Back to Back  Houses bradfordhistorical.org.uk
Slum Housing cottontimes.co.uk  bbc.co.uk Westgate Slum Clearance thisisbradford.co.uk
Cellar Dwellings were widespread throughout the UK mernick.co.uk  headlinehistory.co.uk
The Origins of Housing Policy thereadyfamily.com
Irish Immigrants movinghere.org.uk



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Most of the mill workers lived in dreadful conditions, what had once been a a respectable place to live with gardens and orchards, became over crowded and squalid, Westgate , otherwise known as the Pinfold. Many Irish immigrants arrived in Keighley to find work in the mills, and the census shows us that many people and families were crammed into one dwelling. Later, some mill owners built houses for their workers, this was more of an attempt to have the workers nearer the mill than anything else. These were mostly back to backs, or through by light dwellings. Building work was halted for a time due to a water shortage, but once the new reservoirs were built, building continued.

The houses on North Dean Road, which at the time was named Lynum Street, and West Lane, which is  named Laycock Road on the 1800's map, were built by the Briggs for their workers, but the houses called the Gables, while being built by the Briggs, can not have been intended for the workers, as the mill at that time had been taken over by Joseph King.

The Cloughs built what  is known as the "Groves" Oak, Elm and Ash, Halifax Road.

A good example of cellar dwellings exists at the houses next to the river on Woodhouse Road. These would have been luxurious by comparison of the normal cellar dwelling, as these had daylight and opened up on to a garden.

At the beginning the mill owners would build their own houses next to or near their mill, later they would build their mansions away from the noise and smoke.
While none of the Keighley mill owners created anything like Titus Salt did in Shipley, most provided funds to the town for institutions, churches and schools.

Acres house
Richard Edmondson  1913 Now used as a Counseling And Therapy center by Relate.

Airewood, Thwaites Brow.
Tom Clifton Butterfield. Headmaster Keighley School of Arts 1889

Aireworth House
S.B. Clapham, Esq 1834.  Edmund Laycock  1913

Atley House, Dalton Lane.
Walter Binns 1913

Balcony House, Oakworth Rd
Jeremiah Ickringill 1913. of Eastwood Mill and Legrams Mill Bradford. Ickringill's Brass Band (Keighley) Formed by James Ickringill, a Victorian businessman and church founder - also created local Boys & Girls Brigades.

Bankfield, Bingley

Built in 1848 for William Murgatroyd and later owned by Henry Mason who enlarged it in 1871. The property is now a hotel. Click here to see 1881 household




Beeches
Craven John Henry 1913

Beech Cliffe
Joseph Smith: Described as a plain commodious house to the north with extensive views over the river Aire, situated near an angle of the north road.

Bracken Bank House.
John Clough

Bronte Parsonage, Haworth.
So that Haworth inhabitants could retain the services of it's own minister they raised money to build a parsonage. The parsonage was built around 1780. The barn set to the north of the parsonage was demolished in 1903.
The Bronte family arrived in Haworth 1820, during their time there no alterations were undertaken, only repairs and maintenance. In 1878 when the Rev. John Wade was in residence, a gabled wing was added. bronte.org.uk
Incumbents Haworth Parish church genuki.org.uk

Broom House, Spring Gardens Lane.
Marriner Benj. 1837. Henry Kay 1913. Click here to see 1881 household

Broomfield House.
John Brigg lived here, he bought Lower Broomfield house from Thomas Brigg Laycock, in 1882 he moved into Kildwick Hall which he rented. Click here to see 1881 household

Burlington House, 29 North Street. (at the junction of Russell Street, which used to be called Chapel Lane, and North Street, where the Nat West Bank now stands) Click here to see 1881 household
Benjamin Septimus Brigg. 1876 - 1915

Cabbage House, Greengates.
John Greenwood. From an old photograph of the beer house "Horse and Jockey", which had clearly once been a fine house, it is very possible that it was Cabbage House.

Castle House.

Shown on the late 1800's map at Castle Hill, to the right of Becks lane.





