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  Ackworth School - mining - Allerton Location
Allerton Bywater Colliery is in the North Yorkshire Area of the National Coal Board and is situated north of Castleford and within a few kilometres of A1 trunk road and the M62 Lancashire-Yorkshire motorway.
Allerton Bywater Colliery lies on the boundary between the exposed and concealed portions of the Yorkshire Coafield.
Allerton Bywater Colliery is situated about 2 kilometres North of Castleford 1/2 kilometre west of the A656 Roman Ridge Road (Ermine Street) and close to the River Aire, in the parish of Garforth and the Metropolitan District of Leeds.
www.ackworth.w-yorks.sch.uk /rjb/location.htm   (1619 words)

  
 Millennium villages and sustainable communities - Communities and Local Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Allerton Bywater was selected as a site both to put the disused coalfield to productive use and, more importantly, to help regenerate the existing village.
This appears to be the approach proposed in Allerton Bywater where twelve dwelling types are to be introduced, each selected on the basis of the solar gain opportunities of its intended position.
Whilst Allerton Bywater Masterplan proposals taken at face value score fairly highly, it is important to note that these have yet to be delivered.
www.communities.gov.uk /index.asp?id=1128434   (7012 words)

  
 Ackworth School - Mining - a Proud History
Allerton Bywater Colliery has a long and proud history, spanning one hundred and seventeen years.
It is perhaps typical of the Allerton Bywater work force, that even in the closure year they went on breaking their own output and productivity records, every one can feel justifiably proud that the Colliery went out with a bang, not a whimper, as often happens.
In the late 1860s, with the advances made in, shaft winding facilities and ventilation of mines, shafts were being sunk to greater depth to gain access to the lower good qualty seams of coal in the area, Silkstone and Beeston being the prime seams.
www.ackworth.w-yorks.sch.uk /rjb/aproud.htm   (944 words)

  
 Society | Back to the ecofriendly drawing board
Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire, has yet to bear fruit, while the others - New Islington, Manchester; King's Lynn, East Anglia; East Ketley, Telford; Oakgrove, Milton Keynes; and Hastings - are still on the drawing board.
The Allerton Bywater scheme, on the site of a former colliery, has been bogged down in rows with the local community and problems with the site.
Mr Burdett reckons the main obstacle to innovation at Allerton Bywater is that lower land values mean that developers can't afford to test new ideas.
society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4568685-110334,00.html   (1034 words)

  
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Allerton Bywater Millennium Community is being built on a 24 ha former colliery site 10 km south-east of Leeds, and was the second Millennium Community to be identified.
Allerton Bywater is best known for being home to the last colliery in Leeds, which closed in 1992.
Some of the new homes at Allerton Bywater will be examples of the very latest methods of house construction and design, for example using Modern Methods of Construction.
www.englishpartnerships.co.uk /allertonbywater.htm   (681 words)

  
 Allerton Bywater
The networkcentre at Allerton Bywater comprises 16 high quality office and work space units suitable for a variety of uses.
Allerton Bywater Millennium Community is being developed on a former colliery which closed in 1992.
Allerton Bywater is the first development to meet the BREEAM (British Research Establishment Environment Assessment Method) excellent standard, the highest standard achievable.
www.allertonbywaternsl.co.uk   (220 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - Yorkshire - Allerton Bywater
Born Allerton Bywater, enlisted and resident Castleford, Yorkshire.
Son of William and Elizabeth Cowell, of Allerton Bywater; husband of Martha Cowell, of Garden Cottage, Allerton Bywater, near Castleford, Yorks.
Son of Edward and Nellie Gill, of Allerton, Bywater.
www.roll-of-honour.com /Yorkshire/AllertonBywater.html   (3541 words)

  
 A Potted History of Allerton Bywater
Allerton Bywater was until recently a small mining village situated on the far outskirts of Leeds.
It is surrounded by green belt and although investment by the local authority has been somewhat lacking it has the potential to be a very pretty rural village along the side of the river Aire.
The effect of the pit closure whilst bad enough has not had the devastating effect on Allerton Bywater as it may have done in other mining villages.
website.lineone.net /~paflynn/page2.html   (262 words)

  
 edie news centre - Chemical set-back overcome by Millennium Community
A range of social and community projects have already been completed at Allerton Bywater by EP, including a new skate park and public library.
"Allerton Bywater will demonstrate the value of a mixed-use development as a model for communities across England, demonstrating the benefits of utilising both the best environmental practice standards and the most efficient building methodologies in housing construction," he said.
If planning permission is granted, the construction of new homes for the Allerton Bywater Millennium Community should commence early next year.
www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=8974   (333 words)

  
 Allerton Bywater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, near to Castleford.
Allerton Bywater is built up of several smaller communities, mainly based arround old mining villages including: Brigshaw, Hollinghurst and Bowers Row.
A recent development within Allerton Bywater is the Millennium Village.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allerton_Bywater   (151 words)

  
 St Mary Kippax Information
That means the clergy (the Rector, the Team Vicar and the Curate) and groups of lay people share the pastoral care, the responsibility for worship and education and mission.
There are two Churches in the parish: St Mary at Kippax and St Mary with St Aidan at Allerton Bywater.
The foundation for the church was laid in 1863 by Mrs Bland of Kippax Park.
www.stmarykippax.org.uk /abouttheparish.htm   (874 words)

