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576 WAKEFIELD. of which is brought from various parts of the kingdom, to be disposed of by the factors to the manufacturers in the adjacent districts. The fortnight fairs, commenced here in 1765 for the sale offat cattle and sheep, are held ~n every alternate Wednesday, and still rank as tbe first in the north of England. As many as 1000 head of horned cattle, and 13}100 sheep have often been penned and sold here in one day, and the average is still about -800 beasts and 6000 sheep. Here are also two Annual Fairs for cattle, &c., held on the 4th and 5th July, and the 11th and 12th of November. The old Market Place is contracted and incommodious, and after the corn and -cattle markets had bee11 removed to other parts of the town, it was still very inadequate to the wants of the increased population. In its centre stands e handsome Doric CRoss, with an open colonnade supporting a dome with an ascent by an open staircase to a spacious room, which is lighted by a. lantern in the dome. The corn market :ls at the top of Westgate, where an .eiegant Corn Exchan_qe was erected in 1837. The New 11fatket Place, Market House, and Slaugltter Houses, with good approaches thereto, are spacious and commodious, and have been formed. by the Burou_ql& Market Company, under the powers of an Act of Parliament, passed in 1847, which enabled them to purchase the market rights of the lord of the manor, and to purchase and clear away many houses, cottages, and other buildings. The capital of the company was.£12,000, in £10 shares, with power to borrow .£4000; but in 1853 they applied for parliamentary powers to double both their capital and loan, they having then expended £20,000. The Market House is a plain brick building, covering 1200 fiquare yards, and standing nearly in tbe centre of the open market place, which extends over an area of 17,000 square yards. The Slaughter Houses are at the top of Goody Bower, and are conveniently arranged. The cattle markets and the two annual fairs are held in the New Market Place, but the fortnight cattle fairs are held on the Fair Ground, an area of 2A. 3R. 16P., on the west side of the town, suitably fitted up with pens, ana belonging to the Town Charities. The Tammy Hall, in Wood street, built many yeas ago, for the exhibition and sale of woollen stuffs, is now a manufactory, and has not been used for its original purpose during the last thirty years-the stuff trade having migrated from Wakefie"!.d to Bradford; but here are still some large worsted mills and dyehouses. Some of the collieries in the adjacent townships have railways to the town, and great quantities of coal are sent in barges from the commodious wharfs on the Calder, to Hull, Selby, Gainsbro', and other places. The Electric Telegraph Wires are extended to an office near the Corn Exchange. The MANOR OF WAKEFIELD, with its Berewicks, Wlls a demesne of Edward the Confessor, and forms an extensive Baronial Liberty, extending westward to the borders of Lancashire and Cheshire. Earl Amhurst and the E11d of Chichester, as trustees of the late Duke of Leeds, are now Lords -of this extensive manor, for which they hold Great Courts Baron and, ·fi:ourLs Leet in April and October at Wakefield, Holmfirth, and Brighouse. They also hold yearly six courts for the trial of causes, and 17 for oopybold and general business. The late Duke of Leeds died in 1838, and left his -estates in this nt>ighbourbood to his son-in-law, S. W. Larie Fox, Esq. W. B. 8. Rickham, Esq., is the manor steward, and Hy. Lumb and Sons me the deputy stewards and keepers of the Rolls. The Soke of W akefold -comprises the parish of Wakefield, Sandal-Magna, Crigglestone, aud NewMiller- Dam, and the inhabitants of those places were till recently com~ pelled to grind their corn at the Soke Mills, of which there are two one at WakefieJd and the other at New-Miller-Dam. The inhabitants after many attempts to abolish this monopoly, purchased the Soke !'bout three years
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Title | Directory of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield..., 1858 |
Full title | Directory and Topography of the Boroughs of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, and Wakefield; Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, and Holmfirth, and the villages and townships... in and near the Yorkshire woollen district / by William White. [1858] |
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Title | Directory of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield..., 1858 - Page 571 |
