The Machells of Dewsbury

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Surnames/tags: Machell Machil

The Ancient Parish of DEWSBURY

Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s

• "DEWSBURY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of the manor of Wakefield, 5 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Huddersfield and Leeds, 9 from Bradford, 10 from Halifax, 33 from York, 187 from London. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, Wednesday before New Michaelmas day, October 5, and Wednesday before Old May day, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, & c, Principal Inns, the George Hotel, Man and Saddle, and the Commercial Coffee House. Pop. 6,380. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints in the deanery of Pontefract, value, ~£22. 13s. 9d. Patron, the King.

The following places are this Parish

Balk Hill	Dewsbury Mills	Low Laithes
Belly Bridge	Dewsbury Moor Side	Ossett
Boothroyd	Earls Heaton	Pismire Hill
Chickenley	Gawthorpe	Shaw Cross
Chidswell	Hanging Heaton	Soothill
Clifton	Hartshead	Spink Well
Crow Nest	Heaton Hill	Streetside
Daw Green	Kirklees Hall	Thornhills

Dewsbury was an important area of the woollen industry [1]

The extent of the industry is reflected in the number of mills in the Dewsbury area [2]

What is Mungo and Shoddy? [3]