  92 
Bur'^on  in-Lonsdale,  12 
Butcher,  Dr.,  168 
Butler,  John,  216,  217 
Buttermere,  249 

C. 

Cfesnr,  Julius,  2 

Calamy,  79 

Calder,  The  River,  2 

Calverlei,  6 

Calverley,  1,2,3.20,21.22,  23, 24. 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 
32,  33,  34,  3.5,  36,  39,  41,  43,  .50,  56.  76,83,  110, 
121,  \Zt,  134,  139,  15S,  173,  183,  199,  210,  211, 
219 

Calverley,  Family  of,  8  ;  Lord  of,  25  ;  Manor  of,  34, 
35,  37,  39 

Calverley,  Christof,  38;  Sir  John  de,  13,26,  2:,  29, 
30  ;  Henry,  39,  40,  4l  ;  John  Scot  de,  25,  45  ; 
Kicholas,  38  ;  Walter,  15,  26,28,  29,  So,  31,  33, 
34,  35,  36,  40,  41,  52,  71,  131.  150,  158  ;  Will 
Scot  de,  20  ;  William,  37,  38,  39  ;  Viear  of,  52, 
74;  Registers  of,  31,  39,  41,  46,  50,  55,  58,  81 

Calverton,  161,178 


GENERAL    INDEX.  295 

Calliley,50  Coke,  Elizabeth,  32  ;  Waltems,  32 

Cambridge,  46,  79, 158,  161,163, 167  Colcroft,  Eev.  "WiUiam,  110 

Camera,  John  de,  22  Colebrooke,  Sir  Edward,  174 

Cameron,  Baron  of,  57,  159  Colefax,  Rev.  William  92,  183,  223 

Camp,  King  Alfred's,  2  Coleridge,  165 

Canterbury,  Archbishop  of,  163  College,  Airedale,  93  ;  Horton,  110,   111  ;  King's, 

Canute,  5  91,165;    Magdalene,    163,   209;    Rotherham, 

Cai-butt,  Thomas,  115  95  ;  Sidney  Sussex,  147, 160, 161,  163  ;  Trinity, 

Cardiff,  170  46,  158,  167 

Carlinghow,  174  Collyer,  Rev.  Dr.,  xi.,  xii. 

Carr,  Black,  133;  John,   141;    Lieut.  John,  1C6  ;  Comenius,  Amos,  262 

Simeon,  U3  ;  William,  145  Committee,  The  Town's,  140,  144, 145,  147,  148 

Carleton-in-Craven,  11  Common,  The  Piidsey,  40 

Carlisle,  Fairfax,  230;  Thomas,  115  Commons,  Doctors',  153  ;  House  of,  121 

Carlyle,  Mr.,  72  Comninnicants,  Register  of,  87 

Cartman,  Rev.  John,  74  Commonwealth,  The,  51 

Casson,  Robert,  39  Company,  The  Gas,  156 
Castle,  Hornby,  8, 17  ;  Pontefract,  136  ;  Windsor,  Condition,  Social,  202 

242  ;  York,  82, 114             •  Conference,  The  Wesley  an,  101,  102,  104 

Castleford,  135  Confessor,  Edward  the,  3 

Cathedral,  St.  Mary's,  174  Congregationalists,  The,  107,  194 

Catholics,  Roman,  112,  113  Conqueror,  William  the,  4,  5  6,  132,  135 
Cauthery,  Joseph,  145;  Sarah,   61;    William,  64,  Conquest,  The  Norman,  4,  5,  130,132 

115  Constable,  The,  144,  145 

Cawdrey,  Robert,  53  Cooke.  Rev.  William,  104 

Cawson,  W.,  1H4  Coope,  Joseph,  145 

Cavendish,  iiOrd  Frederick,  119  Cooper,   Fred,  152;    John,  58,  115,   147;  Joseph, 

Cemetery,  The,  1.54, 155  66,  115  ;  Rachel,  66  ;  William,  97, 115 

Centenai-y  Festival,  261  Copenhagen,  1  5 

Cereticus,  3  Corn  Laws,  Repeal  of,  155,  127 

Chalmers,  Dr.,  276  Correspondence,  Tlioresbi/'s,  82 
Chapel,  All  Saints',  44,  57,  l-'O,  209  ;  Bierley,14l ;  Correspondent,  The  Leeds,  65, 164, 180 

Dissenters',  147  ;  Gravel  Pit.  l^■5  ;  Independent,  Coseley,  112 

Methodist,  167  ;  Old,  210,  211  :  Old  ludepen-  Cottmgley,  85 

dent,  81-92  ;    Mill  Hill,   79  ;    Thornton,  61  ;  Cotton,  Charles,  41 ;  Michael,  41 

Wesleyan,  101 ;  Ziou,  103  Couper,    Matthew,   G5  ;    Mary,   65;    Joseph,   65; 

Chapeltown,  75,  119,  1.'7,  12«,  129,  132,  13},  138,         Rachel,  65 

147,  166,  194, 197,  211,  216,  220,  228  Coupere,  John  the,  24 

Charles  II.,  81,  82  Couran*,  Pudsey,  184 

Charters,  Add.,  10-40  Coventry,  129 

Chetelle,  9  Cowper,  Robert  the,  22 

ChUd,  Thomas,  79  Crabbe,  165 

Choral  Society,  129,  174,  195  ;  Union,  174,  195  Crabtree,  Mr.,  110  ;  Miss,  123 

Christmas,  192  Crampt(m,  Elizabeth,  63;  Hannah,  63 ;  John,  63; 

Chronicle,  Pvdsey,  184  115,141, 145  ;  Nancy,  (13  ;  William,  63,  115 

Chronicles,  Hollingshead,  46  Craven,  1, 15, 158 
Church,   Adel,  79;    All   Saints',  164;    Congrega- Craven,  Francis,  122  ;  Phineas,  152  ;  W.   153 

tional,  79,  173  ;  Established,   54,  79,  84,  207,  Craven  and  HaiTop,  122 

240  ;  St.  John's,  47,  79,  15!> ;  Parish,  169,  194  ;  Craven,  Scenes  in,  177 

St.  Lawrence,  63,  59,  66-74,  '209  ;  St,   Paul's,  Craven,  History  of,  7,12,  15 

75,  76,  77, 162,  173, 104  Crofts,  Rev.  H.  D.,  104 

Churchwardens,  143  Cromack,  Benjamin,  85  ;  Samuel,  145 

Churchyard,  St.  Paul's,  91  Crompton,  John,  145 

Chm-well,  121  Crossley,  Francis,  119  ;  John,  46,  53,  143 

Clarendon,  Earl  of,  161  Crowther,  Benjamin,    152  ;  Ji.lin,   115,145,  230;' 

Clark,  E  ev.  W.  E.,  112 ;  William,  141  Jeremy,  44, 115  ;  Msulin,  141 

ClarkFon,  John,  145,  230;  Mr.,  72;  William,  143,  Cricket,  197,  198 

230  Crimbles,  138,  151,  220 

Ciaverings,  The,  50  Crucis,  St.,  13 
Clayton,  J.,  115  ;  Mrs.  James,  205  ;  Philip  de,  12  ;  Crummack,  Joseph,  114 

Thomas  de,  35,  36  Cudworth,  WilUam,  183,  207 

Cleckheaton,  4,  22,  83  Cuper,  John,  24 

Clemens,  Rev.  G.,  272,  273,  274  ;  F.,  277  Curbar,  93 

CleiTau.'^,  Wm.  de,  12                      '  Customs,  Local,  192 

Cliff,  Denham,  141  ;  John,  206,  23,  242  ^ 

Clifford,  .Jeremiah,  115  ;  Lord  of,  37  ^* 

CUfton,  93  Dalby,  Robert,  152,  220 

Clitheroe,  93  Danhy,    James,     37 ;     Sir   Christopher,    39  ;    £:ir 

Clonmacnois,  168  Tliomas,  39;  Thomas,  39 

Clough,  George,  153  ;  John  H.,  171  Danes,  The,  3 

Cobden, Richard,  119  Darelle,  Marmaduke,  35,  33 

Cock-fighting,  196  Darnborough,  John,  62, 114,  205,  2J6 

Cockcroft.  James,  141 :  Joseph,  141  Dautre,  Thomas,  29,  31 

Cockin,  Eev.  J.,  91  David,  Robert,  35  ;  Christian,  261 

Coins,  Roman,  2  Davy,  Joseph,  102 


296 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Dawson,  Christopher,  17  ;  John,  39  ;   Joseph,  83  Elwind,  William,  115 

90,  91 ;  Pudsey,  8,  17  ;  William,  47  '  Ely,  161 

Day,  May,  193  ;  Koyal  Oak,  193  ;  Valentine,  193      Elys,  Thomas,  38 
Dean.  Benjamin,  115,  141,  145;   John,   115,  145  ;  EmpsaU,  T.  T.,  29 

Rev.  — ,  98  Emsley,  John,  125,  127 ,  Joseph,  216 

Deeds,  Calverley,  131  Enclosm-e,  The  Commons,  150,  151 

Deira,  3  England,   Church   of,    85,    155  ;    New,    47  ;  Rev. 

Denison,  E.  B.,  ll^,  119  ;  C.  B.,  119,  120  ;  William,         John,  178  ;  Bishop,  277  ;  Henry,  277 

104  Erdislawe,  Nicholas  de,  18 

Denton,  57, 159  Erskine,  W.  F.,  97 

Derby,  Co.,  13,  109, 164  Essehalte,  John,  35 

Derbyshire,  93, 136  Essex,  249 

Despencer,  Thomas  le,  13  Establishment,  Moravian,  232, 277 

Dewsbm-y,  43,  99, 103,  108,  139  Estbitm,  Simon  de,  19 

Diary,  Fulneck,  259-277  Estumer,  Davit  le,  18 

Diaries,  Eeywood's,  81  Evans,  Dr.  John,  89 

Dickenson,  89  Everett,  Rev.  James,  101 

Dillon,  Rev.  Mr.,  112  E.xchequer,  The,  23, 45 

Dissenters,  The,  82,  84,  143  Eyles,  Thomas,  114 

Division,     Eastern      Parliamentary,     120,     121  ;  „ 

Northern,    119,  122;   Pudsey,  121,  122,  123; 

Southern,  119  Foedera,  Ri/mer's,  23. 

Dobson,  Grace,  63  ;  John, 63  ;  Joseph,  63;  Lepton,  Fairfa.Ti,   Thomas,    41,    139  ;    Lord   Thomas,  47  ; 

149,    151 ;  Mary,   85  ;    Samuel,   (!3  ;   Wilham,         Viscount,  57 

63  Falcon,  Dr.,  274 

Dodgson,  Dr.,  160  ;  Joseph,  60,  115  ;  Samuel,  114  ;  Falding,  Rev.  Dr.,  95 

William,  114  Farnley,  33,  102,  102, 134,  158,  233 

Dodsworth,  15,  18  Famllay.  22  ;  Roger  of,  19 

Domesday  Book,    The,   5,  6,   7,   130,  I31,    199 ;  Farrar,    Abraham,  114;  Daniel,  210;  Elizabeth, 

Surrey,  4,  8  210;    Henry,  115  ;    John,  115  ;   Robert,  114  ; 

Doncaster,  209  Samuel,  53,  115  ;  Thomas,  67  ;  William,  114, 

Downes,  John,  50  115 

Dovedale,  164  Farrer,  Ann,  65  ;  Benjamin,  65,  211  ;  Hannah,  65  ; 

Drake,  John,  141  ;  Joseph,  211,  218  John,  51,  64,   65,  102,  127,  143,  144,  179,  207, 

Draper,  Thomas,  41  208,  211  ;  James,  141  ;    Joseph,  145  ;  Joshua, 

Drighliugton,  4,  22,  33,  42,  121,  163,  233  65,  141 ;  Mary,  6t,  65  ;  Nancy,  64  ;  Richard, 

Driver,  Hannah  Dean,  66  ;  Joseph,  66,  115  ;  Mary,         62,  64,  81,  84,  115,    149,  205,  211  ;  Samuel,  65, 

66  :  Mrs  ,  170  ;  Samuel,  60  115,  151  ;  William,  62,  64,  71 

Dublin,  77,  105,  167,  168  :  Ai-chbishop  of,  168  Farrowe,  Richard,  53 

Ducatus  Leodiensis,  7,  1   ,  40,  41,  178.  Farsley,  3,  34,  36,  43,  81,  85,  100,  109,  110,   HI, 

Duckin?  Stool,  The,  199  121,  132, 139, 141,  173 

Dudley,  93  ;  Hill,  258  Fartowu,  99,  103,  104,  111,  128,  129,  134,   197,  219, 

Dufton,  Betty.  64  ;    Benjamin,  194  ;   John,    141  ;         222 

Matthew,  60,  64  ;  Thomas,  115  Farquhar,  Dr.,  197 

Duncan,  Surr  William,  121,  122  Faulkner,  William.  102 

Duncombe,  Hon.  W.,  117  Fearnley,  John,  115  ;  Penelope,  65  ;  Thomas,  65 

Dunn,  Rev.  Henry,  111  Feast,  Pudsey,  194 

Dnnstau,  3,  4,  5,  6,  130,  132,  157  Fee,  Knights',  22 

Durham,  Bishop  of,  9  ;  County  of,  9  ;  Durham,  102  Feuton,  James,  210  ;  Joseph,  100  ;  Martha,  211  ; 
Dynslai,  John  de,  30  Samuel,  99,  114,  145  ;  Sarah,  210 

Dyjon,  William,  141  Ferncliffe,  121, 123 

■r,  Ferrand,  Benjamin,  114  ;  Joshua,  141  ;  Mr.,  207  ; 

^'  Robert,  41 

Eadens,  Rev.  H.,  112  Ferrowe,  William,  39 

Eardley,  Sir  Culling,  119  Ferselay,  22  ;  Ralph  de,  19,  20 

Eastwood,  99  Fersellai,  6 

Eccleshill,  31,  33,  36,  43,  139  Festival,  Centenary,  261 

Ecclesil,  Stephen  de,  19,21  Field,  Crawshaw,  117,  162  ;  Hammerton,  112,  113, 

Ecclesiastic  1 1  fi.  Valor,  131.  217 

Eddison,  William,  194  Fielden,  Joshua,  120 

Edinburgh.  174,  175  Fieldhouse,  Moses,  141 

Edward,  Kmg, 4,  6,  7  ;  I.,  10,  11,  22,  23,  24,  25,  27,  Fielding,  J.,  97 

45  ;  II  ,  25,  26,  27,  28  ;  III.,  11,  12,  22,  26,  28,  Filey,  164. 

29,  30,  31,  202  Firth,  William  lOJ 

Edwards,  John,  164,178  Fiskergate,  Nicholas  de,  11 

Edwin,  3;  Earl,  4  Fitzwilliam.  Ear',  115 

Ekryngton,  13  Fletcher,  James,  61 ;  John,  61 

Elizabeth,  Queen,  41,  139  Fold,  Back,  133  ;  Carlisle,  133  ;   Driver's,  133,  221  ; 

EUand,  22  Parsonage,   133  ;    Old    Chapel,   50 ;  Turner's, 

Elliott,  Bbenezer,  127  Wilson's,  133 

Ellwand,  William,  149, 230  Polk  Lore,  185,  191 

Elmete,  2,  3  Football,  196 

Elplin,  Bishop  of,  160  Forrester,  Thrmas,  29 

Elslake,  15  Forster,  7  ;  Simon,  34  ;  W.  F.,  219 

Elsworth,  Benjamin,  152;  Joseph,  115,  216  Foster,  41 ;  Rev.  E.  S.,  95 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


29; 


Fowler,  Samuel,  267 

Fox,  George,  114,  115  ;  Jonas,  141 

Fraser,  John,  217 

Fraunketenant,  William,  25 

Frencliey,  165 

Frystone,  Ferry,  160 

Fiilneck,   54,  99,  128,  133,  13G,  137,  146,  149, 156, 

167.177,178,179,  181,183,209,  219,  232 
Funerals,  200,  201 
Flu-nival,  Lord,  13 


G-alU,  Rev.  M.G.,118 

Gambles,  J.  G,  C,  77  ;  James,  71 

Gap,  Quarry,  154 

Gargrove.  Agnes,  39  ;   Joseph,  36 

Garnett,  George,  109 

Garth,  R.  Macheil,  174,  175 

Gas  Company,  The,  156 

Gateshead,  94 

Gaunt,  Daniel,  116  ;  George,  39  ;  Isaac,  123  ;  J.  L., 

228 ;    John,  115  ;  Joseph,   228  ;    Joshua.    85, 

211  ;  Matthias,   110  ;  Margaret,   38  ;    Reuben, 

230  ;  Samuel,  194  ;  William,  43, 47 
Gazette,  London,  75 
Gellys.Dionisis,  36;  Will,  36,  37 
Geoffreyson,  John,  19 
Gibson,    Agnes,    147  ;    James.    175  ;     John,    31  ; 

Joshua,  141  ;  Rev.  A.  J.,  75 
Gibraltar,  101,  133, 154 
Gildersome,  121,  233 
Gilleson,  William,  29,  32 
GilUng,  Charles,  97 
Gislay,  34 

Gladstone,  Herbert  John,  226  ;  William  Ewart,  183 
Gledhill,  Isaac,  141 
Gloucester,  Duke  of,  36 
Glover,  James,  183  ;  William.  176 
Goderich,  Lord.  119 
Goepp,  P.  H.,  269 
Goion,  Henry,  34 
Golcar,  4,  111 

Gomersal,  4,  33,  83,  8t,  166,  183 
Goodall,  J.  E.,  153  ;  Thomas,  232 
Gospatric,  4,  7 
Gossett,  W.  D  ,  183 
Gotham,  Henry  de,  25 
Gowan,  William,  141 
Government,  Civil,  84 
Graham,  Rev.  H.  J.,  74, 127,  211 
Grave,  Adam  de,  21  ;  Elizabeth,  210  ;  George,  141  ; 

