Hainworth
| Hainworth | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Hainworth Lane | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE051391 |
| Location: | 53°50’54"N, 1°54’38"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Keighley |
| Postcode: | BD21 |
| Dialling code: | 01535 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bradford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Keighley |
Hainworth is a hamlet two miles south of Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The hamlet faces north across the lower end of the Worth Valley, with a steep wooded incline towards Keighley.
History
Hainworth appears in the Domesday Book as Hageneuuorde[1] which derives from Old English meaning the place of Hagena's people.[2] From before the Anglo-Saxon period, a Roman road passes by on the eastern side of the village, which road linked Manchester with Ilkley (Olicana).[3][4]
The road just past Hainworth became the main thoroughfare that was used between Keighley and Halifax (via Cullingworth), and allowed for the growth of the cloth and wool industries in the hamlet, as it connected to the Piece Hall in Halifax.[5] Those who lived in Hainworth were employed mostly in agriculture and the worsted industries until the Industrial Revolution prompted many mills to be built in the Worth Valley as Hainworth did not have access to fast flowing water for power.[6] The proximity of mills to the River Worth led to the Keighley to Halifax Turnpike being built in 1752, away from Hainworth on the floor of the Worth Valley.[7] However, much of the cloth made in the valley was still woven in Hainworth, which necessitated the construction of Hainworth Lane down to Ingrow. As Hainworth Lane is built on a steep gradient, it needed to be wide and have a good surface, so it was setted. The road still has patches of stone setts (cobbles) in between tarmac to this day.[8] The steep road and the cobbles are seen as a challenge to push bikers,[9][10] and the road is part if the Calder/Aire Bridleway link.[11]
Hainworth has no shopping facilities of its own, although the Guide Inn, on the crossroads of the Harden, Cullingworth, Keighley and Haworth roads, is listed as being in Hainworth.[12]
The hamlet used to have a Co-Operative Society, reputedly the smallest in the United Kingdom with just 23 members,[13] and a Wesleyan Chapel which opened in 1847, was rebuilt in 1884 and was closed in 1977.[14] There is a cricket pitch with a local team named Ingrow.[15] The pitch is also used to host the annual fun day.[16]
References
- ↑ Hainworth in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 211 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ "720a Manchester to Ilkley". http://roadsofromanbritain.org/gazetteer/yorkshire/rr720a.html.
- ↑ Speight 1898, p. 56.
- ↑ HCAA 2005, p. 8.
- ↑ HCAA 2005, pp. 7–8.
- ↑ HCAA 2005, pp. 25–26.
- ↑ HCAA 2005, p. 26.
- ↑ "Cycling Route on the cobbles of Haworth, Yorkshire – a 45-mile tooth rattling ride around Bronte Country". https://www.cyclingplus.com/cycling-routes/bike-ride-haworth-cobbles-yorkshire-45-miles/.
- ↑ Warren, Simon (2018). Cycling Climbs of Yorkshire.. Harvard Common Press. p. 123. ISBN 9781781012215.
- ↑ Knights, David (2 June 2016). "Fly-tipping at Keighley beauty spot condemned". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14532804.fly-tipping-at-keighley-beauty-spot-condemned/.
- ↑ Lowson, Rob (6 January 2017). "Confusion as pub company with 18 sites across Bradford put into liquidation". infoweb.newsbank.com. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&t=continent%3AEurope%21Europe/country%3AEngland%21England&sort=_rank_%3AD&page=3&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=hainworth&docref=news/161BF6DA2E120D58.
- ↑ Speight 1898, p. 254.
- ↑ "An elevated hamlet". infoweb.newsbank.com. 28 July 2011. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&t=continent%3AEurope%21Europe/country%3AEngland%21England&sort=_rank_%3AD&page=3&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=hainworth&docref=news/138C45F4F4661000.
- ↑ Coe, Trevor (11 June 2019). "Ingrow take spoils in tense cup clash finish". Craven Herald. https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/sport/17697372.ingrow-take-spoils-in-tense-cowling-cup-clash-finish-with-bingley-congs/.
- ↑ Knights, David (16 August 2008). "Hainworth fun day cancelled". infoweb.newsbank.com. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&t=continent%3AEurope%21Europe/country%3AEngland%21England&sort=_rank_%3AD&page=1&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=hainworth&docref=news/1229A813CF626290.
- Speight, Harry (1898). Chronicles and stories of old Bingley. London: E Stock. OCLC 13540380. https://archive.org/details/chroniclesstorie00speiiala.
