Editing Bingley (section)

===Industrial Revolution===
[[File:Bingley Five Rise Locks 1.JPG|thumb|right|Bingley Five Rise Locks.]]

Like many towns in the West Riding, Bingley prospered during the [[Industrial Revolution]]. The Bingley section of the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] was completed in 1774, linking the town with [[Skipton]], and [[Bradford]] via the [[Bradford Canal]]. The canal passes through the town centre and ascends the side of the valley via the [[Bingley Five Rise Locks|Bingley Five Rise]] and [[Bingley Three Rise Locks]]. Several woollen and worsted mills were built and people migrated from the surrounding countryside to work in them. Many came from further afield such as Ireland in the wake of the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]]. A railway and line goods yard were constructed bringing further trade. The villages of [[Gilstead]] and [[Eldwick]] became [[conurbation|conurbated]] with Bingley. The Bingley Building Society was also founded in this period.

[[File:Damart buildings, Bingley.jpg|thumb|Damart buildings]]
[[File:Flats At Crosley Wood Road, Bingley (geograph 5967274).jpg|thumb|Crosley Wood high-rise flats; demolished in 2020]]