Cliffe (Hall) Castle:   

before moving on to the Fewston area and becoming bankrupt.  It was designed by George Webster of Kendal. then sold later to Henry Isaac  Butterfield a textile mill owner, who bought the property and extended the grounds from 20 to 300 acres. After a gas explosion in 1874 Henry rebuilt and made additions to the house inside and out, he also changed the name to Cliffe Castle. arch.wyjs.org.uk thisisbradford.co.uk  Frederick William Louis Butterfield lived here in 1913
In 1927, sixteen acres of the estate were bought from Sir Frank Butterfield for £8000. to build  Greenhead School. The Victorian mansion is now a museum. To see drawings of the house when first built and the alterations to date see arch.wyjs.org.ukpdf Click the following links to see the staff in 1881 Gardner living at the lodge. Housekeeper Coachman and other staff Head Gardner and other staff Servants

Croft House
Binns & Williamson Worsted Spinners and Manufacturers 1822.  Binns Mrs. Ann. 1834. Now Keighley Laboratories Ltd

Cononley Hall
First built 1450 and 1500, and is stated to have fallen into disrepair about 1603. The property was rebuilt by the Swire family around 1603. The Hall as we know it today was rebuilt about 1683 by the Swire family. Colin Pickles

East Riddlesden Hall  
users.actrix.co.nz   Pug.org.au Pdf

East Royd, Oakworth.
John Sugden.

Eastwood House- Victoria Park
John Greenwood Sugden, son of William Sugden of Eastwood House and Fleece Mill but gentleman-farmer by inclination, who in 1842 offered, as "an inducement to the operative to save the money which he otherwise might spend in the beerhouse", a prize for the best pig bred by a workman in his employment. From this, the following year, grew the first Keighley Agricultural Show.

Ebor House, Haworth.
Hiram Craven 1829. Hiram Craven sold to Edwin Merrall.

Fieldhead, Home of the Marriners & John Taylor (Lord Ingrow)

Gawthorpe Hall, Bingley
Joseph Heaton is listed as living here in 1822. Thomas Whitley  is listed as living here in White's Directory of 1837  arch.wyjs.org.uk There are tales of a haunting at the hall, a nun murdered by her lover, the nun walks near the driveway of the hall, still in denial of her death at the hands of the man she loved

Image from arch.wyjs.org.uk


Greenbank, Greenhead Lane.
Sir Robert Clough, owner of Clough's Mill at Steeton.
  
Green Gables See Knowle Spring House

Greengate House
Abraham Smith in the late 1700's. William and Ann Marriner are recorded as living here in 1808. Marriner Hy Alstone 1913. Lena Kellerman was a servant here. Click here to see the household in 1881

Guard House
House and attached barn, now Roman Catholic presbytery and church. Mrs. Isabella Brigg . 1834

Haincliffe House.
John Clough 1891.

Hainworth Wood House
       Red Halt
At some time an extra wing was added, the wing was later turned into a residential home for the elderly, Red Holt.

Harden Grange, Harden
See St Ives

Hawkstones, Utley

William Marriner Brigg untill 1898. Click here to see the household in 1881

Hayfield, Glusburn

Built for James Hartley, later taken over in the  1870's by Hartley's partner John C Horsfall and extended. In 1922 Sir John Donald Bart lived here.

Herncliffe
John J Waterworth Solicitor Click here to see 1881 household

Highfield House.
Dr William Scatterty. Mary Quinn Teacher Trained Certifo (Sch) lived here in 1881 Click here to see 1881 household

Hillbrook, Spring Gardens
In 1881 Prince (Jnr) Smith lived here, his father living next door at Holly House. Click here to see household.

(Holly Croft) Holycroft House, Oakworth Road.
Rudolph Strecker. Now flats.

Holly House, Spring Gardens Lane.
Prince (Sen) Smith lived here in 1881 Click here to see 1881 household

Kildwick Hall

Sir John Brigg lived here 1895 -1911, he was the son of John Brigg of Calversyke Hill. William Anderton (Keighley Mayor) & his brother Dr J.J. Brigg lived here from 1911 until the first world war. Currer fromoldbooks.org

Knoll, (Knowle) House, Halifax Road, Keighley.

