​Knottingley Glass Community Heritage Archive
This project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund through their 'Your Heritage' Programme
The Knottingley Glass Project was a creative community heritage project exploring the industrial and social history of Knottingley. In 2013 and 2014 Knottingley and Ferrybridge Neighbourhood Network, delivered this project, funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, designed to celebrate the history of the Knottingley Community.
Knottingley Glass was a trans-generational project about how people, places and events shape communities.
Useful Links
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There is a wealth of information available online about Knottingley, its heritage and the Glass industry and related industries within the local area. Here you can find links to various interesting pages that have proven a useful resource whilst we were researching this project.
​This extensive website, constructed back in May 2000, contains in excess of 3,000 pages of historical information, personal recollections and archive photographs of Knottingley and Ferrybridge.
Project partner Faceless was established as a company in 1990, and aims to create exceptional arts experiences for everyone ... everywhere
Information from the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, about group and social activities available to people living in the Knottingley and Ferrybridge areas
www.stoelzle.com/en-stoelzle_flaconnage-136.html
This is the home page for the Stölzle-Flaconnage Factory in Knottingley, which was set up as J.W. Bagley and Co in 1871 by three local glass makers and became part of the Stölzle Glass Group in 1994.
www.facebook.com/theaddyknottingley
The Old Quarry Adventure Playground is a free open access play facility for children and young people from ages 5 - 16 from Knottingley and the surrounding areas.
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