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

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

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

The place: HEADINGLEY.     Church dedication: ST. MICHAEL.     Church type: Perpetual Curacy.

Area, vide Leeds. Leeds division. -Population, 3,849, vide Leeds; Chapel-room, 200; Net value, £250.

Patron, the Vicar of Leeds.

Augmented in 1717 with £200 to meet benefaction from J. Walker, Esq. and others, of tenements and lands worth £400; and in 1731 with £200 to meet benefaction from the Rev. Henry Robinson of £100 and land worth £100.

The Chapel was built about the beginning of the 17th century, the ground was given by Sir John Saville.

An Inclosure Act was passed 10th Geo. IV.

There is a glebe house fit for residence.

Abp. Sharp gives the particulars of the Curate's income.

A list of the Curates is given by Whitaker, where it is also said that a commodious house was erected about 50 years ago for the use of the minister.

The Register Books commence in 1723. Marriages are celebrated at the mother church.

Charity:
School allotments of 1a. 1r. of land, for teaching eight free scholars in reading. -Vide 15th Report, page 679.

Post town: Leeds.

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References:
Vid. Torre's MS. page 274. Abp. Sharp's MS. vol. i. page 105, 226, 227. Loidis et Elmete, page 116. Thoresby, page 147. Hargrove's Knaresbro', page 199. Parsons's Leeds, vol. i. page 436.