  
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When my mother died eight years ago, Allerton Bywater virtually ceased to exist for me, for I have no relatives or friends remaining there.
The article told of a movie that is being made in Allerton Bywater, dealing with the drastic changes that are coming about because.--I can still hardly believe it.--of the shutting down of the mine.
But as I have thought of Allerton Bywater over the last several days, I have recognized that it is having to go through what so much of our world is experiencing these days, as the twentieth century finally reshapes what had been formed first in the nineteenth century.
department.monm.edu /history/faculty_forum/HAYWOOD.html   (19392 words)

  
 Allerton Bywater Primary School, Leeds, Castleford
Teach at Allerton Bywater Primary School, register today.
Comments: Allerton Bywater Primary School, (Local education authority: Leeds) is a Primary School in Allerton Bywater, Castleford.
Allerton Bywater Primary School - Page ref: 17102
www.axcis.co.uk /17102.html   (155 words)

  
 Trombones
Paul has also played solo trombone for Allerton Bywater Colliery and for the Tingley Band, as well as a spell as 2nd trombone at Aceprint Gawthorpe.
His most memorable contesting moment came in 1988 with Allerton Bywater, when they won the 4th Section Nationals off the dreaded number one draw.
Keith's banding history involves the Kippax Old Prize Band, Kippax Allerton Bywater Workshops NUM Band, Kippax Allerton Bywater Colliery NUM Band, Kippax Selby Coalfield Band, Kippax RJB Band, Kippax UK Coal Band and, currently The Kippax Band.
www.kippaxband.co.uk /trombone.htm   (432 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | West Yorkshire | Building starts on colliery site
The former colliery site at Allerton Bywater has been earmarked as a "millennium village".
Local Labour MP Colin Burgon has consistently backed the scheme as a way of bringing new life to an area which suffered badly when the local coal mine closed in 1992.
He said: "This is very good new as it means we can now take the next step in creating a thriving development for Allerton Bywater.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/3715850.stm   (311 words)

  
 Allerton Bywater Tree
He then sent me a copy of the Stables Family Tree of Allerton Bywater.
This was the culmination of what must have been years of painstaking investigation into the origins of his ancestors.
His Tree, entitled Stables of Allerton Bywater, was meticulously written out by hand, including not just names but exact places and dates of birth, marriage, burial and residence.
stableshistory.co.uk /allerton_bywater_tree.htm   (543 words)

  
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The much reported devastated community of Allerton Bywater was not caused by pit closures but the way in which the residents have been treated by various outside agencies.
The residents have been consulted and ignored, thrown off their allotments, patronised, slandered and insulted almost from day one in the name of "regeneration".
Crime and nuisance is low and although Allerton Bywater is not idyllic, it certainly has vast potential.
website.lineone.net /~paflynn/page3.html   (245 words)

  
 Miller Media Centre - Projects - Allerton Bywater Village, Leeds
Miller Media Centre - Projects - Allerton Bywater Village, Leeds
Miller Ventures won the competition run by English Partnerships for the UK’s second millennium village at Allerton Bywater near Leeds.
Detailed planning consent has been obtained and construction of the first phase of nearly 200 units commenced in September 2005.
www.miller.co.uk /mediacentre/projects_details.asp?ID=504   (95 words)

  
 Miller Homes calls on Hewlett experience: News from Hewlett Civil Engineering
Hewlett Civil Engineering is assisting Miller Homes with a major regeneration project at a former colliery site in Allerton Bywater, near Leeds.
The three-year contract at the UK's second Millennium Village sees the Hewlett team delivering a programme of infrastructure and ground works to a scheme, which has been endorsed as a model for sustainability and innovation.
In planning Allerton Bywater, Miller Homes have worked closely with English Partnerships, the national regeneration agency, in order to comply with Millennium Community Standards.
www.buildingtalk.com /news/hew/hew101.html   (392 words)

  
 POHAS- LOWTHER LAKE, ALLERTON BYWATER, YORKSHIRE W.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Big catches of bream, tench, roach and pike are taken.
Telephone Allerton Bywater Colliery AC () on 01977 557244.
After one mile turn left through Allerton Bywater.
freespace.virgin.net /r.spencer/Venues/Yorkw/lowther.htm   (141 words)

  
 Thomas Poskitt/Jane Sellers
Name: William Poskitt Born: 22 SEP 1864 at: Allerton Bywater, Aberford, Yorkshire Married: 21 SEP 1885 at: St. George's, Barnsley Died: at: Spouses: Rose Ann Price
Name: Priscilla Poskitt Born: 1 DEC 1866 at: Allerton Bywater, Aberford, Yorkshire Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: Unknown Albert Watson
Name: Charlie Poskitt Born: 1 SEP 1875 at: Allerton Bywater, Aberford, Yorkshire Married: 25 DEC 1895 at: Silkstone Died: 15 SEP 1953 at: Barnsley, Yorkshire Spouses: Rachel Jagger
homepages.tesco.net /~geoff.poskitt/geoffshtml/fam00030.htm   (172 words)

  
 Brigshaw High School and Language College, Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford. WF10 2HR. Headteacher: Mr Peter ...
Brigshaw High School and Language College, Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford.
We also welcome visitors to Brigshaw - come and see for yourself!
Brigshaw High School, Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford
brigshaw.net   (356 words)

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