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{{Short description|Market town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{other uses|Keighley (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.867|-1.911|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Keighley
| population               = 57,345
| population_ref           = (2021 Census)<ref>{{cite web |title=Yorkshire and the Humber |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/bradford/E04000165__keighley/ |website=City Population |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
| os_grid_reference        = SE058412
| civil_parish             = Keighley<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley Town Council &#124; Keighley, West Yorkshire, England |url=https://keighley.gov.uk/ |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Bradford]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| country                  = England
| post_town                = KEIGHLEY
| postcode_area            = BD
| postcode_district        = BD20, BD21, BD22
| dial_code                = 01535
| dial_code1               = 01274
| constituency_westminster = [[Keighley and Ilkley (UK Parliament constituency)|Keighley and Ilkley]]
| london_distance          =
| static_image_name        = {{multiple images|perrow=1/2/2/1|total_width=250|align = centre|image1= A view over Keighley (31st July 2010).jpg|image2= Keighley Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 414714.jpg|image3= Dalton Mills, Dalton Lane, Keighley - geograph.org.uk - 4994920.jpg|image4= North Street (facing south) - geograph.org.uk - 414732.jpg|image5= Keighley Mosque - geograph.org.uk - 4691453.jpg}}
| static_image_caption     = Clockwise from top : View over Keighley, [[Dalton Mills]], Markazi Jamia Mosque, North street, [[Keighley Town Hall|Town Hall]]
| parts_type = Areas of the town
| p1 = Braithwaite
| p2 = [[Damems]]
| p3 = [[Hainworth]]
| p4 = [[Ingrow]]
| p5 = [[Long Lee]]
| p6 = Thwaites
| p7 = [[Utley, West Yorkshire|Utley]]
}}
'''Keighley''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-uk-Keighley.ogg|ˈ|k|iː|θ|l|i}} {{respell|KEETH|lee}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/keighley |access-date=30 April 2020 |website=[[Collins Dictionary|Collins Online Dictionary]] |publisher=HarperCollins}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Keighley |access-date=30 April 2020 |website=Dictionary by Merriam-Webster |publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]]}}</ref>) is a market town and a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]<ref name="NatStatsKeighleyCP">{{cite web |title=Keighley CP (Parish) |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790745&c=Keighley&d=16&e=15&g=379234&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1202056395843&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |access-date=3 February 2008 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref>
in the [[City of Bradford]] Borough of [[West Yorkshire]], England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after [[Bradford]].
Keighley is {{convert|8|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} north-west of [[Bradford]], {{convert|4|mi|km|round=0.5|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Bingley]], {{convert|11|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] and {{convert|8|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} south-east of [[Skipton]]. It is governed by Keighley Town Council and [[Bradford City Council]]. Keighley is located in [[West Yorkshire]], close to the borders of [[North Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]]. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it lies between [[Airedale]] and Keighley Moors. At the 2011 census, Keighley had a population of 56,348.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04000165|title=Keighley Parish |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
== History ==
=== Toponymy ===
The name Keighley, which has gone through many changes of spelling throughout its history, means "Cyhha's farm or clearing",<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley – Name Meaning |url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Keighley-name-meaning.ashx |access-date=24 January 2009 |website=ancestry.com}}</ref> and was mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086: "In Cichhelai, Ulchel, and Thole, and Ravensuar, and William had six carucates to be taxed."
=== Town charter ===
Henry de Keighley, a [[Lancashire]] [[knight]], was granted a charter to hold a market in Keighley on 17 October 1305 by [[Edward I of England|King Edward I]].<ref name="marketcharter">{{cite news |date=15 January 2009 |title=Latin Expert Sought to Decipher Charter |work=[[Keighley News]] |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/news_keighley/4047619.Latin_expert_sought__to_decipher_charter/ |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> The [[Tax per head|poll tax]] records of 1379 show that the population of Keighley, in the [[wapentake]] of [[Staincliffe (wapentake)|Staincliffe]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], was 109 people (47 couples and 15 single people).<ref>{{cite web |title=1379 Yorkshire Poll Tax Subsidy Rolls |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Keighley/KeighleySubsidyRoll |access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref>
=== 18th and 19th centuries ===
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 1789, 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.<ref name="keighley">{{cite web |title=Keighley Town Centre Conservation Area Assessment |url=http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4C76898A-50C1-4CBA-B3FF-0B320F21CEC0/0/keighley_assessment_062004.pdf |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Transportation, Planning and Design Department, the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council}}</ref> Keighley was to become an [[Intersection (road)|intersection]] with other [[toll road|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, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] turnpike.
The 1842 [[Leeds]] Directory description of Keighley reads, "Its parish had no dependent townships though it is about {{convert|6|mi|km|0|disp=sqbr|spell=in}} long and {{convert|4|mi|km|0|disp=sqbr|spell=in}} broad, and comprises {{convert|10160|acre|ha|-1|disp=sqbr|abbr=on}} of land (including a peaty moor of about {{convert|2000|acres|sigfig=1|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and a population which amounted, in the year 1801, to 5,745."
==== Christopher Ingham ====
Utley Cemetery contains the grave of Christopher Ingham, a veteran of the conflict against [[Napoleon]]. He was a member of the [[Duke of Wellington]]'s elite 95th Rifle Regiment and fought in ten battles against the French in [[Spain]], [[France]] and [[Belgium]], including the [[Peninsular War|Spanish Peninsula War]] and the [[Battle of Waterloo]], for which he was awarded several medals, including the Peninsula Medal. He died in 1866. Some local historians believe Mr Ingham's heroism may have inspired the author [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s saga about Major [[Richard Sharpe (fictional character)|Richard Sharpe]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 November 2003 |title=Woman pays tribute to Sharpe hero |work=[[Telegraph & Argus]] |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8007768.Woman_pays_tribute_to__Sharpe__hero/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> The TV series episode ''[[Sharpe's Justice]]'', which focuses on the roots of the title character, is set in and around Keighley.
