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Post by barcroftlad on May 20, 2009 10:48:09 GMT
Does anyone have an old map of central Keighley which shows the old Market Street area? I now know that my grandfather, Wiliam Hampton, lived in /at Naylor's Yard, Market Street when he married my Gran in 1914. He was killed in France 3 years later. I can remember Market Street well enough but I can't remember if Naylor's Yard existed in my time or not. I can remember Brittania Hall and it's location, and I JUST THINK that there was a yard near there. After all these years I can't be sure.Thanks in anticipation. Cheers. Bill
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Post by Admin on May 20, 2009 12:04:20 GMT
Bill I have sent a map section to you showing Market Street & surrounding area................will see if I can find Naylor's Yard on anything else...............................This is dated 1878 - so don't think you would have been around then !!!! lol Jan  |
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Post by Mike Tebb on May 24, 2009 11:20:16 GMT
Hi Bill - well as with Jan's map the street map I have doesn't go to quite enough detail to show Naylor's Yard.
However the 1901 census shows an order of Sloe Street, Britannia Square (no's 46-76), Naylors Yard (no's 94-112), and then 8 Market Street. At 8 Market Street was a publican called George Scaife, but I don't know which of the pubs on Market Street that would be.
The Keighley site has a photograph of Britannia Square by the way under 'Old keighley'.
Not sure any of that helps but.....
P.S. The mill shown as 'Market Street Mill' on Jan's map is called 'Globe Iron Works' on mine - but I seem to remember that being the Britannia Snooker Hall at one time - anyone else recall that?
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Post by barcroftlad on May 24, 2009 19:25:01 GMT
Hi Mike, Thanks for that. I thought the Globe works were more toward Croft Street. I can remember the Britannia Hall quite well but I only ever went upstairs for meetings of the Odsal Speedway Supporters Club, Keighley branch. There may have been snooker tables downstairs. As I recall, the door opened to a flight of stairs and I never saw what was below. That was early 50s.
I have enjoyed studying the old street map. When I "were nobbut a lad" we lived in Parkwood for 2 years and we would wander through and scavenge in the ruined houses in the long streets shown- Park, Sun, Green, Wellington etc. They were mainly rubble inside and todays regulations would not allow that. Cheers.
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