Cleckheaton or 'Clackheaton' is a chapelry and village in the parish of Birstall, West Riding, about 198 miles from London, nearly 6 from Bradford and 9 from Leeds finely situated in a valley, stretching from north to south the hills rising gradually on each side are very fertile, and the valley is in a high state of agricultrure which with the acclivities abound with wood that greatly improves the general scene.
	The manufacture of machinery for carding and spinning wool is the most prominent feature of trade here; worsted is also manufactured, as are coarse woollen cloths, and the neighbourhood abounds with mines of coal, which are wrought to a considerable extent.
	This village within these few years has undergone considerable improvement, and its consequence much advanced by the erection of many very handsome residences; and Cleckheaton may, at this period be considered a flourishing and respectable place.

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