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Silsden.Net for local news and views |
 | | Silsden developed as a settlement in Saxon times at the point where two streams, which form Silsden (‘Cobby’) Beck, meet. |
 | | The flow of the streams provided the settlement with a powersource, when harnessed by the use of a waterwheel, which largely accounts for its development, primarily as an agricultural village with a corn mill and latterly as an industrial town, housing textile mills and manufacturing firms. |
 | | In a wider sense, it also has a rarity value, as Silsden is one of the few towns in both the District of Bradford and the County of West Yorkshire to retain a watercourse as a visible part of its form. |
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