LOCAL HISTORY CONTENTS
Last Updated, Mar 2, 2025
A comprehensive cross-referenced listing of the most popular essays and studies by some of our featured authors providing the most comprehensive account of the origins and historical development of the local area that you are likely to find.
Contents:
- Featured Articles by Dr. TERRY SPENCER
- KNOTTLA FEAST
- HISTORY OF CARTERS' KNOTTINGLEY BREWERY Vol.1
- Index
- Chapter 1 - Gaggs, Carter & Co.
- Chapter 2 - The Mill Close Brewery 1808-1850
- Chapter 3 - The Company 1836-1873
- Chapter 4 - The Carter Family 1800-1892
- Chapter 5 - Carters' Business Intrerests
- Chapter 6 - Mill Close Brewery 1850-1892 Pt.1
- Chapter 7 - Mill Close Brewery 1850-1892 Pt.2
- Chapter 8 - The Company 1873-1892
- Chapter 9 - End of an Era: The Carter Family 1892-1920
- Acknowledgements
- HISTORY OF CARTERS' KNOTTINGLEY BREWERY Vol.2: THE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1892-1972
- Index
- Chapter 1 - Introduction: The New Company
- Chapter 2 - Knottingley Brewery 1892-1914
- Chapter 3 - The Workforce 1892-1914
- Chapter 4 - Public Houses and Properties 1892-1914
- Chapter 5 - The Company at War 1914-1920
- Chapter 6 - Public Houses and Properties 1914-1920
- Chapter 7 - Knottingley Brewery 1914-1935
- Chapter 8 - Public Houses and Properties 1921-1935 Part One
- Chapter 9 - Public Houses and Properties 1921-1935 Part Two
- Chapter 10 - The Company 1921-1933
- Chapter 11 - The Power Struggle & Takeover 1933-1935
- Chapter 12 - The Company in Transition: June-December 1935
- Chapter 13 - Public Houses & Properties 1935-1939 Part One
- Chapter 14 - Public Houses & Properties 1935-1939 Part Two
- Chapter 15 - The Company 1936-1950
- Chapter 16 - Public Houses and Properties 1940-1950 Part One
- Chapter 17 - Public Houses and Properties 1940-1950 Part Two
- Chapter 18 - Company Land, Property & Premises 1951-1970
- Chapter 19 - Public Houses 1951-1970
- Chapter 20 - The Company 1951-1972
- KNOTTINGLEY CARNIVAL - Contents
- KNOTTLA FLATTS
- HOSPITAL SUNDAYS
- KNOTTINGLEY COAT OF ARMS
- FERRYBRIDGE GLASSWORKS
- NINETEENTH CENTURY KNOTTINGLEY - INDEX
- KNOTTINGLEY SELECT VESTRY RIOTS 1874
- KNOTTINGLEY PLAYING FIELDS
- CAPTAIN PERCY BENTLEY M.C
- KNOTTINGLEY WAR MEMORIAL
- Names of the Fallen as inscribed on the Memorial
- FERRYBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL
- Names of the Fallen as inscribed on the Memorial
- THE K SISTERS
- THE PALACE CINEMA
- KNOTTINGLEY PUBLIC HOUSES & BREWERIES - CONTENTS
- KNOTTINGLEY TOWN HALL CLOCK
- LIME GROVE AND THE CARTER FAMILY
- THE STATUE OF THE BLACK PRINCE
- KNOTTLA NICKNAMES
- KNOTTINGLEY SILVER BAND - Contents
- Origins & Early History: circa 1860 - 1900
- The Early Twentieth Century: 1901 - 1920
- The Mid Twentieth Century: 1921 - 1945
- The Post War Period: 1945 - 1960
- Decades of Change: 1961 - 1980
- The Late Twentieth Century: 1981 - 2000
- A New Era: 2001 - 2005
- KNOTTINGLEY TOWN HALL
- WAR SAVINGS WEEKS
- FIELD SYSTEMS & PLACE NAMES OF OLD KNOTTINGLEY
- Gazetteer of Knottingley Place Names
- Gazetteer of Knottingley Place Names A to M
- Gazetteer of Knottingley Place Names N to Y
- DARRINGTON HOTEL - Origins & Early History
- HOPE & ANCHOR INN - A brief history
- THOMAS J. SIDES - Pontefract's Forgotten Man
- Featured Articles by RON GOSNEY
- GLASSMAKING IN KNOTTINGLEY
- THE CRYSTAL GLASS COMPANY
- CAPTAIN GEORGE COLVERSON
- CHRISTOPHER ROWBOTHAM & SONS
- JOHN HARKER'S SHIPYARD
- VESSELS BUILT BY JOHN HARKER'S
- PHOTO GALLERY: LAUNCH DAY AT JOHN HARKER'S SHIPYARD
- 1951 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN CELEBRATIONS
- WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE
- DISASTERS AT SEA PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3
- SELECT VESTRY MINUTE BOOK 1823 TO 1840
- LIFE IN 19TH CENTURY KNOTTINGLEY
- Other Featured Articles
- FERRYBRIDGE COACHING DAYS - Eric Houlder