John,  23,  210;   Robert,  54 
Greave,  Roger  the,  19 
Greaves,  J.,  79  ;  Thomas,  65  ;  W.H.,  154;  William, 

65,115,218 
Green,  Simon  dela,  21 
Greenlsury,  Rev.  Thos. ,  109 
Greenside",  128, 134, 138,  171,  213,  216,  217,  219,  22o, 

223 
Green  Top,  133,  134,  136,  207  ;  Waver,  119,  137. 
Greeuwell,  Rev.  N.,  130 
Greenfelde,  William  de,  28 
Grinfield,  Rev.  Thomas,  150 
Grove  House,  67.  144^  166,  207,  208,  209 
Guardian,  Scottish, '115 
Guardians,  Board  of,  257 
Guards,  The  Grenadier,  176 
Gudlagesare,  4 
Guisboro',  93 
Guthlac's  Seal',  4 
Gutteridge,  Rev.  John,  109 


Hackney,  165 

Haigh,  John,  125 ;  Rev.  J.  S.,  112 


Hailstone,  Edward,  23 

Hainsworth,    Abraham,   8,    21  ;    Elizabeth,    59  ; 

James,   59 ;  Joseph,  59  ;    Martha,    59  ;  Peter, 

111  ;  William,  79 
Haley  &Co.,lJ9 

Halifax,  2,10,41,43,87,  90,91,  98,  105,139,  141 
Hall,     Bolton,    15,    17;      Beningborough,     177; 

Catherine.   160;     Cloth,   116;      Esholt,    103; 

Grace,  239, 243  ;  Horsfoi-tb,  Old,  121;  Nesbit, 

134,  205,  239;  Old,  41  ;  Preston,  41  ;  Toug,  239; 

Walton,  23 
Hall,  Abraham,  61,  116  ;  Bettv,  61  ;  Christopher, 

85  ;  David,   116  ;  Joseph,  "65,  116  ;  Matthew, 

41  ;  Robert,  260 
Halle  269 
Hallidny,  Ann,  61,  73  ;  George,  61  ;  James,  125  ; 

John,  60,  68,  75,  153  ;  Nathan,  79 
Hallywelle,  35,  37 
Hambui-gh,  95, 159 
Hamilton,  Dr.  Winter,  209 
Handel,  195 
Hankeswyck,  15 
Hanlyth,  15 

Hanneman,  Christian,  149 
Hansel,  Rev.  W.,  180 
Harden,  41 
Hardware,  Henry.  39 
Harewood,  Earl  of,  115 
Hargreaves,  J.,  116,  125 
Hare,  John,  116 
Harm  an.  A.,  79 
Harrison,  46  ;  General  P.,  8,  9,  15  ;  George,  141 

Hainsworth,    102  ;  James,    116 ;    John,    116 

Jonathan,  141  ;   J.   W.,  109  ;    Thomas,     79 

William,  116 
Hai-tley,  Grace,  267 
Hasse,  Rev.  W..  270 

Haste,  Elizabeth,  241  ;  William,  59,  116,  232 
Hastings,  112 
Hatfield,  163 
Haton,  John,  213 
Hatton,  Rev.  J.  W.,  46 
Haukesworth,  36. 

Hauptman,  Elizabeth,  54  ;  Gottlieb,  54 
Hawden,  William,  83 
Haworth,  41,  43,  109,  139  ;  Rev.  W.  S.,  74 
Haynes,  George,  220 
Heath,  Harlow,  155 

Heatou,  4,  43,  139  ;  John,  108  ;  Thomas  de,  27 
Heckmondw-ke,  33,  258 
Hede,  Thomas,  18 
Heights,  The,  2,  134 
Helmsley,  John,  116 
Hepwortb,  George,  150 
Hemsley,  WUliam,  141 
Henderson,  Rev.  D.  A.,  94,  95,  220 
Henric,  2 
Henry  L.   8:    IL,  9;  III.,   9.  10,  11,22;  IV,  13 

15,  24,  35  ;  V.,   15  ;  VL,   17,  32,  36,  37,  203  • 

Vir.,37,  ;8;  VIIL.  37,38,  45 
Herald,  The  Piidsey,  182 
Herman,  J.  G.,269 
Herrnhut,238,  258,  263 
Hertford,  163 
Hertingfordbury,  163 

Hertlington,  l.'>  ;  Lord  of,  15  ;  William  de,  15 
Herts.,  163 
Heton,  Alicia  de,  32  ;  Johannes  de,  32;  Sir  John  de, 

25 
Hexh:im,  92 
Hey,  Dorothy,  160  ;  John.  54,  57,  58,  147, 159,  160 

178;  Rebecca,  160;  Richard,  52,  114,147    159 

160,162,  163,  179.  222  ;  Samuel,  147,   160,  162  ; 

Sarah,  160,  William,  160, 162, 178 
Heywood   Oliver,  49,  79,  81,  82, 83 


298 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Hlllas.  Samuel,  114 
Hillhouse,  Frances  55;  Pamuel,  114 
Hillyard,  Rev.  James,  111 
Himaworth,  John,  Hi 


Hickes,  Dr.  George,  157  Hutton,  Archbishop,  57, 158  ;  Dorothy,  57,  159  ; 

Highways.  Sm-veyors  of,  150  Mrs.,  57  ;  Mary,  159  ;  Richard,  57,  79,  82,  84, 

HinchlifTe,  Benjamin,  Gl  ;  Edward,  145;   Hannah.         158,  159  ;  Hr  Thomas, 57,  158 
85  ;  John,  61,  85,  114,  115  ,  141,  194  ;  Joseph,  Hylkley,  John,  25 
116  ;  Mary,  61 ;  Kacbel,  61  ;  Samuel,  84,    85,  j_ 

TT-n'^^f)     11  ,or       T^   1,  ,^n    090    o.« .  Idel,  Joha  do,  34 

Hill,    Bankhouse,   135  ;     Dudley.     99,   239,   246 :  j^^^J  22 

Giant's,  3;    Lidget,   133,    138;  Ludgate,   133;^,,    ',  f.-.    07  nn  ni    i",, 
Owlcoats  2,  62  ;    Piuebelly,    135;    Primrose.  |"^,'^^'°''/"' ''"■•"' ^*''' 
132,  133,  220;  "West  Royd,    133;    Windmill,  Ij^j^^gV 
TT-n^^^'i^^-j   ,..  Illingworth,  Isaac,  59 

Hillam.  David,  144  Infirm aiy,  The  Leeds,  162 

Ingham,  Rev.  B.,  240  ;  R.,  109,  Samuel,  116,  211  ; 

Thomas,  114 
Inkersley.  T  ,  183 
TT   •  -mi    inr,     r,  ,,    10=    in-  1  cc    Inn,  Flceoe,  103 

Hmmgs,  Edw.ard,  102;  George.  41,125,  12,,  156,  ,^  Kirlcl)irs  2'>  131 
198,  212,220,  22.5  ;  J.  A.,  125,  126,  154  ;  J.  li.,  ffipe'  Robert  36 

w•;,•^■'^i,/'^o^loi^^.  ^^°''"*'    ^^^'    ^*^' Institution,  Tlie' Mechanics' 
William,  116,  125, 127, 14^  Intelligencer,  The  Leeds,  75 

Hi nslef,  Joseph,  61  ;  ^amuel.  61  Tv(>lnnd   i'8 

Hird.  P.  W    173  :  John,  150  Isle   Thomas  del,  31 

Hodgson,  Mary,  211 

Hoghton,  38  J 

Holbeck,  117,  246 

Holborn.Rev.  A.,  95 

Holcreft,  Johannes,  32 

Holden,  Isaac,  120 

Holdsivorth,    Edward,    ■ 
Susanna,  21 

Holy  Land,  The,  9 

Holiand,  Rev.  Pliilip,  91 

Hdllidav,  Joseph,  211 

Hollings,  Rev.  S.,  89,  9)  ;  Sarah,  89 

HolHngshew,  AG 

HoUingworth,  Thomas,  114 

Holmfirth,  92 

Holme,,  Jolm.  2  ;    Rebecca,    58  ;    Rev.   .John 


223 


Canon, 269 
King,  43 


.John,    79,   S3,   205 


William,  54 


Susanna,  211; 


B. 
Rev.  Wil 


Jackson,  James,  116  : 
James,  John,  3,  138  ; 
Jar,  British,  2 
. .  Jeaddun,  Walter  de,  18 
Jeffeisou,  Mary  Maiia,  67 

Jenkins,  Rev.  D.,  53,  68,  73, 74, 143,  149  ;  Harriet,  73 
Jenkinson,  Richard,  39  ;  William,  39,  43 
Jennings,  18  ;  Caleb,  141 
Jerosalem,  Hospital  of,  19 
Jodlan-son,  Robert,  19 
Johnson,  David,  149  ;  Thomas,  83,  211 
Jones,  George  A.,  153  ;  J.  ,E.,  220  ;  Zcchariah,  116 
Jordan,  19  ;  John,  110, 179 
Joseph,  St,  112,  113 
Jowett,  Rev.  Thomas,  93,  94,  95 
Jumbles,  134,  135 
Juncroft,  John,  36  ;  Richard,  34,  36 


J.,  132 


20 


179  ;  Roberr.,    109 
liam,    .'8,   160 
Holroyd,  Abraham,  81 
Holt,  Rev  C  ,  52 
Hopton,  89,  91,  159 
Hopkinson,  Rev.  W.  E.,  112 
Hoptone,  Adam  de,  31,  33 
Hornby,  Rev.  John,  102 
Homblowers,  The,  198 
Horsforth,  3. 19,  33,  85,  121 
Horsforthe,  Thomas  de,  10  ;  Nigel  de, 
Horsewellrode,  25 

Horton,  41, 100,  123,  139,  141,  16S,  246 
Horton,  Juvenis  de,23 
Hospital.  Jerusalem.  19,  23  ;   St.  George's 

St.   Leonard's,  18;    St.   Peter's,   18,   19,    44 ;  Kiuewalmerske,  13 
Sherburne,  9  Kinsius,  4 

Hotel,  Railway,  129  ,  Kirk,  John,  101 

Hough  End,  2  ;  Crawshaw,  216  Kirkljm-ton.  74 

Hou-e,  Bank,  85,  241  ;  Croft,  170  ;  Elmwood,  209  ;  Kirkby,  John  de,  22 

Grove,  6,   7,   127,   144,    166,  2i8,  228  ;  Lawns,  Kirkstall,  23,  44.  12!,  1^7 
102  ;  Low,  146  ;  Manor,  138  ;  Radcliflfe,  174  ;  Kirkwood,  S.,  174 
Threaplaud,  103  ;  West,  207  ;  Westtield,  71       Kitts,  St.,  268 
Howet.  Walter,  34  Knapton,  Rev.  J.,  1 1 2 

Howne.  4  Knewstub,  John,  114 

Howarth,  Anne,  5^«^159;  Elizabeth,  58  ;  Rev.  W.  Knottingley.  160 


K. 

Kalverlay,  Alex,  de,  20 
Keenan,  Joliii,  75 
Kcghlev,  Richard,  37 
Keighley,  2,  91, 196 
Kent,  41,  16S  ;  Ed\v.ard,  .'i7 
Kenvon,  Walter,  70 

Kershaw,  Mary,  '210  ;  Rev.  W.  H.,  109  ;  William, 
210 
174  ;  Kidderminster,  93 


L.,  20S,  209  ;  WiUiam,  53,  68,  116 
Howgate,  Samuel,  116 
Hoyle,  Joshua,  141 
Huddersfitld,  4,  91, 101,  108,  139 
Huggan,  William,  125, 128, 167 
Hull,  109 

Humble,  Dawson,  150 
Hunsworth,  121 

Hunter,  Josep'i,  83  ;  Richard,  43  ;  WiUiam,  53 
IIuss.  John,  238 


Kyng,  Willelmus,  32 


Laci,  Ilbert  de,  4,  6,  7, :  32 

Lacy,  Robert  de,  8 

Laird,  Rev.  Thomas,  91,  92,  94, 1 

Laisterdyke,  109,  1-^2,  221 

Laithe,  Red,  133 

Lake,  John,  36 

Lancashu-e,  47,  93, 112 


8,  116,  149, 182 


Hustler,  Mary,  63  ;  Thomas,  C3,  141 ;  William,  57  Lancaster,  Duchy  of,  161 


GENERAL    INDEX.  299 

Land,  Serjeant,  146  Maidstone,  41, 168 

Lands,  The  Common,  15)  JEallalien,  W.,  183,  260 

Lane,  Back,  133.  154,  J 54  ;  Eankliouse,  128  ;  Bor-  Malta,  Knights  of,  207 
gard,  216  ;  Chancery,  6  ;  Cbm-cb,  101, 128,  129,  Malynson,  Johannes,  32 
132,  145,  223.  225  ;  Hare,  23')  ;  Robiii  128,  129,  Manchester,  104.  112,  213 
132.  216,  217  ;  Rokor,  lu9  ;  Bickardshaw,  109,  Mannyngham,  41,  43, 139 
137,  170,  220  ;  Radcliffe,  71,  128,  132,  216,  217  ;  Manor  House,  The  Old,  41 
Workhouse,  133  Manufactures,  228.  232 

Lanes,  The,  112  Margerison,  Saml.,  29,  31,  39^  40,  41 

Laugl'ey,  n'armah,  62  ;  Thomas,  62,  114  ;  William,  Map,  Ordnance,  l8;i 

114  Marienborn,  272 

La  Trobe,  Ignatius,  179,  2-50  ;  Benjamin,  146,  253,  Markhams,  Mr.,  84 

254,  269  Marsden.  Kev.  John,  93,  94 

Lascelles,  Henry,  115  ;  Lord,  120  Marsh,  133,  219 

Lawn  Tennis,  188  Marshall,  Rev.  Geo.,  77  ;  Jolm,  117  ;  Margaret,  210 

Lawson,  Dorothea,  69  :  Mary,  59  ;  Jo  eph,  180,195,  Marske.  41 

198  ;  Rev.  H.  A.,  95  ;  Thomas,  59  Mary,  St.,  20  ;  Queen,  82 

Lawton,  George,  183  ;  Mr.,  149  Marylebone,  162 

Leach,  John,  141  Masham,  150 

Ledes,  Gilbert  de,  18 ;  Roger  de,  31,  33  Mather,  Rev.  George,  103 

Lee,  Richard,  35  Matthewman,  Elizabeth.  87  ;  Luke,  87 

Leeds,  2,  3,  7. 27,  2S,  33,  43,  46,  47, 48,  49,  50,  51,  55,  Maude,  Francis,  151 ;  William,  220 
56,  57,  77,  79,  91,  93,  99, 1  3,  104, 109,  112,  120,  Mauleverer,  John,  36  ;  Robert,  36 
121, 125,  139,  146,  158,  159, 16J,  162,  163,  166,  Maulevery,  Robert,  135 

lb7,  169,  207,  213,  269  ;   Mayor  of,  166,  178  Maurice,  Professor,  91,  165  ;  Rev.  M.,  98,  93,  164 

Leghe,  Gilbert  del,  37  Mayhall ,  John,  3 

Leicestershire,  93  Maynard,  Lord.  160 

Lelay,AVLll  de,  18  Mearing,  Thomas,  37 

Lemmens,  Chevalier,  169  Mechanics'  Institution,  The,  183,  223,  221,  225 

Leninc's,  4  Mercury,  The  Leeds,  117,  149,  195 

Lepton,  34  ;  Joseph,  84  ;  William,  40,  46,  62,  82         Memorial,  Nouconformist,  80 
Leversege,  22  Merkynfel'le,  Lord  of,  35  ;  Thomas  de,  35 

Lewenthop,  Geoffrey  de,  36  ;  John.  36  Merying,  Agnes,  37  ;  Thomas,  37,  38 

Ley,  Roberc,  37  Messenger,  The,  146, 132 

Library,    Bodleian,  13,  35,  36,  37, 131 ;  Leeds   Old,  Metcalfe,  Hope,  62  ;  Miles,  62 

8,  132  Methodism,  99 

Liebe,  Theresa,  170  Methodists, Free  Church,  107, 108, 1 94  ;  Independent, 

Liley,  James,  141  109  ;    Primitive,    107,    109,    194  ;    AVesleyan, 

Lillie,  Kev.  Thomas,  89  99-102 

Lincoln,  51 ;  Co.,  13  ;  Rev.  W.,  110  Miall,  Rev.  J.  G.,  S3,  89, 183 

Linton,  Kev.  C.  R.,  175  Middlebrook,  John,  127, 180 

Lisbon,  41, 158  Middlesbrough,  174 

Lister.  John,  19,  116  ;  Joseph,  47  ;  Rev.  Henry,  74  MiU,  Allen  Brig,    120,    216,    230;    Albion,    128 
Littledale,  Mrs.,  17  Atlas,  122,  222  ;  Bankhouse,  231  ;  Brick,  231 

Littlemoor,  50,  71,  75,  101,  103,  111,  129,  133,  134,         Claughton  Garth,  128  ;  Clifle,  216,  231  ;  Cra-iv 

147,197,213,218,220,271  shaw,    126,   128,    216,    230  ;    Fartown,    231 

Liverpool,  217  Gibraltar,  230  ;    New    Lane,    231  ;    Priestley. 

