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Post by olstonsurf on Mar 21, 2012 8:48:44 GMT
Hi this is my first post so ill apologise first if its not in the right area , im new to forums. The question i have is , has anyone heard of an old battle that happened somewhere up above stanbury? possible Civil war period or perhaps even earlier (wars of the roses) . I keep hearing the same rumour that, " there was an old battle up on crow hill" but i cant find any evidence for it. Also i was reading a couple of posts about the old Ilkley-Manchester Roman road and was wondering if anybody has managed to locate it yet? Thanks in advance and great forum !!  Olston(Haworth) |
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Post by sean1981 on Mar 21, 2012 9:45:01 GMT
There is a small section of Roman road on Silsden moor. I might be part of what you are thinking of.
Sorry I know no more.
John
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Post by olstonsurf on Mar 21, 2012 9:54:46 GMT
There is a small section of Roman road on Silsden moor. I might be part of what you are thinking of. Sorry I know no more. John Ok John thanks , is it buried or can you actually see it? if its Roman then its certainly the same road im thinking of. |
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Post by sean1981 on Mar 21, 2012 18:57:08 GMT
Yes you can walk on it. You go up Bradley road, which turns off Skipton road in Silsden and head over the top as if going to Draughton. Actually it is easier from the Daughton side where it has a sign post to Silsden, then you would have about a mile to drive.
See if Google maps helps.
John
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Post by olstonsurf on Mar 21, 2012 22:15:41 GMT
Great thanks , illl have a look
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Post by sean1981 on Apr 6, 2012 21:10:01 GMT
I sent you a map link on a PM.
Also I was talking to a friend from Addingham and she said that the road went from fort Olicana (Ilkley) to Ribchester (now in lancashire) It goes up Moor lane out of addingham I believe then over Silsden Moor on to Skipton.
Coincidentally I was in Blackburn this week and saw a sign for the Roman Road, it must be the same one since Ribchester is quite near. we once went and some of the earthwork and stone work is clear to see.
John
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Post by vale on Apr 7, 2012 13:08:47 GMT
Crow hill drying up after a hot summer when there was a heavy cloudburst on 2 September 1824. After the severe thunderstorm the bog erupted.
The peat absorbed so much water in a short space of time that it burst and was swept away through Ponden and the River Worth and river Aire. The resulting discoluration was so severe it lasted for 4 or 5 days. There was considerable damage but no loss of life. The rivers Worth and Aire were polluted, and at Leeds the water became temporarily unusable for manufacturing purposes. A large crater was left on Crow Hill, and many people came to marvel at it, among them the Revd. Patrick Bronte, who sent a description of the "earthquake", as he called it, to the Leeds Mercury. On 12 September he preached about the earthquake in Haworth Church, seeking both to explain its physical causes and to show that it was God's way of warning sinners to repent.
So any remains of Romans up there would be long gone in the burst.
Some historians have said that the Brigantes fought the Romans at Cross Roads, but I have not seen any proof other than the written word which also did not have anything further to evidence the fact.
It is also believed that a Roman Road ran near to Cross Roads being part of the route from Iikely, there is no reason to assume that a road did not run here as we still have evidence locally to Romans travelling in the area, one is the bridge at Newsholme Dean and Wycoller.
Castlefield Ring, close to the Flappit Springs on Cullingworth Moor was used as earthwork fortification by Brigantes to repel the invading Romans. The road to 'Olicana', which is now known as Ilkley, runs parallel to the Cullingworth road that is used today. It is also believed that Street Lane running between Haworth and Oldfield was also Roman.
There have been many ideas on where the name Stanbury came from: Olde English pre 7th Century "stan", stone, and "beorg", hill, tumulus, while the other places are named with the Olde English "stan", as before, and "burg, burh", fortified place, fort, often used with reference to a Roman or ancient British fort.
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Post by barcroftlad on Apr 7, 2012 19:47:58 GMT
Whew vale, you have been busy! Well done. I hadn't heard about the Brigantes fighting the Romans at Cross Roads so that is new to me. We always knew about the road from Cullingworth up to the Guide was either built on a Roman road or alongside it. Now re Stanbury. Dragging back the old memory from my school days, we were told that any town/village name which ended with "bury" indicated the former presence of a Roman settlement. Cheers.
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