Clayton Dickensian Market Recreating The Yesteryear
1st of December 2007
11am to 5pm
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Clayton originally settled as a Saxon farming settlement and is referred to in Doomsday records of 1086 as Claitone which - translates as literally meaning Farmstead on Clay. |
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1086 |
Manor of Claitone granted to Ilbert de Lacy by William the Conqueror |
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16th Century |
Town Bottom farm house (the oldest building remaining in Clayton) built |
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1770 - 1820 |
The Development of Townend takes place reflecting the argricultural and industrial activity in the village |
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Late 1700's |
Farmer Clothiers built weavers cottages around Town End and sold cloth in Halifax |
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1815 - 1830 |
Construction of cottages at Green end |
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1819 |
"First Village School opened (now the Library). The building was originally used as a School, Sunday School and a place of worship" |
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1830 |
Baptist Chapel established in Clayton Lane |
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1834 |
Weselyan Methodist Church established in Clayton Lane |
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1842 |
Clayton Parish Created |
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1845 |
Beck Mills Opened for Textile manufacture by John Milner & Co. |
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1851 |
St John the Baptist Church built |
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1858 |
Clayton Co-Operative Society formed |
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1859 |
Clayton Village Primary School opened |
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1860 |
Beck Mill leased to J Benn &Amp; Co |
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1862 |
Clayton Penny Bank Opened |
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1860's |
Wells placed in the village by 'Clayton Local Board' marking the junction of roads to Bradford, Halifax and Thornton. (Now the roundabout between Town End and Green End) |
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1865 |
"Gas Works established in Low Lane serving Clayton, Allerton and Thornton" |
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1870 |
Oak Mills Opened by J Benn and Co for Textile manufacture on Station Road |
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c1870 |
Baptist Sunday school opened at Green End now Holly Park Residential Home |
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1873 - 1898 |
J Benn & Co build housing for workers at Oak Mills. These houses now form the streets around the Village Hall |
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1877 |
Village Hall erected. This building was originally built to house the Clayton Liberal Club |
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1878 |
Methodist Sunday school built on Clayton Lane - this is now the site of Drumhill Works |
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1878 |
Clayton Railway station opened in Pasture Lane by Great Northern Railway. The station provided services to Bradford, Halifax and Keighley |
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1880 |
Clayton Fireclay Works Opened |
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1890's |
Water and Sewage works established for Clayton residents |
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1892 |
New Baptists Church Erected. This, when constructed was comparable in size to St Johns Parish church |
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1892 |
Conservative Club built. |
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1896 |
Exclusive commuter housing constructed in Chrishaben Park. The development was named after the developer Harrison Benn [son of Joseph Benn] and his wife Christina. |
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1897 |
Clayton Board school built on land originally intended for housing development at Chrisharben Park. The board school later became Clayton Middle |
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1897 |
"Clayton Green transformed into Victoria Park to celebrate the Diamond jubillee of Queen Victoria. The conversion was funded by public subscription. |
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1898 |
Pavillion erected in Victoria Park |
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19th Century |
Throughout the 19th century the textile industry and stone quarrying continued to be the main industries in Clayton |
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Early 1920's |
Woodland to the North of the village was removed to create a new route, to Queensbury and Halifax, and new houses on the Avenue. |
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1920 |
Clayton's only cinema, theClayton Picture House (subsequently to be called The Rialto), opens on Station Road. |
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1926 |
Bowling Green and Cenotaph erected in Victoria Park |
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1930 |
Clayton incorporated into Bradford |
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1942 |
Oak Mills closes |
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1955 |
Great Northern railway closes to passengers |
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1965 |
Great Northern railway closes to freight |
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1969 |
Clayton Fireclay Works closes |
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1977 |
The Core of Clayton Village designated a conservation area |
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1982 |
The original Clayton Baptist Church is demolished due to dry rot. A new church is erected in its place 2 years later. |
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