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Keighley's first library was that of the Mechanics Institute which was established in 1825. [3] The establishment of public libraries by local authorities was enabled following the passing of the Public Libraries Act 1850 but nationally take-up was slow until the last two decades of the 19th century. [4]
The new library underwent a £640,000 overhaul in 2015 and re-opened in early 2016. [ 6 ] In early 2016, budget restraints at Bradford Council led to the announcements that only the main libraries in the city centre, Bingley, Eccleshill , Ilkley , Keighley , Manningham and Shipley would carry on to have librarians and be fully funded by the ...
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.
Keighley College is a further education college in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. It traces its origins to Keighley Mechanics' Institute , founded in 1825. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] IFrom 2006 to 2017 it was part of Park Lane College Leeds and Leeds City College , branded as their Keighley Campus, but is now once more a freestanding college, within the ...
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.
Keighley is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States. [1] History. A post office was opened in Keighley in 1880, and remained in operation ...
The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Keighley Borough Council but it ceased to be the local seat of government on the formation of the enlarged Bradford City Council in 1974. [11] After a campaign for greater local democracy, [12] the town hall became the meeting place for the new town council which was formed in April 2002. [13]
Keighley West (population 15,784 - 2001 UK census) is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 16,551.