Editing Esholt (section)

== History ==
In the 12th century, the Esholt estate was owned by [[Syningthwaite Priory]], and [[Esholt Priory]], a [[Cistercian]] [[nunnery]] dedicated to St&nbsp;Mary and St&nbsp;Leonard was established at Lower Esholt.<ref name="G:TPOG">{{cite web |last=Hinson |first=Colin |title=The Parish of Guiseley |work=GENUKI |access-date=14 December 2012 |date=29 May 2011 |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Guiseley/more.html}}</ref><ref name="MM:E">{{cite web |title=Esholt |work=Monastic Matrix |access-date=16 October 2013 |url=http://monasticmatrix.osu.edu/monasticon/esholt |archive-date=21 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021155900/http://monasticmatrix.osu.edu/monasticon/esholt |url-status=dead }}</ref> When the nunnery was dissolved in about 1547, the estate was granted to Henry Thompson by [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]].<ref name="G:TPOG"/> In the 17th century Frances Thompson, the heiress of Henry Thompson, married Walter Calverley (1629–1694). In 1709 their son [[Sir Walter Calverley, 1st Baronet|Walter Calverley]] built Esholt Hall, a [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne style]] mansion house, on the site of the old nunnery.<ref name="G:TPOG"/> In 1775 the Calverleys sold the estate to Robert Stansfield,<ref name="G:TPOG"/> whose family remained in possession until 1906, when it was sold to Bradford City Council.<ref name="EASCFT3">{{cite web |last=Garnett |first=Breedge |title=Esholt: A suitable case for treatment! (3) |work=BBC Home |access-date=2 October 2011 |date=September 2002 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/hidden_esholt_3.shtml}}</ref>

To the north of the village was [[Esholt railway station]], which opened in 1876<ref name="BT:1850">{{cite web |title=1850 to 1899 |work=Bradford Timeline - History of Bradford, Yorkshire |access-date=25 September 2013 |url=http://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/185074.htm}}</ref> and closed in 1940. In 1892 [[Esholt Junction rail crash|a rail crash occurred at Esholt Junction]] on the [[Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway]].<ref name="ROTAAEJ">{{cite report |last=Hutchinson |first=Maj Gen CS |title=Report on the Accident at Esholt Junction |date=6 July 1892 |publisher=Board of Trade |url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Esholt1892.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=11 January 2009}}</ref><ref name="TROW">{{cite book |title=The Railways of Wharfedale |last=Baughan |first=Peter E |year=1969 |publisher=David & Charles Ltd |isbn=0-7153-4705-5}}</ref>

From 1912 to 1915 Nanson, Barker & Co manufactured the [[Tiny (car)|Tiny]] [[cyclecar]] in Esholt.<ref name=Beaulieu>{{cite book |editor-last=Georgano |editor-first=Nick  |editor-link=G.N. Georgano|title=Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile |year=2000 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |isbn=1-57958-293-1}}</ref> In 1919 after the First World War the company made larger cars under the [[Airedale (automobile)|Airedale]] brand but went into liquidation in 1924.

Just before the First World War land on the estate was used for Airedale Aerodrome.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Appleby|first1=Jim|title=Jim Appleby: Past Times|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8077025.Jim_Appleby__Past_Times/|access-date=20 March 2016|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=20 May 1998}}</ref> The current owner of the estate, [[Yorkshire Water]], operates a [[sewage treatment|waste water treatment]] plant on what was the location of the [[aerodrome]].<ref name="YMFB">{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Graeme |title=Yorkshire Millennium Factbook |isbn=1-85568-168-4}}</ref> Home farm on the estate is used as a conference and staff learning centre and many buildings have Grade&nbsp;II&nbsp;star listed building status.<ref name="BLB:EH"/>

=== Civil parish ===
Esholt was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] and [[chapelry]] in the parish of [[Otley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12435|title=History of Esholt, in Bradford and West Riding|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> From 1866 Esholt was a civil parish in its own right. In 1931 the parish had a population of 496.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10420775/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Esholt Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished, with most of the area, including the village itself, being added to the parish of [[Idle, West Yorkshire|Idle]] in the [[County Borough of Bradford]], with smaller parts going to [[Aireborough]] and [[Baildon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10420775|title=Relationships and changes Esholt Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> Since 1937 the village has been administratively part of [[Bradford]], although it remains outside the built-up area of the city.