Keighley Festival
{{Primary sources, date=September 2010 The Keighley Festival is a festival held in the town of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England during a two-week period in June or July each year. The festival consists of various local events and Galas. The aim is to incorporate local talent, hobbies, and pastimes to illustrate diversity and local community spirit. History The Keighley Festival was started in 1986, and has had various names over the years. Until 2005 it was called the Keighley Festivals. The Keighley Festival now amalgamates the "Festival of Learning" and the "Keighley Festivals" and is known as the Keighley Festival. External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20060708063106/http://www.keighleyfestival.info/ - official web page The official website page is linked here. Festivals in West Yorkshire Arts festivals in England Keighley ...
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Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bingley, north of Halifax and south-east of Skipton. It is governed by Keighley Town Council and Bradford City Council. Keighley sits between the counties of West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Lancashire. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies between Airedale and Keighley Moors. At the 2011 census, Keighley had a population of 56,348. History Toponymy The name Keighley, which has gone through many changes of spelling throughout its history, means "Cyhha's farm or clearing", and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086: "In Cichhelai, Ulchel, and Thole, and Ravensuar, and William had six carucates to be taxed." Town charter Henry de Keighley, a Lancashire knight, was granted a charter to hold a market in Keighley ...
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