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Farnhill and Kildwick History Group
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History Group NewsWe're taking a breakThere will be no monthly meetings of the History Group in July and August, as we're all off on our summer holidays. Meetings will restart in September. In the meantime, I'll try and keep the regular monthly updates to the website going - at the end of July and August.
Would you like to contribute ?We are always pleased to hear about topics of historical interest that we might research - some of our most interesting articles have started out as suggestions made by visitors to this website. If you have any information on the history of Farnhill or Kildwick that you'd like to share with us, or would like us to investigate further. Please email history@farnhill.co.uk
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A Selection from our ArchiveEach month we aim to display a different selection of items from our archive of photographs and documents. Do you have any interesting items to contribute to the archive ? |
New and Updated Items
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What's new this month ?
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What do you do ?
First published: 30/7/2022
What do you do ? A brief survey of occupations in Farnhill and Kildwick (1720 – 1750). Click
here to read this short piece.
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Chartism in Farnhill and Kildwick
Updated 30/07/2022
Chartism was a Victorian era working class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848. We've updated our article on the impact of the Chartist Movement in Farnhill and Kildwick with information recently discovered information and a link to a recent article in the Keighley News.
Part 1 - 1815 to 1845 - Updated 30/07/2022 - with a link to a recent article in the Keighley News |
Mapping Farnhill and Kildwick slideshow
Updated 30/07/2022
Our archive includes a number of maps of Farnhill and Kildwick. Here are some, dating from 1577 to 2012 in approximately chronological order, made into a slideshow. It's interesting to see how views of the area have changed. We've updated this slideshow with some more maps recently donated to the History Group.
Click the image opposite to view. |
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Anecdotes and Snippets
We've updated our piece on the "Kildwick cope", an interesting piece of clerical garb owned by St. Andrew's church. Click here to read more.
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Farnhill and Kildwick 100 years ago
100 years ago, in July 1922, villagers participated in garden parties, summer outings, and a rather unusual cricket match. There was what might possibly have been the first game of snooker, in Kildwick.
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Other recent additions and updates
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What happened to the early Norman Church in Kildwick ?
First published: 25/6/2022
There is ample archeaological evidence that there was a Saxon church in Kildwick, probably dating to around 950 AD; and it is certain that parts of the current building date from the early 1300s. However, there are suggestions that between these two there was a significant post-invasion Norman church. This
short piece presents the evidence for the existence of an early Norman church in Kildwick and poses the question "What happened to it ?"
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1935 and 1937 Jubilee and Coronation celebrations
Updated 25/06/2022
One of our on-going projects is to document how Farnhill and Kildwick celebrated the 20th century Coronations and Jubilees. We've recently received some additional information and photographs about George V's Silver Jubilee (in 1935) and the Coronation of king George VI (in 1937). Click here to view all our articles on the 20th century Coronations and Jubilees. |
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Some histories of Farnhill Hall
First published: 28/05/2022
It is a little surprising that very little has been written about the history of Farnhill Hall. We've managed to collect a number of short pieces, mostly written in the late 19th or early 20th centuries, by a number of different authors (some unknown).
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The de Styverton monument - a case of mistaken identity ?
First published: 24/04/2022
Many local people will have seen the monument to Robert de Stiveton (Robert of Steeton) in the north-west corner of St. Andrew’s Church, Kildwick. Some may even have deciphered the Latin inscription: Robertus de Styveton obiit A.D. Mcccvii - which translates as Robert de Stiveton, died 1307. But what if the inscription is a case of mistaken identity and the monument was intended to commemorate someone else ?
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Kildwick WW1 china cap
First published: 26/03/2022
This looks like something that you might find in a maiden aunt’s china cabinet – and in fact that’s exactly what it is. Read more here. |
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When the circus came to town
Updated 26/03/2022
An update on the time, just after WW2, when Roberts' Brothers circus used to over-winter near Kildwick. We have information about Maharanee, the elephant. |
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Farnhill and Kildwick WWII dead
Updated: 26/02/2022
In 2014, to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the start of WWII, we published the results of our researches into the nine men of Farnhill and Kildwick who died whilst serving during that conflict. This new update includes material produced by Dorothy Ramser for International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) digital archive, at Lincoln University.
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The most famous Kildwickian you’ve never heard of
Updated: 26/02/2022
William Appleby was a major media celebrity, with a massive following among the youth of his day; who was responsible for over 70 publications – several of which are included in the US Library of Congress; had both a building and a piece of music named after him; was awarded an OBE; and had a charity founded in his memory. He was, probably, the most famous Kildwickian that no one has heard of. This update to our original article provides some additional information on his early life in Kildwick. |
Pre-WW1 photos of Kildwick School pupils
First published: 29/01/2022
The History Group archive contains a number of photographs of Kildwick School pupils. For many of these we have dates and the names of some or all the children shown. Some, however – which may be among the oldest items in our archive – come without names and/or dates. They are, nevertheless, lovely photos.
Click the image opposite to view. |
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Tenants and later owners of Kildwick Hall
Updated: 29/01/2022
Once the Kildwick estate was broken up, in 1946, Kildwick Hall passed through a number of private hands and was used for a number of commercial ventures. This article tells the story of these later owners of Kildwick Hall. It also investigates some of the people who were tenants of the Hall when it was still part of the Kildwick estate. This update includes information on the sale, by auction, of the Hall in 1972.
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To contribute photos, maps, documents, interesting stories please email us.
Email: history@farnhill.co.uk |