13 Facts About Bingley

Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which had a population of 18,294 at the 2011 Census.

Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Bingley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bingheleia".

Bingley was probably founded by the Saxons, by a ford on the River Aire.

Bingley was a manor which extended several miles up and down the Aire valley, extending upstream to Marley on the outskirts of Keighley and downstream to Cottingley.

Bingley became a market town with the grant of a Market Charter in 1212 by King John.

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In 1592, Bingley was shown on a map by Yorkshire map-maker Christopher Saxton as a single street with about 20 houses on each side.

Since Bingley was a market town, the market stalls would have been set up on either side of the main street.

One of the oldest buildings in Bingley is a coaching inn, the Old White Horse Inn, on the flatter north bank of the River Aire by Ireland Bridge.

Bingley was part of the Wapentake of Skyrack, which was in turn part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The ancient parish of Bingley included the chapelry of Morton and several other hamlets, including Cullingworth.

Bingley ward is represented on Bradford Council by three councillors; David Heseltine, Marcus Dearden, and Geoff Winnard.

Each year Bingley Show is held in Myrtle Park and is one of the largest one day shows in Europe.

The Bingley show has been held every year since 1867 apart from in 2012 when the event was cancelled due to flooding.