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- The Local Government Act 1972 dissolved urban districts and in 1974 Ilkley adopted its current status as a ward of the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford.
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The Local Government Act 1972 dissolved urban districts and in 1974 Ilkley adopted its current status as a ward of the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford. Services provided by the urban district council are now run centrally by the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
Ilkley is a town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. It has been inhabited since at least the Mesolithic period; was the site of a Roman fort, and much later an early example of a spa town .
Ancient Beginnings. Ilkley’s origins reach deep into prehistory, where the town’s narrative begins with Mesolithic hunter-gatherers by the River Wharfe. The earliest evidence of habitation in the Ilkley area is flint arrowheads dating to the Mesolithic period, from about 11,000 BCE onwards.
Aug 11, 2016 · The village of Ilkley was growing gradually. After the sale in 1825 of the Margerison Farm on Wells Road, Ilkley Hall was built for Joshua Dixon a solicitor in Wakefield. By the 1841 census there were more superior houses on Wells Road and off the Cow Pastures, large stone terraces in Belle Vue and Mount Pleasant.
Jan 11, 2022 · Ilkley remained a small village during the Norman period. It was noted in the Domesday book as belonging to William de Percy. However, despite all of this, it wasn’t until the 17th and 18th Centuries that Ilkley began to become a place of significance.
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Ilkley had already become well-known for its waters in the 18th century and through the Georgian era. Today, White Wells House on the side of the moor survives as the earliest spa building in the area.
The first of many mill owners, industrialists and their families moved to the countryside for fresh air without fumes. Not only had Ilkley become a fashionable watering hole, it was now a commuter town. Modern Ilkley is a commuter town with an ever growing population.
