BURLEY, 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, 2
miles ("W. by N.) from Otley, containing 1200 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of York, endowed with £200 royal
bounty, and £1200 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of Matthew Wilson, Esq. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Here are two or
three cotton-mills on an extensive scale, and the manufacture
of worsted goods is carried on to a limited
degree.