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Description: | c1886-87. Alderman Joseph Schofield was the first Mayor of Morley in 1886. Born on the Hunger Hill or Upper Isle in 1834 he became involved in the textile industry from an early age. Determined to retire early, he bought the Providence Mill on Victoria Road and ran that until he was 42 and then retired, by then being a member of the Local Board of Health. From then on he devoted his life to looking after the welfare of Morley.
Once the Borough had obtained its Charter on the last day of 1885, Joseph Schofield had his name put forward to be a Councillor for the Central Ward. In the first local elections he topped the poll for that ward and was selected as an Alderman. After further elections for extra councillors to replace those made Aldermen for a longer period, Joseph Schofield was selected unanimously as the Mayor of Morley. His term had two periods - first from April to November 1886 and then from November 1886 to November 1887. A new chain was bought for the office costing ?200, half of it being donated by Mr. Charles Milnes-Gaskell, Morley's new M.P. from Thornes House in Wakefield. In his later years Joseph Schofield lived at Windsor House, from where he could easily oversee the building of the Town Hall. He died in 1898. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Mayor Joseph Schofield | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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