Cackleshaw

Cackleshaw is a hamlet in West Yorkshire, England. It is located about one-third of a mile (0.5 km) east of Oakworth in the Worth Valley area of the City of Bradford.[1][2] The name of the hamlet has been recorded historically as Cackeleshawe, Cackelshay, Cackwelshey and Cockleshaw. This derives from the Old English of kakele (a cackler, or a nickname) and Sceagh, which means copse.[3][4]

Cackleshaw
View towards Cackleshaw from the east
Cackleshaw Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE0338
Metropolitan borough	City of Bradford
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KEIGHLEY
Postcode district	BD22
Dialling code	01535
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire

Historically, the main occupation in the hamlet was farming, with much of the land tenanted from the Duke of Devonshire's estate.[5][6]

Cackleshaw is on the 11-mile (18 km) circular Worth Way walk which starts and ends in Keighley. The walk follows the river and railway first up, then down the Worth Valley.[7]

References

1. "OL21" (Map). South Pennines: Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley & Todmorden. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319242605.
2. "CBMDC Worth Valley Ward Polling Districts" (PDF). bradford.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
3. "Cackleshaw :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. "Genuki: KEIGHLEY: SUGDEN burials - Keighley Parish Church 1778-1855, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
5. "Farm of the Week: Show time for Keighley's doorstep milk men". The Yorkshire Post. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
6. Shand, Alistair (28 August 2014). "Family rakes in last of its hay". infoweb.newsbank.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
7. "The Worth Way" (PDF). mediafiles.thedms.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

External links

Media related to Cackleshaw at Wikimedia Commons