HATTERSLEY Crescent in Church Street, Keighley, a row of ten shops with offices over, built in 1890.
The crescent was designed by Judson and Moore for Alderman RL Hattersley.
It is a Grade II historic building, listed by Historic England.
The crescent masked the Hattersleys Foundry which occupied the land behind, down to the North Beck, and was convenient for the rest of the Hattersleys Works on the other side of the beck – which ran from what is now Adams Autos up to and including Mantra House.
This was an attempt to include Church Street and the south side of the town in the late Victorian modernisation scheme, but for some reason it never really spread to the opposite sides of the roads.
Images are provided by Keighley and District Local History Society.
Information is compiled by chairman Joyce Newton and archivist Tim Neal.
The history society was formed in 2004 on the 100th anniversary of Keighley’s Carnegie Library.
Its mission is to preserve and share the heritage of the town and surrounding area.
The society has guest speaker meetings every second Wednesday of the month in the Keighley Local Studies Library, from 7pm.
Visit the website, keighleyhistory.org.uk, or Facebook page for more details.
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