RASTRICK, a chapelry in the parish of HALIFAX, wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (N.) from Huddersfield, containing 2796 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,, iu the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £800 private benefaction, £800 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Halifax. The ancient chapel was taken down about forty years ago, and the present one, a handsome structure, erected upon its site. There is a place of worship for Independents. The manufacture of woollen cord and fancy goods is extensive. A free school, founded in 1741, by Mary Bedford, has been endowed by her and subsequent donors, with about £50 per annum.