Editing Oakworth (section)

==History==
On folio 301v of the [[Craven in the Domesday Book|Domesday Book]] of 1086, Oakworth is called "Acurde"<ref name="domesday">{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7313184|title= Domesday Book Oakworth|work=National Archives|access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> which translated into an Oak clearing. It was taxed on c120 acres (c50 hectares) of arable ploughland shared by the Vikings Vilts and Gamel Bern.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell-Smith|first1=Anna|title=Oakworth {{!}} Domesday Book|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SE0338/oakworth/|website=opendomesday.org|access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref>  Vilts also owned Newsholme and Utley; and Gamel Bern was of the family of noblemen that held the most land in Northern England. However, later, on folio 327r, the Domesday Book states of Oakworth lands that "Gamal Bern had them; Gilbert Tison has them"  for in the [[Harrying of the North]] all lands were taken from Anglo-Scandinavians and given to [[Norman conquest of England|Norman Lords]].

Oakworth was formerly a [[chapelry]] in the parish of Keighley,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/975|title=History of Oakworth, in Bradford and West Riding|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> in 1894 Oakworth became an [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban district]], on 31 December 1894 Oakworth became a [[civil parish]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10457622|title=Relationships and changes Oakworth CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> being formed from the part of the parish of Keighley in Oakworth Urban District, on 1 April 1938 the district was abolished and merged with the [[Municipal Borough of Keighley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10186511|title=Relationships and changes Oakworth UD through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Keighley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/keighley.html|title=Keighley Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 3530.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10457622/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Oakworth CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref>