BAILDON, a chapelry in that part of the parish of
OTLEY which is in the upper division of the wapentake
of SKYRACK, West riding of the county of YORK, 4
miles (N. by W.) from Bradford, containing 2679 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with
£200 private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and £400
parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar
of Otley. The chapel is dedicated to St. Giles. A new
church, or chapel, is about to be erected here by the
parliamentary commissioners. Within the limits of
the chapelry are numerous manufactories for worsted,
woollen, and cotton goods, and some business is done
in malt and the making of nails.