=== Hindenburg parcel ===
On 22 May 1936, the [[Zeppelin]] [[Hindenburg-class airship|Hindenburg]] crossed Yorkshire in a diversion of her normal route between the United States and Germany.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 March 2016 |title=The Day The Hindenburg Visited Yorkshire |url=http://yorkshireairmuseum.org/journal/hindenburg-over-keighley-yortkshire/ |access-date=1 November 2016 |website=Yorkshire Air Museum}}</ref> As the airship passed over the town, a parcel was dropped and landed in the High Street, where two boys, Jack Gerrard and Alfred Butler, picked it up. The parcel contained a bunch of carnations, a small silver and jet crucifix, some postage stamps, a picture postcard and some Hindenburg notepaper.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 February 2015 |title=Keighley schoolchildren to make film about Hindenburg visit before Second World War |work=Keighley News |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/11790502.Keighley_schoolchildren_to_make_film_about_Hindenburg_visit_before_Second_World_War/ |access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
The note was written by [[Paul Schulte|John P Schulte]], who called himself the first flying priest. The note requested that the carnations and crucifix be placed on the grave of his brother, Lieutenant Franz Schulte, who had died of [[Spanish flu]], during the deadly [[influenza]] pandemic of 1918, as a [[Prisoner of War]] at Raikeswood Prisoner of War Camp, Skipton, originally built as a training camp for the Bradford Pals, in 1915. Schulte was, at that time, buried at Morton Cemetery, {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} east of Keighley (though the letter stated that he was buried at Skipton, which was incorrect).<ref>{{cite news |date=14 July 2014 |title=Riddlesden man made famous by crucifix-find dies aged 89 |work=Telegraph & Argus |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11339428.Riddlesden_man_made_famous_by_crucifix_find_dies_aged_89/ |access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
{{Blockquote
|title = Hindenburg note, 22 May 1936
|text = To the finder of this letter. Please deposit these flowers and the cross on the grave of my dear brother, Lieutenant Franz Schulte, I. Garde Regt zu Fuss. Prisoner of War in Skipton Cemetery in Keighley near Leeds. Many thanks for your kindness, John P Schulte, the first flying priest. N.B. Please accept the stamps and picture as a small souvenir from me. God bless you!<ref name=":Zep">{{cite book |last=Dewhirst |first=Ian |title=A History of Keighley |date=1974 |publisher=Tempus |location=Keighley |page=135 |chapter=10 |oclc=41722645}}</ref>
}}
The carnations were placed on the grave and the two boys kept the postage stamps and the postcard. The crucifix was placed in St Anne's Church to avoid it being stolen.<ref name=":Zep" />
== Governance ==
=== Constituency ===
Keighley is represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[Robbie Moore (MP)|Robbie Moore]], who won the seat by defeating his predecessor [[John Grogan (politician)|John Grogan]] at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]]. Grogan had a majority of just 249 over the previous incumbent, Conservative [[Kris Hopkins]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 June 2017 |title=Election results 2017: Labour increase hold on West Yorkshire |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40214961 |access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, Hopkins won the seat at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] – securing a second term. Hopkins increased the Conservatives vote share in the area from 41.9%<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Election Results |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c39.stm |access-date=20 June 2015 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> in 2010 to 44.3%<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Election Results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000766 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> in 2015. The Conservatives won the seat in 2010, taking over from [[Ann Cryer]], who had been in office since 1997.
Keighley was contested by the [[British National Party]] (BNP) in the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|May 2005 general election]], when the party's leader [[Nick Griffin]] stood for Parliament. He was defeated by Ann Cryer, one of a small number of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MPs with an increased majority. In March 2006, the town's mayoress, Rose Thompson, announced she had joined the BNP and was immediately dismissed by the mayor Tony Wright.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 2006 |title=BNP Mayoress stripped of position |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/4800678.stm |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref>
=== Parish ===
[[File:Keighley Town Hall (geograph 4699128).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Keighley Town Hall]]]]
The town was incorporated as a [[municipal borough]] on 28 July 1882 under the provisions of the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1882]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. In 1938, the boundaries of the borough and civil parish of Keighley were expanded to include the former urban districts and civil parishes of [[Haworth]], [[Oakworth]] and [[Oxenhope]], along with the parish of [[East Morton|Morton]] from the abolished Keighley Rural District and a small part of the [[Bingley]] urban district.
On 1 April 1974, Keighley borough became part of the [[City of Bradford|City of Bradford Metropolitan District]] in accordance with the [[Local Government Act 1972]] in the newly formed county of [[West Yorkshire]]. 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.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 2001 |title=Keighley grappling to find Voice for the future |work=[[Keighley News]] |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/8040095.Keighley_grappling_to_find_Voice_for_the_future/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> Civil parish status was restored to Keighley in 2002,<ref name="makeshistory">{{cite news |date=24 May 2002 |title=Town council makes history |work=[[Telegraph & Argus]] |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8027817.Town_council_makes_history/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> providing it with its own [[Town Council#United Kingdom|town council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley Town Council |url=https://keighley.gov.uk/ |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
The council's 30 members elect a mayor from amongst their number once a year. The parish boundaries are based on but not identical to the pre-1938 borough boundaries. In June 2006, the leader of [[City of Bradford|Bradford District Council]], Conservative Councillor Kris Hopkins, was quoted in the ''[[Craven Herald & Pioneer]]'' as suggesting it might be a good idea for Keighley to become an independent authority once again.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 July 2006 |title=South Craven 'could split from Bradford' |work=Craven Herald & Pioneer |url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/search/833492.South_Craven__could_split_from_Bradford_/ |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> The town has a local history society, [[Keighley and District Local History Society]], and a family history society, Keighley and District Family History Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=kdfhs.org.uk |url=http://www.kdfhs.org.uk/ |website=www.kdfhs.org.uk}}</ref>
=== Arms ===
{{Infobox COA wide
|escutcheon = Argent on a fess Sable between three stags' heads caboshed a Fountain proper all within a Bordure embattled Azure.
|crest = On a wreath of the colours in front of a dragon's head erased Gules entwined by a serpent Or a fountain Proper.
|motto = By Worth
|notes = Originally granted February 1883 to Keighley Borough Council <ref>{{cite web|url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/yorkshire.html |title=Yorkshire Region |publisher=Civic Heraldry |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>}}
== Geography ==
<gallery>File:Cavendish Street, Keighley.jpg|Victorian era terraced buildings on Cavendish Street
File:Victorian Terraces of Keighley.jpg|A ground-level view of the Victorian commercial quarter
File:Keighley070805.jpg|North Street
File:Keighley railway station (geograph 7027473).jpg|[[Keighley railway station]]</gallery>
Keighley lies at the [[confluence]] of the rivers [[River Worth|Worth]] and [[River Aire|Aire]] in [[Airedale]], in the [[South Pennines]]. It benefits from an [[Railway electrification system|electrified railway]] service with connections to [[Leeds]], [[Bradford]], [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley]], [[Bingley]], [[Skipton]], [[Carlisle]] and [[Morecambe]].