Lloyd,  Rev.  Arthm-,  91,  98  126,  216,  230  ;  Prospect.  231 ;  Smalewell.  230  ; 

Lobley,  Dame,  210;  John,  114,  116;  S.,  220  South  Pai-k,   231;    Union,   128,  230;    Union 

Lockwood,  John,  145  Bridge,  230 ;  Varley's,  2§0  ;  Waterloo,  230 

Lodyngton,  William  de,  13  Miller,  Rev.  Marmaduke,  108 

London,  6,  45,  50,  74,  75,  91,  93,  98,   149,  158,  161,  Milligan,  Rev.  D.  T.,  75 

166, 168,  169, 174,  183  Milner,  Arms  of,  56  ;  Chas..  41.  150  ;  John.  39,  41, 

Lonc'wood,  74  84,  150,  153,  158  ;  Matthew.  114  ;  Robert,  40, 

Lords,  House  of,  117,  125  135,  158  ;  Samuel,   39,  41,  43,  153  ;  Tempest, 

Loryman,  George,  175  39,  40,  41, 158 

Lowtown,  41,  73,  101,  108,  109,  132,  134.  138,  156,  Milnes,  John.  71 

166,  174, 176,  194, 197,  210,  213,  216,  2i0, 229       Milnes,  and  France,  109 
Lumbv,   Christopher,  116  ;  Joshua,  52,  52,  62,  116,  Milnewood,  31 
Ul  ;  Martha,   58,  85;   Robert,  39  ;    Robertus  Mills,  John,  112 
de,  H2  ;   Samuel,  40,  57,  58,  114  ;  Simon,  E8  ;  MUtou,  Lord,  115,  116,  117 
William,  114, 116, 145  Mission  Church,  St.  James's,  75 

Lupton,  Elizabeth,  210  ;  William,  211  Mitchell,  Hemy,  103  ;  John,  116  ;  Jonathan,  116  ; 

Lustatia,  262  Rev.  Wm.,  109 

Luther,  26 1  Mitcheson,  Thomas,  97 

,,  Montgomery,  James,  261,  275,  276 

^*^-  Moody,  Christopher,  102 

Mabelson,  John,  13  Moon,  Rev.  M.A..  112 

Macaulay,  Lord,  165  Moor.  Jeremiah,  141  ;  Swinnow,  134 

Mackintosh.  5  Moore,  James,  104 

Magazine,  EuCingiHical,  92  ;  Gentleman's,  149  ;  New  Moorhouso,  Stephen,  141  ;  Rev.  F.  W.,  91 
Comiex'wn,   178  ;    Parish     Church,    183  ;    Pro-  Morant,  9 

testant  Disstntfrs,  91  ;   St.  PauVs,  183  ;   York-  Moravians,  The,  54,  107, 161,  235 
shire.  177  Jlorchoixse,  John,  59 

Magna  Wistow,  93  Morgan,  Thomas,  90,  91 


300 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Jfbrlay,  Ric.  de,  25 

Morley,  3,  5,  3i,  40,  51,  56,  81,  83,  00,  91,  176,  li)2, 
199,  20O,  229,  233 ;  John  de,  29  ;  Wapentake 
of,  22 

Morleyes,  Richard,  30 

Morpeth,  Lord,  114, 118, 119 

Morrison,  Sir  George,  121 

Motler,  Canon,  112 

Morton,  Manor  of,  13 

Moseley,  D  ,  220 

Moss,  Anne,  65  ;  Charles,  116,  141  ;  George,  228  ; 
Gregory,  50,  71  ;  Matthew,  65  ;  Samuel,  50, 
114,  116,  141.  145  ;  William,  39,  114,  116 

MSS.  Balme's,  69  ;  Birch,  48,  56  ;  British 
Museum,  51,  52,  57  ;  Calverley,  18,  131 ;  Hail- 
stones, 131 ;  Harleian,  18,  27  ;  Hemingway, 
18,  26,  27,  32.  37,  39  ;  Hopkinson's,  8  ;  Lans- 
downe,  51  ;  Wilson's,  8 

Muff,  Jonathan,  59 

Murgatroyd.  J.,  77 

Museum,  British,  13,  45,  48, 131 

Musgrave,  John,  116  ;  S.,  125,  126  ;  W.,  125 

Myers,  Cleophas,  125  ;  Rev.  John,  107  ;  William, 
116 

Mylner,  Cicely,  40  ;  John,  40  ;  Margaret,  40  ; 
Robert,  40,  41  ;  Richard,  40  ;  Thomas,  40. 

Myrfield,  22 

N. 

Nailor,  John,  116  ;  Mr.,  83 

Naylor,  Dr.  John,  169 

Neissen,  Jacob,  262 

NeLson,  John,  99,  105  ;  Messrs.,  104 

Neots,  St..  171 

Nepean,  Sir  M.  If.,  174 

Nesbit,  Canon,  74  ;  Hall,  134,  205,  200,  239,  241 

Nevile,  Gervase,  71 

Neville,  Testa  rle,  23 

Nevile,  Thomas,  13 

Newall,  Joseph,  141 

Newalle,  Robert,  34 

New  Connexion  Methodists,  103,  105,  106 

Newcastle,  50,  91 

Newell,  Hannah,  59  ;   James,  59  213  ;  Joseph,  59, 

156 
Newlay,  170 

News,  The  Pudsev,  138, 184,  227 
Nevylle,  Sur  Robert,  31,  35 
Newsome,  4  ;  Temple,  4 
Newton,  John  Scott  de,  20 
Newtone,  34 

New  Years  Day,  192, 193 
Nicholson,  Mr.,  169 
Nicholls,  William,  153  ;  Sarah,  261 
Nisbet,  Claud,  206,  241 
Nitschmann,  David,  263 
Nonconformists,  The,  79,  81,  109 
Normandy,  John,  18 
Normans,  The,  132 
Northamptonshire,  160 
Northorp,  WiUiam,  36 
Northowram,  90 

Northrop,  Ellen,  211 ;  Joseph,  211 
Northumberland,  92,  136 
Norway,  243 

O. 

Oakley,  Sir  Herbert,  175 
Dates,  William,  116 

Ockerhau=en,  Anna  Johanna,  54 ;  John,  54 
Offices,  Local  Board,  152,  153 
Oldfield,  E.,  41  ;  Grace,  41 

Organ,    Congregational    Church,    08  ;    St.    Law- 
rence's Church,  69  ;  Unitarian  Church,  112 
Osmond,  Thomas,  29 


Ossett,  210,  240 

Oswald,  St.,  Canons  of,  20 

Oswinthorpe,  2 

Otley,  198 

Oulcotes,  John  de,  24,  26  ;  Thomas  de,  34 

Oulston,  15 

Oustone,  John  de,  36 

Oatgang,  134 

Overseers,  The,  71, 146-149 

Owlcoats,  85 

Oxenford,  Edward,  174 

Oxford,  13,  35,  37,  77, 167,  169 


Paganism,  Saxon,  3 

Pagans,  3 

Paget,  Agnes,  33  ;  William,  38 

Paitevin,  Robe,  t,  19 

Pape,  John,  141 

Papelay ,  John  de,  20 

Parker,  John,  194  ;  Rev.  E.,  109 

Parkinson,  Robert,  71,  143,  144 

Paris,  170 

Parliament,  Acts  of,  37 

Parsonage,  The  Old,  47 

Passenham,  160,  161 

Passelewe,   Joan,   34  ;  John,   34,  30  ;    Robert,  29, 

31  ;  William,  30 
Pawson,  Mrs.  Sarah,  102 
Pearson,  Abraham,  65  ;   A.  R.,  104  ;  Elizabeth,  71, 

85  ;    John,  84,  141  ;  Joseph,  65,  66  ;  Mary,  71 ; 

Rachel,  06  ;  Robekan,  65. 
Pedelavium,  The,  207 
Penman,  George,  102 
Pennington,  William,  168 
Penilton,  Gilbert  de,  11 
Peuistone,  93 
Pennsylvania,  260 
Perci,  WUliam  de,  4 
Perkln  and  Bp-ckhouse,  77 
Percy,  Lord  William,  132 
Philadelphia,  127 
Pickard,  W.,  and  Son,  232 
Pilling,  S.  W.,  104 
Pitts,  Mrs.,  108 
Playground,  Fuliieck,  237 
Plischke,  Christopher,  149  ;   Maria,  261 
Plumbe,  Thomas,  150 
Plumpton,  Robert  de,  25,  34 
Pluuket,  Dr.,  168 
Podesay,  Well  of,  1! 
Pollard,  Seth,  53 
Pontefi-act,  160  ;  Baron  of,  5 
Pool,  George,  116 

Poor,  Overseer  of  the,  140,  146,  147, 149,  150 
Pope,  The,  9  ;  257 
Poppleton,  57, 158 
Presbyterians,  The,  87 
Prest,  Rev.  Charles,  102 
Price,  Dr.,  105 
Pritchett  and  Son,  97 
Priestley,  Briggs,  121,  122,   123  ;    Dr.,  162,   165  ; 

Henry,  122 
Priestthorpe,  26 
Proctor,  Jacob,  114  ;  John,  114  ;  Jonas,  143  ;  Mrs. 

M.  A.,  108  ;  Robert,  141 
Prudentius,  74 
Pudesay,  Nicholaus  de,  32  ;  Petrus  de,  32  ;  Thomas 

de,  32 
Pudsey,   Agnes,    9  ;  Bishop,  131;  Bridget,  17; 

Dionysius  de,  11  ;  EUas  de,  10 ;  Geoffrey  de, 

9,    158 ;  Gregory  de,   157  ;   Henricus  de,    17  ; 

Henry    ite,    9,  "lO,    11  ;     Hugh    de,    9,    10  ; 

Johanna,  13  ;  John,  13,  15  ;    John  de,  10,  11, 

12,    15;    Jordan    de,    11;    Katherine,    15; 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


301 


Pudsey ,  Lambert  de ,  10  :  Marmaduke,  1 7 ;  Pagan  de, 
8  ;  Peter  de,  10,  11 ;  Ralph,  17 ;  Eicbard, 
11,  15,  131  ;  Kichard  de,  15,  157  ;  Robert, 
15  ;  Robert  de,  11,  12,  15  ;  Roger  de,  9,  10, 
15,  158 ;  Sampson  de,  158 ;  Simon,  7,  8,, 
10,11,  12,25,158;  Sir  George,  180  ;  Sir  Henry 
de,  7  ;  Thomas,  13,  15,  158  ;  Thomas  de,  U  ; 
Walter  de,  w  ;  William  de,  10,  11 
Pudsey,  Arms  of,  17 

,,        Amusements,  192 

,,       Band,  The,  194 

,,       Bibliography,  177 

„       Burial  Board,  The,  153 

,,       Cemetery,  The,  154 

„       Choral  Union,  195 

,,       Cloth  Mamifacture  in,  228-232 

,,       Cock-fighting  in,  196 

,,        Constable,  144 

„       Cricket  in,  197 

„       Division,  Parliamentary,  121 

„       Karly  Civil  History,  1-43 

„        Family  of,  12, 131 

„        Feast,  194 

„       Folklore,  184 

„       Football  in,  196 

,,       Friendly  Soc  eties,  213 

„        Funerals,  200 

„        Hornblowers,  The,  198 

,,       In  Domesday  Book,  6,  7 

,,        In  Norman  Times,  5 

,,       In  Roman  Times,  2 

„       In  Saxon  Times,  3 

,,       Local  Board,  152 

,,       Longevity  in,  210 

„       Lordof,  9, 10, 11,15 

„       Manor  of,  8,  40,  41,  84, 132, 158 

,,       Manor  House,  41 

,,       Mechanics'  Institution,  223 

„       MiUtia,  141 
MiUs,  230 

„       Newspapers,  184,  187 

,,       Old  Modes  of  Punishment  in,  199 

,,        Overseers,  147 

,,       Parliamentary  Elections,  114 

,,       Parish  Apprentices,  149 

„       Peace  Rejoicings,  127 

,,        Political  History,  114 

„       Poll  Tax,  33 

,,       Population  in,  138 

,,       Public  Rejoicings,  128,  129 

,,        Puddmg,  The  Big,  124 

,,       Railway  Accommoda' ion,  215 

„        Riding  Weddings,  198,  199 

„       Roads,  151 

„       School  Board,  220 

„        Social  condition  of,  202 

,,       Superstitions,  191 

,,        Town's  Committee,  140 
Punshon,  Rev.  Dr.,  102,  168 
Pycard,  Robertus,  32 
Pykburne,  36 


Quarry   Gap,   154 ;    Park    Spring 

Moor,  252 
Queen,  The,  129,  275 
Quinlan,  Rev.  — ,  112,  113 

R. 

RadcUfEe,  John,  147,  149, 150 
Raiue,  Canon,  41 
Raistrick,  105  ;  William,  141 
Eamftler,  Rev.  C.  F.,  149,  180,  272 
Ramsden,  Sir  John,  119,  120 
Randall,  Joseph,  160 


217  ;    Upper 


Rastryke,  John,  37,  38  :  Henrv,  37 

Ratcliffe,  116 

Rathmell,  83 

Rattenbury,  Rev.  John,  102 

R.a\vden,  3,  33,  39,  85,  109,  121,  170,  173 

Ray,  Rev.  John,  82,  83 

Rayner,    Alice,     71  ;    Henry,    151  ;    Jonas,    71  ; 

Joseph,  66,   145  ;    Simeon,  v.,  180,  206,   220  ; 

William,  66 
Read  ns,  165 

Record  Office,  The  Public,  6,  38,  43,  131 
Rede,  John  le,  21 
Redistribution  Bill,  The,  121 
Redruth,  101,  165 
Reform  BUI,  The,  117 
Reformation,  The,  45,  238 
Begister,  The  Annual,  2 
Registers,  Berry's,  86,  87 ;  BramUy  Chiircli,  90 

Calnetiey,  31,  39,  41,  46,  50,  55,  58,  81  ;   Con- 

gregational,  93  ;    Northowram,  82,  83,  89 

Parish  Church,  55 
Registrar,  Diocesan,  53 
Reichel,  Rev.  C.  Parsons,  167,  168,  ISO 
Bep  rter,  Pudsey,  184 
Restoration,  The,  193 
Reyner,  Rev.  K.,  51 
Rhodes  Joseph,  114;  Rev.  C,  95 
Richard  I.,  9  ;  II.,  13,  15,  32,  33,    34,  35,  43,  203  ; 

III.,  38 
Richardson,  Ellis,  19  ;  James,  116 
Richmond,  Earl  of,  132 
Rider,  Agnes,  59,  60  ;  Mary,  .59  ;  Thomas,  59,  60  ; 

William,  59 
Riding,  The  West,  6,  28,  32,  41,  49,  79,  91,  92,  117, 

lis,  121,  150,  192,  208  ;  North,  93,  105 
Riding  Weddings,  198,  199 
Rigby,  Colonel,  47 
Riley,  John,  55  ;  Samuel,  55 
Riots,  Toll  Bar,  146 
Ripon,  1,  45  ;  Bi?hop  of,  75,  155 
Rissheworth,  John,  36 
Rither,  Thomas,  116 
Road,  Balnie,  151 ;  Beaumont,  151 ;  Eelley  Well, 

151  ;    Clayton,  151  ;   Delphend,  151 ;  Dobson, 

151  ;  Driver,  151  ;  Dyehouse,  151  ;  Dyson,  151  ; 

Farrar,    151  ;    Gawthorpe,    151  ;    Greenside, 

151  ;  Hinchliffe,  151 ;    lutack,  151  ;  Jumbles- 
well,     151  ;     Langley,     151;     Middle,    151; 

Midgly,  151;    Milner,  151;   Mill,   151;   Mill 

Stead,  151  ;    Moor  Side,  151  ;    Pearson,   151 ; 

PinebeUy,    151  ;   Quarry,    151 ;   Rayner,  151  ; 

Sizinghouse,  151 ;  Smalewell,  151  ;  Windmill, 

151  ;  Ward,  151  ;  WoodweUs,  151 
Roads,  Roman,  2 

Roberts,  Dr.,  98  ;  Joseph,  109,  211  ;  Rev.  R.,  102 
Robinson,    Charles,    Ul,  217  ;    John,    105,    141  ; 

Joshua,  141  ;  Rev.  George,  74  ;  William,  141 
Rodley,  173  ;  John,  38 
Rogers,  Samuel,  165,  194 ;  William,  85 
Boll,  Suisicly,  23,  32,  38,  43 
Bolls,  Bradford  Manor,  29;  Manor  Court,  202; 

Pipe.  9  ;  Pleas,  8  ;  Poll  Tax,  34  ;  S-'ssions,  83  ; 

Wakefield  Court,  210;   Wakefield  Manor,  24, 

131 
Rome,  3 

Room,  Public,  156 
Ross,  John,  145 
Rothelay,  Alicia  de,  32  ;  Job:  de,  25,  38  ;  Robertus 

de,  32,  35  ;  Thomas,  37  ;  William,  37 
Rotheley,  38 
RothweU,  5 
Roudon,  John  de,  13 
Roundhay,  2 
Roval  Family,  The,  275 
Royd,  Dick,  71, 166  ;  West,  134 


302  GENERAL    INDEX. 

Rucker,  Ai-thuv  W.,  122  Shrovetide,  193 

Kuddle,  Rev,  James,  113  Sidmoutli,  165 

Rudersdorf,  Madame,  169  Simons,  H.,  143 

RufEord,  47  Simpson,    Francis,    141  ;    Jacob,    57,     71,     159 ; 

Rushforth,  WOliam,  141  Jonathan,  141  ;  Rev.  J.,  112,  113 

Ryan,  Rev.  Dr.,  155  Skolton,  John,  149 

Rvley,  John,   164,  160  ;  Samuel,   166  ;    'William,  Skinner,  VVilelmus,  33 
114  Skyrack,  4,  27 

Q  Slack,  Catherine,  208 

Smith,  Ann,  26  ;  G.  R.,  79  ;  Hannah,  85  ;  H.  C, 

Sale,  Beatrix,  81,  82,  159  ;  James,  39,  47,  50,  51,         212  ;    Isaac,   85  ;    Jame=i,  141  ;   Jeremiah,  85  • 

