SOWERBY-BRIDGE, a chapelry in the parish of HALIFAX, wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Halifax, with which the population is returned. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Halifax. The old chapel being insufficient to accommodate the increased population of the place, a more commodious structure has been built, containing nearly one thousand sittings, of which three hundred and seven 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. Woollen and cotton goods are manufactured here to a considerable extent. There are also three large iron-foundries, and a great number of corn-mills on the Calder, which river and the Rochdale canal pass through this district. Great quantities of stone are obtained here.