WHAT'S NEW
Making it easier for you to keep up-to-date with the latest
additions and enhancements
on the Knottingley and Ferrybridge Online website.
10 September 2011
QUARRIES AND BIKES
by STEVE WOOD
...I was born in the front bedroom of 5 West View Knottingley (now 87
Womersley Road). I had an older brother Jack who was 14 when I
arrived on the scene. I think my arrival was a bit of a shock to mum
& dad...
02 May 2011
YEARS IN FOCUS -
1950
22 Feb 2011
KNOTTINGLEY SILVER BAND - CHAPTER 4 - TERRY SPENCER
The post war period from 1945-1960
28 July 2010
A HISTORY OF CARTERS' KNOTTINGLEY BREWERY VOLUME ONE by TERRY SPENCER
CHAPTER 2 - The Mill Close Brewery 1808 - 1850
CHAPTER 3 - The Company 1836 -1873
19 October 2009
A HISTORY OF CARTERS' KNOTTINGLEY BREWERY VOLUME ONE by TERRY SPENCER
CHAPTER 1 - Gaggs, Carter & Co.
To compliment our latest published study from Terry Spencer relating the
History of Carter's Knottingley Brewery, Volume Two, Terry has kindly
supplied me with a copy of the complete Volume One and the first chapter
is available now.
27 September 2009
REMOVAL OF KNOTTINGLEY FORUM
Due to insufficient interest and limited usage, in order to conserve
website resources and reduce operating costs it has been deemed necessary to
remove the Knottingley Forum forthwith. Sections of the website with
outdated material have also been removed permanently from the website.
22 September 2009
A HISTORY OF CARTERS' KNOTTINGLEY BREWERY VOLUME TWO
THE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1892-1972 by TERRY SPENCER
CHAPTER 3 -
The Worlforce 1892-1914
For a little over a year following the peremptory dismissal of Gilliat,
the head brewer of the former company, J.C. Harvey, the Managing
Director, was responsible for the brewing process at the Knottingley
Brewery. Harvey received an annual salary of £600 for his services, plus
free residence at Lime Grove, enabling him to be on call at all times.
22 September 2009
A HISTORY OF CARTERS' KNOTTINGLEY BREWERY VOLUME TWO
THE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1892-1972 by TERRY SPENCER
CHAPTER 2 -
Knottingley Brewery 1892-1914
Before the establishment of the new company the bottles supplied to
Knottingley Brewery by the local glass manufacturer, Bagley & Co., were
produced by manual operation and as each unit was individually made,
every bottle mouth was unique with slight variations in size and shape.
The introduction of the first semi-automatic bottle making machine, the
Ashley-Arnall, invented at Ferrybridge in 1866 and perfected and
introduced commercially in 1888, resulted in the production of
standardised wares and thereby paved the way for machine-filled bottles
and closures.
21 September 2009
A HISTORY OF CARTERS' KNOTTINGLEY BREWERY VOLUME TWO
THE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1892-1972 by TERRY SPENCER
CHAPTER ONE
- Introduction: The New Company
Late in October 1891, George William Carter, sole owner of Carters'
Knottingley Brewery Co., took the first active steps to relinquish the
proprietorship of the business established by his paternal grandfather
almost a century earlier.
18 September 2009
SANITARY CONDITIONS AT
KNOTTINGLEY
A local newspaper report relating the sanitary conditions at Knottingley
circa 1878 and the proposals put forward to remedy the situation.
13 September 2009
LIME GROVE AND
THE CARTER FAMILY by TERRY SPENCER
One of the most impressive and graceful houses ever built at
Knottingley was Lime Grove. The large attached house was the residence
of the Carter family and was built to the orders of Mark Carter at Mill
Close, Hill Top, about 1808.
29 June 2009
JOHN HARKER LAUNCH DAY
PHOTOGRAPHS
Continuing our John Harker 'Launch Day' Gallery, today I have added
images of Berriedale H and Besthorpe.
25 February 2009
KNOTTINGLEY TOWN
HALL
A further instalment of Terry Spencer's study of the history of
Knottingley Town Hall
14 July 2008
KNOTTINGLEY FORUM / MESSAGE BOARD
Now an integral part of the Knottingley website, our new forum gives you
the opportunity to communicate and correspond with other visitors. Start
a discussion, air your views or request assistance from other members.
The more it is used, the more interesting and useful it will become and
with an additional message board soon to be available on the Pontefract
website it's time to see which of these two sites can generate the most
interest. Are you up for the challenge?
24 January 2008
KNOTTINGLEY FACTS
Now you no longer have to trawl through all our pages to get the
information you require. A new section is being introduced which will
list all the major points and items of interest from the many of the
published works we have available online. We begin with
Knottingley Carnival and list
many of the most notable occurrences.
20 January 2008
KNOTTINGLEY CARNIVAL
The third part of TERRY SPENCER'S 'Fairs, Festival and Frolics
- Knottingley circa 1840-2003' deals with the annual Knottingley
Carnival. This is an extensive study of the origins of the carnival and
will be added to as time permits. A total of seven pages have so far
been added to the site.
