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The Oakworth
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Who are we? Every resident of Oakworth is a member of the Village Society and our meetings are open to everyone. Visit the 'Events' diary page from the link above, and come along to one of our meetings, you'll be made most welcome. |
Where are we? Oakworth is a village in West Yorkshire near to Keighley, and Haworth - the home of the Bronte's and the Worth Valley Railway Click for a map here |
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The aim of Oakworth Village Society as defined in the Amended Constitution of 1978 is: to stimulate local interest in village life and foster the spirit of community. To work for the preservation, conservation and improvement of features of general public amenity and interest. |
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Details of the Oakworth Police and Community Contact Point are available here |
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You may if you wish, post messages on the Oakworth Village Forum, which is open to everyone, just click on the Forum button at the top of this page |
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Gallery pages - Our galleries of pictures, both old and new, of Oakworth and the surrounding areas. Please send us your old pictures of Oakworth |
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Pictures of the recent damage caused to headstones in Dockroyd Lane Graveyard here |
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For information about Holden Hall and booking any of the function rooms available click here |
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See details of the Oakworth Primary School GEO Club |
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We meet as a committee for open meetings most months of the year, in a
first floor room at Holden Hall, usually in the first or second week in
the month. See the Events section for future
events. |
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A working core committee arranges the following events: Annual General Meeting on a Thursday evening in early March. Summer Gala on the first Saturday afternoon in July. Remembrance Ceremony on Remembrance Sunday morning. Christmas Fair on the first Saturday afternoon in December. Tewitt Lane Memorial ceremony on the nearest convenient Sunday to January 2nd. |
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Extraordinary public meetings are arranged if it is found to be necessary. |
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The Summer Gala and Christmas Fair are organised by the Village Society, so that all local organisations who are invited to attend can use the facility to raise funds for their own particular purpose, i.e. they only pay a nominal ground rent to the Society - All further monies raised are for themselves - hence an overall total of money raised at these two events is difficult to evaluate. The ground rent and admission by donations, covering the costs incurred by the Society to stage the event. |
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Frank Wigglesworth - Frank died on 17th October 2002. A founding member of the village society, we have a memorial bench dedicated to him, this is situated at the top end of Providence Lane. |
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We
have liaison with the Neighbourhood Forum and Keighley Area Panel team,
the Police and Worth Valley Councillors are also invited to our meetings
so that we have contact within those channels and we are grateful for the
support given to us from them all. |
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For any questions about these events or the Village Society Committee, please contact our Hon. Correspondence Secretary, Mrs. Janet M. Armstrong, on 01535 642625 |
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Oakworth lies along the southern slopes of the Worth Valley at an altitude of about 800 feet, straddling the B6143 Keighley to Colne Road. The name means 'Oak tree Enclosure', and Oakworth (Accurde) - along with it's near neighbour Newsholme (Neuhuse) - was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the ownership of Gilbert de Tison. The population at the 1981 census was 4,846, living in 1772 dwellings. Later surveys do not provide figures for Oakworth as such (for electoral purposes the village is part of the Worth Valley Ward of Bradford Metropolitan Council), but the present population is estimated at between 5000 and 6000, and the number of houses at more than 2000. The majority of residents work outside the village, but some employment is provided by local industry, light engineering, shops, schools and service industries. Much of the land surrounding Oakworth is used for dairy farming, which together with sheep rearing forms the basis of agriculture in the area. |
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Oakworth is largely spared the ceaseless and at times, overwhelming influx of visitors endured by the more famous Haworth, directly across the valley. It was not always thus, for the Victorians would come to marvel at the splendour of Oakworth House, enjoy a stroll in it's magnificent gardens and the parklands beyond, and perhaps even meet and chat to Sir Isaac Holden, whose philanthropic nature encouraged such visitors. All this at a time when the Brontes had still to acquire, posthumously, their world wide following. Learn more about Oakworth House and Isaac Holden in our 'Friends of Holden Park' section |
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Although we hope the map below will prove useful, the older part of the village must be a postman's nightmare! Some streets have more than one name - Lane Ends is also known as Commercial Street, Race Moor Lane as Ivy Lane, Victoria Street and Victoria Road are opposite sides of the same street, as are James Street and Arthur Street, and New Street and Meadow View. |
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We would like to hear from anyone who might like to contribute to the Oakworth village website, it is your website, so any suggestions or contributions will be warmly received, please email the site webmaster by clicking here If you know of, or are a relative of any of the men commemorated on the memorials pages, please let us know, we'd like to add to the information available. |
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If you have any questions or comments, please email the site webmaster Andy Wade |
