Knottingley
Knottingley is a town within the city 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 shows it had considerable native habitation long before then. Knottingley means "the clearing of Cnotta's people", from the English personal name Cnotta meaning "knot", During the course of the 3 Sieges of Pontefract Castle, Oliver Cromwell took residence in the town of Knottingley, understood to be in Wildbore House. Knottingley is a town whose history is tied to river travel and industry. It has managed to keep specific elements of that industrial history as growing enterprises today, supplying employment for many of its population of some 17,000. Glass manufacturing continues to be necessary. The town was one of the few in the United Kingdom to have a functioning coal mine, Kellingley Colliery. The crossing over the Aire at Ferrybridge was of importance for several centuries. A bridge was established there in 1198, and another to replace it 2 centuries later. Found on the Great North Road linking London with York and Edinburgh beyond that, the town emerged as an essential staging area for the coach traffic on that route. Near 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 cinemas in England, located in Aire Street, has been transformed into flats. Knottingley is a central point for horse racing fans, with tracks at Pontefract, York, Wetherby and Doncaster all close . For all of your home developments, be sure to identify trusted specialists in Knottinhgley to make certain of quality.