19 January 2008
KNOTTINGLEY
SELECT VESTRY RIOTS, 1874
A study by TERRY SPENCER which we have been in possession of for some
time but one that we omitted from our published collection until it came
to light during the recent site upgrade.
11 January 2008
KNOTTINGLEY LOCAL HISTORY QUIZ
An interesting new addition to the Knottingley website is our first
Online Quiz. Containing a growing collection of questions compiled from
the hundreds of articles published on the site it gives you the
opportunity to test your knowledge of our local history or to see just
how quickly you can find the correct answers!
As always, feedback is important and saves us a lot of time so if there
is something we could do to improve the format of the quiz then let us
know before we spend too much of our time on it.
Additional quizzes will be added later.
4 January 2008
KNOTTINGLEY
INQUEST REPORTS FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
A selection of reports into inquests held at Knottingley during the late
nineteenth century which may prove of interest to those engaged in
family history research.
4 January 2008
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES O
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES P
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES Q-R
Three further instalments from TERRY SPENCER detailing
Knottingley place names beginning with letters 'O', 'P', 'Q' and 'R'
4 January 2008
MEMORIES OF A
KNOTTLA LAD - JOHN KIDD
First published in Issue 41 of the Knottingley Digest Magazine
4 January 2008
MEMORIES OF A
KNOTTLA LAD - SCHOOLDAYS - JOHN KIDD
4 January 2008
SELBY TECHNICAL
COLLEGE 1962-1967 - JOHN KIDD
A follow-up to John Kidd's previous article which sadly never made it
into print in the Digest Magazine
26 November 2007
KNOTTINGLEY SELECT VESTRY MINUTES
Select Vestry Minutes for the years
1826
and
1827
added.
17 November 2007
FERRYBRIDGE JUNIOR SCHOOL
PHOTOGRAPHS 1962
Continuing our series of school photographs from the collection of the
late Mr. Alan Wood, here are a further 23 photographs depicting pupils
at Ferrybridge School in 1962-63
13 November 2007
KNOTTINGLEY SELECT VESTRY MINUTES 1825
Minutes as recorded in 1825
12 November 2007
KNOTTINGLEY SELECT VESTRY MINUTE BOOK 1823-1840
Transcribed by RON GOSNEY, here we feature the minutes recorded
at the Select Vestry meetings of 1823 and 1824.
11 November 2007
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES M-N
Further additions in an on-going series to our Gazetteer of Knottingley
Place Names
11 November 2007
THE LEGEND OF THE
IRON MAN - ROGER ELLIS
Do you remember when we were children our parents, grandparents and the
older folk of Knottingley telling us,” Don’t go near the canal
because the Iron Man will get you.”? I do. I even knew the exact
metal culvert on the banks of the canal near Shepherds Bridge where it
was pointed out to me by an older school boy who told me, “that is
where he lurks, he looks out for little boys and girls who wonder
along the tow-path
24 October 2007
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES K-L
Further additions to our Gazetteer
23 October 2007
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES H and
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES I-J
These have now been completed.
22 October 2007
KNOTTINGLEY SILVER BAND - CHAPTER THREE - MID 20TH CENTURY
The onset and duration of the Great War had created a hiatus in
contesting so it is unsurprising that in the immediate aftermath of the
war, the activity of the Silver Prize Band was largely confined to
attendance at local events. TERRY SPENCER
19 October 2007
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES H
Completed 23 Oct.
18 October 2007
KNOTTINGLEY TOWN
HALL
Another study by TERRY SPENCER which has been awaiting
publication in a forthcoming Digest Magazine. Again, this is an ongoing
work (all these articles require preparation before they can be included
online) and subsequent chapters will be added in due course.
18 October 2007
KNOTTINGLEY SILVER
BAND - CHAPTER TWO - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Chapter Two covers the history of Knottingley Silver Band during the
period 1901-1920. This is a length study and additional chapters will be
published in due course.
16 October 2007
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES G
An ongoing study of the place names of old Knottingley by TERRY
SPENCER. Featured in alphabetical order. Subsequent chapters will be
published in due course.
16 October 2007
GAZETTEER OF
KNOTTINGLEY PLACE NAMES E-F
An ongoing study of the place names of old Knottingley by TERRY
SPENCER. Featured in alphabetical order.
15 October 2007
KNOTTINGLEY SILVER
BAND - CHAPTER ONE - ORIGINS & HISTORY
One of several accounts that were awaiting publication in the Digest
Magazine, this study by TERRY SPENCER details the history of the
town band from its origins up to more recent times. This is an
ongoing feature and further instalments will be added in due course.
15 October 2007
THE MEMOIRS OF JACK
AARON
Originally published by the Digest Magazine in book form, (sadly,
another project that was unsuccessful due to the lack of support from
people within the community), the whole content of the book has now been
made available for viewing online.
Chapter One was published on the website some months ago but here
are the ten succeeding chapters - and yes, it's FREE OF CHARGE!
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