It originated as a village located on the southeastern shoulder of a flattopped hill overlooking the river aire. Alternatively, taking the bus from leeds city centre, wellington street to saltaire, bingley road ferncliffe rd is the cheapest option and takes around 51 min. Britains largest railway bookshop robert humm books. In 1066 it belonged to a gospatric, son of arnketil, and had passed to erneis of buron by 1086.
Leeds began its relationship with the railway in 1758, when parliamentary authority was granted for a wooden wagonway to haul coal from middleton to leeds. Bracken hall countryside centre and museum is a childrens museum, natural history education centre and nature centre established in 1989 at bracken hall on the edge of baildon moor, close to shipley glen in west yorkshire. West yorkshire metro provides bus services in the area and the main road through baildon is the a6038 otley road. Interesting information for station road, baildon, shipley. On monday we went to find baildon railway station, we. I remember when i was at langley, it was the best years of my life. The boundary includes the cottages around brook hill and a short section of kirklands road. In 1847, huddersfield railway station was found to be on a 1 in 105 gradient, which was deemed unsafe. Northern rail baildon railway station baildon, baildon. Baildon is recorded as beldone and beldune in the domesday book. Golden age of railways with 22 stations in the market harborough.
A singleplatform station, baildon is operated by northern and sees daytime service during the week every half an hour to bradford forster square and ilkley. Seven of the walks start and finish at a railway station and all walks are within reach of places to eat and drink. Baildon railway station provides excellent connections to bradford forster square and ilkley, where connections can be made to the rest of yorkshire and the uk. Baildon is known to have been inhabited for many centuries, several cupandring stones on baildon moor has show evidence of bronze age inhabitation. The stretch running through dungeon wood is on one of the 1 in 60 inclines, which would have likely been considered by the board of trade as too steep for a station. Georges square, is the railway station for the town. Baildon station located two miles northeast of shipley, baildon train station serves the town of baildon with frequent connections along the wharfedale line. The methodist church is a key unlisted building in baildon.
Improvement work is on track at one of the districts rail stations, as the efforts of a group of volunteers is praised. C lawyer in london and wrote many books on a variety of subjects. House prices in station road, baildon, shipley bd17 zoopla. We recommend taking the train from leeds to saltaire, which is the fastest option and takes around 14 min. Train station in baildon, bradford foursquare uses cookies to provide you with an optimal experience, to personalize ads that you may see, and to help advertisers measure the. One of a row of 8 semidetached edwardian houses built to take advantage of the proximity of baildon station, greystones was built in 1908 on part of a field called upper stubbing. Prices can also vary depending the time of day, route and class you book. Thameslink railway is a trading name of govia thameslink railway ltd. At that time the local aire valley would have been black with smoke from mills and domestic chimneys.
Passenger service on the line ceased on 2 february 1931, and the passenger station closed, but goods traffic continued on the whole line until october 1964 and as far as idle until 1968. The ohek website has a page related to baildon that you should find here. Baildon railway station, bradford area information, map. Baildon station station road baildon west yorkshire bd17 6hs. Baildon railway station, shipley, bradford, united kingdom. Station road in baildon is in the yorkshire and the humber region of england. Baildon photos explore and buy nostalgic photos of baildon everything old photos old maps books.
The history of leeds station todays leeds station is a historical combination of the former wellington and leeds new stations. The book contains 14 short walks in airedale up to 8 miles in length. Baildon railway station map and location information. Shipley glen, which until quite recently had a pleasure ground and funfair can be reached from saltaire and baildon green on the glen tramway, britains oldest working cable railway, built in 1895. Shipley railway station serves the historic market town of shipley in west yorkshire, england. There were hourly services to leeds wellington station, and through trains to london euston via derby and rugby. Located two miles northeast of shipley, baildon train station serves the town of baildon with frequent connections along the wharfedale line. Baildon railway station serves the town of baildon near shipley in west yorkshire. London victoria facilities, shops and parking information. In the 1960s, the hall cliffe house was demolished and replaced with the ian clough hall.
