Barkisland, West Riding

Description
Barkisland, a township and a parish formed from Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire, having a station of the L.&Y.R. in the township, 6 miles SSW of Halifax. It includes part of the chapelry of Ripponden, and has a post office under Halifax. Acreage, 2421; population of the township, 1835; of the ecclesiastical parish, 1272. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in woollen and cotton factories, and there are also quarries. There is a Druidical circle, called the Wolf Fold. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Wakefield ; gross value, £140. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church is good. There is a Board of Health here, a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with accommodation for 200 children.