79,  82,  83,  134,  158,  182  John,  52,   85  ;  Ralph,  38  ;    Robert,   114,  153  ; 

Salter,  Robert,  152,  170;  Joseph,  170,  230  Rev.   C,  109;  Rev.    tl.   Bodell,   112;  Samuel, 

Sampson,  Adam,  134;   Thomas,  18;    Walter,  11,  183;  W.  B  ,  97  ;  William,  192,  200,  209 

158  Smithe,  Ralph,  37 

Sandall,  Wm.,  50  Smythe.  Ralph,  37  ;  Thomas,  43 

Saville,  John,  38  ;  Sir  John,  41,  133  Snow,  Fr.mcis,  114 

Sawj'er,  T.,  97  Society,  The  Royal,  162  ;  Surtecs,  38,  50 

Saxon,  Anglo-,  104  Societies,  I'riendly,  213  ;  Industrial    Co-operative, 

Saxons,  The,  2,  3,  275  213,  214 

Scales,  William  Dibb,  125,  126,  128,  153,  170,  209,  Someroetshire,  93 

226  Sotfhille,  Hen.,  35  ;  John,  37 

Scarborough,  169  Southampton,  165 

Scar,  G-uthlac's,  4  Southowram,  22 

Scarglll,  "Warren  de,  28  ;  WDl,  36,  37  f-owerby,  90 

Scarth,  WiUiam,  116  Spencer,  Christopher,  36 

Scatcherd,  NoiTisson,  199,  200  St.  Lawrence  Church,  66,  74  ;  St.  Paul's,  75,  78 

Schepdene,  Hugh  de,  24  Stable,  Samuel,  50 

Schirebrooke,  26  Stang,  Riding  the,  200 

Scholefield,  Ann,  211  ;  John,  09,  IIG,  145  Staiuulf,  3, 5,  6,  7,  130,  132, 157 

Schoineld,  Benjamin,  2  Stake,  F.,  79 

Schon,  Emma  dela,  9  Stalker,  Rev.  A.  M.,  Ill 

School  Board,  The,  74,  97,  219,  220  ;  Bradford.  221  Stalybridge,  73,  87 
School,  Church  Lane,  103;  Congregational,  219  ;  Staneley,  39 

FartO'TO,    111;    Free,    160;     Fulneck,    242  ;  Stamp,  Rev.  W.  W.,  102 
Gibraltar,  222  ;  Infant,  919  ;  Lower  Weslevan,  Stanhope,  Gen.,  88  ;  Elizabeth,  261 
101;    Moravian,  222;    National,    219;    Rud- Stanniugley,  69,   85,  110,  111,  136,  173,  174,  213, 
cliffe  Lane,  222  ;    Riokardshaw,  219  ;   Roker         219,  220 

Lane,   109;     Town's,    218;     Training,    219  ;  Stanntone,  John  de,  30,  34  ;  Matilda,  31 
Upper,  101,  222  ;  Ziou,  222  Stapleton,  Hugh  de,  18  ;  Nicholas  de,  28 

Schools,  Leeds  Grammar,  209  ;  Pudsey,  219  Stauntoue,  Johannes,  32 

Sclake,  Johannes,  32  Steadmau,  Dr.,  110 

Scot,  Adam,  21  ;  Henry,  9,  18,  19,  20,   21  ;  Hugh,  Stephen,  7  ;  Earl,  9 
20;    John,  1.3,   22,  i24,  25;    Robert,    19,  20  ;  Steeple,  Ashton,  163 
Roger,  18,  21;  Walter,  37;  Sir  WUliam,  19,  Stewart,  Sir  M.  S.,  174 
20  ;  "Will,  9,  18, 19,  20,  21,  37  Stillings,  James.  220 

Scotland,  27,  57,  125,  159,  175  Stock,  Rev.  J.,  Ill 

Scott,  David,  177  ;  M.,   128  ;  Sarah,  85  ;  Thoma',  Stockton,  171 

165  Stone,  William,  218 

Soottisli  Invasion,  The,  27  Stool,  The  Ducking,  199 

Seacroft,  5,  39  Stornetoa,  Thomas  de,  25 

Secretary,  The  Home,  154  Stotheley,  John,  38 

Sedberge,  9  Stowe,  Family  of,   71  ;    Frederick,  71  ;    William, 

Sedgewick,  Rev.  Mr.,  160  145,  260 

Seiffiu-th,  Benjamin,  270  Strafford,  Stoney,  160 

Selby,  Peter  de,  21  Stretton,  Kev.  Richard,  82 

Senior,  Henry,  71  ;  John,  155  ;  Joseph,  116  Strickland,  Abraham,  173  ;  P.,  79  ;  J.  E.,  79;  John, 

Feiiyer,  James,  85  85  ;  Joshua,  141  ;  P.  A.,  173, 174  ;  Sir  G.,  118; 

Serjeant,  Robert,  31  ;  Simon  the,  19  William,  141 

Sesay,  Lord  of,  35,  36  Stuart,  Rev.  J.  W.,  Ill 

Sessions,  Leeds,  138  ;  Petty,  209  ;  Quarter,  82, 121  Styneclyngflet,  11 
SetLeringtan,  Lord  of,  36  Suffolk,  165 

Settle,  7  Sugden,  George,  59 ;  John,  222  ;  Nancy,  59 

Sewfll,  Edward,  128,  129,  156,  181,  212,  236,  257       Sunderland,  Joseph,  79  ;  M.,  108  ;  Mr.s.,  195 
Sextus,  L.  7.J  Superstitions,  185,  191 

Sharp,  B.  W.,  177  ;  Rev.  Thomas,  79  ;  William,  141  Surtees  Society,  27 
Sheffield,  98,  168  Survey,  Parliamentary,  51 

Shaw,  John,  104, 105,  106,  107, 183  ;  James,  105  ;  Surveyors,  Highway,  150 

Martha,  135  Sutcliffe,  John,   141  ;  Rev.  Joseph,  101,  164,   181  ; 

Sheldon,  Jack,  196  Rev.  C.  E.,  146,  182 

Sherburn,  2  Suttone,  Chaplain  of,  35 

Sherrington,  Madame,  169  .  Swelyugtone,  llogerde,  35 

Shifnall,  111  Swillington  4  ;  Sir  Hugh  de,  25 

Shipley,  22,  43,  132,  139,  228  Swinlington,  Hugh  de,  18 

Shropshire,  111  ;  Shoesmith,  John,  116  Symson,  John,  37  ;  Robert,  37  ;  William,  37,  38 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


303 


T. 
Tadcaster,  4 
TanfieW,  John,  37 
Tange,  Richard  de,  9 
Taunton,  93 

Tax,  Hearth,  81 ;  Income, 38,  39  ;  Poll,  32,  33 
Taylor,  Adam,   141  ;  C.  E.,  103  ;  David,  114  ;  Geo. 

T..  102  ;  Eev.  R.  V.,  168  ;   Rev.  W.,  270 
Teal,  Jonathan,  150 
Tempest,  John,  37  ;  Sir  E.,  233,  245  ;  Squire,  146, 

Thomas,  37 
Temple,  Tlie  Middle,  163 
Tenuis  Lawn,  198 
Telley,  Edward,  232 
a hackeray,  Joseph,  230  ;  Mr.,  149 
Thieves,  The  Forty,  120 
Thorne,  111 

Thomas,  Rev.  Daniel,  75 
Thompson,  Rev.  R.  B.,  74,  75;  Mi-s.,  75  ;  Mr.,  106; 

H.  S.,  120 
Thoresby,  Ralph,  7,  40,  41,  48,  56,  82,  159 
Thornetum,  Roger  de,  18  ;  Thomas  de,  21 
Thorahille,  Sir  John  de,  10,  20,26,  28;  Richard  de, 

35 
Thornore,  John  de,  34 
Thornton,  93,  122,  159  ;   John,   159  ;  Jonas,   166  ; 

Richard,  43, 159  ;  William,  54 
Thorntone,  34 

Thorpe,  Madam,  84  ;  Eev.  Itichard,  83,  159 
Threapleton,  William,  141 
Thitrstonland,  74 
TiUey,  John.  10,  20 
Tilly,  Ralph  de,  18,  20 
Tindall,  Edward,  99, 100, 116 
Tireshall,  9;  Lord  of,  9  ;  Robertde,  9 
Til-sale,  William  de,  21,  30 
Tirsad,  John  de,  29  ;  Thomas  de,    29,    34,   202  ; 

WlUeimusde,  32 
Todd.  Rev.  R.,  51 
Toms,  Rev.  W.,  77 
Tong,  2,  3,  5,   7,  31,  41,  85,   121,  137,   235,  215  ; 

Richard  de,  20.  23,  26,  27,  28  ;  Thomas,  37 
TordofE,  Joseph,  229 
Tornetiim,  John  de,  19  ;  Thomas  de,  18 
Tostig,  Earl,4 

Towneslowerd,  John,  11,  21,  22,  24,  William,  24, 26 
Town,  Alice,  63  ;  Joseph,  153  ;  Joshua,  63 
Townsman,  The,  177, 184 
Tozer,  Rev.  T.  W.,  93,  94 
Troiighton,  Benj.,  146  ;  Thomas,  150 
Troydale,  133, 134,  135,  207 
Tucker,  Captain,  183 

Timnicliffe,  Esther,  65  ;  John,  65  ;  Matthew,  65 
Turner,  Cholmely,  90,  114,115  ;  J.  Horsfall,  31,  87; 

John,  130,  132  ;  Joseph,  211  ;  Peter,  71  ;   Rev. 

WOliam,  91,  141,  1>52 
Tyne,  Newcastle  upon,  47 
Tyrisall,  Thomas  de,  32 
Tyrsale,  20,  25, 26  ;  Hughde,  20,  21;  Lambert  de, 

20;  Richard  of,    18,  20;  Thomas   de,  21,29, 

31  ;  William  de,  34 

V. 

Ungthnrpe,  15 

Union,  Band  of  Hope,  212  ;  Choral,  173  ;  Literaiy, 
227  ;  Sunday  School,  222 

trnitarians.  The,  112 

University,  Cambridge,  51  ;  Dublin,  161 ;  Edin- 
burgh, 175 ;  London, 93 

Upton,  John,  116 


Valentine  Day,  193 

Valerian,  74 

Valor  Ecdesiasticus,  45,  131 


Varley,  J.   W.,194;  Nelson,   169  ;    Richard,  169  ; 

Samuel,  158, 230  ;  William,  176,  230 
Vavysour,  39 

Verity,  Benjamin,  79,116, 153;  Christopher,  145 
Vickers,  C.  E.,  79  ;  V.\  H.,  79 
Victoria,  Queen,  102 
ViUarum  Nomina,  27 
Vinrodes,  26 

W. 

Wade,  Benj.,  102  ;  John,  71  ;  Samuel,  220 

Wadlands,  :i6,  41 

Wages  in  Yorkshire,  203 

Waibliuger,  Ignatius,  149,  150 

Wainman.  Eliz.,  90  ;   John,  65,  89,  114 ;     Mrs.,  90  ; 

Sarah, 91 
Waite,  Benjamin,  109 

Wakefield,  24,  41,  82,  83,  91,  139,  159,  160, 162,  168 
Walcar,  John,  38 
Wales,  Rev.  Elkanah,  4,  46,  48,  49.  50.  51,56,  79, 

81, 158, 182,  207  ;  Prince  of,  128, 121)  ;   Samuel, 

56 
Walker,  John,  116;   John  H.,   170;    Joseph,  83, 

170,    182;    Matthew.   153,212;    Robert,  39 ; 

Robert  le,  30;    Samuel,  114;    Thomas,  211; 

William,  116 
Walterson,  Simon,  19 
Walt.m,  George,  125,  141  ;    Hannah,   211  ;   John, 

211  ;  Joseph,  141;  William,  156 
Ward,  Roger,  35,  36  ;  Thomas,  102 
Warde,  John,  35  ;  Sir  Simon,  25  ;  William,  37 
Waterhouse,  Elizabeth,  260  ;  Hannah,  211;  James, 

211  ;  Joseph,  260  ;  Robert,  40 
Waterloo,  108, 133,  176,  220 
Watertone,  Robert,  37 
Waterwor.is,  The,  156 
Waterworth,  Robert,  53 
Watkinson,  John,  116 
Watson,  Hannah,  2]  1 ;  Jeremiah,  211 ;    William, 

114 
Watteville,  Fr(  dk.  de,  264  ;  John  de,  241,  254 
Waugh,  Richard,  39 
Wayde,  Robert,  39 
Wayt,  Johannes,  32 
Webster,   Henry,   102;    John,   102,  116;    Joseph, 

153  ;  Mary,  260  ;  Samuel,  103 
Weddings,  Riding,  198 
Well,  Acres,  25  ;  Bankhouse,  25  ;    Dyeholes,  216  ; 

Green,  25;  Jumbles,  25,  134,  133,  211  ;  Smale, 

25,  135,  197 
Wellington,  Duke  of,  176 
Wentworth,  Thomas.  39 
AVesley,  Dr.,  S.  S.,  169  ;  John,  99,  100, 101,  104,  240, 

242 
Wesleyans,  The,  105, 107 
Westmerland,  Lord  of,  37 
Westmoreland,  73 
West  Riding,  Eastern  Division,  1  ;  Northern,  93, 

105 
Wheater,  Joshua,  176  ;  William,  138  206 
Wharfe,  The,  2 
Wharfedale,  35 
Wharton,  Annie,  40 
Wheldale,  37 
Whitaker,  Dr.,  7,  15 
Whitehead,  John,  152 

Whitfield,  90,  240;  John,  116,  114;  Matthew,  229 
Whitehall,  160 
Whiteside,  Dr.,  1C9 
Whithende,  Thomas,  34 
Whitley,  Thomas,  37,  143  ;  William,  63 
Whit-Monday,  193 
Whitstable,  168 
Wideman,  Mr..  150 
Wilberforce,  276 


504 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Wild,  Joliu,  102  ;  Tom,  UA 

Wildon,  liobert  Carrick,  177 

AVilkinson,  Henry,  116;  Joseph,  116 

Willasey,  John,  114 

Willelmi,  Johannes  filius,  32 

WillesthoiTje,  John,  36 

Willey,  Robert,  270 

William,  King,  8,  82 

Willshavv.  Kcv.  W..  108 

Wilson,  Christopher,  153  ;  James,  126  ;  John,  27 
141,  153;  Jeremiah,  114;  Joseph,  145,  211 
Peter,  54  ;  Petrus,  43  ;  R.  F.,  117  ;  Robert,  55 ; 
Rev.  George,  91 ;  Sarah,  260  ;  Thomas,  132  ■ 
William,  114  ' 

Wilsone,  Thomas,  37,  38 

Wirkel,  Robert  de,  IS 

Wirkelay,  Peter  de,  18  ;  Will  de,  18 

Wise,  Christopher,  85 

Withington,  Rev.  J,  S.,  103 

■Wodehallc,  26,  30,  31 

Wodekirke,  20 

Wodehall,  Hugh  de,  11,  21,  22,  23,24,  25,  26,  27  28 
45  ;  Jordan  de,  10,  18, 19  '     ' 

Womersley,  D..  230;  Richard,  171, 172 

Wood,  Ann,  260 ;  B..  101 ;  Hannah,  89  ;  Isaac,  153  • 
Israel,  141  ;  James,  160;  Rev.  W.,  91;  Thomas' 
116;  W.,  125  .      ,  , 

Woodhall,  85 

Woodhouse,  Aid.  Edwin,  269 


Worcester,  Florence  of,  4 

Worcestershire,  93 

Workman,  Rev.  J.  S.,  102 

Worthies,  Leeds,  ISO 

Wortley,  33,  34,  109,  213  ;  Stuart,  118,  119 

Wraton,  Adam  de,  11 

Wridlesforth,  Sir  John  de,  18,  20 

AVright,  Mr.,  17 

Wulstan,  Archbishop,  4 
,  Wyke,  2ft8,  274 
;  AVynthoiiDe,  Will  de,  30 

Wyrkelay,  AYilliam,  de,  35, 36 

Y. 

Yarmouth,  Great,  164 

Yeadon,  13,  33,  150,206 

York,  4,13,  23,  27,  44,  45,  50,  53,  59,  114,  116,  135, 

143;  Archbishop  of,  4  ;  County  of,  32,  38,  5l' 

114;  Minster,  169 
Yorkshire,  27,  :;S,  43,  79,  87,  91,  93,  95,  99,  105  111 

117, 123,  136,  157,  194,  247  ;  Annals  of,  3;   Coii- 

gregationalism  in,  83,  89 
Young,  John,  103 


Zinzendorf,  Count,  23S,  240,  26?,  263,  264  265 
Zi  n  Chapel.  103 
Zoom,  Bergen-op-  176 


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Craven,  Frank,  New  Industry  Mills,  Bradford. 

Coates,  Frederick,  Croft  Terrace,  Faruley,  near  Leeds, 

Camidge,  William,  Secretary,  Savings  Bank,  York. 

Dyso>-,  William  Colbeck,  F.S.AS.,  Rock  House.  Batley. 

Dodgson,  Joseph,  Bookseller.  35,  Park  Row,  Leeds. 

Driver,  Mrs.,  Croft  House,  Stanningley.  ("2  copies) 

DawsoQ,  Mrs.  Joseph,  Elm  Grange,  Bramley,  near  Leeds, 

Dickons,  J.  Noi-ton,  Solicitor,  13,  Cheapside,  Bradford. 

Empsall,  Thomas  T.,  President  A.  and  H.  Society,  Ashgrove,  Bradfoi'd. 

Essington,  Miss,  Sisters'  House,  Fulneck. 

