Silsden Local History Group
DOCUMENTARY INVENTORY
DOCUMENTARY INVENTORY
This is an alphabetically indexed inventory of documents deposited in Silsden Town Archive, managed by the Silsden Local History Group. Deposited items are for reference only, but can be viewed on the Group’s research sessions, which are held on the fourth Tuesdays of each month following a Monday meeting. The inventory includes various papers, account books, invoices, minute books, membership registers, printed cards, postcards, leaflets, letters, journals, hand-written notes, and certain historic books and pamphlets.
Item Type Ref. No.
ACTION GROUPS - See Societies
CARDS
Birthday (Twentieth Century): One sent in 1943 original 15/49
Cigarette cards (Wartime series): Air raid precautions original 14/15/2
Christmas card: Silsden Old Age Pensioners' Association original 15/43/10
Christmas Card: Sent from the Rhineland Forces (1945) original 17/79/2
Methodist Church Card (2010) original 18/99/1
CINEMA
Booklet: ‘Picture Palace – cinema and community’ original 15/42/4
Cinema Admission tickets on rolls (various prices) original 13/8
CLOG-IRON MAKERS - see Nail & Clog-iron makers
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Bolton Road Allotment Association records original 19/119/2
Cricket, Football & Bowling Cliubs minute book (1930-2008) original 17/81/4
Silsden Cricket Club - membership cards (over many years) original 17/89/1
Silsden Footpath Association archived records original 15/55
Silsden Horticultural Society archicved records (1971-83) original 19/119/1
Gala committee minutes (1908-1914) original 13/13/3
Masonic booklets (Local Lodge - Alan Duxbury) original 19/117/1
Oddfellows membership records (1832-1976) original 13/13/4-6
CHURCHES - See separate churches
DIARIES - see Journals
DIRECTORIES
'History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York' - Baines (1822) original 19/120
EDUCATION
Aire View Primary School albums of class photos original 16/66/4
Bolton Road School & Hothfield School Log Books (1863-1947) original 17/92/1-2
Hothfield School Diary (2009-10) original 17/80
Hothfield swimming certificates (Denis Cooper - 1937 & 38) original 18/104
Silsden Secondary Modern School "Visit to Whitby" (1951) original 19/121/1
FAMILY TREE DETAILS
Roberts family: Census details notes 17/89/2
FARMS & FARMING
Shuttleworth Farm account book (Ghyll Grange) original 13/1/1
Farm invoices (Ghyll Grange) original 13/1/2
Land tax book (Survey: Mid-Nineteenth century) original 13/1/3
Silsden Estates sales catalogue (1947) - with maps original 14/16
GALA – see: Clubs
JOURNALS, Etc.
Berry, Mary - personal journal (1846-1869) transcript 14/31/5
Harland, Elizabeth (ne Town) - personal journal(1875-1963) transcript 16/77/1
Kitchen, Harold - scrapbook, including Silsden concerts original 15/58
Pickard, James - personal journal (life story to 1862) photocopy 13/14/26
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Abstract of Title (T. Booth) - land sale in 1864 original 13/13/27
Driving Licence - Thomas Duxbury original 19/117/4
Inventory of Punch Bowl (1905) copy 13/13/29
Land purchase indenture (1910) copy 17/81/6
National Insurance Certificate (W.T. Town: 1953) re benefit claim original 18/112
Passport (1998-2008) original 18/107/2
Probate of will of Thomas Green, Brunthwaite yeoman (1804) original 13/13/24
LETTERS
Hildred Harpin - Catholic clergyman (Swartha) copies 15/43/1
MAPS & PLANS
Central Silsden streets (hand drawn) original 16/68
Howden Road Allotments - scale 1:500 (1947) original 16/69
METHODISM
Address presented to Mrs. Birkbeck (USA: 1905) original 18/106/1
Centenary Celebrations: 250th: 1871-1971 original 14/39/4
Church papers - various leaflets (Primitive Chapel) original 13/6/2
Church history- Book: by Rev. Robson (1910 original 14/19
Methodist Conference handbook (1937) original 14/39/2
Methodist Church hall programme of music (1983) original 19/121/3
Early history of the Wesleyan circuit (1734-1784) - book 1909 original 14/39/1
Ebenezer Chapel- Centenary celebrations 1955 (Cross Hills) original 14/39/8
Funeral order of service - Pamphlet Silsden (1966):
girls who died in Yugoslavian air crash original 13/7/2
Kirkgate Methodist Church programme "Iolanthe" (1951) original 19/121/2
