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Ackworth (High), (P.) in the wap. of Osgoldcross; 3 miles S. of Pontefract. Mrs. Mary Lowther endowed a school here for youths of both sexes; she also founded an hospital for six poor women, each of whom receives 9l 10s. yearly from the same endowment. The church is a small, but neat edifice, of which the Rev. W. R. Hay, M.A. is rector. The population of this parish amounts to 1575.

Source: History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York by Edward Baines. Printed and Published by Edward Baines, at the Leeds Mercury office; and sold by Hurst and Robinson, 90, Cheapside, London, and all other booksellers. 1822.