Steeton With Eastburn
It has a small parish school and public transport links to local towns and cities. It also has a local newsagents, a transport cafe and a children's park. On the outskirts of Steeton is Steeton and Silsden Station. Cricketer's Walk takes you to the cricket and football pitch.
Located in the parish is Airedale General Hospital, which lies between Steeton and Eastburn.
History
The Domesday Book lists Steeton and Eastburn as belonging to Gamal Barn including 5¼ carucates of ploughland (630 acres/262 ha). The Norman conquest of England made it part of the lands of Gilbert Tison, but by 1118 Tison had suffered a demotion and his lands returned to the king. They were then given to Lord Percy.
Governance
The parish is part of the Craven ward of the Metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, part of the Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.
References
- ^ Parish Council
- ^ "Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Bradford". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Google Maps – location
- ^ Dr. Anne Williams and Prof. G H Martin, ed. (1992). Domesday Book a Complete Translation. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
- ^ Paul Dalton. Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066–1154
- ^ "Craven". 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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