Silsden, W Yorkshire - Post Office Bridge in Kirkgate - Ltd ed postcard c.1980s

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• Picture / Image:  Post Office Bridge and Waterfall in Kirkgate, Silsden 
• Publisher: Noel Tatt Ltd / R. Dewhurst, Newsagents
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  20p Machin
• Postmark(s): place and date illeg.
• Sent to:  Stuckross, near Newbury, Berks.
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St. James' Church, Kirkgate

In 1911, there was a riot in Silsden when the police station was attacked.[3] A very unpopular policeman had been too enthusiastic in his duties. Questions were raised in the House of Commons and it was reported in the national press. The policeman was removed from the town and no more trouble occurred.

During the 1940s, a hostel was built off Howden Road, (now a housing estate) The hostel housed refugees and PoW from various countries and various camps. A plaque to commemorate this is located at the bottom of Ings way, at the entrance to the housing estate

In 1998, a hoard of 27 gold coins dating back to the 1st century AD were found in the town and subsequently valued at £20,000 by experts appointed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.[4]

Waterloo Mills

The Guinness Book of World Records reported that the biggest onion ever, at 14 lb (6.4 kg), was grown in Silsden in 2010 by Vincent Throup.[5] However this has since been beaten.[6]

On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the town.[7]

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Silsden is a town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Keighley and Skipton, which had a population of 8,268 at the 2011 Census.[1]

Silsden was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Siglesdene", and as the most important village in Craven.[2]

Generally an agricultural area, industry came with the canal and the Industrial Revolution. The town hosted a number of mills none of which now operate in their original form. There is still industry in the town, some in old mill buildings and some in a new industrial estate between the town and the river. The town retains a very small amount of manufacturing