LINDLEY, a chapelry in the parish of HUDDERSFIELD,
upper division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG,
West riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles (N. W.
by W.) from Huddersfield, containing 2040 inhabitants.
A new church, or chapel, has recently been erected in
this chapelry by the parliamentary commissioners,
capable of accommodating eight hundred and sixtyseven
persons; four hundred and fifty of the sittings
are free: the estimated expense was £2615. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Lindley
school was rebuilt by subscription in 1817: the site was
given, in 1706, by Thomas Thornhill, Esq., and in 1767,
Samuel Haigh devised £100 to trustees, the interest
of which is paid to the master, who teaches about sixty
scholars on moderate terms. A considerable woollen
manufacture is carried on here.