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Data from the 'Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum' from the year 1842.
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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Source=h:/!Genuki/RecordTranscriptions/WRY/WRYChCollection.txtData from the 'Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum' from the year 1842.
The place: IDLE. Church dedication: CHAPEL.
Morley wapentake. -Population, 5,416, vide Calverley; Chapel-room, 1,020; Net value, £116.Patrons, the feoffees, with the consent of the Vicar of Calverley.
In the Parliamentary Survey, vol. xviii. page 314, it is stated: " No maintenance. To remain a Chapel."
Nicholas Pollard, by will, dated 2nd December 1650, left a rent-charge of 20s. per annum to the minister.
There was an augmentation by Peter Sunderland, or his brother Samuel, (Abp. Sharp does not give the date,) of £12 per annum, rent-charge.
Augmented in 1717 with £200 to meet benefaction from Sir W. Calverley and others, of lands worth £250; in 1742 with £200, to meet benefaction ; and in 1812 with £400 by lot, from the Parliamentary grant.
An Inclosure Act was passed 49th Geo. III.
29th March 1751, faculty to erect a gallery.
Glebe house fit for residence.
The Registers are entered at Calverley previous to 1812.
Charities:
Doles. Donor unknown. 40s. per annum.Nicholas Pollard's dole, by will, dated 2nd December 1658. 20s. per annum to the poor, and 20s. to the minister.
Hanson's charity. Vide General Charities. -Vide 17th Report, page 731.
IDLE NEW CHURCH. -This Church was built under the Parliamentary grant. Architecture Gothic, with tower and steeple. Will accommodate 1,020 persons. Free sittings 416. Expense £2,841. 13s. First stone laid 28th April 1828. -Vide 10th Report, page 3.
Post town: Bradford.
References:
Abp. Sharp's MS., vol. i. page 170.
George Lawton in 1842..
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