Jim shipleys book, now into a third edition is the definitive work on the making. On monday we went to find baildon railway station, we walked, we drove, and we photographed. The postcode is within the baildon wardelectoral division, which is in the constituency of shipley. As now, the railway was important for passengers, especially for commuters to bradford before the coming of the motor car. Privately printed by me in 1994 baildon town is located in west yorkshire england about 6 miles north of the city of bradford. Old photos of baildon, yorkshire browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. A man has died after being hit by a train in baildon this morning the incident happened near baildon station at around 6. The railway line is featured in simon ormondroyds windhill tales, based on life in the area in 1964. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Huddersfield station, situated at the top end of st. His book on the baildons cover the family history through until the 20th century and fortunately i used the details in the book to trace my branch of the family.
Find average house prices, current average values and other historic property data with the uks largest datadriven property portal. Announcements jobs public notices must read buy a photo directory local guide reader shop. Govia thameslink railway ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of govia ltd. It is true to say many old houses we walk past every day have a hidden history within their walls. The first rail service into bradford was opened by the leeds and bradford railway on 1 july 1846. Baildon railway station, bradford local area information, map, walks and more. Coastersplacemats tableware cushion cover cushion memories of baildon our time at langley school.
Work has started at baildon station, including the installation of a new. Baildon railway station serves the town of baildon near shipley in west yorkshire, england. Find parking charges, opening hours, postcode and a parking map of baildon station station road as well as other car parks, street parking, pay and display, parking meters and private garages for rent in baildon. His book on the baildons cover the family history through until the 20th century and fortunately i used the details in the book to trace my branch of the family and family members of the us and german branch. Check northern rail baildon railway station in baildon, baildon on cylex and find. Leeds to baildon 5 ways to travel via train, line 60 bus. It was opened as a joint venture on the otley and ilkley joint railway, constructed by the north eastern railway and the midland railway, on 1 february 1865.
Baildon photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The station reopened under british rail on 5 january 1973, by the chairman of baildon council arnold lightowler, having been closed for exactly 20 years, and is 4 miles 6 km north of bradford forster square on the wharfedale line. Baildon station train tickets, departures and timetables northern northern. We all know that baildon railway station is located on ridgewood close, just off station road dont we. This is an excellent book detailing the history of the baildon family and the village of baildon. The centre of baildon, baildon green, station road and esholt have been designated and you can read more about them here. Baildon railway station is a small unstaffed station on the leeds skipton and ilkley line in baildon, bradford. Hamilton elliss breakthrough in the writing of railway history came in 1947. The line approached the town from the north, up bradforddale from shipley, and terminated at a railway station on kirkgate, opposite the end of market street. The train was hauled by locomotion no 1, built by their engineer george stephenson. The 1ft 8in gauge shipley glen railway at baildon in yorkshire runs though. Baildon station train tickets, departures and timetables.
Burleyinwharfedale railway station burley community. Now part of the builtup area of baildon, this area was originally a separate hamlet called low baildon. In the golden age of railways as a 1947 railways map shows the busy town station was a railway hub. View information about baildon railway stationbld, including map and location information. You will find some events in the timeline link to bingley history articles written by alan cattell. Baildon hall scandal the story of francis baildon with phil robinson.
Clifton rocks railway lower station from a commercial postcard. Burleyinwharfedale railway station on the wharfedale line, west yorkshire a brief history. The name stubbing was often associated with areas of cleared or coppiced woodland. Baildon station information arrivals, departures, timetables and accessibility. Media in category baildon railway station the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. View live departures, latest timetable or book your train ticket to or from baildon station directly at northern.
As a kid i used to run wild with my dog spot on baildon bank, baildon green and through the knoll wood, mainly during the long light summer evenings but really just when ever i could i used to trail up through milner fields across shipley glen, over baildon moor and back home through the village. Rome2rio has found 5 ways to get from leeds to baildon by train, bus, taxi and car. This page combines information for the address station road, baildon, shipley, bd17 6qb, and the neighbourhood in which it resides. John le page is recognised as having written the authoritive book on baildon history. The popular walking book walking in the aire is written by keen walker and rail enthusiast lee senior. Burleyinwharfedale railway station burley community library. We had a really good life with people that really cared about you.
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