Editing Oakworth

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'''Oakworth''' is a village in the [[civil parish]] of [[Keighley]], in the [[City of Bradford|Bradford]] district, in [[West Yorkshire]], England, near Keighley, by the [[River Worth]]. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.

[[Oakworth railway station]] is on the route of the [[Keighley and Worth Valley Railway]] and was  a location in the 1968 TV series and 1970 film ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Railway Children {{!}} KWVR - Keighley & Worth Valley Railway|url=http://kwvr.co.uk/explore/plan-your-visit/the-railway-children/|website=KWVR - Keighley & Worth Valley Railway|access-date=12 January 2017|date=10 September 2014}}</ref>

==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>

== Landmarks ==

[[Holden Park]]  in Oakworth occupies the grounds of an [[historic house]] owned by [[Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet|Sir Isaac Holden]], an [[inventor]] who is said to have invented the lucifer [[match]] and revolutionised the process of wool [[carding]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Holden, Sir Isaac, first baronet (1807–1897) |first=Katrina |last=Honeyman |id=13491}}</ref> After Holden's death in 1897, his house, called Oakworth House, and its contents were sold at auction, and the house was all but destroyed by fire in 1907.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oakworth conservation area assessment |url=https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/2483/oakworthconservationareaassessment.pdf |website=bradford.gov.uk |publisher=Bradford Council|access-date=12 January 2017 |page=8 |date=October 2005}}</ref>  All that remains of the original building is the [[portico]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Oakworth conservation area assessment |url=https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/2483/oakworthconservationareaassessment.pdf |website=bradford.gov.uk |publisher=Bradford Council|access-date=12 January 2017|page=13 |date=October 2005}}</ref>

== Education ==
Oakworth Primary School is situated in the grounds of [[Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet|Sir Isaac Holden]]'s estate, along with Holden Park. The school playground has sloping sides because it was once a lake in the ornamental gardens in front of Oakworth House.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oakworth conservation area assessment |url=https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/2483/oakworthconservationareaassessment.pdf |website=bradford.gov.uk |publisher=Bradford Council |access-date=12 January 2017 |page=12 |date=October 2005}}</ref> The school is attended by children aged between 3 - 11. It has gone through many changes since it was first built. Its original name was 'Oakworth First School', which taught children up to the age of 9, when children would then progress to middle school. This system changed in 2000, so that Oakworth Primary School expanded to cover years 5 and 6.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oakworth Primary School inspection report|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/767701/urn/107436.pdf|website=ofsted.gov.uk|publisher=Ofsted|access-date=12 January 2017|page=6|date=May 2001}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Listed buildings in Keighley]]
* [[Oakworth Hall]]
* [[Brontë Country]]
* [https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/2305275.brian-asquith-a-gentle-shy-man/ An Obituary for Brian Asquith]

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[[Category:Villages in West Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Geography of the City of Bradford]]
[[Category:Keighley]]