Keighley & District Local History Society

BOROUGH ARCHIVES DISCOVERED IN TOWN HALL CELLAR 

Council archives, dating back to 1877, have been discovered in the Town Hall Cellar.

The archives appear to be comprehensive and cover both the town and the surrounding villages.

The space is  required for other uses and these archives are to be moved to Keighley library where the staff have found space for them to be  cleaned and archived.

The archive items will be moved over the next few weeks as the items need to be indexed and cleaned as they go, before they are archived safely in the library building.

Our aim is to be a repository and major resource for the history of Keighley and the local area and to make the history more easily available through our website, monthly meetings and special events .

We are collecting anything and everything, to do with our local area, to add to our Archive  and aim to create a Digital Archive for the future. This will enable the collections we hold to be viewed  in the comfort  of your own home. If you have anything you want to donate, or loan , to us you can of couse put restrictions on how , when and where we can use and/or display items,

We and our friends will do our best to answer questions and queries through our On-line Forum.

Now we have a permanent Archive store, at Keighley Civic Centre, any items you donate, or loan to us, can be properly stored, kept safe and controlled. We are working towards being an Accredited Archive and link into the West Yorkshire Archives and hope to be able to make our Archives more available to Members, Researchers and the general public.

Interested in finding out more?

Visitors are always welcome at our monthly Speakers Meetings or become a Member or Volunteer.

You can add it to our Archive.

PLEASE DO NOT THROW ANYTHING AWAY ~
WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN ANYTHING TO DO WITH KEIGHLEY & DISTRICT.
OLD PHOTOGRAPHS ~ POSTCARDS ~ SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS ~ OLD LABOUR CERTIFICATES ~ LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHS ~ ARTIFACTS ~
IN FACT ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING.

Items and Collections can be Gifted, Loaned , or copied/scanned with the originals returned to you. Ephemera is particularly welcome, as most people think of it as having little importance and throw it away, but this fills in the detail of the history.
You can, of course, place restrictions on how, when and where we use and/or display items, if you believe they are particularly sensitive.


THANK YOU
Please contact Dan our archivist by email on dan@kdlhs.org.uk
  with anything you have, especially any items for inclusion to Keighley's Digital Archive

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Hawkcliffe Corner - Ornate Gate

Can anyone give me any information on this beautiful old gate, which is in the wall just near to Hawkcliffe Corner......

It is beautifully sculptured and there are rumours of a house somewhere in this vicinity............perhaps someone can help us find out more.

Thanks