All About Thornton

A street through time

Kipping Lane was one of 3 main roads in Thornton for centuries. The others were Market Street, previously named Main Street, and West Lane. In 1829 Thornton Road was built as a toll road from Leaventhorpe Hall to the Keighley and Halifax turnpike (toll) road, now known as the A629.

The field names, and dwellings existing in 1849 around what we know as Kipping Lane were:

• Lady Croft, running northwards from roughly where Ebor House, 1-3 Kipping Lane now is, in 1849 owned by Captain Reece (also spelt Rhys), and occupied by Joseph Ackroyd. Later Ladyfield dwellings were built on this field.
• Croft, between Kipping Lane and the Black Horse, owned by James Driver and occupied by William Milner and others.
• On the south-east side were a house (Rose Cottage), garden and cottages, plus a warehouse, now numbers 14 and 10 Kipping Lane, plus 12 Kipping Lane which has been absorbed into number 14, all being owned and occupied by Jonas Craven, who with Henry Harrop were textile manufacturers. Some of the cottages were on Fountain Street, west side.
• Below that, what are now numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8, and behind them, adjoining houses on Thornton Road were known as Kipping Court, otherwise known as Pig’s Throat. Owner and occupiers not known in 1849.
• On the south side of Thornton Road were a Dole, owned by Thomas Thwaites and occupied by Jonas Driver, and Broad Dole owned by Mr. Staveley, and occupied by John Ackroyd. A Dole was originally a meadow in which several people have shares, for example within a common field, “dole” meaning “a portion of land”. Originally both the Dole and Broad Dole would have started at Kipping Lane.

In 1824, the firm of Craven and Harrop was established. Next to Jonas Craven’s house in Kipping Lane was built a warehouse, which still exists and is owned by Robertshaw’s Farm Shop, previously being Ambler’s butchers shop and pie factory.

1841 onwards. Unfortunately in census returns until 1891 Kipping Lane was deemed to include what is from 1891 Lower Kipping Lane, and no house numbers were given until 1891 so it’s difficult to know who lived where.

The rest of the history will be in bullet points. Newspapers from which information has been taken: BDT = Bradford Daily Telegraph; B Obs = Bradford Observer; BWT = Bradford Weekly Telegraph; T&A = Telegraph and Argus. YPLI = Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. All others given in full.

