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==Geography== Shipley is located at an important crossing of the [[River Aire]], where the route from [[Otley]] to [[Bradford]] crosses the route from [[Skipton]] to [[Leeds]]. It is sheltered by the millstone crags of [[Wrose]] and [[Windhill, West Yorkshire|Windhill]] to the east, and to the north by [[Baildon]] and [[Guiseley|Hawksworth]] Moors.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=6}} Early development in Shipley was centred on the [[intersection (road)|crossroads]], locally known today as [[Fox Corner]] after the former Fox and Hounds [[public house|pub]] that stood there.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=10}}{{sfn|Sheeran|1984}}{{page needed|date=October 2017}} Here, as today, the route from [[Otley]] to [[Bradford]] crossed the route from [[Skipton]] to [[Leeds]] at an important crossing of the [[River Aire]].{{sfn|Sheeran|1984}}{{page needed|date=October 2017}} The present Kirkgate and Manor Lane (then known as Sower Lane) were probably no more than tracks.{{sfn|Sheeran|1984|p=5}} In [[Middle Ages|medieval times]], Shipley consisted of the settlement around the crossroads, and the [[enclosure|unenclosed]] fields at Shipley Fields and the Hirst which were collectively farmed. Beyond these lay the Low Moor, which ran from the Crowghyll to the former Saltaire roundabout (now a junction on the Bradford to Keighley road), in the approximate area of modern day Wycliffe,{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=6}} and the [[Barren vegetation|wasteland]] of High Moor (from Saltaire roundabout, through Moorhead, as far as New Brighton and Noon Nick).{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=6}} These areas were steep, rocky land, unsuitable for farming.{{sfn|Watson|1989|p=1}} By 1600 at the latest, the open fields had been enclosed and given way to individual farms.{{sfn|Sheeran|1984|p=11}} The town was bounded to the north by the [[River Aire]], to the east by [[Bradford Beck]], with [[Cottingley, Bradford|Cottingley]] and [[Heaton, West Yorkshire|Heaton]] lying beyond its western and southern boundaries.{{sfn|Sheeran|1984|p=5}} Outlying districts, such as Windhill, were not part of Shipley until the 19th century. [[Saltaire]] became part of Shipley after its foundation in the 1860s, while Windhill, which had previously been part of [[Idle, West Yorkshire|Idle]], became part of the Shipley Urban District in 1894.{{sfn|Sheeran|1984|p=37}}
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