NEWS SHEET INDEXES
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SILSDEN LOCAL HISTORY GROUP INDEX OF ARTICLES (1-58)
Last updated 01-04-2024
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ARTICLE NAME AND NUMBER NEWS SHEET EDITION
Investigating Sildsen’s Past
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Dipping into the Georgian Period 3
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Keeping law and order in Silsden in the Past 5
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When Silsdeners took the law into their own hands 6
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The story of Jacob B. Ellison, a Silsden worsted spinner at Canal Works 8
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The early history of the Red Lion (Kirkgate) 10
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Researching the history of Hainsworth House 11
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A Silsden cabinet photo (James Ellison & Henry Cristopher Foster) 12
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Silsden’s textile industry (part one) 13
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Silsden’s textile industry (part two) 14
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Silsden’s textile industry (part three) 15
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Silsden House (a history) 16
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Sorting out the Briggs associated with Silsden (James & Henry) 17
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The creation of Silsden’s Coat of Arms 18
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Nicholson’s Place (part one) 20
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Nicholson’s Place (part two) 21
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The Banklands fields between Bolton Road and Hawber Lane 22
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The story of bringing gas to Silsden 24
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Tar Topping – A hilltop ruin (part one) 25
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Tar Topping – A hilltop ruin (part two) 26
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Silsden’s nail makers (part one) 27
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Silsden’s nail makers (part two) 28
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Silsden’s nail makers (part three) 29
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The Clarks of Clark Fold 30
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Bolton Priory and its relationship with Silsden 32
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The story of the Oddfellows in SIlsden (part one) 33
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The Story of the Oddfellows in Silsden (part two) 34
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Coalmining in Silsden Township (part one) 35
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Coalmining in Silsden Township (part two) 36
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The savers of Silsden 37
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An introduction to Silsden’s terraced houses up to the First World War 38
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Going to school in Silsden (part one: Up to 1870) 39
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Going to school in Silsden (part two: 1870 – 1914) 40
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Going to school in Silsden (part three: 1914 – 1946) 41
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Going to school in Silsden (part four: 1946-1973) 42
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The building of the Craven Drive Estate 43
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The Cockshotts of Crossmoor 44
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The 1911 Silsden Police Station Riot (part one – the riot) 45
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The 1911 Silsden Police Station Riot (part two – the court case) 46
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The history of Black Pots Farmstead 47
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The early years of St. James’ Chapel (part one – the building and consecration) 48
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The early years of St. James’ Chapel (part two – 1722 to 1837) 49
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St. James’ Church in the Victorian Period (Part 3 – the chapel from 1837-1901 50
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A new vicarage for Silsden in 1900 51
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The establishment of the firm of ‘Berry and Fletcher’ - textile manufacturers 53
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What can we learn from local place names – a study of Silsden Moor 54
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The history of Lippersley Farm 55
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The original Victorian tiling used to decorate a Silsden hallway 56
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A study of Aire View including details of of property ownership and tenancies 57
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An exploration into when Silsden began to weave using artificial thread 58
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The origins of the names attached to Silsden's lanes and urban streets 59
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The story of Silsden's Corn Mills (Part one) 60
What writers have said about Silsden
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1995 – ‘Pearson’s canal Companion’ 13
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1911 – ‘The gentleman’s Journal’ 14
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1941 – ‘The King’s England’ by Arthur Mee 15
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1893 – Yorkshire Weekly Post (sketch map) 16
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1962/3 – ‘Silsden Official Guide’ 17
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1987 – Newspaper article (30th September) 18
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1959 – Nikolaus Pevsner ‘The buildings of England’ 20
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2013 – Paul Hannon ‘Journey of the Aire’ 25
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2005 – Yorkshire Life Magazine 36
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1972 – ‘The Towpath Trod along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal’ 40
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1984 – Silsden as Stan Boardman saw it 43
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Mid-Twentieth Century – ‘From Foe to Friend’ by Margaret Throup 46
A moment in time
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December 1998: St. James’ bells 19
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The building of Clog Bridge 21
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October 1869: the condition of Silsden 23
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29th August 1940 – military air crash 31
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30th October 1911 – Fire at the Silsden Omnibus garage 34
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Jimmy recalls the day treacle flowed like molten lava 37
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21st January 1907 – Fire at the Airedale Shed 44
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1989 – New housing for Silsden 49
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12th July 1900 – The destruction of Lumb Bridge 55
Spotlight on Kirkgate
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Kirkgate’s historic bridges over Silsden and Bradley Becks 22
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The story of St. James’ Churchyard 23
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The story of Henry Price, the ‘Fifty Shilling Tailor’ 26
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Brook’s men’s outfitters 29
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The yard of the Red Lion – Smith Brigg landlord 31
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Stakes Beck & Flesher’s Bridge 33
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Notes on the Textile trade in Silsden
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Some definitions 35
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More definitions 39
Other articles
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Trying to identify a ‘lost’ Edwardian photographer 7
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An update on last week’s mystery photographer 8
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Thoughts on the origins of the name ‘Cobbydale’ by Stephen Brown 9
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‘Invisible women’ by Cathy Liddle 11
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Investigating Briggs the printers 12
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Remembering Connie Cowling by Cathy Liddle 19
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Remembering Barbara Smith by Cathy Liddle 20
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A Cenotaph for Silsden 24
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The canal, Coal and the Co-op – A Silsden Perspective 25
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A Silsden Landmark – Robin Hood’s Stone 27
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Late Victorian wallpaper (Skipton Road) 28
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The story of a Silsden nail maker – Jonas Newton (1831-1906) 30
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Silsden Apprentices – apprenticed by the churchwardens 31
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The earthwork at Tannery Corner 32
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Remembering Leonard Spencer: Warpdresser and fireman of Bridge Street 35
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The Story of Bank House – a canal bank property 36
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Fentiman’s Botanical Brewers 39
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An Ice cream factory in Silsden by Geoff Foster 40
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The Clough family of Silsden House – The story of a wealthy family 41
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Trackways to Kildwick Church from Silsden 300 years ago 42
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Herbert Wade’s grocery Store 43
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An early attempt to set up a co-operative agency in Silsden (Mid-19th Century) 45
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An unusual image captured on East View – a unique photograph 46
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Silsden’s 20th Century Apostolic Church 48
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The Edwardian Semis on Skipton Road West 50
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A look at Silsden postcards (part 1- Early 20th Century cards) 51
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A look at Silsden postcards (part 2 – The decades after WW2) 52
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Memories of working in Silsden’s Textile Mills in the 1970s 52
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Tales of a Barber’s Shop on Clog Bridge 52
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A Silsden woman and a Scottish bonesetter 53
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Silsdeners enjoying the great outdoors 54
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The auction particulars of Silsden House in 1938 55
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Memories of working in Silsden's Textile Industry from 1966 to 2000 56
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The life and times of Francis Berry - From nail maker to 'gentleman' 57
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Cobbydale remembered - A Silsden childhood in the 1950s and 60s (part one) 58
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Cobbydale remembered - A Silsden childhood in the 1950s and 60s (part two) 59
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Cobbydale remembered - A Silsden childhood in the 1950s and 60s (part three) 60
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