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Keighley Library is an early 20th-century public library in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. Owned by Bradford Metropolitan District Council , it still operates as a library as well as providing access to the local studies and archive service.
It was founded in 2004, following the centenary of Keighley Library. [1] The society is active in the preservation of local and family history resources, and is currently in the process of digitalising their archive to make the resources more easily available to fellow researchers in both the local community and world-wide.
Interior of Keighley Reference Library – North Street. Keighley Library was opened in 1904 and was the first Carnegie Library in England being paid for by Scots born industrialist Andrew Carnegie. [3] Bingley Library move from its former premises in Bingley Precinct in 2009, to a new smaller facility slightly east in the same precinct which ...
Keighley is 8 miles (13 kilometres) north-west of Bradford, 4 mi (6.5 km) north-west of Bingley, 11 mi (18 km) north of Halifax and 8 mi (13 km) south-east of Skipton. It is governed by Keighley Town Council and Bradford City Council. Keighley is located in West Yorkshire, close to the borders of North Yorkshire and Lancashire.
The hall was built in 1642 by a wealthy Halifax clothier, James Murgatroyd.The hall is a Grade I listed building. [1] There is a medieval tithebarn in the grounds.. East Riddlesden Hall perches on a small plateau overlooking a bend in the River Aire on its way downstream from the town of Keighley.
She was selected as the prospective Labour candidate for the Keighley constituency, the seat her husband had held, from an all-women shortlist. [5] She was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Gary Waller by 7,132 votes. She made her maiden speech on 16 May 1997. [6]
Oakworth was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Keighley, [4] in 1894 Oakworth became an urban district, on 31 December 1894 Oakworth became a civil parish, [5] being formed from the part of the parish of Keighley in Oakworth Urban District, on 1 April 1938 the district was abolished and merged with the Municipal Borough of Keighley. [6]
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