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Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership

The proposal to reinstate the line is considered in the Draft Lancashire and Cumbria Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) from Network Rail.


Acacia lanigera

whanii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Pescott, a variety first collected from Skipton, Victoria by William Taylor Whan.

Colac-Ballarat railway line

The track has been removed completely and the last section of the Skipton to Ballarat line has been turned into a rail trail.

Craven and District Football League

The league is essentially based on Craven and so includes several teams from the main Craven centres such as Skipton, Settle, Cross Hills and Cononley, but its catchment extends into nearby districts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire with, for example, teams from Bradford, Colne, Ilkley, Keighley and Pendle also taking part.

Cross Hills

Other eating places include Tams Cantonese restaurant and the Bella Napoli Italian restaurant, both on Main Street, and the Zolsha Indian restaurant which is at the eastern limit of the village on the junction of Keighley Road and Skipton Road.

Dyson Mallinson

On May 13, 1880, Mallinson married Elizabeth Annie Bracewell, the eldest daughter of the "Old Master" Christopher Bracewell, amid scenes of unparalleled public interest in Earby Wesleyan Chapel, Skipton.

Earl of Northumberland

He was appointed to Edward III's Council in 1327 and was given the manor and castle of Skipton.

Henry Bolte

He was educated at Skipton primary school and Ballarat Grammar School: he was the last Victorian Premier not to attend a university.

Ilkley bus station

Buses run from the bus station around the town and as far afield as Bradford, Harrogate, Keighley, Leeds, Otley, Skipton and York.

Ilkley Roman Fort

Modern scholarship has, however, suggested that the Roman name would be better applied to the fort at Elslack (Eleslac in Domesday Book) near Skipton.

Keighley RUFC

Many outstanding players and impressive sides have been produced over the years but the pinnacle of the club’s achievements was in the 1947/8 season when it won both the Yorkshire Shield and Yorkshire Cup competitions, beating Sheffield by 17 points to 0 in the Shield final at Otley and Otley by 14 points to 6 in the Cup final at Skipton.

Mountains and hills of England

The Yorkshire Dales end at Skipton, and a short distance to the south is a range of moors that rises up between the urban cores of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

Opel Speedster

Produced by Lotus at their Hethel, Norfolk factory, the Speedster carried the Lotus internal model identification Lotus 116 and the code name Skipton for the 2.2N/A version and Tornado for the 2.0 L Turbo.

Robert Sidgwick

Born in Embsay, near Skipton, Yorkshire, England, Sidgwick was a right-handed batsman, who scored 72 runs at 4.80, with a best score of 17 against Kent.

Skipton Business Finance

Skipton Business Finance is a UK factoring and Invoice discounting company, founded and based in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Skipton House

When the Information Centre for Health and Social Care was created on April 1, 2005 its London office was in Skipton House.

Thomas William Edmondson

Thomas William Edmondson, Ph. D., (1869– 5 November, 1938) was an Anglo-American mathematician, born at Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, England.

Trams in Ballarat

The tramway was immediately popular and it was not long before work began on the first proposed extensions which were a long southern branch line to the town of Sebastopol via Skipton Street Redan and Albert Street, and two northern branch lines to service the city's suburbs along Drummond Street North and Soldiers Hill.

West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service

In addition, WYMAS' coverage extended into the Craven area of North Yorkshire with ambulance stations at Grassington, Ingleton, Settle and Skipton, covering the western side of North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales.

William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle

William married Cicely, Lady of Skipton, the daughter and co-heir of William Fitz-Duncan by his spouse Alice, Lady of Skipton, daughter of William Meschin, Lord of Copeland.


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