MUCH of the material in the following pages was gathered before the writer had well entered his teens. As years rolled on he extended his enquiries, and matter accumulated to such a degree that articles were prepared for a local newspaper. These "Fragments of Local History," instead of lessening the stock brought a large accession of more valuable data; and he feels that inasmuch as fourteen years of his life have been spent at a distance from his native township, he will be justified in arranging his materials for a History of Hipperholmecum-Brighouse, so that an abler person may take the field, in the same way that a Wright's Halifax was superseded by a Watson's. He flatters himself that he will be able to give the name of almost every person (not to mention family) who has resided in the township from 1300 to the present. These he has obtained from Manorial Rolls, Church Registers, and innumerable deeds. The proposed volume will embrace the annals of Coley and Lightcliffe Churches; historical sketches of the Friends, Moravians, and Methodists; the town's officers for nearly six hundred years; and material for pedigrees rang. ing back to the immediate origin of surnames, and scores of other particulars. This, of course, means a large book, and the question arose as to the likelihood of a great loss. The present little production of Bridge End Chapel was decided upon for several reasons First, Bridge End Chapel is situated outside the above-named town. ship; secondly, the following pages condescend to chit-chat that would not be tolerated in a more pretentious volume; thirdly, to be a means of advertisement and financial test; and finally, to evoke further notes on Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse. The portrait of Mr. Crisp is taken from one in the possession of T. T. Ormerod, Esq. Messrs. Goldsborough, Berry, and Co., Bradford, have supplied the illustrations, from photos by Mr. Manley, Brighouse. COLLEGE HOUSE, IDEL. March, 1878. REV. J SCOTT, Heckmondwike. Cottage Meetings... ... PAGE. 9-10 11-12 ... TRUST DEED, 1788. Bridge End Bowling Green, 1728 REV. J. MELDRUM. REV. N. SCHOLFIELD. Henley. Over. Blind daughter. His son, Church Formed, 1780 ... REV. S. LOWELL. Church Reformed. Covenant. List of mem- bers. Lowell Family. Theatrical Profession. Stain- land. Woodbridge. Bristol. Author. Death. Anec- REV. E. HOLLINGWORTH. Eccentricities. Sowerby REV. W. NORTHEND. Family Notices. Bridlington. Welford. Nayland. Haslingden. Briefs' for Collections, Hew- ley's Charity. Schoolmaster. Split. Slead Syke Kiln. REV. J. H. CRISP. New Connexion. Idle. Church Covenant. Malton. Chapelhouse. Subscription list. ... 26-27 REV. R. BELL. Stainland. Sowerby Bridge. Cottage Meet- PAGE. 50-64 ... ... 72-73 Armitage, Wilkinson, Sugden, Ormerod REV. R. HARLEY, F.R.S. "Farewell! Old Chapel." New REV. J. B. LISTER. Northallerton. Lewisham. Author. REV. A. GALBRAITH. Whitehaven. Biblewomen. Native G. J. Armytage, Esq., F.S.A., Clifton J. M. Albright, Charlbury, Oxon H. Brown, J.P., Rawdon A. J. Beanlands, Durham J. H. Batley, New North Road, Hud. dersfield Saml. Braithwaite, Idel John T. Battye, Warrington Ellen Bottomley, Sir F. C's A., Halifax A. B. Bayes, Brighouse (2) Col. J. L. Chester, LL.D., London G. E. Cokayne, F.S.A., College of Arms Rev R. Cuthbertson, Leeds W. Chadwick, Arksey Hall (2) W. F. Carter, Lincoln College, Oxon J. W. Davis, F.G.S., Chevinedge, Halifax O. Field, F.S.A., Grosvenor Mansions, C. A. Federer, Bradford C. Forrest, Lofthouse Jas. Fraser, Newbury Jas. Farrar, Halifax John Guest, F.S.A., Rotherham Rev. Canon Hulbert, M.A., Almondbury T. Rowley Hill, M.P., Worcester J. Hepworth, Carlisle T. Holdsworth, Slead Syke A. Horsfall, Brighouse A. Holroyd, Saltaire J. W. Hopkins, Moreton, Gloucestershire W. Horsfall, Heckmondwike Mrs. Haigh, New Mill, Holmfirth (3) Rev. T. James, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A., T. R. Jessop, F.R.C.S., Leeds Miss M. J. Kenworthy, Rastrick Rev. T. Mays, Nottingham T. B. Oldfield, M.R.C.S., Heckmondwike T. Ormerod, Brighouse F. S. Powell, J.P., Bradford G. Rushforth, Kendal S. Rayner, Pudsey W. Richmond, Lancaster John Sykes, M.D., F.S.A., Doncaster Edward Solly, F.R.S., Sutton, Surrey (2) Samuel Shaw, J.P., Halifax W. Smith, F.S.A., Scot., Morley R. Sugden, Brighouse H. Sugden, Brighouse H. Skelton, Mytholmroyd S. Milne Smith, Calverley L. Schofield, Woodhouse, Rastrick J. Savile Stott, Halifax Rev. R. V. Taylor, B.A., Edlington Rectory Charles Turner, Idel (5) G. W. Tomlinson, Huddersfield G. W. Tuck, Salisbury R. Thornton, Rastrick (2) Mrs. Thompson, Lyddon Terrace, Leeds H. J. Turner, Bethel Street, Brighouse G. Vint, Idel S. Vint, Idel Rev. J. Waddington, D.D., London J. W. Willans, Leeds G. W. Waddington, Whitby Miss Wylie, Broughton-in-Furness Miss J. Wheelhouse, Bonegate, Brighouse J. Watkinson, Fairfield, Huddersfield "Nonconformity in Idel, with the History of Airedale College," pp. 152. Three Engravings and Seven Photographs (Revs. J. Dawson, founder of Low Moor Ironworks; W. Vint, S.T.P., &c.). 3s. "This is one of the books out of which great historians make great histories. Mr. Turner has taken much trouble to get all his facts together, and very interesting they are. Nonconformist history in Idle has been an honourable one. His extracts relating to those times are curious, and they have the additional merit of being very exact. The Nonconformist.-E. Miall, Esq. "Of much interest to not a few of our readers. Mr. Turner has been careful in the collection of his data, and in the arrangement of his materials. Leeds Mercury. "Mr. Turner has in this little work collected together a number of valuable materials relating to the history of Nonconformity in Yorkshire. Both the tasks he has performed in a satisfactory manner, interspersing his story with a good deal of interesting documentary testimony. Mr. Turner has evidently had his heart in the work, and his taste for antiquarian research has been of great assistance to him. He has arranged his facts in regular sequence, and has not wasted much space in miscellaneous comment. Altogether, the work has special claims upon the attention of all those who are interested in matters of local history. Bradford Observer. "You have done excellent service in collecting and arranging the memorials of Idle and Airedale College, for which I thank you. Rev. Dr. Waddington, London, Author of "Congregational History." |