Linthwaite, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes K-R  West Riding  Linthwaite

Parish History
LINTHWAITE, a chapelry, in the parish of Almondbury, union of Huddersfield, Upper division ofthe wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York, 4 miles(S. W. by W.) from Huddersfield; containing 2710 inhabitants. The chapelry consists of the chief part ofthe township of Linthwaite, and a small portion of thatof South Crossland. The township of Linthwaite is onthe Huddersfield and Manchester road, between the twobranches of the river Colne; and comprises by computation 1300 acres. The inhabitants are chiefly employedin the numerous factories established for the manufacture of woollen-cloth, which is carried on to a great extent; and there are several large quarries of stone forbuilding and other purposes. Facility of conveyance isafforded by the Manchester canal, which passes throughthe township. The chapel, now a district church, dedicated to Christ, was erected in 1828, at an expense of£3000, raised by subscription, aided by the Parliamentary Commissioners; it is a handsome structure in thelater English style, with a square embattled tower surmounted by a spire, and contains 800 sittings, of which200 are free. The living is a perpetual curacy, in thepatronage of the Vicar of Almondbury, with a net income of £150; impropriators, the Governors of Clitheroe grammar school. There are places of worship forBaptists and Wesleyans

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 95-98. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51109 Date accessed: 06 September 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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