• 1846, October. A sale by auction to be held at the Black Horse Inn on 21 October 1846, to sell the piece of land which include current numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8 Kipping Lane, and the former Kipping Court, comprising of 16 dwellings “with the Grocer’s shop, Linendraper’s shop, and Bakehouse … now in the the several tenures or occupations of Thomas Midgley, Mark Sutcliffe, Wm. Wilkinson, Thomas Hey, Geo. Ackroyd, W. and R. Robinson, John Toothill and others.” (B Obs)
• 1863, 2 April. A sale by auction to be held at the Black Horse Inn, for the sale of the Black Horse Inn, including “There are also ten cottage dwellings on the estate, with large open yard in front of the inn, garden and limeyard, giving a frontage for building purposes on Kipping Lane.” (B Obs)
• 1877, 24 November. A sale by auction to be held on 11 December 1877 for the sale of Lot 2 – Rose Cottage, (following the death of Jonas Craven), with freehold building land adjoining thereto, (the garden), having a frontage to the north on Kipping Lane. Rose Cottage “contains on the ground floor noble entrance hall, spacious drawing and dining rooms, kitchen and pantry; on the first floor, five good bedrooms, with attics over the same, principle and servants’ back staircases, w.c, and good cellaring. The whole well fitted with fixtures, etc,; gas and water throughout.” Lot 3 was for the “freehold Warehouse, with the stable, outbuildings, and plot of building ground thereto … having frontages to Kipping Lane and the new Road respectively.” The New Road was the name given to Thornton Road. Also “the vinery and greenhouses, now adjoining the dwelling house, may be taken by any purchaser at a valuation.” (B Obs)
• 1880, 19 January. The opening of Thornton Conservative Club in Jonas Craven’s former warehouse. The Conservative Association had been formed in 1872, but had nowhere to meet. Mr. Jonathan Knowles who owned the warehouse made structural alterations to it, and offered it to the Association. It comprised “a newsroom, billiard room and other apartments in keeping therewith, and for the present a spacious assembly room for large gatherings. The club marked the opening of the club with a dinner, at which 120 persons were present.” The newspaper then reported in great detail speeches and toasts. (YPLI)
• 1882, 28 March. A public notice declaring that Jonas Sunderland, residing at Providence Terrace, Thornton, Rate Collector of the Thornton Board, also carrying on business in Kipping Lane as an Auctioneer and Insurance Agent was adjudged a Bankrupt on 24 March 1882, and that there would be a meeting of creditors on 14 April 1882. (B Obs)
• 1883, 27 September. An advert declared that J. Butterfield of Kipping Lane, Thornton was an agent for Dr. Beach’s Essence, Lewgol’s Syrup and for Boiling Bitters. (BDT)
• 1884, 3 November. An advert stating “House and shop for sale by private contract, with cottage adjoining, at corner of Kipping Lane and New Road (Thornton Road), Thornton. Apply C.H.Hargreaves, Architect, Bank Street.” (BDT)
• 1885, 25 July. An advert for “Pony, flat cart, block cart, and hay chopper, for sale. In consequence of giving up business the above must be sold, no reasonable offer refused. – Apply Mr. Joseph Holmes, Kipping Lane, Thornton, Bradford.” (BDT)
• 1888, 16 April. A public notice declared that the accounts of the Thornton Local Board (of Health, which was the local government of the time), would be audited by the District Auditor on 4 May 1888, and that the accounts could be examined, inspected and copied by all persons interested in them, at the Board Room, Kipping Lane, Thornton on 25 April 1888 until 3 May 1888. (B Obs)
• 1889, 11 May. The Thornton Local Board had resolved at their recent meeting “that a 12inch pot pipe to be put down Kipping Lane and, the drains from Kipping Court and the Bull’s Head connected with it.” (Halifax Courier)
• 1896, 14 February. Mr. Joseph Holmes had bought two cottages and a shop in Kipping Lane, Thornton for £230, at an auction in Keighley. (BDT)
• 1899, 1 March. An advert stated “Blue Roan Horse, 16½ hands; suitable for heavy work; sound; vet. exam; and stone cart – Apply or address Joe. Haggas, Kipping Lane, Thornton.” (YPLI)
• 1899, 11 November. Thornton Urban District Council had met in the Board Room, Kipping Lane. (BDT)
• 1901, 22 February. “Yesterday afternoon Fred Wilcock, Hill Top Road, Thornton, was proceeding along Cote Gap, in charge of two horses and a dray which was laden with stone, when the horses suddenly became restless and bolted down West Lane into Kipping Lane, where the dray came into contact with the door and masonry of the Conservative Club, greatly damaging it. The shafts of the wagon and the front wheels were broken. The wagon and horses belonged to Messrs. Farrer and Sons, Thornton.” (BDT)
• 1902, 7 April. “A ‘Live’ Wire at Thornton. – Yesterday afternoon the trolley-pole of an electric car, which was nearing the end of Kipping Lane on the way to Thornton, became disengaged from the electric cable and broke one of the guard wires. One end of the latter fell across the cable and thence to the ground, becoming charged with electricity. A telephone message was sent to the tramway shed at Fairweather Green, and a man was despatched thence to repair the damage, passers-by being warned meanwhile to keep a safe distance.” (Yorkshire Evening Post)
• 1904 25 February. An advert read “Milliner (quick and stylish) wanted at once. Apply Miss Wilkinson, Milliner, Kipping Lane, Thornton, Bradford.” (BDT)

