Knottingley
Knottingley is a town within the metropolitan district of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. It has a population of 13, 503, increasing to 13,710 for the City of Wakefield ward at the 2011 Census. It was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement, though the ancient monument of Ferrybridge Henge reveals it had significant native habitation long before then. Knottingley means "the clearing of Cnotta's people", from the English personal name Cnotta meaning "knot", Throughout the 3 Sieges of Pontefract Castle, Oliver Cromwell took residence in the town of Knottingley, assumed to be in Wildbore House. Knottingley is a town whose history is connected to river travel and industry. It has actually managed to keep particular features of that industrial history as flourishing enterprises today, generating employment for a lot of its population of some 17,000. Glass production continues to be necessary. The town was one of the few in the UK to have a working coal mine, Kellingley Colliery. The crossing over the Aire at Ferrybridge was of importance for several centuries. A bridge was developed there in 1198, and another to replace it 2 centuries later. Placed on the Great North Road linking London with York and Edinburgh beyond that, the town came to be an essential staging area for the coach traffic on that route. Close to Knottingley is the Ferrybridge Power Station, which has the largest cooling towers of their kind in Europe. Three of these towers collapsed in high winds in 1965. These towers can be seen for miles around. One of the earliest purpose-built movie theaters in England, found in Aire Street, has been converted into flats. Knottingley is a central point for horse racing fans, with tracks at Pontefract, York, Wetherby and Doncaster all nearby. For all of your home developments, be sure to find reputable contractors in Knottinhgley to make certain of quality.
