Bolton and Calverley, West Riding

Description
Bolton, a township in Calverley parish, W.R. Yorkshire, 1 1/2 mile N of Bradford, with which it was incorporated in 1873, and of which it now forms a ward called the Bolton ward. Population of ward, 8425; of ecclesiastical parish, 3161. There is a fine church built in the Early English style, with a tower containing 8 bells. the living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; gross value, £350. There is also a Wesleyan chapel. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the woollen factories and stone quarries.