WARLEY, a township in the parish of HALIFAX,
wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the county of
YORK, 2 miles (W.) from Halifax, containing 4982 inhabitants,
of whom many are employed in the manu-'
facture of cotton, worsted, and stuffs. The chapelry of
Sowerby-Bridge is in this township. There is a place
of worship for Independents. In the neighbourhood is
one of those remarkable rocking-stones, supposed to
be of Druidical origin.