• 1910, November, 2 onwards. The case of Miss Juanita H. Q. F. E. D, G. C. Pietro, (full name later), is given as one of the documents in the case gave her and her parents’ address as 8 Kipping Lane, though at the time the case came to court her parents were said to be living in Clayton Workhouse. It was reported that the details of what had then come to be known as the Thornton Romance grew stronger every day. The whereabouts of John Ballinger who accompanied the girl to London, nearly a month previously to obtain “the fortune” were still mysterious as were the movements of the girl herself, and grave doubts were expressed for his safety. “It turns out that the girl’s name was as grandiloquent as her statements. As a matter of fact she has been calling herself Juanita Hiawatha Quadroona Frances Eglantine Duncombe Glenkaine Cunningham Pietro, of 8 Kipping Lane, Thornton, Bradford, Yorks.” The newspaper went on to say that she had money and that many people had seen her bank book. She had also a self-assumed connection with Bradford Labour Party and had tickets printed for a lecture she was going to give at Leeds Town Hall on “How the working man can improve his condition”. The meeting never took place. (BDT)
• 1910, November 3. It was further reported that “no news has filtered through to Bradford as to the couple’s whereabouts, and the parents and wife of the man John Ballinger remain in agony of suspense. They are confident that were their son at liberty he would before this have written or returned to them”. The (BDT) went on to say that the affair was as complex a problem as was ever set before the public, and information from one source or another proves that the leading figure, Miss Pietro, is an amazingly ingenious individual. A well-known tradesman in Brownroyd had admitted that during the last 18months he had advanced in small sums to Miss Pietro and her mother, some £10. The newspaper article went on, as in the illustration which is copyright © of Newsquest newspapers.

• 1910, November 4. The newspaper has 2 full columns about Miss Pietro, otherwise known as Miss C__. About how she ruined Mr. Ballinger’s parents taking all their savings of £200, when the Ballingers first paid their rent, presumably at 8 Kipping Lane, then paid for their board while lodging with them at 10 Market Street, to how Miss C obtained employment as a pianist at several hotels in Thornton, and that she stated the Labour Party was paying her £100 as a lecturer. On another occasion she and her parents stated that they were of Spanish nobility. There was a large amount of evidence which the newspaper held, including what turned out to be false deeds to land in Ireland, and false accounts of Income and expenditure, as well as letterheads in the names of solicitors, which she herself had managed to get printed, as well as envelopes printed with the name of a fictitious private detective. (BDT)
• 1910, November 4. Reports told of estates in Ireland belonging to Miss C, as well as shares in a west African gold mine. (BDT)
• 1910, November 7. It was reported that Miss Frances Cunningham, otherwise known as Juanita Pietro, and “Tiny” appeared in the dock of the Bradford City Police Court that morning. It reports:- “Representing herself to be the heiress to considerable wealth, she is alleged to have obtained during a period extending of six or seven months, various sums of money from an old couple named Ballinger, with whom she lived in Market Street, Thornton finally disappearing with their son, about a month ago, on the pretext that she was going to claim her fortune. The specific charge against Cunningham , who was described by the police as a music teacher, 23 years of age, was that on October 3rd, 1910, she obtained 9s., from George Ballinger, by false pretences.” She was willing to be, and was, remanded in custody. (BDT)
• 1910, November 15. It was reported that “the Bradford Police Court was crowded today, the great proportion of those present being Thornton people who had followed this peculiar case with great interest.” Miss Cunningham was charged on 3 counts of obtaining money by false pretences. After a lengthy trial, she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to hard labour for 3 months on each charge, being a total of 9 months. (BDT)

• 1915, January 22, by the way of a postscript, Frances Cunningham pleaded guilty to further charges of obtaining goods by false pretences at Westminster Police Court. It was stated that she had also been found guilty at Glasgow and Edinburgh of similar frauds. At Westminster she was sentenced to 12 months hard labour. (BDT)
• Back to 1912. 17 October. The Street Improvements and Buildings Committee of Bradford City Council, had agreed to buy from the Trustees of Kipping Lane Chapel (New Road Congregational Chapel) 255 yards of land located at Kipping Lane, at 10s per yard, and from Boardman’s United Breweries Ltd, 104 yards of land in Kipping Lane at 10s a yard, and that the Corporation would rebuild any gable end affected, and pay legal costs. (Bradford Daily Argus)
• 1913, 20 February. Kipping Lane was in progress of being widened. (BDT)
• 1913, 20 June. The widening of Kipping Lane gave the New Road Congregational Church the opportunity of erecting a new Sunday School, replacing a wooden building closer to the church. The new school was to be a substantial stone structure, costing between £600 and £700. It also stated that “one of the foundation stones should have been laid on July 5th by Mr. Joshua Garnett, of Idle, whose death occurred yesterday under painfully sudden circumstances.” (BDT)