Before the wealth of the manufactures arrived, this was the only superior mansion in Keighley. The house was built by John Greenwood, then bought by William Lund Worsted, manufacturer. Percy Clough  1913. The house still stands. At some point William Clough lived here.
In 1881 William Midgley is shown living at Knowle and William Clough at Knowle Park
Photo keighley.plus.com


Knowle Spring House, Keighley.

Now called Green Gables. It's been a country club, and a public house.
Robert  Aked,  Esq. Who was listed in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822 (printer and circulating library) 109, Low street. He also started a news paper called The Advertiser. In 1853 he is listed as being a bookseller and having a stamp office, still at Low Street. Alice is registered also at 104 Low Street as a straw hat maker.  Robert's daughter Charlotte married Timothy Taylor the brewer. John Aked Taylor, born 1917, the grandson of Timothy Taylor and great grandson of Elizabeth Petyt. He was knighted in 1972 and in 1982 was created a Life Peer. Click here to see household in 1881

Laverock Hall Oakworth

Home of: Midgley's - Willis Hall 'Billy Liar' playwright lived at Laverock Hall  Photo  thisisbradford.co.uk
Henry Pighills, rebuilt Laverock Hall, in 1640  moon-rakers.co.uk

Longlands, Cross Roads.
Built in 1884 for Edwin Robinson Merrall. The Merrall's left Longlands at the start of the First World War.  Mr Inglis bought the property around 1920, he turned the billiard room into a ballroom.. It was sold to Mr Paley just before the Second World War, he had intended to turn it into a hotel. It was later sold to the Heald Brothers, who used it as an hostel for immigrant mill girls. Sold in the 1960's to developers, who built on the land, and the house fell into disrepair. The house was then sold for use as an old peoples home. Bought in 1975 for use by YHA. Photo of the lodge haworth-village.org.uk

Laural Mount, Woodville Road


Malsis Hall
James Lund  of Malsis Hall, Crosshills millenniumschools.co.uk Donated Lund Park to Keighley.

Manor House, Braithwaite Village

Built in 1600's by Thomas Hird, used as a Quaker meeting house in the 18th century.

Manor House, Laycock


Marley Hall

Home to the Marley's, Maude's, Currer's and Saviles. Rebuilt by John Savile in 1627. Robert Savile sold it to Samual Sunderland, who on his death bequeathed it to Robert Parker. Mrs. Ferrand bought it in 1842. the Walkers', lived here in the 1960's pcug.org.au see picture Page 94. members.tripod.com
In White's Directory of 1837 John Blagbrough is listed as farmer here, one assumes that they meant Marley Hall Farm. I believe that this 1881 census listing is for Marley Hall, and was miss spelt

Extracts from Keighley Past & Present:
Marley, though not a Doomsday manor, is men¬tioned in the survey as a place within the soke of Bingley, containing one carucate of land, but returned as waste. This village at an early period seems to have given name to a family; for in the ninth of Edward II., a “Peter de Marthley and Ralph de Ilketon” were lords of the adjoining manor of Morton. This place was for some time the residence of the Currers, and, as stated in the pedigree, “Wil¬liam Currer of Marley, who married Isabel, daughter of Christopher Maud, Esq., of Rolling Hail, was the son of the first Hugh Currer of Kildwick, and elder brother of Henry of Kildwick, who died 19th Aug., 1568.” In the “History of Craven,”— “The manor of Bingley was sold to the Walkers, and by them to Hugh Currer of Marley, whose grandson, Henry Currer, Esq., of Gawthorpe, in the year 1668, sold it to Robert Benson, father of the first Lord Bingley.” There is also a farm belonging to the Marley estate still bearing the name of ‘Currer Laith;’ but it appears to have entirely escaped the notice of antiquarians that Marley Hall was once the honored abode of a Saville. This house was rebuilt by John Saville in the year 1627,. Whose arms and initials are still to be seen in several places. Miss Saville was married at Keighley, 1606, to Mr. Dean, son of the Bishop of Ossory in Ireland, who was then Dean of Kilkenny.  The wife of J. Saville was buried at Keighley.

