OSSETT, a chapelry in that part of the parish of
DEWSBURY which is in the lower division of the wapentake
of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county of
YORK, 4 miles (W.) from Wakefield, containing 4775
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £800
private benefaction, £800 royal bounty, and £600 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of
Dewsbury. The chapel, dedicated to the Holy Trinity,
has lately received an addition of three hundred free
sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement
of churches and chapels having granted £300 towards
defraying the expense. There are places of worship
for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. A
school was established by subscription in 1745; part
of the money was applied for the erection of a schoolroom
and a house for the master, and the remaining
portion was invested in the purchase of certain premises,
producing about £20 per annum; for several
years the income has been allowed to accumulate for
the repair of the school-house, and establishing a Sunday
school.