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Data from the 'Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum' from the year 1842.

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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

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Data from the 'Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum' from the year 1842.

The place: NORTH BIERLEY.     Church dedication: CHAPEL.

Morley wapentake. -Population, 7,254 *1, vide Bradford ; Chapel-room, 900; Net value, £130. -Patroness, Miss Currer.

Consecrated in 1824. No district assigned.

Augmented, in 1825, with £1,800 from the Parliamentary grant, by lot ; in 1826, with £300 from the same fund, to meet benefaction of £200 from Miss Currer ; and, in 1828, with £200 from the Royal Bounty, and £300 from the Parliamentary grant, to meet benefaction of land worth £400 from Miss Frances Mary Richardson Currer.

Glebe house fit for residence.

No return as to registers.

Charities:
Rev. John Wilton's charity, by will, in 1669. 40s. per annum to one poor man. The money is now distributed amongst the poor who do not receive regular parochial relief. -Vide 17th Report, page 726.

Post town: Bradford.


References:
Loidis et Elmete, page 357.


Notes:
*1 Being the Population of the township. The same Population is repeated under Wibsey.


From the original book published by
George Lawton in 1842..
OCR and changes for Web page presentation
by Colin Hinson. © 2013.