Federer,  Carl  A.,  L.C.P.,  8,  Hallfield  Road,  Bradford. 

Forrest,  W.  C,  Manufacturer,  Woodlands,  Pudsey. 

Gaskell,  Milkes-,  Charles  George,  M.P.  ,  J. P.,  D.L. ,  Thornes  House,  Wakefield. 

Gaunt,  Leonard,  Manufacturer,  Prospect  House,  Farsley,  near  Leeds. 

Grainge,  "William,  Author  of  "History  of  Harrogate,"  Harrogate. 

Goodall,  J.  E.,  Alma  House.  Pudsey. 

Guy,  William,  Melbourne  Place,  Bradford. 

Gaunt,  J.  W.,  Summertield,  Calverley  Lane,  Bramley. 

Gaunt,  Reuben,  jun..  Ivy  Cottage,  Farsley. 

Gray,  James,  Greeuside  Cottage,  Pudsey. 

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Hai>'swobth,  Lewis,  118,  Bowling  Old  Lane,  Bradford. 

Hutton,  Daniel   Fiilneck,  near  Leeds. 

Hinings,  J.  Edward,  Pudsey. 

Hainsworth,  Thomas  E.,  West  View  Terrace,  Skipton. 

Hutton,  Enoch,  Columbarian  House,  Pudsey. 

Hinings,  George,  Littlemoor  Hall,  Pudsey. 

Haigh,  William,  Gear  and  Slay  Manufacturer,   Batley. 

Haley,  William,  Valley  Road,  Pudsey. 

Huggan,  William,  Manufacturer,  Lowtown,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Huggan,  Thomas,  Manufacturer,  Lowtown,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Hudson,  Alfred,  Radclifle  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Hepworth,  Charles.  Grocer,  Armley,  near  Leeds. 

Heyworth,  Charles,  Grocer,  Tong  Road,  Armley. 

Hyland,  S.,  Radcliffe  House,  Pudsey. 

Jewers,  Arthur  J.,  F.S.A.,  6,  Seaton  Terrace,  Mutley,  Plymouth. 

Kershaw,  Dr.,  Radcliffe  House,  Pudsey. 

Lister,  Rev.  E.  C,  M.A.,  Stanningley,  near  Leeds. 

Lawson,  Joseph  S.,  Solicitor,  Leeds  and  Horsforth 

Lund,  Thomas,  Cemeteiy  Road,  Pudsey. 

Library,  and  Literary  Society,  Bradford  (J.  Rhodes,  Librarian). 

Milne,  Samuel  Milne,  Calverley  House,  near  Leeds. 

Moseley,  David,  Church  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Mills,  J.  G.,  Cuttlehurst,  Huddersfield. 

Marsden,  Sam,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Margerison,  Samuel,  Calverley  Lodge,  Calverley,  near  Leeds. 

Priestley,  Brigc4S,  M.P.,  J.P.,  Fern  Cliffe,  Apperley,  near  Leeds. 

Pudsey,  Lieut.-Col.,  2ndE.R.  of  Y.A.V.C,  6,  Crown  Terrace,  Hull. 

Peck,  William,  Bookkeeper,  Armley,  near  Leeds. 

Ross,  Joseph,  Manufacturer,  Hazelbrae,  Farsley,  near  Leeds. 

Rayner,  Ephraim,  4,  Low  Town,  Pudsey. 

Rayner,  Joshua,  East  View  Lane  End,  Pudsey. 

Rayner,  Miss  Lilian,  Drighlington,  near  Leeds. 

Riley,  Abraham,  Bramley. 

Robinson,  G.  H.,  Bookseller,  16,  Market  Street,  Leeds. 

Smith,  William,  F.S.A.S.,  Osborne  House,  Morley,  near  Leeds. 

Scales,  William  Dibb,  Gentleman,  Grove  House,  Pudsey.  (4  copies) 

Scott,  Joseph,  vSolicitor,  Albion  Street,  Leeds. 

Salter,  Joseph,  The  Oaks,  Horsforth,  near  Leeds.  (2  copies) 

Stilliiigs,  James,  Merchant,  Radcliffe  Villa,  Pudsey.  (3  copies) 

Stockwell,  Alderman  Edward,  Croft  House,  Morley. 

Shaw,  Mrs.,  Westroyd  Villa,  Pudsey. 

Sewell,  H.  Bai'tholdy,  Long  Preston,  Craven. 

Scarth,  Ben,  Gentleman,  Thorp  Hall,  Wakefield. 

Suddick,  G.,  Merton  Villa,  Headingley. 

Spencer,  Squire,  Manufacturer,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Smith,  James,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Stricklaad,  William,  Sunfield,  Stanningley. 

Stott,  Daniel,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Tacey,  William  G.,  L.R.CP.,  F.R.M.S.,  6,  Manningham  Lane,  Bradford. 
Turner,  J.  Horsfall,  Author  of  "  History  of  Hkley,"  Idle,  near  Bradford. 
Thackray,  William,  16,  Hall  Ings,  Bradford. 
Thompson,  Rev.  R.  B.,  The  Vicarage,  Church  Lane,  Pudsey. 
Threapleton,  Simeon,  Crimbles,  PudseJ^ 

Webster,  Councillor  George,  Manufacturer,  The  Woodlands,  Gilderscme. 
Waterhouse,  David,  21,  Coleridge  Place,  Hillside  Villas,  Bradford. 


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Wiirtzburg,  JohiiHenrv,  2,  De  Gi'ey  Road,  Leeds. 

Womeisley,  George,  Hill  Foot,  Pudsey. 

Walton,  Edward,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Wilson,  Benjamin,  Stoney  Lane,  Ecclebliill,  near  Leeds. 

Walker,  Matthew,  Manufacturer,  Swinnow  House,  Pudsey, 

Wade,  Vicker.-!,  Bankhouse  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Webster,  W.  S.,  Crawshaw  Villa,  Pudsey. 

Webster,  John,  36,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 


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Aldam,  William,  M.A.,  J.P.,  Frickley  Hall,  near  Doncaster. 

Andrews,  William,  F.R.H.vS. ,  Rose  Cottage,  Hessle,  near  Hull. 

Ackroyd,  George,  J. P.,  Bradford  Banking  Co.,  Bradford.  (2  copies) 

Armytage,  George  J.,  F.S.A.,  Clifton  Woodhead,  Brighouse. 

Armytage,  Captain  Godfrey,  The  Court,  Ackworth,  Pontefract. 

Anderton,  William,  J. P.,  Elm  Bank,  Cleckheaton. 

Andrew,  John,  36,  Sunny  Bank  Terrace,  Leeds. 

Armitage,  Henry,  Painter  and  Decorator,  Queen  Street,  Morley. 

Atkinson,  Rev.  John,  Wohler  AUee,  42,  Altona,  Hamburg. 

Armitage,  Gerald,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Armitage,  Samuel,  Greenside  Hou.'^e,  Pudsey. 

Anderton,  Rev.    William  Edward,  M.A.,  Woodford,  Essex. 

Bruce,  Samuel,  J.P.,  LL.D.,  St.  John's  House,  Wakefield. 

Batty,  John,  F.R.H.S.,  Author,  East  xU'dsley,  near  Wakefield. 

Bickersteth,  Rev.  M.  C.,  M.A.,  Vicar,  St.  Paul's  Vicarage,  Stanningley, 

Briggs,  Arthur,  J. P.,  Cragg  Royd,  Rawden,  near  Leeds. 

Binns,  Joseph  E  ,  69,  Raglan  Road,  Woodhouse,  Leeds. 

Brammall,  J.  Holland,  Sale  Hill  House,  Sheffield. 

Binks,  John,  Corn  Merchant,  Burton  Street,  Wakefield. 

Banks,  Mrs.  G.  Linnajus,  34,  Fassett  Square,  Dalston,  London. 

Booth,  James,  Low  Town,  Pudsey. 

Banks,-  James,  Manufacturer,  West  House,  Pu(lse3^  (2  copies) 

Birks,  James  W. ,  Hatter  and  Outfitter,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Brookes,  W.  Murray,  School  House,  Bolton  Lane,  Bradford. 

Brear,  Thomas,  and  Co.,  Limited,  17  and  19,  Kirkgate,  Bradford. 

Bannister,  Lepton  D.,  36,  Hampton  Road,  Southport,  Lancashire. 

Banks,  Mr.«.,  31,  Cliflf  Road,  Leeds. 

Briggs,  Samuel  T.,  18,  Southfield  Square,  Bradford. 

Brown,  James,  M.A.,  29,  Springfield  Place,  Bradford. 

Boothman,  David,  Gentleman,  Headingley,  near  Leeds. 

Baggaley,  George,  16,  Ashwood  Terrace,  New  Street,  Pixdsey. 

Baker,  John,  3l),  Church  Lane,  Piidsey. 

Butler,  B.,  516,  Sticker  Lane,  Bradford.  (2  copies) 

Brayshaw,  J.,  43,  Bruce  Street,  New  Wortley,  Leeds. 

B};  water,  William,  Clough  House,  Birstal,  near  Leeds. 

Banks,  Joseph,  6,  New  Street,  Pudsey. 

Boyes,  John,  Albion  Mills,  Pudsey. 

Briggs,  Mr.,  Co-operative  Stores,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Beaumont,  Miss  Elizabeth,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Beaumont,  William,  Farmer,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Braithwaite,  Sylvester,  Fartown,  Pudsey. 


308  SUBSCRIBERS. 

Broadliead,  L.,  1,  Church  Street,  St.  Helens,  Lancashire, 
Brown,  Benjamin,  Currier,  Hough  End,  Bramley. 
Blackburn,  Thonios,   Low  Lane,  Birstall,  near  Leeds. 
Bailey.  S.  A.,  Beamsley  Road,  Frizinghall,  Bradford. 
Brigg,  William,  3,  Staple  Inn,  Holborn,  London,  W.C 
Birks,  George,  Radcliffe  Lane,  Pudsey, 
Blacklmrn,  Miss  H,,  78,  Otley  Road,  Bradford, 
Beer,  Miss,  Bishop  Auckland, 
Beer,  Victor  E,,  New  York,  U,S,A, 
Booth,  Samuel,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Claridge,  William,  M.A..  7,  Farcliffe  Terrace,  Bradford. 

Cliff,  John,  F.G.S,,  F,R.Hist.S.,  Nesbit  Hall,  Fulneck.  (6  copies) 

Carr,  Albert  Edward,  Solicitor,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Cudworth,  William,  Observer  Office,  Bradford. 

Cordingley,  John  R.,  10,  Melbourne  Place,  Horton  Lane,  Bradford. 

Clarkson,  William  Henry,  Globe  Hotel,  Pvockingham  Street,  Leeds. 

Cooper,  William,  Gladstone  Cottage,  Farnworth,  near  Bolton. 

Chadwick,  S.  J.,  Solicitor,  Church  Street,  Dewsbury. 

Clemens,  Rev.  E.,  Fulneck. 

Clough,  John,  Hammerton  Close,  Pudsey. 

Cole,  William,  Manchester  Road,  Bradford. 

Clough,  W''illiam  Dibb,  Scales'  Buildin^;s,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Cauthery,  J,,  129,  Napier  Street,  Laisterdyke,  Bradford, 

Cooper,  John,  Crawshaw  House,  Robin  Lane,  PudseJ^  (3  copies) 

Cooper,  Thomas,  Robin  Lane,  Pudsey, 

Coates,  Frederick,  Croft  Terrace,  Fnrnley,  near  Leeds. 

Crowther,  Dr,,  M.S,A.,  1,  Bond  Street,  St.  John's,  W^akefield. 

Carleton,  Will,  Author,  420,  Greene  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  U,S,A, 

Clapham,  John  W,,  Oakdale  House,  Meanwood  Road,  Leeds. 

Clapham,  John,  Medical  Botanist,  Oak  House,  Meanwood  Road,  Leeds. 

Clifj,  David  Yewdall,  7,  Wellington  Street,  Leeds, 

Cliff",  Byron,  2,  Lodge  View,  Tong  Lane,  Wortley,  Leeds, 

Cliff,  Cromwell,  Halton  Road,  Runcorn,  Cheshiie, 

Coates,  Miss,  Marsh,  Pudsey. 

Carr,  Edwin,  Fartown,  Pudsey. 

Cobley,  Fred.,  c'o  Messrs.  William  W^alker  and  Sons,  Otley. 

Carr,  Simeon,  Springwood  House,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Crowther,  Miss,  Littlemoor  Hall,  Pudsey. 

Clayton,  J.  S.,  Scott  Hill,  Pudsey. 

Davis,  James  W.,  F.S.A,,  F.L.S.,  F.G.S.,  Chevinedge,  Halifax. 

Dyson,  George,  Draper,  Bethel  Street,  Brighouse. 

Dodgson,  Joseph,  Bookseller,  35,  Park  Row,  Leeds. 

Drake,  John,  40,  Valley  Road,  Pudsey, 

Dixon,  David,  South  Brook  Sti-eet,  Leeds, 

Dufton,  George,  Estate  Agent,  Pudsey. 

Dufton,  Benjamin,  3.  Radcliffe  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Deacon,  Mrs.  William,  St.  George's  Terrace,  Kidderminster. 

Dodgshun,  .John  Edward,  8,  Fountayne  Road,  Stoke  Newington,  Loudon. 

Driver,  Mrs.,  Croft  Hou=e,  Stanningley. 

Dale,  John,  and  Co,,  Booksellers.  17,  Bridge  Street,  Bradford. 

Dobson,  John,  Top  of  Lowtown,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Emsley,  John,  Adam  and  Emerald  Streets,  Kensington,  Philadelphia.     (4  copies) 
Embleton,  Thomas  W.,  Mining  Engineer,  The  Cedars,  Methley,  near  Leeds. 
EUisdon,  W.  C. ,  77,  Reginald  Terrace.  Chapeltown  Road,  Leeds, 
Elliott,  Rev,  R..  Tlie  College,  Fairfield,  near  Manchester, 
Eddison,  Thomas,  Whitehall  Road,  New  Wortley,  near  Leeds. 


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Elsworth,  John  W.,  Stanningley.  (2  copies) 

Ellis,  H.  T.,  Fulneck. 

Eslielbjs  H.  D..  21,  Park  Road  South,  Birkenhead,  Cheshire. 

Emsley,  John,  Stationer,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey.  (-i  copies) 

Eii_dand,  J.  G.,  Hill  Top  House,  Wortl  y,  near  Leeds. 

Emsley,  Matthew,  Bookseller,  Lowtown,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Elsworth,  William,  Lowtown,  Pudsey. 

Elsworth,  Bateman,  Wigan,  Lancashire. 

Fallow,  T.  M.,  M.A.,  Coathatn  House,  Coatham,  Redcar. 

Farquhar,  James,  M.  i '.,  Harrogate. 

Fearnside,  Edwin,  Manufacturer,  Cliff  Mount,  Leeds 

Fielding,  James  \V.,  Wortley  Lane,  New  Wortley,  Leeds. 

Friend,"Rev.  Hilderic,  F.L.S.,  Worksop,  Notts. 

Fox,  William,  Longside  Lane,  Bradford. 

Farrar,  Thomas  H.,  45,  Savile  Park,  Halifax. 

Faubert,  Isaac,  Faruley,  near  Lends. 

Graham,  Rev.  H.  J.,  M.A.,  Bulcote  House,  Scarborough.  (2  copies) 

Goss,  W.  H.,  F.G.S.,  Stoke-on-Trent. 

Garth,  E.  Machill,  F.E.I.S.,  Old  Free  Manse,  Inverkip,  Greenock,  N.B.  (2  copies) 

Glossop,  William,  Accountant,  33,  Kirkgate,  Bi-adford. 

Gaunt,  Reuben,  Manufacturer,  Springwood,  Farsley,  near  Leeds. 

Gaunt,  Charles,  Manufacturer,  Springwood,  Farsley,  near  Leeds. 

Gaunt,  Leonard,  Manufacturer,  Prospect  House,  Farsley. 

Guest,  W.  H.,  78.  Cross  Street,  Manchester. 

Groves,  Henry,  School  House,  Arkengarth  Dale,  Richmond,  Yorks. 

Gott,  Henry,  Postmaster,  Post  Office,  Pudsey. 

Gilling,  Miss  E.,  Queanbeyan,  New  South  Wales. 

Glover,  J.  S.,  Fulneck,  near  Leeds. 

Galloway,  Fred.,  120,  Bowling  Old  Lane,  Bradford. 

Gambles,  Mr.  Alfred,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Gledhill,  Benjamin,  129,  Rushton  Road,  Thornbury,  Bradford. 

Gambles,  William,  Bradford. 

Hunter,  William  Lovell,  M.D.,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Holroyd,  Abraham,  Author  and  Antiquary,  Alexandra  Road,  Shipley. 

Henderson,  Rev.  D.  A.,  Congregational  Minister,  The  Maase,  Pudsey.     (2  copies) 

Hall,  Joseph,  Manufacturer,  IS,  Woodbine  Place,  Leeds. 

Huggan,  John,  Grocer,  Pudsey. 

Haley,  Charles  Henry,  Rickardshaw  Lane,  Stanningley. 

Hewitt,  John,  92,  Harris  Street,  Leeds  Road,  Bradford.   , 

Holmes,  Richard,  Printer  and  Newspaper  Proprietor,  Pontefract. 

Hemsley,  John,  Cotton  Warp  Merchant,  Victoria  Road,  Morley. 

Hustler,  Benjamin,  Cloth  Finisher,  Cobd en  Street,  Morley. 

Harrison,  Dennis  Rider,  Lane  End,  Pudsey. 

Hall,  Joseph,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Hare,  Sam,  9,  Radcliffe  Terrace,  Pudsey. 

Hardcastle,  C.  D.,  Calverley  Chambers,  Victoria  Square,  Leeds. 

