Rifleman. Captain C. Beckwith’s Company. 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 95th Regiment of Foot. Early life: Christopher’s father was Henry Ingham and his mother was Margaret Ingham (Peggy.) A marriage banns record exists for a Henry Ingham and Peggy Hargreaves who were married at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Colne on the 2nd of October 1773. Neither … Read more
Private. 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. Service number 6/4910. Robert was the son of Tom Duxbury and Sarah Ann Duxbury née Fox. Early life: Tom Duxbury married Sarah Hannah Fox in the last quarter of 1894. Their marriage was registered at Keighley. Their son Robert was born in 1896 and registered at Keighley … Read more
Private, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 35481. Early life: James was born in 1899, his birth was registered in the Pontefract district in the third quarter of that year. His parents were John William Laws a brewers labourer, and Eliza Laws. In the 1901 census he was just one year of age and living … Read more
We have received information that Ian’s funeral will take place at 11.30 am on Thursday 8th January 2026 at Oakworth Crematorium. I first met Ian in 2005 at The Brown Cow Public House in Keighley. I was introduced to him by Laurence Brocklesby, then Chairman of Keighley and District Local History Society and I’d just … Read more
Local war memorials page These three dark oak boards are held in safe keeping by Cliffe Castle Museum at their storage area in Shipley. We do not have any dates for the demolition of Worth Methodist Chapel and the surrounding streets which were Oastler Street, Greenwood Street and Bright Street. What remains of Thwaites Lane … Read more
Local war memorials page Victoria Park Wesleyan Methodist Chapel – Great War memorial board This memorial board is in the care of Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley. IN HONOURED MEMORY EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 18 Tom Critchison Ellis Taylor Clifford Wild George Lord Willie Waugh Arthur Rhodes Herbert Denison Jack Coles Willie Coles ETERNAL GLORY TO … Read more
Local war memorials page Sun Street Methodist Church war memorial boards. There are five wooden boards for the First World War and one metal board for the Second World War. Sun Street Methodist Church, First World War memorial panels Description: Great War memorial boards. One large central oak panel with thirty three names (in gold … Read more
Local war memorials page Marlborough Street Congregational Mission war memorial board This wooden war memorial board is in the care of Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley. Text from the now defunct Vale and Dale website, a local history site created by our historian friend Loraine Petyt who died in 2023. Loraine gave her permission for us … Read more
Private. 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Service Number: 51893. Early life: Patrick was born at Keighley in 1899 with his birth registered in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Martin Kelly and Mary Kelly née Gavan. They were living at 135, Westgate and Patrick aged one had an older brother Anthony, aged … Read more
Local war memorials page The Lund Park Wesleyan Chapel stained glass windows were dedicated on Sunday 23rd of April 1922. A short piece appeared the next week in the Keighley News: Keighley News Saturday 29th April 1922 page 10: LOCAL NEWS. KEIGHLEY. WAR MEMORIAL WINDOW., A beautiful stained glass window, placed in Lund Park Wesleyan … Read more