Keighley & Local Books

Books to Enjoy,



This fantastic list of local books, has been especially put together for us by Keith Spencer - a special thanks for all the hard work he puts in on the societies behalf.


Title                  Author                        ISBN
KEIGHLEY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR Ian Dewhirst  0750941650
GOLDEN YEARS OF KEIGHLEY Harrison and Clough Ltd 190046392X
RAILWAYS OF KEIGHLEY J.M. Bairstow 0852065272
A HISTORY OF KEIGHLEY Ian Dewhirst 
AN AUCTIONEER'S LOT John Smallwood 1870071603
HAWORTH, PICTURES FROM THE PAST Shirley Davids 
TRAMS AND BUSES OF KEIGHLEY IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS Trevor M Leach 0860671542
KEIGHLEY IN OLD PICTURE POSTCARDS Ian Dewhirst 9028845941
OXENHOPE THE MAKING OF A PENNINE COMMUNITY Reg Hindley 
HAWORTH, PAST AND PRESENT J. Horsfall Turner 0860671534
IMAGES OF ENGLAND SKIPTON Ken Ellwood 075241612X
FROM PISE BALL TO POKEMON, INGROW SCHOOL 1901 - 2001 Mavis Curtis 
HISTORIC HAWORTH TODAY Kenneth Emsley 0907734413
THE BRONTES AND THEIR WORLD Phyllis Bentley 
HAWORTH RHYMES & WRITINGS Smith Midgley 
KEIGHLEY: A PICTORIAL HISTORY J. Stewart Cardwell 1860770622
THE HISTORY & TOPOGRAPHY OF BRADFORD VOL 2 John James 
THE OAKWORTH HANDBOOK 1997 Oakworth Village Society 
OAKWORTH IN MY TIME Frank Wigglesworth 
BOROUGH OF KEIGHLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 8TH. REPORT Keighley Public Library 
RIDDLESDEN REVISITED J D Lee and K Davies 
A VILLAGE TAPESTRY Roy Mason 
PENNINE BOYHOOD Roy Mason 
PENNINE VILLAGE Roy Mason 
SILSDEN PRIMITIVE METHODISM Rev. W. J. Robson 
METHODIST HEROES IN THE GREAT HAWORTH ROUND A.D. 1734 - 1784 J. W. Laycock 
YOU DON'T REMEMBER BANANAS Ian Dewhirst 0901934314
OXENHOPE A PENNINE VILLAGE Oxenhope Village Society. 
A BRONTE MOORLAND VILLAGE Joseph Craven 
BRONTE MOORS & VILLAGES FROM THORNTON TO HAWORTH Elizabeth Southwart 
THE STORY OF YORKSHIRE Unknown 
A PENNINE COMMUNITY ON THE EVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Michael L Baumber 
FROM REVIVAL TO REGENCY. A HISTORY OF KEIGHLEY AND HAWORTH Michael L Baumber 
A SPRING-TIME SAUNTER Whiteley Turner 
NOTES ON THE OLD HAWORTH REGISTERS Rev. T W Story M.A. Rector of Haworth. 
THESE LONELY MOUNTAINS Peggy Hewitt 
THE KEIGHLEY AND WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY EXPERIENCE Robin Higgins 
YOUR JOB IN INDUSTRY Designed by Donald Haigh 
HAWORTH IN TIMES PAST Shirley Davids & Geoff Moore. 
THE HEATONS OF PONDEN HALL Mary a Butterfield. 
THE OAKWORTH HANDBOOK 1979 Oakworth Village Society 
THE HISTORY OF THE KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY. R O T Povey. 
STANBURY. A PENNINE COUNTRY VILLAGE Dennis Thompson. 0969580622
STREET NAMES OF HAWORTH. Jennie Crawford. 1871647479
100 YEARS OF PROGRESS W Reid Marchbank M.A. (CANTAB). 
ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM CLIFFE CASTLE KEIGHLEY. Libraries, Arts and Museum Committee 
KEIGHLEY INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.. Jos. Rhodes. 
HAWORTH AND THE BRONTES W R Mitchell 
HAWORTH PAST & PRESENT J Horsfall Turner 
GRIMSHAW OF HAWORTH George G Cragg M.A. 
GARRISON IN ICELAND. C F Dunn and Frank Muscroft 
KEIGHLEY YEAR BOOK 1917 Unknown 
FOWK WE REMEMBER Albert Woollard and others. 
THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS E Donald Haigh. 
THE POETS OF KEIGHLEY, BINGLEY & HAWORTH DISTRICT. Chas. F Forshaw. 
YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Unknown 
MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. Unknown 
BOROUGH OF KEIGHLEY. WAR MEMORIAL. Unknown 
EAST RIDDLESDEN HALL The National Trust 
FETE & GALA. OFFICIAL PROGRAM. Unknown 
KEIGHLEY DIVISION LIBERAL BAZAAR. Unknown 
LEISURE MUSINGS WITH PORTRAIT AND MEMOIR R H Hodgson. 
VICTORIAN KEIGHLEY CHARACTERS Ian Dewhirst 
KEIGHLEY TOWN TRAIL Ian Dewhirst 
GLEANINGS FROM VICTORIAN YORKSHIRE Ian Dewhirst 
GLEANINGS FROM EDWARDIAN YORKSHIRE Ian Dewhirst 
IN THE REIGN OF THE PEACEMAKER Ian Dewhirst 
DOWN MEMORY LANE Ian Dewhirst 
OLD KEIGHLEY IN PHOTOGRAPHS Ian Dewhirst 0902907050
MORE OLD KEIGHLEY PHOTOGRAPHS Ian Dewhirst 0902907387
ONE HUNDRED YEARS 1848 - 1948. Harry Bancroft, Asa Briggs, Eric Treacy 
KEIGHLEY IN THE 1930'S & 40'S. Ian Dewhirst 
A POET PASSED Ian Dewhirst 
SCAR TOP AND OTHER POEMS. Ian Dewhirst 
THE HAWORTH WATER-WOLF AND OTHER STORIES. Ian Dewhirst 
IMAGES OF KEIGHLEY Ian Dewhirst 1859830463
THE KINGS HIGHWAY IN CRAVEN. J J Brigg 
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR HOSPITAL, KEIGHLEY
Lt Col William Scatterty the Medical Officer for Health.
  