- SEARCH FOR THE BROKEN BRIDGE - Eric Houlder
- KNOTTINGLEY CHAIN OF OFFICE
- THE SALTFLEET TRAGEDY - Stewart Hackney
- OBITUARY NOTICE OF A HOUSE
- WARTIME MEMORIES - CONTENTS
- WARTIME MEMORIES
- MEMORIES OF D-DAY - Mr. T. Hiorns
- MORE WARTIME MEMORIES - Mr. T. Hiorns
- WALTER ELLIS & FERRYBRIDGE HOME GUARD - Brenda Aschenbremner
- WARTIME MEMORIES - Barry John Slater
- CATTLE LAITHE IN WARTIME - THE STORY OF SGT JAMES MAHON M.M - Mr. G.S.Briggs
- Wartime Articles
- THE ORIGINS OF TOC H by Maurice Haigh
- KNOTTINGLEY'S WARSHIP - H.M.S. KENNET by Terry Spencer
- WAR SAVINGS WEEKS by Terry Spencer
- NOTES ON THE FIRST WORLD WAR by Cynthia Wake
- 1ST KNOTTINGLEY SCOUT GROUP
- THE BISMARCK EPISODE by Sam Wood DSM
- KNOTTINGLEY'S HEROES
- ROLL OF HONOUR
- HISTORIC PEOPLE
- CAPTAIN GEORGE COLVERSON
- CHRISTOPHER ROWBOTHAM & SONS
- WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW
- WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE
- CAPTAIN PERCY BENTLEY M.C
- BEN THOMPSON ARTICLES
- BEN THOMPSON - an introduction to his life
- LIFE IN KNOTTINGLEY WHEN BEN WAS A CHILD
- THE LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF BEN THOMPSON
- BILLY SIMMS - the man believed to have arranged the murder of ben thompson
- AUTHOR TOM BICKNELL - a profile of the author behind many of our articles about ben thompson
- GAMBLER, GUNFIGHTER.....POET - BY TOM BICKNELL
- LET IT END WHEN AND WHERE IT MIGHT - BEN'S MEXICAN ADVENTURE - by Tom Bicknell
- WHATEVER BECAME OF TEXAS BILLY THOMPSON - by Tom Bicknell
- A VERY HANDSOME PRESENT FROM BUFFALO BILL - by Natalie and Tom Bicknell
- THE PROPER SORT OF PERSON TO BE MARSHAL - by Tom Bicknell
- AUSTIN CITY MARSHALL RE-ELECTION - Ben's announcement for re-election
- DEATHWALK - an introductory chapter courtesy of author Matt Braun
- TALES & EVENTS
- FERRYBRIDGE COOLING TOWER COLLAPSE
- BRIDGE OF BOATS
- MEMBER OF HOTEL STAFF SHOT
- INDUSTRY
- GLASS INDUSTRY
- GLASS MAKING IN KNOTTINGLEY- Ron Gosney
- BAGLEY'S CRYSTAL GLASS - Alan Hardingham
- BAGLEY'S ROYAL VISIT BOOKLET 1937 - Betsy Browning
- SHIPBUILDING
- TRANSPORT
- BUILDINGS
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH MEMORIAL WALL HANGINGS
- ROPEWALK METHODIST CHURCH
- ST. BOTOLPH'S CHURCH
- ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH
- KNOTTINGLEY TOWN HALL
- PONTEFRACT CASTLE - Article reproduced from 1832
- PONTEFRACT CASTLE and its HISTORY - Richard H.H. Holmes
- GENEALOGY
- KNOTTINGLEY AND FERRYBRIDGE FAMILIES
- BECKETT FAMILY - submitted by Barbara Edmonds
- WHAT DID HAPPEN TO ROBERT PICKERSGILL? - submitted by Ken Aaron
- BOLTON FAMILY HISTORY - Carol Peak
- ONE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE MAST - ADAMS FAMILY - Stewart Hackney
- THREE KETCHES, A SCHOONER AND FOUR GENERATIONS - David William Raddings
- BAINES DIRECTORY 1822 - Listing of trades and professions 1822
- SLATER'S DIRECTORY 1847 - Listing of trades and professions 1847
- 19th CENTURY INQUEST REPORTS
- 1950 GUIDEBOOK - Introduction
- SANITARY CONDITIONS AT KNOTTINGLEY c.1878
- YEARS IN FOCUS - LOCAL NEWS REPORTS
- 1880 - Queen Victoria's Accesion
- 1904 - Buffalo Bill Tours Yorkshire
- 1929 - Fire at Bagleys Glass
- 1947 - Some of the worst floods in living memory
- 1952 - Move of Historic Church
- 1961 - Aire Street - Beginning of the End
- 1962 - Aire Street Traders Reject Plan
- 1963 - Massive Blaze at Kings Mills
- 1964 - Sabrina opens the Knottingley and Ferrybridge Carnival
- 1965 - Ferrybridge Cooling Towers Collapse
- 1966 - Death of Mr. John Jackson
- 1967 - Death of Mr. K. Bagley
- 1968 - Knottingley Foundry Closed
- 1970 - Sisters Farewell to Fish and Chip Shop
- 1971 - 'D' for Decimal Day
- 1979 - The Death of the Earl of Rosse
- AIRE STREET
- FERRYBRIDGE HENGE
- WHATEVER HAPPENED TO KNOTTINGLEY PLAYING FIELDS / THE GREENHOUSE
- KNOTTINGLEY SCOUT TROOP