a parliamentary borough, and large manufacturing town of England, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on the Colne, a tributary of the Calder, 14 miles S.W. of Leeds. The town is situated on the slope and summit of an eminence, and is traversed by regular and well-paved streets. The market-place is spacious, and surrounded by handsome buildings. The parish church, an elegant edifice in the perpendicular style, was rebuilt in 1837 at a cost of about £3,000. Trinity Church, erected in 1819 at a cost of £12,000, is in the pointed Gothic style, and has an embattled tower at its W. end. St Paul's Church, built by the parliamentary commissioners in 1831, is in the early English style, and has a tower surmounted by a light spire. The Cloth Hall is a commodious circular building two storeys in height, erected in 1765 by Sir John Ramsden, the proprietor of the town, and enlarged by his son in 1780. The lower storey is bisected by an arcade, the one half being occupied by shops, the other by rows of stalls. The average attendance of manufacturers every market-day (Tuesday) is upwards of 600. There is a proprietary college, founded in 1838, in connection with London University; also a collegiate school. The Philosophical Hall is an elegant Grecian building, belonging to the Philosophical Society, and used for lectures and public meetings. The infirmary is a large and elegant stone edifice of the Doric order, with wings and a portico supported by four fluted columns. The town is well supplied with water from reservoirs four miles to the W. of it. About half a mile from the town is a sulphureous spa, with warm, cold, vapour, and shower baths. Huddersfield is one of the principal seats of the woollen manufacture in England. Its importance is chiefly owing to its extensive canal and railway communication, and its plentiful supply of water and coal. The Ramsden Canal, 4 miles in length, communicates with the Calder; while another 19½ miles long, passing Marsden and Stylebury, joins the Ashton-Under-Lyne Canal. The latter passes through a tunnel 3½ miles long, cut through Standedge Hill. Huddersfield is connected by railway with Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, &c. It was created a parliamentary borough by the Reform Act, and returns one member to parliament. Its rapid progress may be inferred from the fact that its population has been more than quadrupled during 50 years:—in 1801 it contained 7268 inhabitants, and in 1851, 30,880.