HORTON, a chapelry in the parish of BRADFORD.,
wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the county of
YORK, 2 miles (S.W. by W.) from Bradford, containing
7192 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual. curacy,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with
£200 royal bounty, and £1800 parliamentary grant,
and in the patronage of the Vicar of Bradford.. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The
manufacture of cotton and woollen goods is carried on
here. The free grammar school was founded and endowed
by Christopher Scott, in the reign of Charles I.,
with a school-house and an annuity of £18, since augmented
to £ 68 per annum: all applicants are admitted,
and about two hundred children are instructed here;
but classical education has been discontinued.. A schoolroom
and dwelling-house were erected in 1805, and endowed
with £600, raised by contributions, for the education
of children and young persons residing in the
hamlets of Stanbury and Haworth: the income is £30
per annum, and there are sixty free scholars.