Hainsworth,  Heniy,  Woodville,  Farsley. 

Hinings,  J.  Asquith,  Rock  Villas,  Pudsey. 

Hyland,  S.,  Radcliffe  House,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Hainsworth,  Lewis,  118,  Bowling  Old  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Hutton,  Daniel,  Fulneck. 

Hutton,  Edmund,  Fulneck. 

Heap,  Miss  S.  E.,  North  Terrace,  Fulneck. 

Hanson,  Mrs.  George,  Tudor  Villa,  Franklin  MouAt,  Harrogate. 

Harrison,  John,  Solicitor,  Leeds,  and  Harrogate. 

Heap,  Elijah,  Ratcliffe  Lane,  Pudsey. 


3IO  SUBSCRIBERS. 

Hillings,  George,  Gentleman,  Littlemoor  Hall,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Hiniii^'s,  Miss,  Littlemoor  Hall,  Pudsey. 

Hall,  Joseph,  Brown  Sijuare,  Slvinuer  Lane,  Leeds. 

Holmes,  Professor  Oliver  Wendell,  296,  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  U.S.A. 

Hinings,  F. ,  4,  Richmond  Road,  Bradford. 

Hasse,  Rev.  Alexander  C,  Ocklirook,  Derby. 

Howitt,  John,  12,  Whiston  Grove,  Rotherham. 

Hinings,  John  W. ,  Bromyard,  Worcester. 

Hay  ward,  Rev.  E.,  Blenheim  House,  Pudsey. 

Halliday,  John,  Lowtown,  Pudsey. 

Ingham,  John,  jun  ,  Farnley,  near  Leeds. 
Ingham,  John,  The  Beehive,  Lowtown,  Pudsey. 

James,  Philip,  Station  Master,  Brough,  East  Yorkshire. 

Jackson,  Richard,  Bookseller,  18,  Commercial  Street,  Lee<ls. 

Johnson,  Squire,  P),  Scales'  Buildings,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Jecks,  Miss,  Radcliffe  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Johnson,  Ben,  65.  Kirkgate,  Bradford. 

Jones,  J.  E..  Grove  Villa,  Pudsoy. 

Johnson,  Samuel,  Currier,  Moor  'lop  Tannery,  Armlej^ 

Jowett,  Rev.  Thomas,  Vesper  Mount,  Kirkstall,  near  Leeds. 

Jonfs,  John  E. ,  Smalewell,  Pudsey. 

Johnson,  Benjamin,  Lincobi  Street,  Balne  Lane,  Wakefield. 

KiRKWOOD,  Stephen',  Stanningley,  near  Leeds. 

Kirkby,  Joseph,  Treasurer,  Co-operative  Society,  Commercial  Street,  Morley. 

Kenyon,  Walter,  Organist,  Crawshaw  Villa,  Pudsey. 

Lister,  John,  M  A.,  Gentleman,  Shibden  Hall,  near  llalifax. 

Law,  Alfred,  Card  Maker,  The  Grange,  Cleckheaton. 

Lawson,  J.  A.,  Crimbles,  Pudsey. 

Laycock,  Thomas,  Skell  Cottage,  Ripon. 

Library,  Mechanics'  Institute  (William  B.  Burnell),  Pudsey. 

Lawsou,  Joseph,  Hopewell  Terrace,  Horsforth. 

Lister,  Samuel,  Windsor  Road,  Shipley,  near  Bradford. 

Lee,  Robert,  oO,  Victoria  Terrace,  Ackroyd  Street,  Morley. 

Littledale,  Mrs  ,  82,  Redcliffe  Gardens,  South  Kensington,  London,  S.W. 

Layton,  C.  Miller,  Shortlands,  Castle  Hill  Avenue,  Folkestone. 

Lee,  William,  29,  Hanover  Square,  Bradford. 

Library,  Free  Public  (B.  Wood,  Librarian.  Darley  Street),  Bradfoi'd. 

Laycock,  Samuel,  Author,  Foxhall  Road,  Blackpool,  Lancashire. 

Lister,  Isaac,  37,  Adelaide  Street,  Southport,  Lancashire. 

Lawson,  John,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Lockwood,  Mrs.,  3,  Bishopsgate  Street,  Leeds. 

Lumby,  William,  Littlemoor  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Latimer,  Thomas,  jun.,  Toft  House,  Pudsey. 

McCarthy,  D.  W.,  4,  Ashchurch  Park  Villas,  Shepherd's  Busli,  London. 

Moseley,  David,  Church  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Myers,  S.  P.,  36,  Booth  Street,  Bradford. 

Mills,  J.  G..  Cuttlehurst,  Huddersfield. 

Maude,  William,  Blenheim  Mount,  Manningham,  Bradford. 

Myers,  Simeon,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Middlebrook,  John,  Fudsnj  and  Stanningley  News  Office,  Pudsey. 

Mortimer,  Charles.  791,  Franklin  Street,  Milwaukee.  VV^is.,  America. 

Morrall,  M.  T.  A'Beckett,  Balmoral  House,  Matlock. 

Margerison,  Joe,  Calverley  Lodge,  near  Leeds. 

Mason,  Anthony,  Arkingarthdale,  Reeth,  Richmond,  Yorkshire. 

Mathers,  Thomas,  Smalewell  Mill,  Pudsey. 


SUBSCRIBERS.  31I 

Midgley,  Mrs.,  Ilkley,  near  Leeds. 

Merritt,  Mrs.,  The  Marsh,  Pudsey, 

Moss,  James,  Green  side,  Pudsey. 

Mann,  George  E.,  School  Terrace,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Marshall,  Joseph,  Roker  Lane  Top,  Pudsey. 

Mallalieu,  W. ,  Swallow  Rest,  Ockbrook,  Derby. 

Mackellar,  Thomas,  (306-614,  Sansom  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Milner,  Oliver,  Hammerton  Field,  Pudsey. 

Maude,  Thomas,  The  Heights,  Pudsey. 

Milner,  John,  jun. ,  Cemetery  Road,  Pudsey. 

NoECLiFFE,  Rev.  Charles  Best,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  Langton  Hall,  Malton. 

New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Society,  U.S.A.  (J.  Ward  Dean). 

Nelson,  C.  S. ,  Architect,  Fulneck,  and  Albert  Chambers,  Leeds. 

Newell,  Joseph,  Registrar,  Elmtree  House,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Newell,  John.  Manchester. 

Newell,  A.,  The  Middle  Class  Schools,  Sheffield. 

Naylor,  John  Smith,  East  View  Cottages,  Lane  End,  Pudsey. 

Norton,  Jolm,  16,  Harley  Street,  Intake,  Pudsey. 

OxLEY,  Henry,  J. P.,  Bank,  Commercial  Street,  Leeds. 

Oxley,  Thomas,  Grocer  and  Tea  Dealer,  102,  Commercial  Street,  Batley. 

Oxley,  Alfred,  Fulneck. 

Owen,  John,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Peacock,  Frederick  Gillett,  5,  Whetley  Grove,  Manniugham,  Bradford. 

Parker,  John,  Municipal  Buildings,  Victoria  Square,  Leeds. 

Proctor,  .Joseph,  Oil  Dealer,  Church  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Pitts,  Matthew,  West  View,  Stanningley. 

Pollard,  Mrs.  Grace,  31,  Seftou  Street,  Southport,  Lancashire. 

Pitts,  J.  W. ,  Gas  Works,  Gomersal,  near  Leeds. 

Pearson,  M.,  Westroyd,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Pogson,  J.  W.,  7,  Kendall  Terrace,  Leeds. 

Procter,  Jeremiah,  Pudsey. 

RusBY,  James,  F.R.Hist.Soc,  18,  Oppidan's  Road,  Regent  Park,  London,  N.W. 

Robinson  James,  Chairman  of  School  Board,  Morley,  near  Leeds. 

Ross,  Frederick,  F.K.H.S.,  Loudon. 

Robinson,  John,  12,  Fitzarthur  Street,  Tong  Road,  Armley,  Leeds. 

Rhodes,  W.  Venables,  Oldfield  House,  Heckmondwike,  via  Normanton. 

Randall,  Joseph,  Bank  Chambers,  George  Street,  Sheffield. 

Rayner,  John,  26a,  York  Street,  Manchester. 

Rankin,  John,  26,  Market  Place,  Dewsbury. 

Roberts,  George,  Author  of  "  History  of  Lofthouse,"  Lofthouse,  near  Wakefield. 

Rushworth,  William,  Parkfield  Terrace,  Church  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Rankin,  John,  69,  Yorkshire  Street,  Rochdale. 

Rankin,  George,  New  Street,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Ramsden,  Samuel,  Black  Bull  Hotel,  Woodhouse,  Leeds.  (2  copies) 

Rayner,  C.  A.,  31,  Bishop  Street,  Manningham,  Bradford. 

Rankin,  David,  83,  Bridge  Street,  Warrington,  Lancashire. 

Raistrick,  Edward,  New  Street,  Pudsey. 

Rawclifie,  George,  33,  Wapping,  Liverpool.  (2  copies) 

Ryley,  F.  W.,  Marsh,  Pudsey.^ 

Rayner,  A.  H.,  50,  Kingston  Road,  Leeds. 

Rhodes,  George,  Horncastle  Farm,  Nostell,  near  Wakefield. 

Ramsden,  James  B. ,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Ross,  Mi's.  Grace,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Robinson,  G.  H.,  Bookseller,  16,  Market  Street,  Leeds. 

Saywell,  Rev.  F.  L.,  F.R.H.S.,  Bentinck  Villas,  High  Ackworth,  Poutefract. 
Sykes,  John,  M.  D.,  Hall  Gate,  Djncaster, 


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Schofield,  John,  5,  George  Street,  Leeds  Road,  Bradford. 

Sowden,  .rohn,  A.M.,  1,  Blenheim  Koad,  Bradforu. 

Salter,  Joseph,  The  Oaks,  Horsforth,  near  Leeils. 

Suwry,  T.  A.,  22,  Bridge  Uoad,  Holbeck,  Leeds. 

S heard,  Michael,  Lmd  Agent  and  Surveyor,  Batley. 

Soholes,  Edward  Fletcher,  Manufacturer,  Kirkfield,  Morley. 

Smith,  Robert,  Waver  House,  Pudsey. 

Swithinbank,  J.  S.,  Victoria  Villa,  Roundhay  Road,  Leeds. 

Stead,  John  James,  Albert  Cottage,  Heckmondwike,  via  Normanton. 

Saltei",  Mrs.,  Intake  Road,  Pudsey. 

Salter,  John  F.,  Intake  Road,  Pudsey. 

Salter,  Charles  S.,  Intake  Road,  Pudsey. 

Scott,  Mrs.,  20,  St.  George's  Square,  Sxinderland. 

Schofield,  E.,  Kingsley  House,  Manningham,  Bradford. 

Saunders,  J.,  71,  Rathmines  Road,  Dublin. 

Stanhope,  N.,  Galloway  Place,  Calverley,  Leeds. 

Spencer,  William,  Marsh  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Stowe,  John,  District  Advertiser  Office,  Stanningley. 

Scruton,  William,  35,  Clough  Street,  West  Bowling,  Bradford. 

Sugden,  Joseph,  9,  New  Street,  Pudsey. 

Stillings,  Thomas,  News  Office,  Pudsey.  (3  copies) 

Stockwell,  Oliver  T.,  170,  Waterloo  Road,  Pudsey. 

Shawe,  Miss  J.  M.,  Ladies'  School,  Fulneck,  near  Leeds. 

Shuttleworth,  Hodgshun,  Mar-sh,  Pudsey. 

Scarth,  John  William,  Shipley,  near  Bradford. 

Stockdale,  Albert,   Woodhouse  Hill,  Huddersfield. 

Sunderland.  B. ,  Tailor  and  Outfitter  Church  Lane,  Pudsey. 

Smith,  J.  W.,  c/o  John  Dewhuist  and  Sons,  Skipton. 

Shepherd,  Rev.  Ambrose,  The  Old  Parsonage,  Morley. 

Spencer,  Squire,  Manufacturer,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Speight,  James,  Thornbury,  near  Bradford. 

Stott,  Daniel,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Taylor,  Rev.  R.  V.,  B.A.,  Melbeck's  Vicarage,  Richmond,  Yorkshire. 

Tomlinson,  George  W.,  F.S.A.,  The  Elms,  Huddersfield. 

Town,  Joseph,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Town,  William,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 

Tinkler,  Rev.  John,  JNI.A.,  Arkengarthdale  Vicarage,  Richmond,  Yorkshire. 

Titterington,  Principal  W.  T.,  Fulneck  School,  near  Leeds.  (2  copies) 

Thackray,  Fred,  Deputy  Town  Clerk,  Town  Hall,  Queen  Street,  Morley. 

Turner,  Henry  D. ,  Bramley,  near  Leeds. 

Turton,  John,  Heights,  Pudsey. 

Thackray   Charles  VV. ,  1,  Mannheim  Road,  Toller  Lane,  Bradford. 

Turner,  J.  Horsfall,  Author,  Idle,  near  Bradford. 

Tomlinson,  Jonathan,  Lowtown,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Thompson,  James,  Shawdon,  Alnwick,  Northumberland. 

Verity,  James,  Earlsheaton,  near  Dewsbury. 
Verity,  J.  E.,  Draper,  Shipley  near  Bradford. 
Verity,  G.  E.,  17,  Westgate,  Shipley,  near  Bradford. 
Verity,  E.,  Draper,  Shipley. 

Wilkinson,  John  H.,  F.R.G.S.,  Newlay  Grove,  Horsforth,  Leeds. 

Wright,  Sam,  Solicitor,  10,  Piccadilly,  Bradford. 

Womersley,  Richard,  Manufacturer,  HillFoot,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Waterhouse,  David,  21,  Coleridge  Place,  Hillside  Villas,  Bradford. 

Ward,  George,  c/o  Peacock  and  Co.,  Guildford  Street,  Leeds. 

Walker  and  Laycock,  Booksel^rs,  37,  Briggate,  Leeds.  (3  copies) 

Walker,  Henry,  Joiner  and  Builder,  Chapeltown,  Pudsey. 


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Webster,  Charles,  Littlemoor,  Pudsey. 

Womersley,  Daniel,  Upper  Moor,  Pudsey. 

Wbitaker,  William,  11,  Francis  Street,  New  Leeds,  Leeds. 

Wade,  Mrs.,  Brynbella,  Crossbeck  Road,  Ilkley. 

Worsnop,  J.,  M.  D.,  18,  Harris  Street   Bradford. 

Ward,  George,  Buckingham  Terrace,  Headingley. 

Walker,  Matthew,  Manufacturer,  S winnow  House,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Whitley,  William  0.,  13,  Morton  Road,  Bradford. 

Wilson,  John,  L.K.C.P.  and  A.E  ,  Greenbauk,  Ilkley. 

Ward,  Arthur,  Fartown,  Piidsey. 

Watkinson,  James  E. ,  Sun  Field,  Stanningley,  Leeds. 

Wilson,  Miss  R.,  The  Marsh,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Waterhouse,  James,  Greenside,  Pudsey. 

Whitaker,  John  D.,  Tong  Road  Mill,  Armley,  near  Leeds. 

Wilson,  'I  homas,  Lowtown,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Walker,  Edwin,  38,  Church  Lane,  Pudsey.  (3  copies) 

Webster,  James,  Manufacturer,  Silver  Royd  Hill,  Wortley,  Leeds. 

Watson,  M.,  Pudsey. 

Wood,  Mr.,  Belle  Vue  Street,  Heslington  Road,  York. 

Wade,  Aaron,  43,  Ash  Grove,  Bradford. 

Wilson,  Christopher,  Fartown,  Pudsey.  (2  copies) 

Wilson,  Alfred,  Manchester. 

Webster,  Miss  E.,  Green  Top,  Pudsey. 

Webster,  W.  S.,  Crawshaw  Villa,  Pudsey. 

Walker,  Charles,  26,  Thornhill  Place,  Thornbury,  Bradford. 

Windsor,  Isaac,  Bottom  of  Hammerton  Field,  Pudsey. 

Webster,  Hubert,  Manor  House  Close,  Pudsey, 

Willey,  Jos.  H.,  Gracehill,  Balleymena,  Ireland  (2  copies) 

Ypjwdall,  Mrs.  John  Cliff,  South  View,  Rochdale,  Lancashire. 
Yewdall,  Zechariah,  Brookfield,  Calverley,  Leeds. 
Yewdall,  A.  H.,  17,  Blenheim  Terrace,  Woodhouse  Lane,  Leeds. 
Yewdall,  C.  A.,  Oaldands,  Calverley,  near  Leeds. 


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BY 

WILLIAM     SMITH,     F.S.A.S., 

Author  of  "The  History  and  Antiquities;"  Editor  of  "  Old  Yorkshire." 

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OPINIONS    OP    THE    PBBSS. 
Scarborough  Gazette,  July  8th,  1886. 

The  author  of  this  interesting  volume  is  already  favourably  known  in  the  literary  world  as  the 
writer  of  several  topographical  works  and  books  of  travel.  ■*  *  •-"  Especially  interesting  in  the  present 
volume,  are  chapters  5,  6  and  7,  extending  over  nearly  one  hundred  pages,  treatirg  of  village-life  as  it 
was  in  Morley  from  fifty  to  a  hundred  years  ago,  Mr.  Smith,  with  his  taste  and  skill  as  an  antiquary 
and  historian,  is  at  his  best  in  these  chapters  and  similar  portio  us  of  the  book.  Old  manners  and 
customs,  family  life,  dress,  recreations,  music  in  chiu-ch  and  chapel,  and  many  other  matters  are 
treated  in  a  con  amore  spirit,  the  narrative  presenting  sometimes  even  a  romantic  interest. 

Leeds  ilercury,  July  28th,  1886. 

