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Cowling's Local History Group

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    • Philip Snowden
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    • Cowling County Primary School WW11 Log Book
  • Gallery
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      • Carr Head
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      • Donna Peters Gallery
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    • St Andrews Church
    • Bar Chapel
    • Cowling Hill Baptist Chapel
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Work

Daniel Binns Farming John Binns & Sons Ltd People Textiles Uncategorized Work 

John Binns 1810-1880 The man who led Cowling into the steam age.

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021 Mark Barnes Camlet, Croft Mill, John Binns, John Binns & Sons Ltd., Moonrakers, Textiles

Much of the article below has been taken from Weaving a Century 1852-1952 – John Binns & Sons Ltd page

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Textiles Uncategorized Work 

Outworkers in Textiles in 1845 -9

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Mark Barnes Bairstows, early textile manufacturers, Early textile workshops, handloom weavers, Moonrakers, Outworkers, Textiles

Below is a list of outworkers from Bairstows Mill in Sutton-in-Craven, only approximately 2 miles east of Cowling parish. Cowling

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Textiles Uncategorized Work 

Cowling Parish Textile Mills 18 – 20th Centuries

February 16, 2021March 18, 2021 Mark Barnes Acre Shed, Carr Mill, Croft Mill, Freegate Mill, Gill Bottom Mill, Ickornshaw Mill, Lumb Mill, Moonrakers, Royd Mill

Below is a list of all the steam powered mills that have been used for manufacturing textiles in Cowling Parish.

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Textiles Uncategorized Work 

Early Textile Mills and Workshops Pre 1850

February 16, 2021March 11, 2021 Mark Barnes early textile manufacturers, Early textile mills, Early textile workshops, Moonrakers

We list below the information we know about early textile mills and workshops in the parish. These pre-date steam-powered textile

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Cowling Village Ezra Laycock People Road Transport Work 

The First Motor Bus in Yorkshire

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Mark Barnes Ezra Laycock, First Bus in Yorkshire, Milnes-Daimler, Moonrakers

Below is an extract from the small booklet First Bus in Yorkshire by Philip Lingard (1975) It covers the text

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Textiles Uncategorized 

Gill Bottom Mill Fire 1870

May 15, 2020May 16, 2020 Mark Barnes Gill Bottom Mill, Gott, Keighley Fire Engine, Laycock, mill Fire, Textiles

Report taken from Keighley News 3rd December 1870. About a quarter to five on Wednesday morning Gill Bottom Mill, Cowling,

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Farming Uncategorized 

Farm Sale in 1789 at White Bear, Glusburn

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Mark Barnes Gragside, Rakes, Summerhouse, Thornsfield, Westfield
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Ickornshaw Textiles Work 

Ickornshaw 1800, Conditions of Work

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Mark Barnes Cowling, Ickornshaw, Moonrakers

The evidence relating to Ickornshaw Mill given on June 2nd 1832 before the Committee of the House of Commons on

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Monthly Reports Textiles Uncategorized 

Early Textile Information Needed

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Mark Barnes Cowling, Moonrakers

At our May meeting members heard about the progress made in compiling a book of our WW1 research, which will

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Daniel Binns Monthly Reports News Work 

Jobs 1841-1901, WW1 Book? Dan Binns and 2019 Programme Planning

February 28, 2019 Mark Barnes Dan Binns, jobs, WW1 Book

In December and January work was continued on people involved in different occupations in the census from 1841-1901 to show

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Cowling or Coaling – The name of our parish and how you say It.
Areas 

Cowling or Coaling – The name of our parish and how you say It.

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Mark Barnes

In this article I discuss the two ways of saying our parish name, show some of the ways it has

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John Binns

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Mark Barnes
Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey
People Uncategorized 

Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Mark Barnes
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People Gallery

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Michael Green

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Cowlinghistory.co.uk is the website for MOONRAKERS, Cowling’s Local History Group. Cowling Parish is at the south west of North Yorkshire, near its boundaries with Lancashire and West Yorkshire. It was in the old West Riding of Yorkshire.

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  • Cowling or Coaling – The name of our parish and how you say It.
  • John Binns
  • Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey
  • People Gallery
  • John Binns 1810-1880 The man who led Cowling into the steam age.
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