1638. This family, as was com¬mon with the great and affluent of that period, maintained their hal or jester to go on errands, amuse and entertain the visitors.  ‘Sil o’ Marley’ it  is said, that as he was carrying into the distant fields a number of pies for the dinner of the laboring men, his appetite stimulated by the delicious odour of his burden—the Bingley bells began to chime; and, ‘as the fool thinketh, the bell tinketh,’ to him they said most audibly, “Eat pies, Sil,—eat pies, Sil ;“ to which invitation he as plainly and audibly responding “Yes, and I will,—-yes, and I will,” sat himself down and so manfully discussed the contents, that when he arrived at his journey’s end there was nothing left but the mutilated remains to place before the eyes of the hungry and disappointed ploughmen.
On another occasion, Sil having been sent with a gentleman, by whom he had been much teased during the day, to the river side, in order to show him the passage or ford, conducted him in a contrary direction, and to the deepest part of the water. The gentleman on observing this, cried out with impatience, “How, you silly rascal, how must I get over here?“  to which interrogation Sil coolly and provokingly replied, “You must swim over, swim over, Sir; Mr. Saville’s geese always swim over.

Mayfield House
1881 Henry Wright lived here, click here to see household

Myrtle Grove, Bingley.
Built in the 1700's where Springhead Farm once stood. Of those that lived there were Johnson Atkinson Busfield who was married to Elizabeth Busfield, sole heiress of William Busfield Esq. of Ryshworth Hall.
Wesley, a Methodist preacher used to stop at the Grove and stay with Busfield when he was preaching in the area. General Twiss also lived at the Grove. In 1856, Mr. Alfred Sharp moved in. The Sharp family moved out in 1881, returning in 1888. Click here to see 1881 household

Myrtle Grove House, Cross Roads.

Neitherwood, Utley
Fred Ogden 1913.

Oaks The. Oakworth Road.
Now an old peoples home.

Oak Bank House.

The Haggas family lived here. Later became the Boys Grammar School. Click here to see 1881 household



keighley.plus.com

Oakworth House

victorianturkishbath.org home of Sir Isaac Holden  oakworthvillage.com  Vale n Dale

Oakworth Hall
gateserver.net    oakworthvillage.com  pricex.com

Oakworth Road House (possibly Balcony House)
Ickringill Wm  1913

Oxenhope (Old) Hall.
Rushworth 1805. Photo haworth-village.org.uk

Parkfield House, Thwaites Brow
Ickringill Thomas 1913 a Bradford textile mill owner and despite his wealth never owned a car and used to walk  to Stockbridge to catch the bus.

Park-wood house, Parkwood Street
Alfred Baldwin  1913

Ponden Hall, Stanbury.
Owned by the Heatons. Possibly Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights.  baronage.co.uk

Poplars The, Oakworth Road
Allan Gill 1913. Now flats

Prospect House,
In 1881 Thomas Wall Wine Merchant lived here, click here to see census. Later Benjamin F Marriner.

Red Holt, Hainworth

Henry Smith Clough J.P 1913. Built around 1889 as an extention (east wing) to Haincliffe House, the gate house served both houses. Red Holt was used as a residential home for the elderly until 2006.

Royd House.


Ryshworth Hall Bingley,
The Eltofts sold it in 1591 to Edward Binns & Abm Binns. It was later sold in 1672 to W Busfield by Abraham Bynnes esq. J.P. Others that have lived there are Alfred Harris, Mr Dunlope and Mr. Sugden. 1837 Frederick Greenwood , Esq is listed in White's Directory of 1837 as living here.
In 1844 Anne Marsh (Marsh Caldwell) writes:  Mr W Ellis and his sister Miss Fanny.  Mr Ellis the father (not at dinner) is a mill owner and has a mill just in front of Ryshworth drawing room windows. Mr L. Briggs is recorded as living here in 1915

St Ives / Harden Grange, Harden

Coach House St.Ives

Built 1616, the home of the Ferrands. William Busfield Ferrand inherited the estate in 1854 and changed the name to St Ives. Harden Grange was rebuilt in 1855. The 1852 OS map shows the access to the Grange being at Cross Gates Lane. The grand gateposts can be seen halfway up Alter Lane bridleway. The music room at Harden Grange holds a stained glass window designed in 1862 by Burne-Jones depicting the Wedding of Sir Tristram.  friendsofstives.org.uk   cecilhigginsartgallery.org   fu jen White's Directory of 1837 give Edward Ferrand Esq, living at St Ives and Walker  Ferrand , Esq at Harden grange. Click here to see 1881 household

Shann Manor. Hawkstone Drive, Utley
Home of Raymond Marriner.

