ROTHWELL, a parish in the lower division of the
wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Carlton, Lofthouse,
Middleton, Outton, Rhodes-Green, Rothwell, Rothwell-
Haigh, Thorp, and Woodlesford, and containing 6253
inhabitants, of which number, 2155 are in ,-the township
of Rothwell, 6 miles (N. by E.) -&om Wakefield.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books
at £19. 12. 11. The Rev. R. H. Brandling was patron
in 1804. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity,
is in the -later style of English architecture, and has
lately received an addition of eight hundred and four
sittings, of which six hundred and forty-four are free,
the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches
and chapels having granted £ 800 towards defraying the
expense. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
This ancient parish derived its name from a
well near the church, adjacent to which are the remains
of a castle, or mansion-house. Here are manufactures
of woollen cloth, stuff, and hair sieves, and there are
extensive-coal mines in the neighbourhood.