page_title: Keighley and Kendal Turnpike
section_title: Steeton
hierarchical_section_title: Keighley and Kendal Turnpike / Changes in the towns / Steeton
caption_attribution_description: English: Milestone - Skipton Road, Kildwick
context_page_description: The Keighley and Kendal Turnpike was a road built in 1753 by a turnpike trust between Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kendal in Westmorland, England. The primary instigators were in Settle. The road followed a modified ancient route through Craven. It necessitated bridge widening, reorientation in some of the towns it passed and the relocation of inns and stables. The road was of great benefit to commerce in the northwest but proved a financial loss as the cost of repairing wear caused by heavy traffic was underestimated. The trust's records were lost when it closed.
context_section_description: Settle made a provision that no gate could be set up nearer to Keighley than Steeton.
  In 1752–53 the turnpike road followed Hollins Bank Road. The Pack Horse Inn was nearby. In 1753 a new bridge was built over Steeton Beck. The first toll gate was set up in 1753 at "Steeton Cross" at the foot of the hill. In 1782 when the new road under Hawkcliffe was made, the toll-bar was removed to "Old Bar-house" to intercept traffic by Old Bar-house Lane and the new road. The Star Inn was on High Street but its licence and name were moved to a new inn at the road junction on the turnpike road. "The Goat’s Head" on the original route of the turnpike on Upper School Street in the 1770s was moved to its present site opposite the Station Road junction.
  In the early 19th century the toll road was diverted under Hawcliffe along the line of the present A629 through the north side of the village.
caption: Milestone - Skipton Road, Kildwick
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