The [[post town]] of Keighley's northern boundary is with [[Bradley, North Yorkshire|Bradley]] and its southern limit is the edge of [[Oxenhope]]. To the west, the town advances up the hill to the suburb of Black Hill, and in the east it terminates at the residential neighbourhoods of [[Long Lee]] and Thwaites Brow. The outlying north-eastern suburb of [[Riddlesden]] is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a separate village but is part of the town.
Past Black Hill and via Braithwaite Edge Road lies Braithwaite village, which leads to [[Laycock, West Yorkshire|Laycock]], which was also mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]]. Laycock is a conservation area which overlooks the hamlet of Goose Eye.
The [[River Aire]] passes through north-eastern Keighley, dividing the neighbourhood of Stockbridge and running roughly parallel to the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]]. The Worth links up with the Aire in Stockbridge and runs south-westerly, dividing eastern Keighley from central and western districts of the town. The Worth is lined with abandoned, semi-derelict industrial sites and tracts of waste ground dating from the period when Keighley thrived as a major textile centre.
Parts of Keighley are prone to flooding, and the town was particularly badly hit by floods in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 November 2000 |title=Flood: Hundreds Homeless as Floods Hit |work=[[Telegraph & Argus]] |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8049696.Flood__Hundreds_homeless_as_floods_hit/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1 November 2000 |title=Floods Could Cost Millions |work=[[Keighley News]] |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/8049840.Floods_could_cost_millions/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> Since then, millions have been spent on strengthening flood defences.
Other outlying villages around the town are [[Oakworth]], [[Cross Roads, West Yorkshire|Cross Roads]], [[Haworth]], [[Stanbury]] and [[Oxenhope]]. The two main settlements to the north are [[Silsden]] and [[Steeton, West Yorkshire|Steeton]]. Although these villages are often referred to as separate places, they are part of the wider Keighley area. These areas add a total of 22,669 people to the Keighley area, taking the population of the wider Keighley area up to 74,098 ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]]).
To the north-east is [[Rombalds Moor]], which contains many signs of [[Stone Age]] and [[Bronze Age]] occupation, including [[cup and ring mark]]s;<ref>{{cite web |title=Rombald's Moor Stone Circles |url=http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/rombaldsmoor.htm |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> as it drops back down into [[Wharfedale]] and the town of [[Ilkley]], approximately five miles away, it becomes the more famous [[Ilkley Moor]].
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|<!--col1-->{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Neighbouring towns, villages and places'''
|Northwest = [[Skipton]], [[Gargrave]], ''[[Yorkshire Dales]]''
|North     = [[Steeton (village)|Steeton]], [[Silsden]], [[Addingham]]
|Northeast = [[Ilkley]], [[Burley-in-Wharfedale]]
|West      = [[Colne]], [[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]], [[Burnley]]
|Centre    = Keighley
|East      = [[Menston]], [[Guiseley]], [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire|Yeadon]]
|Southwest = [[Oakworth]], [[Haworth]], [[Oxenhope]]
|South     = [[Cullingworth]], [[Denholme]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]]
|Southeast = [[Bingley]], [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley]], [[Bradford]]
}}
|}<!--end wikitable-->
== Demography ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ [[Census in the United Kingdom|Census]] population of the ancient parish/civil parish of Keighley
|-
! style="width:10%;"|Year
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1801
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1811
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1821
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1831
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1841
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1851
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1861
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1871
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1881
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1891
|-
!Population
|<!---1801 pop.---> 5,745
|<!---1811 pop.---> 6,864
|<!---1821 pop.---> 9,223
|<!---1831 pop.---> 11,176
|<!---1841 pop.---> 13,413
|<!---1851 pop.---> 18,259
|<!---1861 pop.---> 18,819
|<!---1871 pop.---> 24,704
|<!---1881 pop.---> 30,395
|<!---1891 pop.---> 36,176
|-
|colspan="11" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|'''Source:''' Vision of Britain – Keighley AP/CP: Total Population.<ref name="visionkeighleyparishpop">{{cite web |title=Keighley AP/CP: Total Population] |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10437647&c_id=10001043&add=N |access-date=1 March 2008 |website=Vision of Britain}}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Census population of the municipal borough of Keighley
|-
! style="width:8%;"|Year
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1901
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1911
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1921
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1931
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1939 †
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1951
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1961
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 1971
! style="width:5%;"|<!---Year---> 2011
|-
!Population
|<!---1901 pop.---> 41,564
|<!---1911 pop.---> 43,487
|<!---1921 pop.---> 41,921
|<!---1931 pop.---> 40,441
|<!---1939 pop.---> 56,631
|<!---1951 pop.---> 56,944
|<!---1961 pop.---> 55,845
|<!---1971 pop.---> 55,325
|<!-- - 2011 pop. -->56,348
|-
|colspan="10" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|'''Source:''' Vision of Britain – Keighley MB: Total Population.<ref name="visionkeighleyMBpop">{{cite web |title=Keighley MB: Total Population |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10002540&c_id=10001043&add=N |access-date=1 March 2008 |website=Vision of Britain}}</ref>
|}
'''†''' The 1939 population is estimated from the [[National Registration Act 1939|National Registration Act]] figures.<ref name="NatReg1939">{{cite web |title=National Registration Act, 1939 |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/acts/1939%20Registration.htm |access-date=8 June 2007 |website=Rootsweb.com}}</ref> The 1941 census did not take place because of the [[World War II|Second World War]].
