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Keighley ( ) is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the rivers Aire and Worth. The town area, which is part of the Brontë Country, has a population of 89,870, making it the third largest civil parish in England.〔(Neighbourhood Statistics - Keighley CP (Parish) ). URL accessed 3 February 2008.〕 Keighley lies in a fold between the countryside of Airedale and Keighley Moors. The town is the terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, a heritage steam branch line which has been restored and runs through the Worth Valley to Oxenhope via Oakworth and Haworth. == History == The name Keighley, which has gone through many changes of spelling throughout its history, is accepted to mean "Cyhha's farm or clearing"〔(Keighley - Name Meaning ) ''ancestry.com''. URL accessed 24 January 2009〕 and was mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "In Cichhelai, Ulchel, and Thole, and Ravensuar, and William had six carucates to be taxed." Henry de Keighley, a Lancashire knight, was granted a charter to hold a market in Keighley on 17 October 1305 by King Edward I.〔(Latin Expert Sought to Decipher Charter ). ''Keighley News'' 15 January 2009. URL accessed 24 January 2009.〕 The poll tax records of 1379 show that the population of Keighley, in the wapentake of Staincliffe in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was 109 people (47 couples and 15 single people).〔(1379 Yorkshire Poll Tax Subsidy Rolls ). URL accessed 24 January 2009.〕 From 1753 the Union stage coach departed on the Keighley and Kendal Turnpike from what was the Devonshire Arms coaching inn on the corner of Church Street and High Street. Rebuilt about 1788, this public house has a classical style pedimented doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns in the high fashion of that age. The original route towards Skipton was Spring Gardens Lane – Hollins Lane – Hollins Bank Lane.〔(Keighley Town Center Conservation Area Assessment ), Transportation, Planning and Design Department, the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Accessed 18 October 2012〕 Keighley was to become an intersection with other turnpikes including the Two-Laws to Keighley branch of the Toller Lane - Blue Bell turnpike (1755) from Bradford to Colne; the Bradford to Keighley turnpike (1814); and the Keighley—Halifax turnpike. The town's industries have typically been in textiles, particularly wool and cotton processing. In addition to the manufacture of textiles there were several large factories making textile machinery. These included Dean, Smith & Grace, George Hattersley & Son and Prince, Smith & Stell. The first of these operated as a manufacturer of CNC machine tools, particularly precision lathes, until 2008. The 1842 Leeds Directory description of Keighley reads "Its parish had no dependent townships though it is about six miles long and four broad, and comprises of land (including a peaty moor of about 2,000 acres) and a population which amounted, in the year 1801, to 5,745." The town became a municipal borough in 1882, but was merged into the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford in 1974 under the Local Government Act. The merger caused a lot of bitterness among Keighley people who resented being 'taken over' by Bradford and accused the city's council of neglecting the town.〔(Keighley grappling to find Voice for the future ). ''Keighley News'', first published 9 April 2001.〕 Civil parish status was restored to Keighley in 2002,〔(Town council makes history ). ''Telegraph & Argus'', first published 24 May 2002.〕 providing it with its own town council. The council's 30 members elect a mayor from amongst their number once a year. The town has a local history society, Keighley and District Local History Society, and a family history society, (Keighley and District Family History Society ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keighley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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