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earthenware, chemicals, locomotive engines, carriages, steam-boilers, and the getting 
of coal. 2nd. Holbeck derives its name from the Saxon word “ Hol,” a low place, 
and “beck,” or the brook which flows through it. It is described by a recent histo- 
rian, as “ one of the most crowded, one of the most filthy, one of the most unpleasant, 
and one of the most unhealthy villages of the county of York.” But still, the de- 
scription which this historian gives is greatly exaggerated. Holbeck is, and Hunslet 
is nearly now, united to Leeds in unbroken continuity. It possesses a large supply 
of sulphureous water, once celebrated for medicinal virtues, but now required for and 
applied to manufacturing purposes. Its population is employed in the manufacture 
of flax machines, and woollens, 3rd. Bramley.—Its population is mainly employed 
in the woollen manufacture, agriculture, and the getting of the celebrated Bramley 
Fall stone of millstone grit. 4th, Wortley, situated about a mile from Leeds, is said 
to derive its name from its herbage. Armley, from one “ Arm” or “Orm,” and 
‘tley,” a field. 5th. Headingley, from ‘‘ Hedde” a Dane, “ing,” a patronymic 
added to his fathers, and “ley,” a field, Headingley-with-Burley is full of the 
suburban residences of our merchants and manufacturers ; whilst Kirkstall, which 
forms part of the same township, contains woollen, worsted, and flax factories, There 
is, just without the borough, and at a short distynce from the Abbey, one of the largest 
iron forges of the neighbourhood, which in Thoresby’s time (1658) was so extensive, 
that he declared it might serve Vulcan and his Cyclops to work in. The fulling-mills 
of Armley and Kirkstall are perhaps the most ancient in this part of Yorkshire. 6th. 
Chapel-Allerton, two miles from Leeds (north), is said to derive its name from four 
adjoining hamlets, called the Alder hills. It is mainly composed of suburban resi- 
dences. Its poor population is employed in agriculture and the getting of stone. 
7th, Beeston, two miles and a-half from Leeds, though now an agricultural and 
mining village, was once celebrated for the manufacture of bone,-lace, and straw hats, 
Coal mines have long been worked here, and iron is also now obtained of a peculiarly 
fine quality. 8th. Farnley, about two miles from Leeds, derives its name from the 
ferns which formerly grew here in great abundance, and which to this day flourish in 
many parts of it. Its population is employed in the woollen manufacture, the get- 
ting of coal of rather an inferior quality, of clay, particularly for sanitary pipes, and 
in the manufacture of iron. 9th. Potternewton, about two miles from Leeds (north), 
is said to derive its name from its being a new town, in which potteries and brick 
kilns existed, contiguous to a Roman station, It possesses. many suburban resi- 
dences; its industrial population is mainly employed in agriculture and getting of stone. 
Of the remaining small hamlets within the borough there is not much to be said. 
Their populations amount to 237, who are mainly employed in iron and coal mines, 
and in agriculture. For municipal purposes these out-townships are divided into 
wards, which send representatives to the Borough Council chamber. In the following 
Table the superficial area in statute acres and the population in each ward are given. 
Leeds proper is also divided into wards, the superficial area of each of which is also 
given in statute acres, in order that both within and without the town the density of 
the population upon the acre may be seen. Thus, for instance, in the out-townships :— 
Area Inhabited Population Pop. to Populn, 
Out-Townships. in Houses. in a per 
acres. 1851. house, acre. 
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Potternewton..,.. 1657 ... 282 ... 1385. sve 1c 4:Di | vey > 088 
Chapeltown. ........ 2747 .... G12... ° 2842 se) 46. 95. iA; 
Beesion......... Peiiew ER penne ian AR) - ded. LOG Sep shmeng SB) rege | 1°S 
Headingley........ ODS tye yp 122i aes eB LOB pu svgnud DO) tevars:! bP 
Bramley ........... BGG 1 ss: a5.19 VOGL: ciare, 9 894M © ogni Ad) Leos (08'8 
Armley ...,:..s00s 907... 13803 ... 6190 .. 47 .. 6:7 
Wortley 28..c.85 05 NOSE 61672) 9 010 T89C.A «AEs web oh 
Hunslet,........... 1100Gns) -4216 |: 02.) 19,466...) 4°G,. dais 146 
Holbeck ’,,...,.:.,) 760 ... 3099: .., 14,152. 145 4:5 ay 186 
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17,121 15,059 70,680 