== Economy ==
[[File: Queen Street Mill - Loom Hattersley Domestic 5443L.JPG|thumb|right|Hattersley Domestic Loom built by [[Geo. Hattersley]], Keighley on display at [[Queen Street Mill]] Textile Museum, Burnley]]
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]], [[Geo. Hattersley|George Hattersley & Son]], and Prince, Smith & Stell. The first of these operated as a manufacturer of CNC machine tools, particularly precision [[lathe]]s, until 2008.
Keighley is home to [[Timothy Taylor Brewery]], the makers of [[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]], [[Champion Beer of Britain]] award-winning ales Landlord and Boltmaker (previously known as 'Best Bitter'). They also brew Ram Tam, Golden Best, Dark Mild, Knowle Spring and a new French style blonde ale, Le Champion, which was first brewed for the Tour de France in 2014 and has been brewed for the Tour de Yorkshire in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Range of Beer |url=http://www.timothytaylor.co.uk/our-beer/our-range-of-beer |access-date=1 November 2016 |website=Timothy Taylor}}</ref> They also own many pubs in the area, including the Albert Hotel, Boltmakers Arms, Lord Rodney, Royal Oak and The Fleece Inn in Haworth.
== Community and culture ==
{{anchor|Keighley Market}}
[[File:Keighley Market.jpg|thumb|Keighley [[Market Hall]]<ref name="telegraph-argus/4375773">{{cite news |title=Anger at lack of access to market |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4375773.no-ramp-at-low-street-entrance-to-keighley-market/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |date=18 May 2009 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="accessable/keighley-MH">{{cite web |title=The Keighley Market Hall |url=https://www.accessable.co.uk/city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council/access-guides/the-keighley-market-hall |website=AccessAble |access-date=19 July 2024}}</ref>]]
<blockquote>"On-street trading took place in Keighley, around the Church Green area, for 500 years before the establishment of a formal market in 1833. The market was situated at the west end of Low Street. This area was redeveloped in the late 1960s and a purpose-built covered market hall was constructed...The new building was opened by Keighley town mayor Sydney Bancroft in June, 1971."<ref name="keighleynews/17813952">{{cite news |title=MEMORY LANE: Mayoral launch for Keighley’s market hall |url=https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/17813952.memory-lane-mayoral-launch-keighleys-market-hall/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=[[Keighley News]] |date=3 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>
Much of the town centre has been pedestrianised. Keighley has Keighley [[Market Hall]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley Market |url=https://www.bradfordmarkets.com/the-markets/keighley/ |website=Bradford Markets |access-date=19 July 2024}}</ref> four large supermarkets, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Asda. There are several budget supermarkets situated in small retail parks around the town.
[[File:Airedale Centre, Keighley interior.jpg|thumb|Airedale Centre]]
The Airedale shopping centre is a large indoor [[Shopping mall|shopping precinct]] which houses most of the town's high street retail chains. The Airedale Shopping Centre housed the {{convert|12|ft||adj=mid|-tall}} statue of the giant Rombald holding a boulder above his head. It was moved to a different part of the centre when a glass ceiling was added to the whole complex. A public consultation favoured placing the statue on the Beechcliffe roundabout on the [[A650 road]] approaching Keighley from the east.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 August 2004 |title=Rombald is to stay put |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8000116.Rombald_is_to_stay_put/ |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> According to local legend, the giant Rombald threw a giant rock at his enemies (or in some versions of the tale his wife) killing them. The rock is the "calf" of "cow and calf" rock fame, which can be seen today at the top of Rombald's Moor on [[Ilkley Moor]].
Keighley has one cinema, [[Keighley Picture House|The Picture House]] on North Street. It opened in 1913, making it one of the oldest in Britain. A brief closure in the mid-1990s prevented it from being listed as one of the oldest in continuous operation – a record that goes to the [[Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon|Curzon Cinema]], which opened in [[Clevedon]], [[Somerset]], in 1911. It was restored from its derelict condition in 1996 by Northern Morris Associated Cinemas and operates to this day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Picture House Cinema Keighley &#124; Movies &#124; Latest Films &#124; Book Online &#124; Cinema in Keighley |url=http://keighley.nm-cinemas.co.uk/ |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=keighley.nm-cinemas.co.uk}}</ref>
Keighley has a popular local music scene. There have been various venues where local bands play. Most notable was the now-defunct CJ's bar (also known as Chrome, VW's, Cheese and Trumpet) that played host to many popular touring bands. Examples of local bands are [[the Sailmakers]], the Undecided, [[Foxes Faux]], [[Random Hand]], the Get Guns, Eyesore Angels and Dead Message, who recently parted ways after 9 years. The British rock bands [[Skeletal Family]] and [[Terrorvision]] were also originally formed in Keighley.