Full title | Directory and Topography of the Boroughs of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, and Wakefield; Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, and Holmfirth, and the villages and townships... in and near the Yorkshire woollen district / by William White. [1858] |
Subject | Historical directories |
Period covered | 1850-1859 |
Location | United Kingdom -- England -- Yorkshire |
Place (county) | Yorkshire |
Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Publisher | William White |
Date of publication | 1858 |
Type | Directory |
Collection | Historical directories |
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Full Text | 576 WAKEFIELD. of which is brought from various parts of the kingdom, to be disposed of by the factors to the manufacturers in the adjacent districts. The fortnight fairs, commenced here in 1765 for the sale offat cattle and sheep, are held ~n every alternate Wednesday, and still rank as tbe first in the north of England. As many as 1000 head of horned cattle, and 13}100 sheep have often been penned and sold here in one day, and the average is still about -800 beasts and 6000 sheep. Here are also two Annual Fairs for cattle, &c., held on the 4th and 5th July, and the 11th and 12th of November. The old Market Place is contracted and incommodious, and after the corn and -cattle markets had bee11 removed to other parts of the town, it was still very inadequate to the wants of the increased population. In its centre stands e handsome Doric CRoss, with an open colonnade supporting a dome with an ascent by an open staircase to a spacious room, which is lighted by a. lantern in the dome. The corn market :ls at the top of Westgate, where an .eiegant Corn Exchan_qe was erected in 1837. The New 11fatket Place, Market House, and Slaugltter Houses, with good approaches thereto, are spacious and commodious, and have been formed. by the Burou_ql& Market Company, under the powers of an Act of Parliament, passed in 1847, which enabled them to purchase the market rights of the lord of the manor, and to purchase and clear away many houses, cottages, and other buildings. The capital of the company was.£12,000, in £10 shares, with power to borrow .£4000; but in 1853 they applied for parliamentary powers to double both their capital and loan, they having then expended £20,000. The Market House is a plain brick building, covering 1200 fiquare yards, and standing nearly in tbe centre of the open market place, which extends over an area of 17,000 square yards. The Slaughter Houses are at the top of Goody Bower, and are conveniently arranged. The cattle markets and the two annual fairs are held in the New Market Place, but the fortnight cattle fairs are held on the Fair Ground, an area of 2A. 3R. 16P., on the west side of the town, suitably fitted up with pens, ana belonging to the Town Charities. The Tammy Hall, in Wood street, built many yeas ago, for the exhibition and sale of woollen stuffs, is now a manufactory, and has not been used for its original purpose during the last thirty years-the stuff trade having migrated from Wakefie"!.d to Bradford; but here are still some large worsted mills and dyehouses. Some of the collieries in the adjacent townships have railways to the town, and great quantities of coal are sent in barges from the commodious wharfs on the Calder, to Hull, Selby, Gainsbro', and other places. The Electric Telegraph Wires are extended to an office near the Corn Exchange. The MANOR OF WAKEFIELD, with its Berewicks, Wlls a demesne of Edward the Confessor, and forms an extensive Baronial Liberty, extending westward to the borders of Lancashire and Cheshire. Earl Amhurst and the E11d of Chichester, as trustees of the late Duke of Leeds, are now Lords -of this extensive manor, for which they hold Great Courts Baron and, ·fi:ourLs Leet in April and October at Wakefield, Holmfirth, and Brighouse. They also hold yearly six courts for the trial of causes, and 17 for oopybold and general business. The late Duke of Leeds died in 1838, and left his -estates in this nt>ighbourbood to his son-in-law, S. W. Larie Fox, Esq. W. B. 8. Rickham, Esq., is the manor steward, and Hy. Lumb and Sons me the deputy stewards and keepers of the Rolls. The Soke of W akefold -comprises the parish of Wakefield, Sandal-Magna, Crigglestone, aud NewMiller- Dam, and the inhabitants of those places were till recently com~ pelled to grind their corn at the Soke Mills, of which there are two one at WakefieJd and the other at New-Miller-Dam. The inhabitants after many attempts to abolish this monopoly, purchased the Soke !'bout three years |
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