[Extract from book by James Parker,pub. 1904] The following gentlemen constituted the first Council of the Urban District under the Local Government Act,1894. Names and Addresses NORTH WARD--5 Councillors Enoch Priestley,Holly Bank,Wibsey Athra Kellett,Pearson Road,Odsall Thomas Hood,Smithy Hill,Wibsey Mitchell Holmes,23,William Street, Buttershaw William Lister,Croft Street,Wibsey SOUTH WARD--5 Councillors Enoch Smith,Park Road,Low Moor William Barker,North Street,Low Moor William Illingworth,1,Oxley Place, Low Moor John Hirst,10,Manor Row,Hill Top, Low Moor Abraham Priestley,School Street,Low Moor EAST WARD--2 Councillors Samuel Firth,Holly Bank,Bierley Lane Zachariah Appleyard,Bierley House, Bierley Lane WIKE WARD--4 Councillors Henry Birkby,Storr Hill,Wike Adam Hind,Highfield,Wike Jonathan H.Breaks,25,Wike Common,Wike Irvine Hind,Mayfield,Wike. ======================================= What a wonderfully majestic name--- ZACHARIAH APPLEYARD !!!! I do hope someone can claim him as theirs Cheers------Derek.