Editing Keighley (section)

=== 18th and 19th centuries ===
From 1753, the Union stage coach departed on the [[Keighley and Kendal Turnpike]] from what was the Devonshire Arms coaching inn on the corner of Church Street and High Street. Rebuilt about 1789, this public house has a classical style pedimented doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns in the high fashion of that age. The original route towards [[Skipton]] was Spring Gardens Lane – Hollins Lane – Hollins Bank Lane.<ref name="keighley">{{cite web |title=Keighley Town Centre Conservation Area Assessment |url=http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4C76898A-50C1-4CBA-B3FF-0B320F21CEC0/0/keighley_assessment_062004.pdf |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Transportation, Planning and Design Department, the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council}}</ref> Keighley was to become an [[Intersection (road)|intersection]] with other [[toll road|turnpikes]], including the Two-Laws to Keighley branch of the Toller Lane – Blue Bell turnpike (1755) from [[Bradford]] to [[Colne]], the Bradford to Keighley turnpike (1814), and the Keighley—[[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] turnpike.

The 1842 [[Leeds]] Directory description of Keighley reads, "Its parish had no dependent townships though it is about {{convert|6|mi|km|0|disp=sqbr|spell=in}} long and {{convert|4|mi|km|0|disp=sqbr|spell=in}} broad, and comprises {{convert|10160|acre|ha|-1|disp=sqbr|abbr=on}} of land (including a peaty moor of about {{convert|2000|acres|sigfig=1|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and a population which amounted, in the year 1801, to 5,745."

==== Christopher Ingham ====
Utley Cemetery contains the grave of Christopher Ingham, a veteran of the conflict against [[Napoleon]]. He was a member of the [[Duke of Wellington]]'s elite 95th Rifle Regiment and fought in ten battles against the French in [[Spain]], [[France]] and [[Belgium]], including the [[Peninsular War|Spanish Peninsula War]] and the [[Battle of Waterloo]], for which he was awarded several medals, including the Peninsula Medal. He died in 1866. Some local historians believe Mr Ingham's heroism may have inspired the author [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s saga about Major [[Richard Sharpe (fictional character)|Richard Sharpe]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 November 2003 |title=Woman pays tribute to Sharpe hero |work=[[Telegraph & Argus]] |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8007768.Woman_pays_tribute_to__Sharpe__hero/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> The TV series episode ''[[Sharpe's Justice]]'', which focuses on the roots of the title character, is set in and around Keighley.