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The Ancient Parish of KEIGHLEY
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"KEIGHLEY, a market and parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 4 miles from Bingley, 10 from Bradford and Skipton, 12 from Otley and Halifax, 12¾ from Colne, (Lanc.) 40 from York, 209 from London. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, May 8, for horned cattle and horses; 9 and 10, for pedlary ware, November 7, for horned cattle, horses, and sheep; and 8 and 9, for pedlary ware. Principal Inns, Devonshire Arms, and Kings Arms. Pop. 9,223. The Church is a rectory; dedicated to St. Andrew (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Craven, value, £21. 0s. 7½d. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire." (There is further information for Keighley).Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Here are two photographs of Laycock Cemetery:
- Laycock Cemetery, looking towards the old Sunday School.
- Laycock Cemetery, looking out over the valley.
- A list of the inmates, etc. in the Keighley Union Workhouse & Infirmary Holycroft & Fell Lane, Keighley, 1891 census, transcribed by Jan Perkins.
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Andrew's: The Shared Church, Keighley (view 1).
- St. Andrew's, The Shared Church, Keighley (view 2). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. John The Evangelist's Church, Ingrow (view 1).
- St. John The Evangelist's Church, Ingrow (view 2).
- Christ Church, Oakworth (view 1).
- Christ Church, Oakworth (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Oakworth. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Slack Lane Baptist Church, Oakworth (actually on Mackingstone Lane).
- The former Baptist Chapel, Oakworth, now a hotel and restaurant.
- Now converted to luxury flats. The organ from the church is now installed in a baptist church in Australia.
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Keighley.
- All Saints' Church, Highfield (view 1).
- All Saints' Church, Highfield, Keighley (view 2).
- The New Church, Braithwaite.
- The Apostolic Church (Worth Valley Community Church), Keighley.
- The Assemblies of God Church, Keighley.
- The Methodist Church, Exley Head.
- Wesley Place Methodist Church, Ingrow.
- Heber Street Spiritual Temple, Keighley. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, Keighley. (The Church's website is here.)
- Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church, Keighley.
- Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, Keighley.
- This Church used to be the Keighley New Church, but was sold to the Society of St Pius 10th in 1995 and re-dedicated.
- St. Mark's Church, Utley.
- St. John's Church Sunday School, Newsholme (the Church is at the other end of the building).
- The Sunday School, Laycock.
- Long Lee Methodist Church, Keighley.
- A transcription of Keighley Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Keighley Slack Lane Baptist Church History
- A transcription of the Keighley Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Keighley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Here are extracts from the Keighley Parish Registers for SUGDEN(only):
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Keighley.
- Keighley Town Council.
- Keighley Bus Museum.
- Doctor John Laycock maintains a Laycock Village website which contains lots of photographs and information about the village.
- Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Keighley.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Keighley to another place.
- The Keighley and District Local History Society web-site contains historical information, old photos, etc. for Keighley and the surrounding area.
- Doctor John Laycock maintains a Laycock Village website which contains lots of photographs and information about the village.
- A transcription of the Keighley Congregational Church History
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE061413 (Lat/Lon: 53.867877, -1.908721), Keighley which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The War Memorial in the churchyard at Ingrow
- The War memorial in the churchyard at Exley Head
- A list of the inmates, etc. in the Keighley Union Workhouse & Infirmary Holycroft & Fell Lane, Keighley, 1891 census, transcribed by Jan Perkins.
- The Keighley and District Local History Society
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.