Keighley

Keighley

      town, Bradford metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies along the River Worth near its confluence with the Aire, in a deep valley below gritstone Pennine moors that supply an abundance of soft water. Keighley grew rapidly in the 19th century when its woolen industries and manufacture of textile machinery benefited from access to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The town adjoins Haworth, home of the Brontë family. Pop. (2001) 49,453.

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  • Keighley — Koordinaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Keighley — f English: fanciful respelling of KEELEY (SEE Keeley), inspired by the Yorkshire town of Keighley, which is, however, pronounced /ki:θl|/ …   First names dictionary

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  • Keighley — (spr. kihslĕ oder kihlĕ), Stadt in der engl. Grafsch. York, West Riding, (1901) 41.565 E …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Keighley — oder Kighley (kill), engl. Stadt in der Grafschaft York, nördlich von Halifax, mit 14500 E., Leine , Wolle und Baumwolleindustrie …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Keighley —   [ kiːθlɪ], Industriestadt in der Metropolitan County West Yorkshire, England, im Penninischen Gebirge, am Aire und Leeds Liverpool Kanal, 49 600 Einwohner; Wollindustrie, Chemiefaserverarbeitung, Maschinenbau.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Keighley — For the constituency of the same name, see Keighley (UK Parliament constituency). Coordinates: 53°52′01″N 1°54′40″W / 53.867°N 1.911°W / …   Wikipedia

  • Keighley — 53° 52′ 01″ N 1° 54′ 40″ W / 53.867, 1.911 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Keighley — Original name in latin Keighley Name in other language Keighley, Kejli, Kitli, ji si li, kyly, Кейли, Китли State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 53.86791 latitude 1.90664 altitude 108 Population 50171 Date 2011 07 31 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Keighley — This name is of English locational origin from a place in the West Riding of Yorkshire called Keighley. Recorded as Chichelai in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Kikeleia in early Yorkshire Charters dated 1170, the first element may be either the …   Surnames reference

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