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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: BIRKINSHAW.     Church dedication: CHAPEL.

Morley wapentake. Population, 2,800, vide Birstal ; Chapel-room, 708 *1; Net value, £22.

Patron, the Vicar of Birstal.

Built under the Parliamentary grant.

Augmented in 1834 with £200 and £200, to meet benefactions and subscriptions of £400, and £200 by lot.

Architecture Gothic, with tower and spire. First stone laid 23rd September 1829. Cost, £2,929. 5s. 6d. No district has yet been assigned. -Vide 11th Report, page 3.

No glebe house.

Register Books. -No return.

Parochial Charities. -No return.

Post town: Bradford.


Notes:
*1 Of which 315 are free sittings.


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