Micklethwaite, Bradford
History
Micklethwaite is 1.2 miles (2 km) north of Bingley, and 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Keighley. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being part of Bingley, among many other smaller settlements, and having six ploughlands and woodland. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book as Muceltu(o)it, and derives from two Old Norse words of Mikill and þveit, meaning Great Clearing. Historically in the wapentake of Skyrack, the village was linked as part of Bingley, with the township being known as Bingley-with-Micklethwaite.
The village developed as an agricultural hamlet, but during the 19th century, worsted mills were opened up on the south side of the village adjoining the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The canal was opened in the late 1770s, but the current single-lane steel swing bridge dates from 1985. The bridge at Micklethwaite, known to the canal as bridge 199, is built on ancient road connect Bingley with Ilkley over Hawksworth Moor. The bridge was also an embarkation/disembarkation point for canal services to and from Skipton and the west, before the railway arrived in the valley.
In 1875, the Methodist chapel was built to replace an earlier structure.
Since 1974, the village has been located in West Yorkshire. Proposals for a new town council for Bingley in 2000, left Crossflatts and Micklethwaite out as the railway bridge in Crossflatts was the boundary between Bingley ward and Rombalds Ward, with Micklethwaite being tied to Ilkley. In April 2016, the new Bingley Town Council was created, with Micklethwaite coming under the remit of the new town council.
The village is part of Bingley Ward, whose population at the 2011 census was 18,294. Part of the village was designated as a conservation area in 2005, which listed an accurate population of 270 people in Micklethwaite in 1996.
References
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- ^ MCAA 2005, p. 7.
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- ^ MCAA 2005, p. 9.
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- ^ "Leeds Liverpool Canal" (PDF). bradford.gov.uk. p. 45. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Developer's swing bridge plan for village hangs in the balance". The Yorkshire Post. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Speight 1898, p. 82.
- ^ "Micklethwaite Swing Bridge | Canal & River Trust". canalrivertrust.org.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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- ^ Speight 1898, p. 243.
- ^ "Villages to be barred from town council". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Cattell 2016, p. 13.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bingley Ward (as of 2011) (E05001342)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
Sources
- Cattell, Alan (2016). Bingley, a Living History. Halifax: Chris Thorpe Graphic Design. ISBN 978-0-9956437-0-3.
- Micklethwaite Conservation Area Assessment (PDF). bradford.gov.uk (Report). 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- Speight, Harry (1898). Chronicles and stories of old Bingley. London: Elliot Stock. OCLC 1041792951.
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