Editing Marsden, West Yorkshire (section)

==History==
[[File:St Bartholomew, Marsden 1 (3272797404).jpg|thumb|St Bartholomew's Church]]
Marsden grew wealthy in the 19th century from the production of woollen cloth. It is still home to [[Bank Bottom Mill]], later known as Marsden Mill, and to [[John Edward Crowther|John Edward Crowther Ltd]], formerly one of the largest mills in Yorkshire. The Crowthers moved to Marsden in 1876, beginning a long and profitable association with cloth manufacturing in the town.<ref>[http://www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/misc/crowther.html www.marsdenhistory.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712003136/http://www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/misc/crowther.html |date=12 July 2012 }} Retrieved December 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.examiner.co.uk/lifestyle/picture-week-john-crowther-mill-4952959 Huddersfield Daily Examiner] Retrieved December 2013</ref>

During the 1930s, Bank Bottom Mill covered an area of {{convert|14|acre}}, employed 680 looms and provided employment for 1,900 workers.<ref name="View">[http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/bank-bottom-mill-1 theviewfromthenorth.org] Retrieved December 2013</ref>

The Church of [[Bartholomew the Apostle|St Bartholomew]] was completed in 1899, although the [[nave]] and [[Aisle#Architecture|aisle]] had been in use from 1895, when the previous chapel was demolished. The tower was built in 1911 and the Parochial Hall in 1924 (with an extension in 1978). The church has a [[Ring of bells|peal]] of 10 bells.<ref name=mlhgcc>{{cite web
 |title       = Church and Chapel in Marsden
 |url         = http://www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/church%20and%20chapel.html
 |publisher   = Marsden Local History Group
 |access-date  = 11 January 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070219055422/http://www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/church%20and%20chapel.html
 |archive-date = 19 February 2007
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref>

Production of woollen cloth at Bank Bottom Mill ceased in 2003, with the loss of 244 jobs.<ref name="View"/>

=== Governance ===
Marsden was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] and [[chapelry]] in the parishes of [[Almondbury]] and Huddersfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/193|title=History of Marsden, in Kirklees and West Riding|website=A Vision of Britain through Time|publisher=[[Great Britain Historical GIS]]|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> On 26 March 1898 Marsden became a [[civil parish]] formed from "Marsden in Almondbury" and "Marsden in Huddersfield", on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to form [[Colne Valley Urban District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/huddersfield.html|title=Huddersfield Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 5,723.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10446776/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Marsden Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref>