LEPTON, a township in the parish of KIRKHEATON,
upper division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG,
West riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (E. by S.)
from Huddersfield, containing 2729 inhabitants. A considerable
quantity of woollen cloth, and some fancy
goods, are manufactured here. Richard Beaumont, Esq.,
in 1703, left £10 for apprenticing poor children.