==Media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the local TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Keighley|title= Full Freeview on the Keighley (Bradford, England) transmitter |date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref> Keighley's local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]] on 102.7 FM, [[Heart Yorkshire]] on 107.6 FM, [[Capital Yorkshire]] on 105.6 FM, [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 97.5 FM, [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 96.3 FM, and Rombalds Radio, a community based radio station that broadcast online.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rombaldsradio.com/about/ |title=Romsbalds Radio |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> Local newspapers are the ''[[Keighley News]]'' and ''[[Telegraph & Argus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/keighley-news/|title= Keighley News|date=22 January 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/telegraph-argus/|title=Telegraph & Argus|date=24 May 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>
=== Town twinning ===
[[File:Poix du nord Keighley Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Keighley Hall in Poix-du-Nord]]
Keighley has the unique record of having the first recorded [[town twinning]] agreement in the world, having entered into an agreement with [[Poix-du-Nord]], [[France]] in 1920.<ref name="France Magazine - Twin Towns">{{cite web |title=France Magazine – Twin Towns |url=http://www.francemag.com/france-travel-travel-guide-and-information-twin-towns--211 |access-date=6 November 2009 |publisher=www.francemag.com |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725061530/https://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="lga">{{cite book |last=Handley |first=Susan |url=http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/aio/190428 |title=Take your partners: The local authority handbook on international partnerships |publisher=Local Government International Bureau |year=2006 |location=London |page=4 |access-date=20 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717021118/http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/aio/190428 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  This actually followed an even earlier [[sister city]] arrangement with two communes on the outskirts of [[Paris]], France – [[Suresnes]] and [[Puteaux]] – starting in 1905.<ref name="France Magazine - Twin Towns" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Frank Crane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvKQhry_9Q0C&q=sister%20cities&pg=PA200 |title=War and World Government |publisher=BiblioBazaar, LLC |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-559-44381-7 |page=200 |access-date=20 September 2009}}</ref>
* [[Poix-du-Nord]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]], [[Hauts-de-France]], France
* [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]], [[South Carolina]], US<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/government/sister_cities.php |title=Sister Cities Program |publisher=City of Myrtle Beach |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Manzini, Eswatini|Manzini]], Eswatini{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
== Landmarks ==
=== Architecture ===
{{further|Listed buildings in Keighley}}
[[File:War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 414753.jpg|thumb|Keighley War Memorial]] [[File:Former Mechanics' Institute, Keighley.jpg|thumb|Former Mechanics' Institute on Lord Street]]
Like many other British towns and cities, Keighley was extensively remodelled in the 1960s and lost many historic buildings. However, the town managed to retain some of its heritage and has many [[Victorian era|Victorian]] buildings. The local [[gritstone|millstone grit]] gives many of the buildings a distinctive look.
[[East Riddlesden Hall]], [[Cliffe Castle Museum]] and Whinburn Mansion are fine [[country house]]s. There are large townhouses along [[Skipton]] Road, which contrast with the rows of smaller terraces in the streets behind them, although many of these larger buildings have since been converted into flats and bedsits.
The town's central library was the first [[Carnegie library]] in England, opened in 1904 with a grant of £10,000 from [[Andrew Carnegie]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley Public Library |url=http://www.bradlibs.com/k100/about/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106145841/http://www.bradlibs.com/k100/about/index.htm |archive-date=6 January 2009 |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> The library has undergone refurbishment, which was completed in 2007. Many of the town's former mill buildings are still intact.
The town centre contains modern buildings, such as Leeds City College, and examples of Victorian commercial architecture, including the long terrace of Cavendish Street with its 220-yard (⅛ mile/a [[furlong]]) ornamental canopy. There is a bus station which opened in 2002 near the Airedale Shopping Centre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shopping Centre Award for Keighley Bus Station |url=http://www.wymetro.com/AboutMetro/Achievements/ShoppingCentreAwardforKeighleyBusStation.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20040624042946/http://www.wymetro.com/AboutMetro/Achievements/ShoppingCentreAwardforKeighleyBusStation.htm |archive-date=24 June 2004 |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 February 2002 |title=New bus station is just the ticket |work=[[Keighley News]] |url=http://archive.keighleynews.co.uk/2002/2/8/130394.html |url-status=dead |access-date=24 January 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070803053521/http://archive.keighleynews.co.uk/2002/2/8/130394.html |archive-date=3 August 2007}}</ref> There are several [[tower block]]s in Parkwood Rise, Holycroft and [[Ingrow]] and a central [[multi-storey car park]].
Amongst the modern houses in Laycock, {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} outside Keighley town centre, is a 17th-century, three-storey [[manor house]] (which is said to be the former wing of a much bigger property), converted barns and 18th-century cottages.
=== Attractions ===
On the outskirts of town is Cliffe Hall, also known as Cliffe Castle, now [[Cliffe Castle Museum|Keighley Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=keighleyonline |url=http://www.keighleyonline.co.uk |access-date=3 February 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.jpg|thumb|Locomotive on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway]]
The [[Keighley and Worth Valley railway]] is a [[Heritage railway|heritage steam railway]], which links the town with Haworth, Oakworth, Oxenhope and the Bronte Country. Keighley is the location of the [[Keighley and Worth Valley Railway]], a [[heritage railway]] that passes through [[Haworth]] (part of the [[Brontë Country]], home of [[Anne Brontë|Anne]], [[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]] and [[Emily Brontë]]) and terminates at [[Oxenhope]]. At Ingrow is the [[Museum of Rail Travel]].
[[Top Withens]] and the [[Brontë Waterfall]] are within walking distance of [[Stanbury]], a mile and a half from Haworth. [[East Riddlesden Hall]] is in Riddlesden. Keighley Police Museum is in the Keighley Civic Centre opposite the Town Square. The old police station has many pieces of police memorabilia, including a Victorian horse-drawn Black Mariah.
== Education ==
Local high schools are [[Carlton Keighley]] in [[Utley, West Yorkshire|Utley]],<ref>{{cite web |title=University Academy Keighley |url=http://www.uak.org.uk/ |access-date=3 August 2011}}</ref> [[Beckfoot Oakbank]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Oakbank School |url=http://www.oakbank.org.uk |access-date=3 February 2008}}</ref> [[Parkside School, Cullingworth|Parkside School]] in [[Cullingworth]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Parkside School |url=http://www.parksideschool.net/ |access-date=3 February 2008}}</ref> and the [[Holy Family Catholic School, Keighley|Holy Family Catholic School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Holy Family Catholic School |url=http://www.holyfamily.ngfl.ac.uk |access-date=3 February 2008}}</ref>
[[File:LeedsCityCollegeKeighly2010.JPG|thumb|right|Keighley College buildings in 2010]]
[[Keighley College]], formerly the local campus of [[Leeds City College]], itself formerly known as Park Lane College, is situated near [[Keighley railway station]] on Bradford Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Further & Higher Education Opportunities |url=https://keighleycollege.ac.uk/ |access-date=4 May 2020 |publisher=Keighley College}}</ref> In 2010, the college opened this new £30 million campus, moving away from the former site on Cavendish Street, which was in need of repair and has since been demolished. The college includes an Industrial Centre of Excellence and a nationally acclaimed Star Centre facility,<ref>{{cite news |date=2 March 2008 |title=STAR centre may be leading light in next space race |work=[[Keighley News]] |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/2079426.star_centre_may_be_leading_light_in_next_space_race |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> designed to encourage more young people to study [[STEM fields|STEM]] subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). This features a mock [[Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center|mission control centre]], a [[planetarium]], a simulated rocky [[planet]] surface and many other [[space]]-related items.
