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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire Parishes K-R]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire Parishes K-R]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[West Riding of Yorkshire Parishes|West Riding]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Paddock | ||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Paddock is an '''Ecclesiastical Parish '''in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1831 from Huddersfield [St Peter] Ancient Parish. Non-Church of England denominations identified in Paddock include: '''Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist''' | Paddock is an '''Ecclesiastical Parish '''in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1831 from Huddersfield [St Peter] Ancient Parish. Non-Church of England denominations identified in Paddock include: '''Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist''' | ||
'''<br>''' | '''<br>'''PADDOCK, with Marsh, '''a hamlet, in the paris hand union of Huddersfield''', Upper division of the wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York; containing 3536 inhabitants. This place forms an appendage to the town of Huddersfield, by a continuous range ofhouses, and the inhabitants are mainly employed in the woollen manufacture. A district church, dedicated to '''All Saints''', was erected in 1830, at an expense of £2500,by the Parliamentary Commissioners; it is a neat edifice, of stone raised from an adjacent quarry, in the early English style, with a square embattled tower, and contains 800 sittings, of which 200 are free: the churchyard is a handsome plot of ground. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Huddersfield, with a net income of £150. '''There is a place of worship for the Society of Friends'''. | ||
From: Lewis, Samuel A., '' A Topographical Dictionary of England ''(1848), pp. 525-530. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51202 Date accessed: 22 September 2011.<br> | From: Lewis, Samuel A., '' A Topographical Dictionary of England ''(1848), pp. 525-530. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51202 Date accessed: 22 September 2011.<br> |
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