WOOLDALE, a township in the parish of KIRKBURTON,
upper division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG,
West riding of the county of YORK, 6 miles (S.1) from
Huddersfield, containing 3445 inhabitants. Here are
fulling and scribbling mills, and an extensive manufacture
of woollen cloth. A school was built by means;of
a legacy, aided by subscriptions, about fifty years ago,
on part of the waste given by the Duke of Leeds, and
a house for the master was erected, also by subscription,
in 1821: about forty children are instructed, who pay
small quarterages.