== Religion ==
[[File:Central Hall, Keighley.jpg|thumb|Central Hall, an old Methodist chapel converted to a community resource centre by infrastructure support group KIVCA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kivca.org.uk |title=KIVCA}}</ref>]]
[[File:St Andrew, Keighley (3656924111).jpg|thumb|Keighley Shared Church, the parish church of Keighley]]
Keighley has a [[parish church]], Keighley Shared Church,<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley Shared Church |url=http://www.keighleysharedchurch.org.uk/ |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=www.keighleysharedchurch.org.uk}}</ref> and is home to many [[Christianity|Christian]] denominations. It has churches and places of worship for [[Anglicans]], [[Methodists]], [[United Reformed Church|United Reformed]], [[Mormons]], [[Quakers]], [[Salvation Army]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]. Keighley has a significant [[Roman Catholic]], minority re-established following the repeal of the penal laws. The Catholic population was boosted in the mid-19th century with the arrival of Irish immigrants escaping the 1840s [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]], who came to work in the textile and weaving industries. Keighley has two Roman Catholic churches (St Anne's – 1840 and St Joseph's – 1934) and four [[Roman Catholic]] schools (St Anne's – 1857, St Joseph's – 1922, Our Lady of Victories – 1960 and Holy Family – 1964).
The first [[Spiritualists' National Union|spiritualist]] church in Britain was founded at Keighley in 1853 by David Richmond,<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Modern Spiritualism |url=http://www.snu.org.uk/Spiritualism/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217001645/http://snu.org.uk/Spiritualism/history.htm |archive-date=17 February 2009 |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> who, although not originally from the town, stayed for many years and helped to establish the movement throughout the country. Spiritualism was at its height during Victorian times and Keighley Spiritualist church remains open.
[[File:A Mosque on Bradford Lane, Keighley - geograph.org.uk - 2089942.jpg|thumb|right|The mosque on Bradford Street]]
[[Muslim]]s make up the second-largest religious group in the town. According to the 2011 census, there were more than 12,400 Muslims in Keighley in March of that year. Most had started coming to Britain in the 1960s from the [[Mirpur District|Mirpur]] region of [[Azad Kashmir]], in [[Pakistan]], and the [[Sylhet]] region of [[Bangladesh]]. As of 2013, there were eight mosques in Keighley, including the purpose-built Markazi Jamia Masjid ('Central Community Mosque') in Emily Street and the purpose-built Jamia Masjid Ghosiyah (Ghosiyah Community Mosque – named after the saint [[Abdul Qadir Gilani|Abdul Qadir Jilani]]), on Skipton Road. The rest are buildings which have been converted into Mosques, with the oldest being the Shahjalal Jami Masjid and Jamiah Quraniah (ShahJalal Community Mosque and Quran Teaching School – named after the saint [[Shah Jalal]]), on Temple Row, which was previously the [[Wesleyan theology|Wesleyan]] Methodist Church, 1845–46.
There is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] centre on Lawkholme Crescent, in the town centre. The Keighley [[New Kadampa Tradition|Kadampa Buddhist Centre]] is used by lay and ordained Buddhist practitioners and also runs day and evening classes for newcomers to the faith.
== Sport ==
[[Keighley Cougars]] are a semi-professional [[rugby league]] team based at Royd Ings Avenue. The ground's historical name is [[Lawkholme Lane]] but has been known as [[Cougar Park]] since 1992.
[[Keighley RUFC]] [[rugby union]] team are based at Rose Cottage, [[Utley, West Yorkshire|Utley]], and play in the amateur [[Yorkshire 2|Yorkshire Second Division]].
Keighley Central F.C., was a [[association football|football]] club that won the [[Yorkshire Football League]] Division 3 title in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fchd.info/lghist/yorks1964.htm|title=Football Club History Database – Yorkshire League 1963–64|website=fchd.info}}</ref>
On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 [[Tour de France]] from [[York]] to [[Sheffield]], passed through the town. It was also the location of the stage's intermediate sprint after {{convert|42.6|mi|km}}. The 20 points for the Points jersey was claimed by [[Blel Kadri]] of AG2R La Mondiale.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tour de France Stage 1 |url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103415/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html |archive-date=25 July 2014 |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Keighley was the setting for the film ''[[Blow Dry]]'', starring [[Josh Hartnett]], [[Alan Rickman]] and [[Bill Nighy]]. ''Blow Dry'' opens with the announcement that the small town of Keighley will host the year 2000 British Hair Championships. Keighley's mayor ([[Warren Clarke]]) is thrilled about the news, but when he announces it to the town's press, they all yawn disapprovingly. The film, although set in Keighley, was shot in several locations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blow Dry (2001) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212380/locations |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
Most of the 2004 film ''[[Yasmin (2004 film)|Yasmin]]'' was shot in Keighley. Written by [[Simon Beaufoy]] and mostly filmed in Lawkholme, it tells the story of a British Muslim woman who has her life disrupted by the impact of the [[September 11 attacks]] on America. Beaufoy said the film was originally set in [[Oldham]], but "worked its way across the Pennines".<ref>{{cite news |date=5 January 2005 |title=Bafta-winner tackles 'racial divide' |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/7995834.Bafta-winner_tackles__racial_divide_/?ref=arc |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref>
The [[Keighley and Worth Valley Railway]] (KWVR), running steam trains from Keighley to [[Haworth]] and [[Oxenhope]], has been used in several films, including [[The Railway Children (1970 film)|''The Railway Children'']], ''[[Yanks]]'', the film of the [[Pink Floyd]] musical ''The Wall'' and an episode of the long-running situation comedy, ''[[The Last of the Summer Wine]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jos |first=Simon |title=A Rough Guide to Yorkshire |year=2015 |publisher=Bradt |isbn=978-1409371045 |location=Chalfont St Peter |page=110}}</ref> ''[[A Touch of Frost (TV series)|A Touch of Frost]]'', starring [[David Jason]], was also filmed at the railway line close to [[Ingrow (West) railway station|Ingrow West]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley and Worth Valley Railway – Culture & Art – Haworth – West Yorkshire {{!}} Welcome to Yorkshire |url=https://www.yorkshire.com/view/culture/haworth/keighley-and-worth-valley-railway-125559 |access-date=23 July 2018 |website=www.yorkshire.com}}</ref>
