ADWALTON, a hamlet in the chapelry of DRIGHLINGTON,
parish of BIRSTALL, wapentake of MORLEY,
West riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (S.E. by E.)'
from Bradford. The population is returned with Drighlington.
On Adwalton moor a battle was fought, in
1642, between the royalists under the Earl of Newcastle,
and the parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax, in
which the latter were defeated. There was formerly a
market in this hamlet: fairs are held February 6th,
March 9th, Thursday in Easter week, the second Thursday
after Easter, Whit-Thursday and every alternate
Thursday till Michaelmas, November 5th, and December
23rd, all which, except the two last, are for the sale
of lean cattle.