| JOURNAL 2006 |
| North Craven Heritage Trust |
Until some ten years ago Keasden had a sign post at the cross roads to Bentham, Slaidburn, Settle and Clapham, with one of the original West Riding circles at the top. The horizontal diameter of the circle had Keasden written across with the grid reference below and Yorks W.R. above. Somehow or other the circle got lost. Backed by the Parish Council and the budget of the Forest of Bowland area there is now an aluminium replacement atop the signpost. It was made by David Clements the blacksmith in Settle who also made the one at the Wenning Bridge junction. Both are sparkling in their newly painted livery.
Note added by the web editor: These signposts were common in the West Riding, including the Bowland area, which was transfered into Lancashire in 1974. Where such signposts survive in what is now Lancashire, they have all had the top semicircle removed, so as to remove the “Yorks W.R.”. There is an example in Bolton-by-Bowland.