The 1950s set British feature film ''[[Between Two Women (2000 film)|Between Two Women]]'' (2000) was filmed extensively in and around Keighley and its mills, in particular around the railway and close to the main town railway station.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 April 2006 |title=Film shot in Keighley is released |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8088770.Film_shot_in_Keighley_is_released/ |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> The same director's next film, ''[[The Jealous God (film)|The Jealous God]]'', (2005) also featured [[Keighley railway station]] and nearby streets.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 September 2005 |title=Jealous God a reel cinema hit |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8082610.Jealous_God_a_reel_cinema_hit/ |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref>
The film [[God's Own Country (2017 film)|God's Own Country]] about the young life of a sheep farmer was filmed in [[Laycock, West Yorkshire|Laycock]] and also at Keighley bus station<ref>{{cite news |last=Knights |first=David |date=29 April 2016 |title=New movie God's Own Country filmed at Keighley bus station |work=Keighley News |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/14462790.New_movie_God_s_Own_Country_filmed_at_Keighley_bus_station/ |access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>
=== Television ===
The 2004 documentary Edge of the City, about the [[City of Bradford]] Social Services, and the people and problems they deal with, was partly filmed in Keighley, and concerned sexual abuse of underage [[White British|white]] girls by some [[British Asian|Asian]] men.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edge of the City |url=http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/E/edge_of_the_city |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805180611/http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/E/edge_of_the_city |archive-date=5 August 2010 |access-date=24 January 2009 |publisher=Channel 4}}</ref>
A great part of the 2004 [[BBC television drama]] ''[[North and South (2004 mini-series)|North and South]]'' was shot on Keighley, with [[Dalton Mills]] being one of the serial's main locations.<ref>{{cite news |title=North and South – Soundtrack and Location information |work=BBC Drama |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/northandsouth/soundtrack_location.shtml |url-status=bot: unknown |access-date=24 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623233018/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/northandsouth/soundtrack_location.shtml |archive-date=23 June 2006}}</ref>
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway depot was featured in an episode of ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' which aired in 2023.
== Notable people ==
{{See also|Category:People from Keighley}}
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The following people were born in Keighley, have lived there in the past or are currently resident in the town.
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*[[Simon Beaufoy]] (1967–), an [[Academy Award|Oscar]], [[Bafta]] and [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] award-winning British screenwriter who was born in Keighley
*[[Steve Binns]] (1960–), long distance runner who competed in the 1988 Olympic Games.
*[[Gordon Bottomley]] (1874–1948), poet.
*[[Asa Briggs]] (1921–2016), historian and academic.
*[[Brontë|Brontë Sisters]], lived in the village of [[Haworth]], which is {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Keighley.
**[[Anne Brontë|Anne]] (1820–1849), novelist.
**[[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]] (1816–1855), novelist.
**[[Emily Brontë|Emily]] (1818–1848), novelist.
*[[Harry Brook]] (1999–), cricketer for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] and [[England National Cricket Team|England]]
*[[Alastair Campbell]] (1957–), former Labour party [[Spin (public relations)|spin doctor]].<ref>{{cite news |date=31 August 2003 |title=Campbell cashes in his chips |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=977&id=959822003}}</ref>
*[[John Tiplady Carrodus]] (1836–1895), violinist.
*[[Peter Dixon]], [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]] and [[England national rugby union team|England]] rugby union Captain
*[[Kiki Dee]] (1947–), singer-songwriter, originally from [[Bradford]].
*[[Ian Dewhirst]], local librarian and historian.
*[[Sandra Dorne]] (1924–1992), actress in 1940s and 1950s films, and parts in TV series.
*[[Roma Gill]] (1934–2001), academic and literary scholar.
*[[Jeff Hall (footballer)|Jeff Hall]] (1929–1959), footballer for [[Birmingham City FC]] and [[England FC]]. Born in Scunthorpe but raised in Keighley.
*[[Willis Hall]] (1929–2005), playwright, lived in [[Oldfield, West Yorkshire|Oldfield]] near Keighley in the 1970s and 1980s.
*[[Peter Hartley (cricketer)|Peter Hartley]], (1960–), former county cricketer for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]], [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] and [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]].
*[[Denis Healey]] (1917–2015), a Labour [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] and [[Secretary of State for Defence]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Denis Healey biography |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/PRhealeyD.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230113909/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRhealeyD.htm |archive-date=30 December 2006 |access-date=27 February 2019 |website=spartacus-educational}}</ref>
*[[Mike Hellawell]] (1938–2023), footballer for [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]], [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] and 2 appearances for [[England FC]].
*[[Trevor Hockey]] (1943–1987), Welsh international footballer, who also played with [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]].
*[[Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet]] (1807–1897), inventor and manufacturer, known for [[match|Lucifer Matches]], and served as Liberal MP for Keighley 1888–1895.
*[[Lesley Horton]], crime novelist and author of the detective inspector John Handford series lives in Keighley.
*[[Paul Hudson]] (1971–), local television weather forecaster.
*[[Keith Jessop]] (1933–2010), salvage diver and marine treasure hunter.
*[[Alexander Keighley]] (1861–1947), pictorialist photographer & member of the Linked Ring group.
*[[Henry de Keighley]] (−1313), Lancashire knight, granted the first charter to hold a market in Keighley on 17 October 1305 by [[King Edward I]].<ref name="marketcharter" />
*[[Dougie Lampkin]] (1976–), born in [[Silsden]], a motorcycle trials rider.
*[[Tommy Lee (footballer)|Tommy Lee]] (1986–), footballer who is a goalkeeper for [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]].
*[[Robin Ling]] (1927–2017), orthopaedic surgeon.
*[[Leigh Marklew]] (1968–), of Bradford rock band [[Terrorvision]].