TEXTILE MANUFACTURE AND OTHER INDUSTRIES IN KEIGHLEY. John Hodgson. 
CASTLES & COUNTRY HOUSES IN YORKSHIRE. From sketche made by Edward Healey, Architect, Bfd., and other artists. 
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, INGROW, KEIGHLEY. The Right Reverend Father in God, Chas. T Longley. 
HOW TO STUDY THE VIOLIN. J T Carrodus 
KEIGHLEY & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 1889-1989 Society Members 
BY MOOR & FELL IN WEST YORKSHIRE Halliwell Sutcliffe 
HOMESTEADS OF THE YORKSHIRE DALES James Walton 
BUILDINGS IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES Arthur Raistrick 
SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF HOUSES John H Harvey 
BRADFORD 1847-1947 Staff of the Yorkshire Observer 
REPORT ON THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CHILDREN Wm. Scatterty & M Esselmont (see description). 
KEIGHLEY HEALTH & BABY WEEK - MARCH 3RD.-8TH. 1930. H.M.Holt M.B. B.S. D.P.H. 
GOOD FELLOWSHIP IN KEIGHLEY The Membership of Eboracum Lodge, Keighley. 
A HISTORY OF KEIGHLEY FIRE SERVICE Eric Wilson & Richard Hewitt Grad. I.F.E. 
THE ENGLISH FARMHOUSE & COTTAGE M W Barley. 
CLASS & POLITICS IN A NORTHERN TOWN: KEIGHLEY 1880-1914, by David James, Ryburn Publishing,Keele University Press, 1995. ISBN No 1853310662
RURAL HOUSES OF WEST YORKSHIRE 1400 - 1830. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 
HOMES IN BRITAIN. Audrey Barfoot. 
THE HOME IN BRITAIN. James Ayres 
REMINISCENCES OF A BRADFORD MILL GIRL Maggie Newbery. 
ALEX KEIGHLEY, ARTIST & PHOTOGRAPHER Dr. J L Hankey& J Dudley Johnston, Hon. F.R.P.S. 
WALKS AROUND BRADFORD Illustrated by Ransome T Wyatt 
CITY OF BRADFORD. EXHIBITION SOUVENIR. Official Photographer - Rosemont, Leeds. 
BYGONE BRADFORD Compiled by Jim Appleby 
RANDOM RHYMES & RAMBLES Bill O'th Hoylus End. 
BASIC BROAD YORKSHIRE Arnold Kellet 
SKIPTON CASTLE IT'S HISTORY & OWNERS. Rev. John Ward. 
HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF BRADFORD. THE SOUVENIR BOOK. City of Bradford Council. 
THE CRAVEN DIALECT By a Native of Craven. 
POEMS BY BILL O'TH HOYLUS END. Bill O'th Hoylus End. 
NICHOLSON'S POEMS John Nicholson. 
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES S Baring - Gould M.A. 
YORKSHIRE SPEYKS William Cudworth. 
ROUND ABOUT BRADFORD William Cudworth 
BROWN'S WEST YORKSHIRE Robert Brown. Farmer at Markle. 
THE TOMMY TALKER BANDS OF THE WEST RIDING. Ronnie Wharton & Arthur Clarke 
YORKSHIRE DITTIES John Hartley 
YORKSHIRE LYRICS. John Hartley. 
PENSIVE POEMS & STARTLING STORIES John Hartley 
GRIMES VISIT TO THE QUEEN. John Hartley. 
A ROLLING STONE. John Hartley. 
A SHEAF FROM THE MOORLAND. John Hartley. 
YORKSHIRE PUDDIN. John Hartley. 
YORKSHIRE TALES. John Hartley. 
MALLY AN' ME John Hartley.

KEIGHLEY INNS & BREWERIES  -   E Kelly  
 

Ian Dewhirst Selection

Books By Ian Dewhirst

A Century of Yorkshire Dialect: Selections from the "Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society" 
A History of Keighley
Gleanings from Victorian Yorkshire 
Gleanings From Edwardian Yorkshire

In the Reign of the Peacemaker: Keighley and District in Edwardian Photographs
Keighley at War:
Keighley in Old Picture Postcards 

Keighley in the 1930s and 40s 
More Old Keighley in Photographs 
The Story of a Nobody: A Working Class Life, 1880-1939 
Old Keighley in Photographs 
Scar Top: And other poems
The handloom weaver and other poems
Yorkshire Through the Years 
You Don't Remember Bananas
Victorian Keighley Characters
 

Other Books

'Keighley Inns and Breweries' by E Kelly.  

Gray, Johnnie, Through Airedale from Goole to Malham (1891) - lengthy chapters on Keighley & district
Keighley, William, Keighley Past and Present (1858)
Smith, A.H., The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, volume 6 (1963) - a seriously brilliant reference work!
Whalley, James, The Wild Moor (1869)
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