Articles
Prehistory of the Barkisland Area
A great article by Brian Hawcroft detailing the sites visited on the RVHS walk around prehistoric sites in the Barkisland area held on the 10th September 2011. The article is in 3 seperate pages - click on the 3 links below to access the pages in turn. Note - Page 1 may take a while to down load as its quite large.
The Boundary Stones of Rishworth
Click here to read Alan Watson's article about the hunt for the the Rishworth Boundary Stones, photos of what was found (from David Cliffe) and the history of the Stones......
Click on the links below to take a look at some interesting articles, mostly covering Barkisland, pointed out to us by Alan Watson.
An article from a 1968 edition of Yorkshire life, with particular reference to the decision to run the pylons through Rishworth.
A couple of correspondences from what I think was the Barkisland village magazine on where the name Barkisland comes from.
Concerning the travels of an Ox's head.
Early life in Barkisland
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