Springfield, Skipton Road.

Now a doctors surgery. In 1881 Richard L. Hattersley Machine Maker Employing 20 Men 74 Boys lived here. Click here to see household

Springhead House, Oakworth.
Greenwood Joseph, esq 1829 Then Hartley Merrall

Steeton Hall: Low Hall
Built for Sir Guy Fairfax in circa 1474 tudorplace.com  stirnet.com (the Fairfax family apl385.com). Around 1558 there was an inventory made of the property of  Sir William Fairfax, the hall by then had a chapel, nine bedrooms, two studies, a hall and a parlour. Guy Hatton Sugden  was born here in 1852 homepage.ntlworld.com His brother lived at Eastwood House. - Garfoths - Christopher Netherwood Esq - Sam Clough 1911. Sam Clough  was Sir Robert's brother, of  Greenbank, Greenhead Lane. and had Clough's Mill at Steeton. His daughter Dorothy was prominent in the Girl Guides a movement with which she worked all her life.- A Mr. Craven  lived here, or could possibly have been Steeton Manor. in 1940 and  Miss Dorothy  Clough in the 1960's arch.wyjs.org.uk  John Marwood  homepage.mac.com

Steeton High Hall:

Rebuilt in 1674 In 1934 this was the home of photographer Alex Keighley. thisisbradford.co.uk

Strong Close House, Keighley.

Joseph Craven built the house in 1864. Demolished in 1910. Click here to see 1881 household

Sutcliffe House
Near to WorthVille. In 1881 occupied by Robert Stansfield, Vicar Designate Of St Peters Keighley. click here to see the household in 1881

Sutton Hall, Sutton
Designed in 1893 by Samuel Jackson for John Hartley of Greenwood Mill. Sold in 1933 to E. Turner. Demolished in the 1940's. The gate house still stands.

Thwaites House
Built in 1780 by Thomas Rishworth

Vernon House, High Utley.

Samuel Clapham 1913

Walk House
Next to Walk Mill, occupied in 1881 by John Riley Wool Buyer from Bradford. Click here to see 1881 census

Westfield House
1881 John Laycock Ironmonger (Employ 3 Journeymen) 2 Labrs 5 Apprentice lived here. Click here to see household

West Riddlesden Hall, Keighley.

This was for a long time the residence of the Maud family. The house eventually came into the owner ship of the Leach family by marriage. Later John Greenwood of Knoll, Keighley, bought the house. pcug.org.au  Pdf  See Pages 320 & Picture 152

West View House, Oakworth Road
Harrison Thomas 1913. Now the Grafton Club.

Whins, New Road Side
James Wright Owned four mills, Damside, Lumbfoot, Prospect and Ingrams mills.

Whinburn, Hollins Lane

Large house with attached stable block. C1890, rebuilt 1912-13 to the designs of Sir John W Simpson and Maxwell O Ayrton of London. Built for Prince Smith. The market cross which used to stand in Church Green, was moved into the grounds of Whinburn. In 1881 Percy Milligan General Practioner M.R.C.S.E.L.Sc.Lond lived here. Click here to see 1881 census
Wildfell. Oakworth
Miss Cockshott.

Woodville, Spring Gardens
James Ellison Haggas J.P  1913 Click here to see 1881 househoold

Woodworth House, Halifax Road.
Robert Clough. Now in the hands of NHS, turned in to flats and use for "independent living".


Worthville.
William B Naylor The Marriner family lived here in 1881 click here to see the household

Wycoller Hall, Wycoller.

Built by the Hartley family at the end of the 16th century. Wycoller was subsequently extended in the 18th by Squire Henry Owen Cunliffe as part of his campaign to attract a wealthy wife. Skipton Web

Yew Bank, Skipton Road.
In 1881 William Town Paper Manufacturer lived here, click here to see 1881 household. Later Sir Robert Clough