Addingham, West Riding

Description
Addingham, a village, a township, and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Wharfe, 6 miles ESE of Skipton, and has a station on the M.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leeds. It formerly carried on a large industry in cotton, worsted, and woollen factories, but began to suffer great reverses about 1835. The inhabitants are now chiefly occupied in agriculture and in silk manufacture. Fairs are held on 22 March and 23 Oct. Acreage, 3198; population, 2225. The parish also includes the hamlets of High House, Low Mills, and Small Banks. Area of the parish, 3515 acres; population, 2256. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £190. The church is partly Norman, was restored in 1858, and again in 1875, and stands in a beautiful situation. There are three dissenting chapels, three schools, a mechanics' institute and reading room.