MELTHAM, a chapelry in the parish of ALMONDBURY, upper division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (S. W. by S.) from Huddersfield, containing 2000 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists. The manufacture of woollen and cotton goods is carried on here. A school-room was built by subscription, about six years ago; the master receives the interest of £20, the bequest of Matthew Lockwood in 1715; there are no free scholars.