*[[Peter Mayhew]] (1944–2019), British actor who played [[Chewbacca]] in the [[Star Wars]] films, lived in Keighley between 1987 and 2000.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 May 2003 |title=Sat[sic] Wars giant returns |work=[[Bradford Telegraph & Argus|Telegraph & Argus]] |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8014997.Sat_Wars_giant_returns/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>
*[[Chris Melling (pool player)|Chris Melling]] (1979–), professional pool player and former world number one.
*[[Tom Moore (fundraiser)|Sir Tom Moore]] (1920–2021), former British Military Officer, fundraiser for NHS Charities during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55881753|title=Captain Sir Tom Moore: 'National inspiration' dies with Covid-19|date=2 February 2021|work=BBC News|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>
*[[Herbert Morley (explorer)|Herbert Morley]] (1883–), Victorian explorer.{{citation needed|date=September 2022|reason=no birth year in linked article, or mention of exploration during Victorian era (only date given is 1914)}}
*[[Ian Mosey]], professional golfer. Winner of two [[European Tour]] events.
*[[Reynold A. Nicholson]] (1868–1945) was an English orientalist, scholar of [[Islamic literature]], [[Rumi]] and [[Islamic mysticism]]
*[[George Nicholson (printer)|George Nicholson]] (1760–1825), printer.<ref name="GeorgeNicholsonDNB">Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography – George Nicholson</ref>
* [[Matty Pearson]] (1993–), professional footballer for Huddersfield F.C.
*[[Eric Pickles]] (1952–), former [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]] and a former [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]].
*[[Michael Sams]] (1941–), murderer.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/3243159.stm Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: The Price of Justice?] BBC News</ref>
*[[Geoff Smith (footballer, born 1928)|Geoff Smith]] (1928–2013), former Bradford City goalkeeper, lived in Keighley.
*[[Michelle Smith (sport shooter)|Michelle Smith]] (1983–), rifle shooter who won Silver at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, India.
*[[J. Keighley Snowden]] (1860–1947), journalist and novelist.
*[[Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden|Philip Snowden]], (1864–1937), the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer. Editor of the Keighley Labour Journal. MP for [[Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackburn]].
*[[Mollie Sugden]] (1922–2009), television comedy actress.
*[[John Taylor, Baron Ingrow|Sir John Taylor, Baron Ingrow]], Lord [[Ingrow]] (1917–2002), a soldier and politician. From 1985 to 1992 he was [[Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire]].
*[[Timothy Taylor Brewery|Timothy Taylor]] (1826–1898), local brewer who opened the [[Timothy Taylor Brewery]] in 1858.
*[[Percy Vear]] (1911–1983), a British professional boxer during the 1920s and 1930s.
*[[Ricky Wilson (singer)|Ricky Wilson]] (1978–), musician and part of Leeds five-piece [[Kaiser Chiefs]].
*[[Margaret Wintringham]] (1879–1955), the second woman to take a seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]].<ref name="margaretwintringhamDNB">Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography: Margaret Wintringham</ref>
*[[Frank Whitcombe]] (1913–1958), [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] & [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] rugby league footballer.
*[[Frank Whitcombe Jr]] (1936–2010), [[Bradford RFC]], [[Keighley RUFC]], [[Yorkshire Rugby Football Union|Yorkshire RUFC]] & North Eastern Counties RUFC.
*[[Martin Whitcombe]] (1961–), [[Leicester Tigers]], [[Bedford RFC]], [[Leeds Tykes]], [[Yorkshire Rugby Football Union|Yorkshire RUFC]] & [[England Saxons|England 'B']] International Rugby Union player.
*[[Jake Wright]] (1986–), professional footballer who plays for [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]].
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==Freedom of the Town==
The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Town]] of Keighley.
{{Incomplete list|date=May 2020}}
===Individuals===
* Benjamin Septimus Brigg (First Mayor<ref name="Keighley mayoral regalia">{{cite web |title=Keighley mayoral regalia |url=https://keighley.gov.uk/mayor/mayoral-regalia/ |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=keighley.gov.uk}}</ref>)
* [[John Brigg|Sir John Brigg]]{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* W A Brigg (Mayor){{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* Henry Isaac Butterfield (Textiles Manufacturer and owner of [[Cliffe Castle Museum|Cliffe Castle]]){{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* [[Andrew Carnegie]]{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* [[John Tiplady Carrodus]]: 5 February 1895.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Tiplady Carrodus: a tale of seven violins |url=https://themessiahviolin.uk/Carrodus_Guarneri_1741_1744.pdf/ |website=themessiahviolin |access-date=6 July 2022 }}</ref>
* John Clough (mill owner and owner of Haincliffe House<ref>{{cite web |title= About Hainworth Woods |url=https://hainworthwood.co.uk/about-hainworth-woods/ |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=hainworth.co.uk}}</ref>)
* [[William Clough]]{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* [[Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire|8th Duke of Devonshire]]{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* [[Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet]]{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* H C Longsdon (Mayor in 1901<ref name="Keighley mayoral regalia"/>){{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* James Lund (Mill Owner 1829–1903 and builder of [[Lund's Tower]]){{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] [[Tom Moore (fundraiser)|Sir Thomas Moore]]: 16 April 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Veteran Capt Tom Moore to be given freedom of Keighley after raising £13m for NHS |url=https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2020-04-16/veteran-capt-tom-moore-to-be-given-freedom-of-keighley-after-raising-13m-for-nhs/ |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=ITV News}}</ref>
* [[Swire Smith|Sir Swire Smith]]: March 1918.<ref>The Times, 18 March 1918 p.&nbsp;5</ref>
* [[Bracewell Smith|Sir Bracewell Smith]]: 6 February 1957.<ref>{{cite web |title=Photograph of Sir Bracewell Smith's Freedom of Keighley Scroll |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/99068843@N06/15316387090/in/photostream/ |website=Flickr |access-date=11 March 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden|Lord Snowdon of Ickornshaw]]{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
===Military Units===
* The [[Yorkshire Regiment]]: 2011.
== References ==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.keighley.gov.uk/ Keighley Town Council]
*[http://www.keighleyonline.co.uk/ Keighley Online] – News, business and Keighley community site
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