Ministers (list) transcript 14/39/5
Preachers' plan (Bethesda: 1914) original 18/106/2
Primitive Methodists' Centenary Celebrations (1921) original 18/115/2
Primitive Methodists' order of services in the Silsden Circuit (1928) original 18/115/4
Primitive Methodists' Synod (1926) original 14/39/3
Programme for Messiah (1966) original 18/102/1
Wesleyan bazaar pamphlet - recipe booklet handwritten (1927) original 14/39/6
Wesleyan class tickets (1796-1809) John Dickinson & Mary Berry original 14/31/1
Wesleyan service sheet: unveiling of war tablet (1922) original 18/115/1
Wesleyan Sunday School teachers’ plan (1833) original 14/31/2
Wesleyan papers (various inc. 3 circuit plans 1927-28)) original 14/31/3
NAIL & CLOG-IRON MAKERS
Thomas Green's (clog-irons) - inc. business papers original 16/66/1
ODDFELLOWS – see: Clubs
POSTCARDS
Wiffum Waffum Wuffum Band original 15/43
ST. JAMES CHURCH, SILSDEN
Church history: 250th Anniversary book (1712-1962) W. Cowling original 14/17/1
Church history: 300th Anniversary book (1712-2012) B. Turner original 15/42/7
Hand-written notes: Historical notes written c. 1950 original 13/13/25
Parish magazines: (Volumes 1908-1910) original 14/33/1
Parish magazines: (Volumes 189222-1915) original 13/13/1
Parish magazines: (May 1937 & May 1938) original 16/71/1
Pew indenture (1817) original 14/31/4
Service sheet: Hallowing service (7th December 1967) original 16/71/2
SCHOOLS - See Education
SILSDEN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Court Leet: Booklet on hIstory of the Court Leet (1953) original 16/72
Grant of Arms: Booklet (1955) copy 16/78/2
SOCIETIES & ACTION GROUPS
Spencer Avenue 'Road Repairs Action Group' papers original 18/110
SHOPS & SERVICES
Cobbler’s accounts: (1906-1915) original 13/14/28
Co-operative Penny Bank Book (first entry 1937) original 13/7/1
Co-operative Penny Savings Bank Book (1924-36) original 18/107/1
Ladies Outfitters: M.H. & N. Fishburn; (envelope) original 18/101
Martin's Bank Deposit Book, Silsden (1956-1970) original 18/98/1
Price, Henry – tailors newspaper (11th October 2000 article 14/22/1
Yorkshire Penny Bank Savings Book, Silsden (1942-1959) original 18/98/2
TANNERY
Recipe sheets; Handwritten (industrial tanning processes) original 15/43/6
TRADE DIRECTORIES - See Directories
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Airedale Shed: Sale plan (1912) original 13/13/26
Loom book: "Loom tuning" (1915) original 14/20
Overlookers' Rules Book: Keighley Loom Weavers (1922) original 16/64
People's March for Jobs: A personal account (1981) original 16/74/1
Retired Benefit Scheme: Booklet original 17/79/1
Student notes: Handwritten by John Clarkson (1950s) original 15/4
Student notes: Handwritten by Harry Town at Keighley Tech. original 15/47
Student notes: Handwritten by Annie Breare original 15/52
Wilson, A. & Son Ltd. textile manufacturers company notes original 14/36
TOWN HALL
Mechanics Institute design sketch of building (1884) photocopy 15/44
TOWN GUIDES
Almanack: Crosshills & Silsden (1905) original 17/82/1
Silsden, ‘A way of Life’ - published by Chamber of Trade (1982) original 14/18/2
Silsden, Official Guide 1st Edition: (dated c.1953) original 14/18/1
Silsden, Official Guide 2nd Edition original 14/17/2
WORLD WAR (First)
Craven service men: Book "Craven's Part in the Great War" original 14/34
Silsden Peace Celebrations: Booklet 1919) original 13/9/1
War Memorial: Service programme of the unveiling (1921) original 19/123/1
WORLD WAR (Second)
A.R.P. papers: Inc. a map of air raid shelters at New Close Works original 14/36
Instructions for British Servicemen in France (1944) original 17/82/3
National Registration Identity Card: Audrey Tillotson (1940) original 18/98/3
National Registration Identity Cards: Clifford & Anne Barrett (1943) original 19/118/1
Pilot's Flying Log Book belonging to Denis Cooper (other items) original 18/103
Ration book: Wabiszczewicz - Howden Hostel original 14/15/1
Ration books: Clifford & Anne Barrett - clothing & food original 19/118/2
War Savings Committee Minutes (1940-46) original 13/13/2
Names inscribed on war memorial: Pamphlet of order of
proceedings at the unveiling of names on memorial 1950 original 16/71/3