HIPPERHOLME, a township, joint with Brighouse,
in the parish of HALIFAX, wapentake of MORLEY,
West riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (E. N.
E.) from Halifax, containing 3936 inhabitants. There
is a place of worship for Independents. A court baron,
is held once a year, at which a constable is chosen.
Coal mines and quarries of stone abound in the neighbourhood.
A free grammar school was founded, in
1647, by Matthew Broadley, and endowed by him with
£5 per an. and part of the annual proceeds of £,500;
and, for its further maintenance, Samuel Sunderland,
in 1671, enfeoffed certain houses and lands for the
use of the schoolmaster, subject to the payment of £6
per ann. to an usher; the income is about £90 per
annum, for which sum twenty boys are taught the classics.