• 1926, 27 March. There was an auction for the sale of Plumbers’ and Painters’ stock, plant, and fixtures at 12 Kipping Lane, following M. W. Bairstow’s decision to give up his business on account of ill health. (BDT)
• 1937, 18 September. A public notice in the Bradford Observer stated that William and John Ambler, trading as W. and J. Ambler, butchers at 186 Lumb Lane and 12 Kipping Lane had filed a debtor’s petition, declaring themselves bankrupt.
• 1940, 6 April. New Road Congregational Chapel Sunday School, and other schools elsewhere, would “be used for the feeding and sheltering of persons who may be rendered homeless through air raids.” (B Obs)

• 1944, 1 May. The Thornton Salvation Army Hall which was certified for worship in 1936 “had wholly ceased to be used as a place of worship”, and so the certificate had been officially cancelled.”  The address given is confusing – The top floor of 116 Kipping Lane.  116 Market Street, in the 1939 Register (like a census) was occupied by 52-year-old John Wade, a Cake maker, and his wife Ellen, so unlikely that there was a Salvation Army Hall upstairs.  It was probably on the top floor of the Sunday School as Kipping Lane is mentioned, or on the top floor of 10 Kipping Lane. (B Obs)
• 1945, 1 February. An advert for the Halifax Building Society. about buying a house, stated that their agent in Thornton was A. Greenwood of 3 Kipping Lane. 
• 1945, 12 March. There was a sale by auction held on this date at the Empress Hotel, Tyrrel Street, Bradford. Lot 1 was for “Two well-situated lock-up shops and a dwelling house, being, numbers 2, 4, and 6, Kipping Lane. No. 2 contains Sales Shop and store room; electric light, and is offered with vacant possession. No. 4 contains Living Kitchen, Cellar, 2 bedrooms, w. c., electric light. No. 6 contains Sales Shop, cellar, w. c., electric light. The property is situated almost in the centre of the village, and has been well maintained.” (B Obs)
• 1946, 29 October. New Road Congregational Church had been sold for £1,650, but given that the Church was a place of Worship until 1966, it’s more likely that the Sunday School was sold. (B Obs)
• 1947, 20 January. A public notice stated that only the Chapel would be used for worship.  Previously it was the Chapel and Sunday School. (B Obs)
• 1949, 29 December. Two friends from school who remained friends as adults. One was Morris Robinson, a butcher trading at 10 Kipping Lane; the other was Mr. Harold Ambler who was not only a cattle breeder, farmer and butcher, but also a Bradford City councillor. Four years previously Mr. Robinson died and left to his wife the butcher’s shop. which they had had for 29 years (i.e. since 1916). Mr. Ambler had continued to keep in touch with Mrs. Robinson and had managed the shop for a year until his council duties took much more of his time, and a manager looked after the shop. His daughter acted as companion and clerk to Mrs. Morrison. Eight weeks previous to the report she had visited the Ambler family at Denholme House Farm, had a seizure the same night and died. In her will she left the butcher’s business and the house she lived in, in Henry Street, Thornton, to Mr. Ambler and left £1,OOO’s worth of saving certificates to his daughter. (B Obs and Halifax Evening Courier)

