One of the water ways around Bingley Island
Bingley Island’s history is of a piece of riverside land, a meadow, first recorded in the year AD814. In some respects you could say this place has hardly changed in that 1200 year history – it is still a meadow, probably with a similar range of plants as it had back then.
But in other ways it has changed a lot, because of where it is. Riverside land is always in a dynamic process of change – affected by both natural processes and human intervention over time.
Follow the links below to find out more:
The Land Within a River (old maps and paintings)
Audio file of text on the ‘Bingley Island’ panel
