The work on Keighley Local Studies staircase has been done and Keighley Local Studies will be open as normal from tomorrow at 9.00 am.
We apologise for any incovenience caused while these works were carried out.
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Temporary Closure of Keighley Local Studies
UPDATE 1pm 2nd January
Keighley Local Studies is currently closed to the public due to a structural assessment and repair to the stone cantilever staircase on the Albert street side of the building.
On the advice of our Building and Technical Services, Local Studies is closed to accommodate the work. The matter is being treated as a priority by the aforementioned Service.
In the meantime Local Studies materials will, where possible, be made available to the general public on request in the main Library. However, some notice may be required to allow for resources be brought to the ground floor for viewing .
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Regular updates will be provided via our website, social media and notices displayed in the Library.
Temporary Closure of Keighley Local Studies Library
Keighley Local Studies Library will close for a week from Monday 26th November for Collections Week.
The Keighley Lending Library will remain open.
The week’s closure will enable work to be carried out on a section of the large collection of Local Authority material with the aim of increasing convenience of user access and ensuring that these unique items are stored in the best way possible for future preservation.
This collection which originated in Keighley Town Hall consists mainly of rate books from local Urban District Councils and Townships including Morton, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Haworth and of course Keighley.
The collection also includes UDC committee minutes, account books and various administrative records.
The earlier records date from 1820 and many of the items are a unique source of information representing the early and middle part of the 19th century for the area.
As records of people and places for the central period of the industrial revolution, these archives are used by a wide range of researchers. They provide an important source of local, social and economic historical information.
UDC committee minutes are also popularly used for the history of villages and their pattern of development.
Local Authority archives are a valued source of information for present day conservation area assessment reports and restoration projects such as Keighley’s North Parade and Royal Arcade.
Rate books are also becoming increasingly requested records of research due to the continuing and growing popularity of family history and house history. They give information on the owner/occupier of the property and in some cases, a description and details of size.
A selection of items from the Local Authority archives will be on display when the Local Studies Library reopens on Monday 3rd December..
Keighley War Memorial History with Ian Dewhirst
Check out this great video about Keighley’s War memorial.
Directed by Scott Coulthard
Narrator Ian Dewhirst MBE
Keighley Roll of Honour 1914-1918
As we reach this particular poignant Remembrance Sunday on the 11th November, marking one hundred years since the First World War armistice, we would like to share some information on the Keighley Roll of Honour for 1914-1918.
The Keighley Roll is a magnificent manuscript and situated in Keighley Library, upstairs in the Local Studies Department. The pages are turned on a regular basis but if you wish to look at a particular name staff are happy to turn the pages for you.