• 1978, 22 November. There was a planning application, by P.G.Bennett, for 14 Kipping Lane, Rose Cottage, for a change of use from doctor’s surgery and waiting room to a shop selling children’ second-hand and new clothes and equipment.
• 1979, 2 October, and afterwards. A man had gone missing on the previous Saturday (29 September). On the Tuesday a helicopter search for him was started. Stephen Paul Tumilty, aged 26, had left his home, leaving an untouched fish and chip supper and a cup of coffee. His door, at 14a Kipping Lane had been left open. His car was found crashed on Lower Heights Lane, the seat bloodstained. The police said they were worried about his whereabouts, so decided on a helicopter search, which did not find him. A further search was held on 23 October. The police stated that they had scoured the area, contacted friends and relatives and notified hospitals throughout the country, but he had still not been traced. A further search, including volunteers, was planned for Sunday 28 October. Volunteers were asked to go to the police point at the Duke of York pub at Dean Lane Head for 10am. On that day his body was found at the bottom of Black Dyke quarry, a 200ft drop, by two police dog-handlers. At an inquest on 9 January 1980, the Coroner returned an Open Verdict. (T&A)
• Back to 1979, 5 November. A planning application by P.G.Bennett was submitted for the proposed conversion of garage and part domestic to a single unit ground floor flat at 14B Kipping Lane.
• 1981, 13 March. A planning application was submitted for a change of use at Rose Cottage, 14 Kipping Lane, to an Elderly Rest Home, and was granted on 22 April.
• 1981, 22 November. A planning application for 1/2 (sic), Kipping Lane was submitted – 81/9/08911/A.
• 1983, 5 November. A new invention, a simple device to protect modern electronic equipment against supply surges and irregularities, called called Chips, manufactured in Britain, being marketed by C.H.I.P.S. of Ebor House, Kipping Lane. (T&A)
• 1986, 7 May. A public notice stated that the Council proposed to sell part of a Public Open Space at or near to the rear of numbers 1 to 5 Kipping Lane, for the purpose of the construction of a car park for 1-3 Kipping Lane. (T&A)
• 1988, 6 May. A planning application for Extensions and Alterations to 1-3 Kipping Lane was granted permission on 27 July 1988.
• 1991, 3 September. 2 planning applications for change of use of a flat at 1-3 Kipping Lane to Office use, and a change of use from office to retail were submitted. It was decided that both were permitted development and could go ahead.
• 1995, 19 June. A surprise 90th birthday gift to her father, old soldier Water Wilson. Walter had played cornet for the Green Howards Territorial Army in the 1930s, before blindness ended his musical career. His daughter arranged for the Durham Light Infantry band to serenade him outside his home, Rose Cottage Nursing Home. (T&A)

• 1997 There was a planning application for a single storey extension to the rear of Rose Cottage to form a conservatory.
• 1999, 3 June, An advert was for an office to let at 2/4 Kipping Lane. (T&A)
• 2003, 17 November. An international trading company including 11 companies were wound up by order of the High Court, amid concern over a fraudulent scheme including money laundering. One of the companies was Tech-Financial Ltd of Kipping Lane, Thornton. (T&A)
• 2004, 16 November. There was a Change of use planning application, from office to physiotherapy / sports injuries clinic at 2-4 Kipping Lane.
• 2006, 27 September. It was advised that consumers who lost money through their dealings with Pennine Financial Services Ltd of Kipping Lane could claim compensation from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, of up to £48,000. (T&A)
• 2006, 20 November. There was a planning application to convert an existing 3 storey commercial building at 10 Kipping Lane, into 3 two bedroom apartments, which was granted, but not undertaken, 09/04474/FUL
• 2007, 7 July. There was a planning application for a change of use to a beauty salon at 2-4 Kipping Lane.
• 2008, 22 February. There was a planning application for 6-8 Kipping Lane, for conversion of the upper floor into self-contained flat.
• 2008, 28 March. A court case regarding theft of a safe and car keys, and the subsequent death of two 15 year-olds, when the driver lost control on the corner of Kipping Lane and hit a house wall at speed. The front-seat passenger, who survived, was responsible for theft of the car and safe, and preventing one of the 15 year-olds from driving. (T&A)
• 2009, 21 March. Work would start on April 6, to upgrade the gas mains on Market Street and Kipping Lane, and that about 200 metres of old metal pipes would be replaced with modern plastic pipe.
• 2010, 27 January. A botched armed robbery at Thornton Post office, and the subsequent jailing of two men, one at that time from Wakefield, the other from Pontefract. (T&A)
• 2011, 2 May. The police seized an off-road bike beng used in Kipping Lane, without insurance or an MOT by a rider not wearing a helmet. (T&A)
• 2013, 14 March. A planning application for 14 Kipping Lane for partial demolition of existing conservatory and rebuild – 13/02091/FUL
• 2014, 22 February. The inquest of the 3 people in a car was held, driven by a driver under the influence of drink which was driven in excess of 115mph in a 30mph limit, before the driver lost control and crashed into a hairdressers at the corner of Kipping Lane and Thornton Road, killing himself and his two passengers. (T&A)

Eddie’s Corner is on the odd-numbered side of Kipping Lane, next to 2 West Lane.

Residents and occupiers of buildings in Kipping Lane are shown. Censuses were all on years ending in “1”. In 1939 there was a Register of all residents, to help with allotting rationing, and keeping aware of where people were, changes being made as necessary.

