OWRAM (NORTH), a township in the parish of
HALIFAX, wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the
county of YORK, 2 miles (N. E.) from Halifax, containing
6841 inhabitants. A free school was erected here,
about L711, by Joseph Crowther, who endowed it with
a dwelling-house and croft for the master, and certain
lands let for £21 per annum, for which twelve poor
children are instructed. Jeremiah Hall, in 1687, bequeathed
land, directing the income to be applied towards
the maintenance of two men and two women,
each of them receiving an annuity of £5, and £5 per
annum is paid for teaching five boys and five girls.