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From: "Steve Garton" <>
Subject: 1834 Commercial Directory (Armley) Part 1
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:36:25 -0000



ARMLEY,

Armley is a manufacturing village and chapelry, in the parish of St. Peter,
within the liberty of the borough of Leeds, honour of Pontefract and
wapentake of Morley, in the West Riding, about two miles south-west of
Leeds. It is eminently distinguished for the manufacture of woollen cloths,
which is carried on in this chapelry to a vast extent, chiefly for the Leeds
market, and gives employment to a great proportion of its population; malt
is also made here in considerable quantities; and the village has great
advantage of water communication, upon the Leeds and Liverpool canal, which
passes by, and the river Calder runs close by its side. Benjamin Gott, Esq.
of Armley House, in this vicinity, is lord of the manor, and holds a court
by his steward annually. Here is a chapel under the establishment, dedicated
to St. Bartholomew, and one belonging to the Wesleyan methodists; the
benefice of the former is in the gift of the vicar of Leeds, and the present
incumbent is the Rev. Charles Clapham. Here are two good schools, 'Bethesda
school,' and 'Armley town's school;' the master to the latter is appointed
by the minister of the chapel and the churchwardens for the time being. The
country, a short distance from the village, is agricultural and pleasing;
the immediate neighbourhood is chiefly in fine clear pastures, surrounded
with good hedges, and the green sward is used by the cloth manufacturers as
drying grounds. In 1821 the number of inhabitants in the chapelry amounted
to 4,273; and in 1831, to 5,159.

Gentry & Clergy,
Clapham Rev. Charles, Armley
Garforth Mrs. Eliza, Armley
Gott Benjamin, esq. Armley house
Holroyd Mr. Joseph, Wither
Musgrave Mr. Thos. Westfield house
Oddy Mr. William, Armley
Schofield Mr. Geo. (surgeon) Armley
Sharp Mr. Nathan, Armley
Wilson John, esq. Armley grange


Part 2 later

Steve Garton
Corby,Northants.

Researching:
DUFFIN - Nafferton/Hull
HENNING - Hull
LEVETT - Hull
GARTON - Cranford, Northants
EADY - Northants



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