DRIGHLINGTON, a chapelry in the parish of
BIRSTALL, wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the
county of YORK, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Brad-?
ford, containing 1719 inhabitants. The living is .a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
York", endowed with £200 private benefaction, and
£2300 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of
J. Birstall, Esq. This was the birthplace of Dr. James.
Margetson, Archbishop of Armagh, who built here a
school and endowed it, in 1678, with a .rent-charge of
£60 per annum. In the reign of William and Mary,
Sir John Tempest and eight others were constituted: a
body corporate, with a common seal, to act as governors:
of the foundation, upon which twelve children are edu-t
cated, as free scholars, and are taught Latin if required.