3 1950, 9 March. A. Greenwood, agent for Halifax Building Society. 1952 30 October. Albert Greenwood, agent for Halifax Building Society.

1 to 3 1983, 3 October D.V.Dixon &Co., Bradford and Bingley Building Society and McManus and Poole.

1988, 4 August  1^st mention of Ebor Asset Management and Ebor House in newspaper adverts. 1989 1st mention of Ebor Group in newspaper adverts. 1992  1^st mention of Bradford Consortium – providing residential day care and employment services for people with learning disabilities at Ashfield House and at Lidget Green 1995, September. 1st mention in newspaper adverts of Bradford Care Consortium 1997, 18 July.  Under the Insolvency Act 1986 a meeting of creditors was planned for 22 July 1997 in relation to the firm of  D.V.Dixon & Co. 2016, 16 June Enderby, Public Notary moved to 1-3 Kipping Lane, from Hipperholme. 2025 August, SC Lash technician and Beauty; Trims hairdressers upstairs; Liberate wealth, Independent financial advisers; and Enderby Notary Public.

5 1947 19 January. A. Greenwood, agent for Halifax Building Society. Unknown date A butcher’s shop.

2        1891 Haggas, Joe, Cab Proprietor; Haggas, Emma, wife; Haggas, Arthur, son, scholar.    1939 none 1945, March. A lock-up shop.

4        1891  none.     1911  Wilkinson, Joshua, butcher, own account; Wilkinson, Emily, wife. 1939  Drury Emily, widow, unpaid domestic duties; Drury, Ernest, son, Confectioner: Morris, William A., Motor vehicle salesman. 1945, March. A dwelling.

2 and 4, or 2 to 4 1901  Emily Wilkinson, Milliner and Dressmaker, own account. 1978, January to 1982, September.  Bronte Saddlery (from adverts) 1984, 3 April application to change of use to a hot food takeaway refused. 1984 28 September.  A new branch of Colne firm, Dads and Lads, quality men’s and boys’ outfitters opened. 1998 September, Lishman Sidwell Campbell and Price, solicitors, from an article in the T&A. 1999, 3 June, An advert was for an office to let at 2/4 Kipping Lane. (T&A) 2004, 16 November. There was a Change of use planning application, from office to physiotherapy / sports injuries clinic at 2-4 Kipping Lane. 2006, 12 September appeared the first advert in the T&A for Harmony Beauty Salon. 2007, 7 July. There was a planning application for a change of use to a beauty salon at 2-4 Kipping Lane. 2025, August – Harmony

6        1891  Ambler, George, butcher, own account;  Ambler, Sarah, wife. 1901 none. 1912 PO Directory: Wilkinson, Joshua, butcher. 1939 none 1945, March it was a lock-up shop.

8        1861  Holmes, Joseph, Greengrocer; Holmes, Grace, wife, House wife; Holmes, Timothy, son, Scholar; Holmes, Elizabeth, daughter, Scholar; Holmes, George, son; Holmes. Sarah, daughter. 1871  Holmes, Joseph, Green Grocer; Holmes, Grace, wife;  Holmes, Timothy, son, Saddler; Holmes, Elizabeth, daughter, Shawl knotter;  Holmes, George, son, Weaver. 1891  Holmes, Joseph, Tobacconist, own account.           1901  Holmes, Joseph, Tobacconist, own account.           1913, from 21 May to 1922, 22 March, Varley and Moore, tailors.  (Adverts “To Tailors, Good Ladies and Gents coat hands wanted at once,” and others a similar vein. (BDT)

6 to 8 1976, New shop front approved. Not known when it became a Post Office. 2008, 22 February. There was a planning application for 6-8 Kipping Lane, for conversion of the upper floor into self-contained flat. 2025 August Thornton Post Office.

