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Welcome to 8 Years of Knottingley.org
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Once
described as the smallest town and the largest village in the country,
the Yorkshire town of Knottingley, (including neighbouring Ferrybridge),
has a history as rich as any town in England. Fortunately, much of this
material has been documented over recent years and has now been made
available to you on the Knottingley and Ferrybridge Online website. |
The Knottingley coat-of-arms, depicted above, symbolises aspects of both township and district.
The bridge and water beneath represent the ancient structure over
the River Aire at Ferrybridge whilst the roses represent the county
of Yorkshire. The Lacy knot was the badge of the de Lacy family to
whom the manor of Knottingley was assigned following the Norman
Conquest of 1066. The bottle refers to the local
glass industry
which after 1871 became the principal industry within the town.
This
extensive website, constructed back in May 2000, contains in excess of 3,000 pages of historical
information,
personal recollections and archive photographs of Knottingley and
Ferrybridge that has taken more than eight years to compile so please take some time
to fully explore everything on offer to you.
DIGEST FAMILY HISTORY
Now, in addition to our extensive collection of Local History,
we also have a comprehensive collection of Family History
records for the town of Knottingley featured on our
Digest Family
History website. We have literally thousands of family history
records with more records being added daily as well as articles that
are not yet available on this Knottingley website.
Digest Family
History is a members only website but you can gain instant
access from as little as £2.50 per month. Taking these two websites
together, I think we have now just about got everything covered! |
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NEW! Forum
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It's not the first time we have made a forum or message board available but this is the first
time we have been able to make it an integral part of the Knottingley website.
How useful it proves to be depends entirely on the number of people who make regular use of it so why not give it a try and start a discussion right away.
Visit our Forum / Message Board |
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Family History
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FREE:
SEARCH OUR BURIALS DATABASE - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
For a limited period you can search our burials database recording
recent burials at Knottingley and Ferrybridge.
Search Now!
Our associated Knottingley & Ferrybridge Family History website
contains a 'family tree' listing more than 12,800 individuals
and 990 memorial stone inscriptions.
In addition we also have databases listing:
- 3,044 Local Marriages
- 3,400 Local Burials
Additional records,
covering both Knottingley and Ferrybridge, are added on a daily
basis.
Digest Family History is a members only website but you can access
all our information and all new additions starting from just
£2.50 per month - but our special introductory price won't be
available for much longer so take advantage now while you still can.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN TODAY!
You can keep up to date with everything we have on offer by visiting our
Digest Family
History Blog.
 SAILING SHIPS
A comprehensive listing of hundreds of wooden sailing ships built at Knottingley and
at several other locations within Yorkshire,
compiled by Ron Gosney.
The first of several hundred records are available now in the Members Area of our
Digest Family History website.
 LIME GROVE
Terry Spencer's latest study looks at the Carter Family and the family home at Lime Grove, Knottingley.
This account is available now in the Members Area of our
Digest Family History website.
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WARTIME MEMORIES SECTION:
Upgrading of this entire section is now complete.
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Featured Articles
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KNOTTINGLEY CARNIVAL
TERRY SPENCER
A look back into the origins of the annual town carnival and some of
the events most memorable moments. An on-going series of a quite
extensive study. Read more...
MEMORIES OF A
KNOTTLA LAD
JOHN KIDD.
Originally published in issue 41 of the Knottingley Digest magazine,
John Kidd relates his experiences at Weeland Road School,
Knottingley and follows up this account by including a further
article on his time at Selby Technical College between 1962 and
1967. Read more... |
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Previous Articles
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MEMORIES OF OLD KNOTTINGLEY
by
FRANK WEBSTER CHAMBERS
Published as a series of five booklets with the proceeds in aid of St. Botolph's Church, Knottingley, we are delighted to be able to offer you the works of Frank Webster Chambers.
Read more...
FERRYBRIDGE
COACHING DAYS
by ERIC HOULDER
The first stage coaches to
run regular services began in the seventeenth century, and by the first
decade of the eighteenth a more or less regular service was available from
York To London via Ferrybridge. More or less means just that, for it did
not run at all in winter when the roads were so bad that hardly
anything moved on them! The trip took four days each way (if you
were lucky!), and each passenger was allowed 14½ pounds weight in
baggage. Read more... |
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