The  past  history  of  the  place  is  pleasantly  blended  into  the  account  of  its  modern  deve)opmeut 
in  the  prestut  work.  Its  contents,  in  their  arrangement  aud  the  care  with  which  everything  relating 
to  Morley  has  been  gleaned  and  classified,  make  the  work  an  acceptable  contribution  to  the  history 
of  an  important  section  of  this  great,  county. 

Pudsey  District  Advertiser,  July  \Qth,  1886. 

Mr.  Smifi  by  his  splendid  and  valuable  work  as  Editor  of  "  Old  Yorkshire,"  made  himself  a  name 
indeUbly  associated  with  all  that  pertains  to  the  past  history  of  ''the  best  shire  of  England."  All 
who  are  interested  in  Yorkshu-e  village  life  in  the  olden  time  ;  in  the  manner  in  which  their  fore- 
fathers lived,  labom-ed  and  prospered,  we  cordially  recommend  Mr.  Smith's  latest  volume. 

Durham  Chronicle,  June  IWi,  1886. 

This  volume  is  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  history  of  the  woollen  manufacture,  and  whilst 
professing  to  deal  with  that  fraction  of  England  known  as  Moi'ley,  is  at  the  samo  time  a  valuable 
contribution  to  the  social  history  of  the  kingdom  at  large.  We  hope  Mr.  Smith's  volume  will  find  a 
place  on  the  bookshelves  of  our  readers  as  supplying  a  want. 

Western  Antiquary,  June,  1886. 

Mr.  Smith  has  here  given  us  another  of  his  choice  volumes.  We  heartily  congratulate  him  upon 
the  completion  of  this  labour  of  love.  The  records  of  Morley  show  many  scenes  of  "stiange  eventful 
history."     The  story  is  well  told  by  Mr.  Smith. 

Pudsey  Neivs,  July  2nd.  1886. 

This  work  is  a  fine  repertoire  of  mattsra  of  history  and  interest  to  the  pe  jple  of  Morley  and 
district.  An  elegantly  got-up  book,  with  more  than  one  hundred  engravings  which  help  the  meaning 
of  the  text  greatly,  and  altogether  the  book  forms  a  lavishly  illustrated  and  valuable  local  souvenir. 

Booh  Lore,  July,  1886. 

Mr.  Smith  has  in  this  work  dealt  with  a  large  variety  of  subjects,  antiquarian  as  well  as  topo- 
graphical, aud  always  in  a  very  intelUgeut  aud  perspicuous  manner.  The  book  is  supplied  with  a 
good  index — a  siue  q^ua  non  in  treatises  of  this  nature. 

Yorkshire  Notes  and  Queries,  July,  1886. 

We  have  in  the  pages  and  numerous  iUastrations  of  Morley :  Ancient  and  Modern,  an  insight  into 
village  life  of  the  last  two  centuries  such  as,  probably,  no  other  local  book  affords.  The  history  of 
Morley  for  three  centuries  has  nc>w  been  well  written  by  Mr.  Scatcherd  aud  Mr.  Smith, 


XVlll. 

Bradford  Observer,  July  9th,  1886. 

The  matei-ial  of  this  volume  mostly  refers  to  the  manners  and  customs,  modes  of  living,  dress, 
house  furuishlags,  and  forms  of  recreat.ou  of  the  people  of  Morlcy  half-a-century  ago,  and  it  is  an 
Interesting  and  somewhat  exhaustive  record.  The  work  is  profusely  illustrated  and  excellently  got 
up,  to  correspond  with  "  Old  Yorkfahire,"  by  the  same  author. 

Literary  World,  June  25th,  1886. 

Mr.  Smith  has  given  us  an  historical  work  of  great  interest.  As  an  accurate  picture  of  life  in  a 
village  in  the  olden  time  ;  of  the  way  in  which  our  forefathers  ruled  themselves  ;  of  how  they  lived 
and  laboui'ed,  ilr.  Smith's  work  deserves  the  highest  praise.  It  is  the  result  of  much  research — of 
careful  labour,  and  few  are  there  who  will  not  find  in  it  something  novel  and  worth  remembering. 

Morley  Division  Chronicle,  June  5th,  1886. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  ably-written  and  handsomely-produced  volumes  of  local  record  and 
reseai'ch  that  it  has  been  our  pleasure  to  peruse  or  handle.  It  would  indeed  be  difficult  to  conceive  a 
more  chastely  and  artistically  printed  volume.  It  is  a  thoroughly  honest  and  conscientious  record  of 
all  that  laborious  research  has  been  able  to  discover  concerning  Morley  in  its  relation  to  the 
history  of  strange  succeeding  centuries.  *  *  *  No  essential  feature  of  history,  contemporaneous  or 
ancient,  appeal's  to  have  been  omitted. 

Wakefield  Express,  Jime  12th,  1886. 

The  chapters  on  "Morley,  Fifty  years  ago"  are  the  most  interesting.  The  picture  of  village  life 
is  well  drawn.  The  chapter  on  amusements  is  fuH  of  interest.  Mr.  Smith  has  succeeded  in  presenting 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Morley  a  most  readable  account  of  their  town  history  and  olden  village  Ufe. 
For  ourselves  we  offer  our  hearty  thanks  for  the  description  of  village  life  in  the  West  Hiding  in  the 
early  years  of  the  present  century. 

Notes  and  Queries,  August  2lst,  1883. 

We  are  pleased  with  Mr.  Smith's  book.  *  *  *  He  has  accumulated  many  interesting  facts  in  his 
note-books.  The  kindly  tone  in  which  he  speaks  of  most  of  the  persons  he  has  occasion  to  notice  is 
alike  ci-editable  to  his  heart  and  understanding. 

Textile  Manufacturer,  October  15th,  1886. 

This  work  consists  of  archaeological  matter,  and  notK  of  ancient  customs,  manners,  recreations, 
amusements,  and  sundries  gleaned  from  the  recollections  of  the  older  generation,  which  is  rapidly 
pas>ing  away.  'J  he  sketches  of  the  village— we  beg  pardon — town's  notables  are  veiy  interesting. 
1  he  whole  book  forms  pleasant  reading. 

Scotsman,  November  Sth,  1886. 

A  handsome  and  substantial  volume.  *  *  *  Mr.  Smith  is  an  industrious  and  painstaking 
chronicler;  the  volume  before  us  contains  an  immense  amount  of  historical,  archteological,  and 
topographical  information. 

Barnsley  Independent,  November  ^th,  1886. 

This  very  handsome  volume  would  of  itself  have  established  the  fame  of  the  author  of  "Old 
Torkshire  "  as  an  antiquarian  and  topographical  writer  of  the  first  rank.  *  '-*  Well  printed,  elegantly 
bound,  and  profusely  illustrated.  ••'  •■■  *  It  is  a  highly  interesCmg  work  for  the  student  of  local  history 
and  social  mamiers  and  customs. 

Picayune  {New  Orleans),  November  Sth,  1886. 

This  history  of  Morley — a  little  town  that  antiquarians  know,  if  the  tourists  do  not — is  a  book  of 
infinite  charm,  and  one  that  every  reader,  whether  he  may  have  heard  of  Morley  or  not,  will  peruse 
with  interest. 

Morley  Observer,  June  19th,  1886. 

The  present  volume  gives  an  account  of  the  early  history  of  the  p*lace  during  the  Saxon,  Nor- 
man, and  Plantagenet  periods,  more  particularly  a?  to  the  social  condition  of  the  people  ;  also  a  list 
of  the  inhabitants  of  the  village  in  137i),  with  a  dissertation  on  the  significance  of  the  names  by 
which  our  ancestors  were  known.  Coming  down  to  the  Commonwealth  period,  interesting  and 
amusing  extracts  are  given  from  Oliver  Heywood's  Diaries,  having  reference  to  Morley,  and  these 
furnish  some  curious  and  charming  phages  of  village  life  in  those  early  times.  The  chapters  on 
Morley  fifty  years  ago  are  written  from  a  familiar  knowledge  of  what  is  unique  and  curiously  engaging 
in  West  Riding  usages  and  traditions,  and  in  a  siLgalarly  charming  style.  The  book  is  a  marvel 
of  cheapness.  It  is  truly  a  wander  to  us  that  a  work  so  teeming  with  information,  so  expensively 
and  exquisitely  illustrated,  can  be  sold  for  the  price.  It  is  uniform  with  '•  Old  Yorkshire,"  and  may 
be  taken  from  the  shelves  or  pla<;ed  upon  them  as  the  last,  but  by  no  means  .least,  of  the  author's 
contributions  to  the  history  of  Yorkshire, 

Manchester  Examiner  and  Times,  October  lith,l&86. 

This  is  a  capital  specimen  of  a  very  useful  class  of  books Those  who  are  acquainted  with 

the  instructive  and  entertaining  work  "  Old  Yorkshire,"  of  which  Mr.  Smith  was  the  editor,  will  not 
need  to  be  assured  of  his  qualifications  for  his  latest  task,  and  in  "Morley,  Ancient  and  Modern"  he  has 

found  a  subject  admirably  adapted  for  the  full  display  of  his  painstaking  research  and  literary  skill 

Mr.  Smith  has  the  happy  knack  of  selecting  just  the  facts  which  are  at  once  the  most  interesting  and 
most  illuminating.  We  have  always  had  a  liking  for  weU-executed  books  of  this  class,  and  "  Morley  " 
is  certainly  one  of  the  best  of  then}. 


XIX. 

Boston  {A-va.eric5)  Literary  World,  Sep.  itk,  1S86, 

It  is  not  often  tliat  an  English  local  history  finds  its  way  to  American  readers,  and  if  the  work 
before  us  is  a  fair  example  of  its  class  we  shall  wish  the  event  might  happen  of  tener.  In  completeness 
of  plan,  in  tlioroiighness  of  treatment,  in  .attention  to  all  those  little  details  tliat  make  up  the  per- 
fection of  a  book  viewed  from  the  bibliographical  standpoint,  in  illustrations  both  as  regards  number, 
variety,  and  quality,  in  typography  and  binding,  this  volume  on  "  Morley  "  has  individuality,  value, 
interest,  and  beauty ;  it  is- singularly  attractive  at  the  first  glance,  and  its  contents  repay  cai'eful 
reading,  even  to  one  who  has  no  personal  concern  with  its  subject,  and  who  looks  on  local  history 
only  with  the  most  general  and  abstract  sympathy. 

Torkshire  Post,  Aug.  4th,  1886. 

This  history  of  "  Morley "  will  always  be  valuable  in  antiquarian  eyes,  not  so  much  from  the 
light  it  will  throw  upon  the  career  of  any  old  families,  or  upon  the  lesser  known  parts  of  English 
history,  but  because  it  will  always  serve  fairly  to  illustrate  the  conditions  of  English  village  life  at 
certain  epochs.  Over  and  above  this,  the  local  interest  of  Mr.  Smith's  volume  will  serve  to  place  it 
among  the  books  which  historians  of  Yorkshire,  and  students  of  West  Riding  life  and  chara'  ter, 

must  always  consult In  his  account  of  old  village  life  in  ''  Morley,"  Mr.  Smith  is  always 

happy. 

Antiquary,  August,  1886. 

This  brilliantly-bound  book  is  practically  the  note-book  of  a  local  antiquary,  who  has  known 
bow  to  collect  and  put  together  information  that  is  of  the  greatest  interest  to  antiquaries.  Such 
books  are  not  often  to  be  met  with,  and  we,  at  any  rate,  welcome  them. 

Academy,  Sep.  IVh,  1886. 
Mr.  Smith,  in  this  entertaining  volume,  loves  to  dwell  in  the  past,  and  from  charters,  registers, 
deeds,  and  the  gossip  of  old  inhabitants,  to  revive  the  memory  of  Morley  in  its  earliest  days  He  lias 
a  facile  and  somewhat  discursive  pen,  and  treats  of  pretty  well  every  subject  which  can  be  brought 
within  his  scope,  from  the  Romans  in  Morley,  A.D.,  43,  to  the  operations  of  the  Parliamemary 
Boundary  Commissioners,  A.D.,  1885.    The  book  is  illustrated  with  some  spii'ited  engravings. 

Ossett  Observer,  Jidy  Wth,  If  86. 
This  work  forms  a  handsome  volume,  and  is  profusely  illustrated.    It  teems  with  interesting 

information The  work  reflects  credit  on  its  author,  and  on  the  locality  whose  annals  he  has  so 

fully  and  f.iithfully  placed  before  his  readers. 


Professor  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  LL.D  ,  D.C.S.,  Boston,  America. 
Author  of- MAii  Venner,"  "Autocrat  or  the  Breakfast  Table,"  "Life  of  EmmersDn,'' "Guardian 

Angel,''  etc. 
I  have  found  your  bonk  exceedinsfly  interesting,  and  notwithstanding  the  local  character 
which  gives  It  it-i  distinctive  flavour,  I  find  much  which  has  its  parallel  in  my  own  recollections. 
I  feel  6-ure  that  the  volume  will  be  heartily  welcomed  by  your  own  community,  and  I  find  many 
interested  readers  on  this  side  of  the  water. 

Rev.  Charles  Haddon  Spdrgeon,  Baptist  Minister,  London. 
Author  of  "  Tlie  Treasury  of  David,"  "Morning  by  Morning,"  "  Evening  by  Evening,"  etc. 
Mr.  W.  Smith  has  a  genius  for  topographical  writing;  he  has  in  "Morley,  Ancient  and 
Modern,"  omitted  nothing,  and  made  the  most  of  everythine.  He  has  done  for  Morley  in  one 
direction  what  Gilbert  White  did  for  Selbonic  in  another.  We  remember  preaching  long  ago 
in  that  growing  town,  but  we  did  not  know  the  classic  ground  on  which  we  stood.  *  *  * 
Thanks,  Mr.  Smith,  for  your  p.atient  collection  of  facts.    *  Your  noble  volume.     * 

Topographical  works  have  a  singular  value,  and  are  never  without  purchasers:  this  is  one  of 
the  best  of  them. 

Rev.  Phillips  Brooks,  D.D.,  Trinity  Church,  Do.ston,  America. 
Author  of  "  Sermons,"  "  Lectures  on  Preaching,"   "  The  Influence  of  Jesus,"  '•  Baptism,'  etc. 
Yonr   book  has  interested  me  exceedingly.    A  local  history  written  with  si.irit  and  en- 
thusiasm has  always  very  vivid  interest,  and  Morley  seems  to  me  more  than  a  name,  now  that 
I  have  seen  it  and  its  people  in  your  pages.    I  should  be  glad  to  think  that  some  time  I  should 
look  on  it  with  my  own  eyes. 

Lewis  Morris,  M.A.,  J.P.,  Pcnbrvn  Hou.se,  Carmarthen. 
^'lw(7(fl)- 0/  "  The  Epic  of  Hades,"  "  Songs  of  Two  Worlds,"  "Gwen,''  "  Songs  Unsung,'' etc. 
Yonr  book  is  exceedingly  interesting,  and  the  illustrations  ai-e  admirable.    County  histories 
and  district  histories  are  most  valuable,  especially  when  literary  ability  Is  foun  !  combined  with 
loving  and  accurate  local  knowledge,  as  in  your  books. 

Will  Carleton,  M.A.,  Brooklyn,  America. 
Author  of  "Farm  Ballads,"  "Farm  Legends,"  "Farm  Festivals,''  "City  Ballads,"  etc. 

Yonr  neighbours  certainly  owe  you  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  thus  opening  to  them  the  picture 
gallery  of  pen  and  graver  to  s'how  them  about  "theauld  toun."  The  descriptions,  always  in 
your  ter.se  but  picturesque  style,  are  all  that  could  be  desired,  and  the  whole  work  seems  to  me 
a  grand  success. 

Mark  Twaix  (S.  S.  Clemens).  Hartford,  Conn.,  America. 
Author  of  "  The  Innocents  Abroad,"  "  The  New  Pilgrim's  Progress,"  '•  Huckleberry  Finn,"  etc. 

I  am  reading  your  bosk  with  absorbing  interest  as  opportunity  occurs. 


XX. 

John  Ellerthorpe  (Foreign  Editor,  Daily  Teleriraph),  London. 

Your  book  is  very  interesting.  Tliese  old  local  memorials  are  calculated  to  be  of  great  ad- 
vantage. The  time  of  which  we  know  least  is  generally  that  immediately  preceding  our  own 
which  has  not  yet  becoii;e  history. 

Charles  Dudley  Warnrr,  Hartford,  Conn.,  America. 
Author  nf  "  My  Summer  in  a  Garden,"  "Back-log  Studies,"  "  Life  of  Washington  Irving,"  etc. 

Your  most  iuterestina;  antiquarian  volume;  such  a  mas-i  of  old  time  details,  and  so  pro- 
fusely Illustrated.    Allow  me  to  congratulate  you  on  the  success  of  your  work. 

Walt  Whitman,  drnden,  New  Jersey,  America. 
Author  of  '' Leaves  of  Grass,"   "Centennial  Songs,"  "Drum  Taps,"  etc. 

A  handsome  and  most  interesting  book. 

William  Allingham,  Surrey,  England. 
Author  of    "Day  and  Night    Songs,"    "Blackberries  Picked  off  many  Bushes,"    "Lawrence 

Bloomfield,"  etc. 
Your  matterful  "  History  of  Morley.''    *    *    *    Books  of  this  sort  have  a  charm  of  their 
own,  and  you  have  j^erformed  your  task  with  loving  diligence  and  success, 

Hon.  Gkorge  H.  Boker,  Philadelphia,  America. 
Author  of  "  The  Book  of  the  Dead,"  "  War  Lyrics,"  "  The  Lesson  of  Life,''  and  other  Poems,  etc. 
I  have  read  your  Histfiry  of  Morley  with  great  pleasure,  and  I  congratulate  you  on  having 
issued  so  admirable  a  work.  I  have  always  taken  great  interest  in  local  historic.^,  and  I  have 
taken  so  great  an  interest  in  that  of  Morley,  that  on  my  next  visit  to  Englan'l,  I  shall  certainly 
make  the  acquaintance  of  your  town. 