10      The Conservative Club was here from late in 1879 to 1913 when it moved to its current site on Thornton Road. 1920 to 1949 Butcher’s shop of Morris Robinson. 1950 to June 2004 when Ambler’s butcher’s shop and pie markers, closed its retail outlet and concentrated on pie making.  2006, 20 November. There was a planning application to convert an existing 3 storey commercial building at 10 Kipping Lane, into 3 two bedroom apartments, which was granted, but not undertaken, 09/04474/FUL 2019 The building and business were sold to Robertshaw Farm Shop Limited in February of this year. 2025, August as 2019

12      1901, Bairstow, Edward, Plumber and Painter; Bairstow, Susan, wife; Bairstow, Francis, son, Painter; Bairstow, Wallace, son Plumber; Bairstow, Cassy, daughter; Bairstow, Walter B., son, Plumber; Bairstow, Irvin, son, Painter; Bairstow, Lewis, son, Scholar.           1911 none. 1912 Post Office Directory: Bairstow, Wallace, plumber. 1926 Wallace Bairstow sold hos plumbing and painting supplies and equipment, as he was retiring due to ill health, according to a sale notice in the T&A. 1926 Advert: To Let (Plumber and Decorator) shop and warehouse, for long in the occupation of the late Mr. Wallace Bairstow. 1939 none. 

12a 1982 6 December  Mr. Hugh Bennet of 12a Kipping Lane, wool merchant who died on September 26, left £55,154 (net £52,813)

At some stage number 12 was absorbed into number 14. – see photo.

14 Rose Cottage.  1824  Craven, Jonas. 1841  Craven, Jonas, Manufacturer: Craven Mary (wife);  Craven, Joseph, (son); Craven, Francis, (son); Craven, Edwin, (son); Craven, Sarah, (daughter); Craven, Jane, (daughter);  Robinson, Betty, Family Servant. 1851, Craven, Joseph, Merchant, manufacturer, worsted, employing 1,363 Men and women; Craven, Mary, wife; Craven, Mary, daughter; Craven, Joseph, son, Merchant manufacturer, Edwin, son, Merchant manufacturer; Craven, Jane, daughter; Coelin, Margaret, Servant; Speed, Jane, Servant. 1861  Craven, Farmer of 20 acres, employing 4 men;  Craven, Mary, wife;  Roecroft, Sarah, House servant. 1871, Craven, Jonas, Retired Manufacturer; Craven, Mary, wife; Fred, grandson, Clerk; Hartley, Sarah, Housekeeper. 1881 not obvious due to no house numbers 1891  Hardy, Abraham, Manager, worsted manufactory; Hardy, Emma, wife; Hardy, Lily, daughter, Worsted mender; Hardy, Louisa, daughter, Dressmaker; Hardy, Mary E., daughter, Assistant at home; Hardy, Kate, daughter, School girl; Hardy, Bertram, son, School boy; Hardy, Ethel A, daughter, School girl; Hardy, Clarence E., son. 1901 Tunstall, Albert Edward, Physician and Surgeon; Tunstall Frances A, House Duties; Tunstall, Alfreda H, daughter’ Tunstall, Agneta W, daughter; Tunstall, Norah Marian, school; Tunstall, James Edward Edmund, School;  Kiaer, Johanna, Domestic Servant; Ferrell, Margaret, General servant. 1911 Tunstall, Albert Edward, Physician and Surgeon; Tunstall, Frances A, House duties; Tunstall, Alfreda H., daughter; Tunstall Norah Marian, daughter, at school, Tunstal, James Edward, Edmund, son, at school, Fletcher, Beatrix, Domestic servant. 1912  PO Directory:  Tunstall, A. E., Surgeon. 1921  Tunstall, Albert Edward, Medical Practitioner; Tunstall Frances A, House Duties; Tunstall, James Edward Edmund, Serving articles civil engineer at Thomas Barker & Sons; Cooke, Mary Jane, Servant. 1939  Blackmore, Douglas William, Medical Practitioner;  Blackmore, Kathleen E, unpaid domestic duties. 1955, 14 May.  Dr. Dawson.  (From and advert in the Yorkshire Post). 1976 Change of use to offices application – No decision made 1978 November Planning application by P.G. Bennett for a change of use from doctor’s surgery and waiting room to a shop selling children’ second-hand and new clothes and equipment. 1981 Change of use application for conversion to “Elderly Rest Home” approved. 1985, 20 June  Rose Cottage up for sale with planning permission ti change it to a Rest Home. It became a Residential Home, later run by its current owners.

14A 1979, October. Was address of Stephen Tumilty in October.

14B 1979, 5 November. A planning application by P.G.Bennett was submitted for the proposed conversion of garage and part domestic to a single unit ground floor flat at 14B Kipping Lane.

(Updated 8 August 2025)