Laycock is a small village in the Bradford District of West Yorkshire that overlooks the hamlet of Goose Eye. The village is 1.9 miles (3 km) west of the town of Keighley and 1.2 miles (2 km) north of Oakworth village. [1] The village is in the council ward of Keighley West. [2]

Local History of Laycock village Yorkshire, including Goose Eye, Braithwaite, Newsholme and Holme House. History of local families and mills.

Jan 16, 2025 · I'm looking of some help in finding the history of a village/hamlet of how its name come about other than National Archive etc. Can anyone suggest any websites which may help to research. 'Goose Eye' near Oakworth, Yorks.

Jul 23, 2017 · Two miles west of town of Keighley, on the border with Brontë Country lie two old, small and peaceful villages: Laycock and Goose Eye. I love exploring and photographing picturesque villages and was very pleased to discover these two which are only a slight detour on my way to Haworth.

Laycock is a small village in the Bradford District of West Yorkshire that overlooks the hamlet of Goose Eye. The village is 1.9 miles west of the town of Keighley and 1.2 miles north of Oakworth village.

Laycock and the surrounding farms has been retained as the main theme, to both show the type of community that existed in this part of Yorkshire and to record the history of Laycock. Goose Eye was added as the mills in the village brought the industrial revolution to the Laycock area.

Jan 4, 2024 · Starting from Holden Park in the centre of Oakworth, there are plenty of points of interest and beautiful Pennine scenery on the way to the picturesque hamlet of Goose Eye just to the north of the village.

Local History of Laycock village Yorkshire, including Goose Eye, Braithwaite, Newsholme and Holme House. History of local families and mills.

Two particular mills, which endured for 160 years, were in the hamlet of Goose Eye in the valley bottom a quarter of a mile from Laycock. One of these mills manufactured paper for bank notes and the other was a rag house, used for sorting the …

Laycock is a small village in the Bradford District of West Yorkshire that overlooks the hamlet of Goose Eye. The village is 1.9 miles (3 km) west of the town of Keighley and 1.2 miles (2 km) north of Oakworth village. [1]