Bev.  \V.  H.  FURNESS,  D.D.,  Philadelphia,  America. 
Author  of  "  The  Story  of  the  Resurrection,''  "  Verses  and  Hymns,"  etc, 

A  handsome  volume,  and  full  of  interest.  The  account  of  old-time  manners  and  customs 
interests  me  very  muih. 

Louisa  Chandler  Moulton,  Bo  ton,  America. 
Author  of  ''Random  Rambles,"   "Bed-Time  Stories,"  "More  Bed-Time  Stories,"  "  Poems,"  etc. 

I  have  read  your  delightful  book.  I  con^^ider  it  one  of  my  treasures.  I  should  like  to  see 
the  Morley  whicli  in  its  ancient  and  modern  aspects  you  have  so  delightfully  portrayed. 

William  Winter  (Dramatic  Critic),  Staten  Island,  N.Y  .  America. 

Author  of"  English  Rambles,''  "The  Trip  to  England,"  '-Shakespeare's  PIngland," 

"  Poems,'    etc. 

Your  valuable  and  deeply  interesting  work.    Your  patient  research  is  remarkable,  and  your 

evident  love  of  suggestive  antiquities  and   the  associations,  historic  and   romantic,  of  your 

beauiiful  country,  imparts  to  your  pages  a  picturesque  charm  and  the  vitality  of  t  uth.    I  am 

glad  to  possess  your  book. 

Adeline  D.  T.  Whitnei',  Wilton,  N.H..  America. 
Author  cf   "The  Gayworthys,"     "The   Real  Folks,"    "The  Other   GirJs,'    "  Bouuyborougb," 

"  Tansies, "  etc. 
I  am  charmed  with  what  your  book  offers  me — a  real  abiding  in  the  quaint  old  place  and 
its  memories.    It  certainly  offers  a  complete  possession  to  the  reader. 

James  Parton,  Newburyport,   Mass.,  America. 
Author  of    "Lives  of    Franklin,  Jefferson,    Burr,  Jackson,    and    Greeley,''    "Captains    of 

Industry,"  etc. 
I  have  read  the  whole  of  your  beautiful  volume  v  ith  great  pleasure.    A  work  of  this  kind 
could  not  be  better  executed. 

Gail  Hamilton,  Hamilton,  Mass.,  America. 
Author  of  "Summer  Rest,"  "Gala  Days,"  "Wool  Gathering,"  "Battle  of  the  Books,"  "Red 

Letter  Days,"  etc. 
An  interesting  book.    The  pictures  are  charming.    It  is  a  mine  of  delight.    It  is  like  hearing 
stories  about  one's  old  home. 

Rev.  James  Freeman  Clarke,  D.D.,  Boston,  America. 
Author  o/"  Common  Sense  in   Religion,"  "Ten  Great  Religions,"  "Memorial  and  Biographical 

Sketcbes,"  etc. 
A  beautiful  book,  which  I  have  read  with  the  greatest  interest. 

Thomas  Wentworth  Higoinson.  Newport,  R. J.,  America. 
Author  o/"  Atlantlc^Essays,"  "Out-Door  Papers,"  A'ditoro/"  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies," etc. 

I  have  read  your  book  with  much  interest,  and  much  of  the  antiquarian  information  is  of 
peculiar  iutercsi  to  American-s. 

John  Fiske,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  America. 
Author  of  "  Myths  and  Mythmakers,"    "  The  Destiny  of  Man,"  "  Outlines  of  Cosmic  Philo- 
sophy," etc. 
Your  "  Morley  "  is  a  very  interesting  volume,  and  pleases  me  very  much. 


XXI. 

John  G.  Saxe,  Albany,  America. 
Author  of  '^Voemi"  "The  Proud   Miss  MacBride,"   ''Leisure  Day   Rliymes,"    "Progress,   a 

SaLire,"  etc. 
Your  beautiful  book,  with  its  charming  descriptions  of  English  village  life  of  the  olden  time. 

S.  Arsnx  Allibone,  LL.D.,  New  York,  America. 
AuOior  of"  A  Critical  Dictionary  of  Bugllsh  Litei'aiure,  and  British  and  American  Authors,"  etc. 

1  am  pleased  -with  your  work.  I  value  highly  good  topographical  books,  for  they  are  collec- 
tions of  facts  in  which  each  generation  is  successively  interested. 

Fricderick  Saunders,  Lenox  Library,  New  York,  America. 
Author  of  "Pastime  Papers,"  "Salad  for  the  Solitary  and  the  Social,"  etc. 

Although  its  interest  is  centered  in  (to  me)  a  strange  locality,  yet  it  is  none  the  less  accept- 
able reading,  and  the  copious  illustrations  carry  me  lu  spirit  to  your  picturesque  old  town  of 
Morley. 

Henry  M.  Brooks,  Salom,  Mass.,  America. 
Author  of  "  New  England  Sunday,"  "  Litei-ary  Curiosities,"  "Strange  and  Curious  Punishments." 

Your  valuable  and  charming  work  I  have  been  delighted  wiih  it,  and  so  have  my  family 
and  friends. 

J.  W.  Palmer,  LL.D.,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  America. 
Author  of  "Folk  Songs,"  "The  Golden  Dagon,"  "  Poetry  of  Compliment  and  Courtship,"  etc. 

I  am  delighted  with  your  book.  Whatever  relates  to  local  antiquities  in  England,  folk  lore, 
and  the  old  rural  life  and  "  ways,"  has  peculiar  charms  for  me, 

F.  H.  Underwood,  M.A.,  TJ.S.  Consul,  Glasgow. 
Author  of  "  A  Hand  Book  of  English  Literature." 

Your  history  of  Morley  is  exceedingly  curious,  quaint,  and  interestiug. 

Charles  EcJbert  Craddock,  St.  Louii?,  Mis.,  America. 
Author  of  "In  the  Clouds,''  "  In  the  Tenne.^see  Mountains,"  "Down  the  Ravine,"  etc. 

The  perusal  of  "Morley"  has  given  mo  much  pleasure.  The  details  of  the  antiquated 
customs,  and  the  glimpses  of  character  that  they  afford,  awaken  a  genuine  sympathy  with  the 
old  Yorkshire  "  ways,"  and  give  a  very  complete  understanding  of  the  life  and  gradual  develop, 
ment  of  an  ancient  English  town.  The  traditions  and  relics  and  records  impress  me  as  peculiarly 
interesting  and  quaint. 

Horace  Howard  Furness,  Boston,  Mass.,  America. 
Author  Of  "  A  New  Variorum  Edition  of  bhakespere,"  etc. 

Apart  from  historical  value  (which  is  unquestionably  great),  local  histories  are  cxcecding''y 
Interesting  when  they  are  written  with  the  exhaustive  thoroughness  which  you  have  here 
displayed.  Old  times  are  lived  over,  old  scenes  recalled,  old  custums  are  revived  or  embalm-d, 
and  a  dramatic  interest  is  imparted  to  them  all,  by  the  sharp  contrast  with  the  stirring  life  of 
to-day,  which  you  emphasize  throughout. 

Benson  J.  Lossing,  LL.D.,  AM.,  Dover  Plains,  America. 
Author  o/"  Pictorial  Field  Book  of  the  Revolution,"  "  Life  of  Washington,"  "A  History  of 

England,"  etc. 
Your  work  is  a  book  after  my  own  lieart.  I  am  surprised  and  delighted  to  find  how  similar 
has  been  your  experience  to  that  of  my  own, 'and  how  nearly  the  characteristics  of  Morley  fifty 
years  ago  agree  with  those  of  the  hamlet  where  I  passed  the  days  of  my  infancy  and  early  child- 
hood at  the  same  period.  The  notice  in  the  Boston  Literary  World,  of  your  volume,  conveys 
a  just  estimate  of  the  character  and  value  of  your  work. 

Henry  Charles  Lea,  Philadelphia,  America. 
Author  of  "Studies  in  Church  History,"  "  Supernaturalism,"  "  Superstition  and  Force,"  etc. 

A  handsome  and  interesting  volume.  I  have  read  it  sufficiently  to  recognize  how  much  of 
curious  research  it  has  required,  and  how  much  there  is  in  it  illu.'^trative  of  forgotten  customs. 

Donald  G.  Mitchell  (J.  K.  Marvel),  Edgewood,  N.  Y.,  America. 
Author  of  "  Bound  Together,"  "  Reveries  of  a  Bachelor,"  "  Wet  Days  at  Edgewood,"  etc. 

Your  very  welcome  book  on  "  Morley  "  is  full  to  overflowing.  If  only  other  or  all  towns  were 
written  up  and  pictured  as  your  zeal  and  industry  have  pictured  this— what  a  new  Old  England 
would  beam  upon  tis  ! 

Frank  R.  Stockton,  New  York,  America. 
Author  o/"  Rudder  Grange,"  "The  Hundredth  Man,"  "The  Floating  Prince,"  "Our  Story." 

I  am  very  much  pleased  with  your  interestiug  and  valuable  book  on  "  Morley." 

Rev.  E.  Everett  Hale,  D.D.,  Roxbury,  Mass.,  America. 
Author  of  "How  to  do  it,"    "In  His  Name,"   "The  Good  Time    Coming,"  "A  Summer 

Vacation,"  etc. 
I  have  been  very  much  interested  by  your  curious  and  valuable  study  of  Morlej'.    It  is  from 
Buch  bonks  that  history  is  to  be  made,  if  history  is  to  be  worth  anything ;  and  I  never  read  one 
of  them  without  wishing  there  were  more  of  them. 


THE    REGISTERS 


Cafoerlej)  Parisl?  Cf?urcl?,  Vols.  i.  anb  it. 

(Vol.  III.  IN  THE  Press,  and  will  be  ready  shortly), 
1574—1650,     1650-1680, 

"With    a    Sketch    of    the    History    of    the    Church. 
Illustrated  and  Indexed. 


OPINIONS    OF    THE    PRESS. 

The  Registers  of  Calverley  commence  in  1574,  and  the  present  vokmre  gives 

their  contents  to  1649.  They  appear  to  have  been  carefully  transcribed  and  printed, 
and  are  rendered  easy  of  reference  by  a  good  index.  More  than  this  it  is  unnecessary 
to  say  of  them,  but  our  obhgation  to  their  editor  does  not  end  here,  he  has  not  only 
given  us  a  copy  of  the  Registers,  but  has  supplemented  them  by  a  mass  of  useful  and 
well-digested  information  relating  to  the  parish.  His  notes  on  Calverley  Church,  its 
ancient  Memorial  Cross  Slabs,  the  Living,  and  Testamentary  Burials  from  Torre's 
MSS.,    form   an   instructive  chapter   for   those  whose  tastes  are  general  instead  of 

genealogical The  "Register  of  Seats,"  and  additional  notes,   especially  those 

from  the  Bradford  Registers,  are  a  most  useful  conclusion  to  the  volume.  We  cor- 
dially recommend  Mr.  Margerison's  book  to  our  readers,  and  hope  that  it  will  meet 
with  sufficient  encouragement  to  enable  him  to  complete  his  valuable  undertaking. — 
T/ie  Genealogist,  January,  1881. 

Mr.  Samuel  Margerison  has  set  a  praiseworthy  example  in  showing  what  a 
good  piece  of  work  may  be  done  by  a  little  private  enterprise.  He  has  printed  entire 
the  first  volume  of  the  Calverley  Registers,  extending  from  1574  to  1649,  in  a  neat  and 
compact  volume,  which  also  includes  an  interesting  history  of  the  church  and  its  in- 
cumbents, and  is  illustrated  by  several  engravings  ;  and  he  has  been  able  to  place  it 
in  the  hands  of  his  subscribers  at  an  absurdly  small  price.  That  it  is  no  trifling 
matter  may  be  gathered  from  the  fact  that  the  register  entries  alone  are  over  4,500  in 

number The  book  is  nicely  printed  and  bound,  and  has  an  excellent  index.     We 

have  nothing  but  words  of  praise  for  Mr.  Margerison.  —  Notes  and  Queries,  Novejiiber 
\y.h,   1880. 

Mr.  S.  Margerison  has  done  good  service,  to  the  historian  of  Yorkshire  at  the 
least,  by  taking  up  and  executing  as  a  private  individual,  the  task  which  the  Harleian 
Society  has  undertaken  in  London,  by  publishing  the  registers  of  the  extensive  parish 
of  Calverley,  near  Leeds.  He  has  thus  brought  to  light  and  put  on  record  many 
curious  facts  relating  to  Yorkshire  families. — The  Antiquary,  Dec,  1880. 

The  publication  of  the  Registers  of  Calverley  Parish   Church  is  a  matter  of 

great  local  interest (The  first  volume)  has  been  printed  in  its  entirety.     It  is  as 

complete  as  it  has  been  possible  to  make  it all  that  remains  having  been  faith- 
fully reproduced. — Leeds  Mercury,  26th  /an.,  1881. 

This  is  a  little  volume  which  contains,  besides  the  names  and  dates  taken  from 
the  Parish  Registers,  a  sketch  of  the  history  of  the  church,  and  a  clearly  engraved 
view  of  the  church  and  adjoining  grounds —  Yorkshire  Post,  K^lh  Jan.,  1881. 

Address  :—Saml.  Margerison,  Calverley,  nr.  Leeds. 


Haworth,  Past  and  Present  :     A   History  of  Haworth,  Stanbury, 

and  Oxenhope.     20  Illustrations.     3s. 

"Mr.  ].  Horsfall  Turner  has  here  given  us  a  delightful  little  history  of  a  place 
which  will  always  have  an  interest  for  the  student  of  English  literature.  We 
have  not  space  to  deal  with  it  as  lengthily  as  it  deserves,  but  v.'e  can  say  that  all 
should  read  it  who  care  to  know  anything  of  the  little  village  made  memorable 
by  the  Brontes'  fame.  It  may  be  obtained  of  the  author,  Idel,  Bradford,  and  is 
ridiculously  cheap." — Grapliic,^^r\.  31,  iSSo. 

Nonconformist  Register  of  Births,  Marriages,  and  Deaths,  1744- 
1750,  by  the  Revs.  O.  Haywood  and  T.  Dickenson,  from  the  MSS.  in  the  Congre- 
gational Memorial  Hall,  London,  comprehending  numerous  notices  of  Puritans  and 
Anti- Puritans  in  Yorkshire,  Lancashire,  Cheshire,  London,  &c.,  with  Lists  of 
Popish  Recusants,  Quakers,  &c.     Five  Illustrations,  380  pages,  6s. 

The  Rev.  O.  Heywood,  B.A.,  1630-1702:  His  Autobiography,  Diaries, 
Anecdote  and  Event  Books,  Illustrating  the  General  and  Family  History  of 
Yorkshire  and  Lancashire.  Four  volumes,  380  pages  each,  illustrated,  bound  in 
cloth,  6s.  each. 

Independency  at  Brighouse:  Pastors  and  People,  4  Illustrations,  3s. 

Nonconformity  in  Idel,   and  History  of  Airedale  College,  10 

Illustrations   (autotype  portraits  of  Rev.  J.   Dawson,  Founder  of  Low  Moor  Iron- 
works ;  Rev.  W.  Vint,  S.T.P.),  &c.     3s. 

BiOGRAPHiA  Halifaxiensis  :  A  Biographical  and  Genealogical  History 
for  Halifax  Parish.     Two  vcjlumes,  380  pages,  wi:h  Portraits,  6s.  each. 

Vol.  I.  is  a  reprint  of  half  of  Mr.  Watson's  "Halifax,"  that  is,  such  chapters 
as  the  Halifax  Worthies,  Vicars,  Benefactors,  &c.  This  volume  thus  serves  a 
double  purpose,  as  it  is  a  literatim  reprint. 

Vol.  II.  will  be  an  original  compilation,  noting  the  Families  and  Worthies  for 
six  hundred  years. 

Life  of  Captain  John  Hodgson.  1640-83.  Illustrated,  is.  6d. 
This  is  a  reprint  of  the  1806  publication,  said  to  have  been  edited  by  Sir 
Walter  Scott.  The  Captain  narrates  his  exploits  in  the  Wars  at  Bradford, 
Leeds,  Lancashire,  Isle-of-Man,  Scotland,  iSic,  and  the  troubles  that  followed 
on  his  settlement  at  Coley  Hall,  near  Halifax  ;  his  imprisonment  in  York 
Castle,  &c. 

The  Antiquities  of  Halifax:  By  the  Rev.  Thomas  Wright. 
A  Literatim  Reprint,      is.  6d. 

Triplex  Memorials  (York,  1650).  Three  quaint  Sermons  by  William 
Ainsworth,  preached  at  Halifax,  on  Waterhouse's  Charities.  From  the  only 
known  copy.     2S. 

Halifax  Gibbet  Book,  with  Appendix,  2s.  ,^' 

Ready  for  the  Press : — 

The  Elland  Feud,  2s.     Krabtree's  Almanack,  1685,  2s. 

The  Bridges  of  W.  R.  Yorkshire:  Their  Histories  and  Mysteries. 

By  the  late  Fairless  Barber,  Esq.,  F. S.  A.,  and  J.  Horsfall  Turner. 
Ilkley:   Ancient  and  Modern.     By  the  Rev.  Robert  Collyer,  D.D., 

New  York,    U.S.A.,   and  J.    Horsfall  Turner.        In  one   handsome  volume,   80 

Illustrations,   demy  8vo,   extra  cloth  gilt.        Price— Library  edition,    14s.;    large 

paper,  of  which  very  few  remain,  24s. 

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