Thanks Jan that's just given me the answer to one of the crossword clues in this months Dalesman Magazine!!! :D Bright Blessings Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Rotheram1@aol.com To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 28/02/03 23:34 Subject: [ BRAD] Keighley area Hi Listers.... Thought I should give you a brief insight into the are I live in....especially for those of use overseas...... Keighley's Coat of Arms features the words BY WORTH - one of it's two Rivers the Worth & the Aire. Some of the smaller hamlets around Keighley being.....Keighley - Lund Park - Exley Head - Bogthorn - Lidget - Oakworth....... Keighley - Beechcliffe - Utley - Steeton - Eastburn - Sutton - Crosshills - Glusburn - Keighley is a town of some 60,000 population in 1997........it is about 400 feet above sea level. Keighley (pronounced "Keith-ley"), an industrial town in West Yorkshire's <A HREF="http://www.bronte-country.com/aire-valley.html">Aire Valley</A>, just north of <A HREF="http://www.bronte-country.com/bingley.html">Bingley</A> (5 miles) and the city of <A HREF="http://www.city-of-bradford.com/"> Bradford</A> (10 miles). Keighley is perhaps most famous among steam enthusiasts for its railway station - terminus of the <A HREF="http://www.bronte-country.com/kwvr.html">Keighley and Worth Valley Railway</A>, it is a lovingly restored steam railway. Steam trains leave regularly from Keighley along the railway, which leads west along the Worth Valley up Ingrow and Damens, to the villages of Oakworth, <A HREF="http://www.haworth.yorks.com/">Haworth</A> (famous for its association with the Brontes) and <A HREF="http://www.bronte-country.com/oxenhope.html">Oxenhope</A> in the heart of West Yorkshire's <A HREF="http://www.bronte-country.com/">Bronte Country </A> where it terminates.Other local attractions include Cliffe Castle Museum, and <A HREF="http://www.bronte-country.com/east-riddlesden-hall.html">East Riddlesden Hall</A>, a seventeenth century merchant's house. To the north the main route leads on up the Aire Valley to <A HREF="http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/skipton.html">Skipton</A> (10 miles) a bustling market town and gateway to the beautiful <A HREF="http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/">Yorkshire Dales</A> national park. The Leeds to Liverpool Canal served the town in the last century and is now regularly used by narrow boats. Jan in Bronte Country Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.437/ Virus Database: 245 - Release Date: 06.01.2003 WARNING ..... To help prevent any virus transmission DO NOT open any attachments to this mail unless the attachment filename is quoted in my first line of the message text ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== Visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/ for initial information on all aspects of genealogy in the UK.........For the Bradford pages visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Bradford/index.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237