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KEIGHLEY (locally KEITHLEY)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 714 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KEIGHLEY (locally KEITHLEY)  , a municipal See also:borough in the See also:Keighley See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 17 M . W.N.W. of See also:Leeds, on branches of the See also:Great See also:Northern and Midland See also:railways . Pop . (1901), 41,564 . It is beautifully situated in a deep valley near the junction of the See also:Worth with the See also:Aire . A See also:canal between See also:Liverpool and See also:Hull affords it See also:water communication with both west and See also:east coasts . The See also:principal buildings are the See also:parish See also:church of St See also:Andrew (dating from the See also:time of See also:Henry I., modernized in 1710, rebuilt with the exception of the See also:tower in 1805, and again rebuilt in 1878), and the handsome See also:Gothic See also:mechanics' See also:institute and technical school (1870) . A See also:grammar school was founded in 1713, the operations of which have been extended so as to embrace a See also:trade school (1871) for boys, and a grammar school for girls . The principal See also:industries are manufactures of woollen goods, See also:spinning, sewing and washing See also:machines, and tools . The See also:town was incorporated in 1882, and the See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors .

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