Ingrow

{{short description|Suburb of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England}}

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Ingrow is a suburb of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England that lies on the River Worth.{{cite web|title=History of Ingrow, in Bradford and West Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25485|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=4 January 2017}} The name Ingrow comes from Old Scandinavian which means 'corner of land in the meadow.'{{cite book|last1=Ayto|first1=John|last2=Crofton|first2=Ian|title=Brewer's Britain and Ireland|date=2005|publisher=Weidenfeld Nicolson|location=London|isbn=0-304-35385-X|page=569}} The suburb is located on the A629 road and is {{convert|1.5|km|order=flip}} south west of Keighley town centre.{{cite map|title =South Pennines|map =OL21|date =2008|scale =1:25,000|series =Explorer Map|publisher =Ordnance Survey |edition =A2|isbn =978-0-319-24012-0}}

The Ingrow Railway Centre has two railway museums: the Museum of Rail Travel owned by Vintage Carriages Trust, and Ingrow Loco, owned by the Bahamas Locomotive Society. The museums (off South Street A629) are adjacent to Ingrow Station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, a {{convert|5|mi|adj=on|0}} long heritage railway that serves Keighley, Ingrow, Damems, Oakworth, Haworth and Oxenhope.{{cite book|last1=Simon|first1=Jos|title=Yorkshire|date=2011|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=978-1-84836-603-9|page=115|edition=1st}}

Between 1884 and 1955 Ingrow had a second railway station (Ingrow East), adjacent to, but {{convert|40|ft}} higher than the current railway station. This station was on the Great Northern route between Keighley, Halifax and Bradford Exchange.{{cite web|last1=Armour|first1=Chris|title=Disused Stations: Ingrow East Station|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/i/ingrow_east/index.shtml|website=www.disused-stations.org.uk|access-date=4 January 2017}}

The area is served by the grade II listed parish church of St John the Evangelist,{{NHLE|desc=Church of St John|num=1134018|grade=II|access-date=13 July 2019}} which was built in 1843 to serve the parish of Ingrow with Hainworth.{{cite news |title=Down Memory Lane |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8084165.down-memory-lane/ |access-date=13 July 2019 |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |date=4 November 2005}}