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ON the low side of Airedale Hospital at Steeton is an old bridleway. It runs between Thornhill Road and Lyon Lane at Eastburn and is a popular route for local dog walkers. However, few would suspect that this often muddy track was once part of the main highway between Keighley and Skipton. In 1753 the Keighley to Kendal Turnpike Trust, a private company created by Act of Parliament, took control of it. At that time, the road to Skipton left Keighley along Cook Lane up Spring Gardens Lane and along Hollins before dropping down the steep brow into Steeton. It then followed Chapel Lane and Pot Lane and the now popular bridleway to Eastburn. The road left Eastburn to Cross Hills via Lyon Lane, then down Station Road to Kildwick and Farnhill and along the edge of the moor to Bradley and finally over to Snaygill and into Skipton. ....
ON the low side of Airedale Hospital at Steeton is an old bridleway. It runs between Thornhill Road and Lyon Lane at Eastburn and is a popular route for local dog walkers. However, few would suspect that this often muddy track was once part of the main highway between Keighley and Skipton. In 1753 the Keighley to Kendal Turnpike Trust, a private company created by Act of Parliament, took control of it. At that time, the road to Skipton left Keighley along Cook Lane up Spring Gardens Lane and along Hollins before dropping down the steep brow into Steeton. It then followed Chapel Lane and Pot Lane and the now popular bridleway to Eastburn. The road left Eastburn to Cross Hills via Lyon Lane, then down Station Road to Kildwick and Farnhill and along the edge of the moor to Bradley and finally over to Snaygill and into Skipton. ....
Skipton Law Courts A DAIRY worker punched his boss after being told twice to stop using his phone, heard Skipton Magistrates Court. Jack Dyminski 25, punched Mark Taft, his line manager at Dales Dairies in Grassington, once in the face causing an eye injury that needed gluing, the court heard on Friday. Dyminski had a high functioning form of autism affecting his social skills of which he had not informed his employers the court was told. On December 4 he had already been told once by Mr Taft to stop using his phone while he was supposed to be watching over machinery and later the same day, had to be told again. ....