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{{Short description|Country park in West Yorkshire, England}}
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| location = [[Harden, West Yorkshire|Harden]], [[Bingley]], [[West Yorkshire]]
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| area = {{convert|550|acre|km2 sqmi}}
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'''Bingley St. Ives''', or '''St. Ives Estate''' is a {{convert|550|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[country park]]<ref name="HWYLYOCP">{{cite web|title=How would you like your own country park? |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |location=Bradford |
and former [[Estate (land)|estate]] between [[Bingley]] and [[Harden, West Yorkshire|Harden]] in [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]] now owned by Bradford Council.<ref name="FUCE"/>
The park has Grade II listing in the [[English Heritage]] [[National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens]] of Special Interest.<ref name="PAWG">{{cite web |title=Ponds and Water Gardens of St Ives Estate Harden, |publisher=Friends of St. Ives |
The park has been given Accredited Country Park status by [[Natural England]].<ref name="FOSI">{{cite web |title=Welcome to our web pages |work=Friends of St. Ives |
As well as being a public country park the property is also used by Bingley St Ives Golf Club,<ref name="BSICG">{{cite web |title=Bingley St. Ives Golf Club |work=Bingley St. Ives Golf Club |
the [[Sports Turf Research Institute]],<ref name="STRI">{{cite web|title=The Early Years
Bradford Independent Care Group,<ref name="RCATP">{{cite web|title=£500,000 for riding centre at the park |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |location=Bradford |
Bingley Angling Club,<ref name="BAC">{{cite web |title=Coppice Pond |work=Bingley Angling Club |
Some 300,000 people per year visit the country park.<ref name="NCP">{{cite web |last=Griffiths |first=Kathie |title=New car park 'to save trees' |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |location=Bradford |
== History ==
The St. Ives area is known to have been inhabited from at least the neolithic or Bronze Age from artifacts left behind.<ref name="History">{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsofstives.org.uk/history/history_1.php |title=History |publisher=Friends of St. Ives |
Up until the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] in 1540 the land was divided between the monks of [[Rievaulx Abbey]] and [[Drax Priory]].<ref name="History"/>
In 1540, the land was purchased by a Walter Paslew and was subsequently owned by the Laycock and Milner families<ref name="History" />
and the St. Ives mansion house was built in 1616.
In 1635, the Ferrands purchased St. There are stories of a local connection with [[General Fairfax]] and the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], regrettably little is known with certainty.<ref name="History" /><ref name="CW">{{cite web|title=Civil War camp may have been home to Fairfax |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |location=Bradford |
== Landmarks ==
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[[File:Geese and sculpture of a fish on Coppice Pond - geograph.org.uk - 471276.jpg|thumb|right|Fish sculpture on Coppice Pond]]
A granite obelisk close to Lady Blantyre's Rock north west of Coppice Pond commemorates the career of [[William Ferrand|William Busfeild Ferrand]] (1809–89), a [[Member of Parliament]], [[magistrate]] and one time owner of St.
Coppice Pond was built as a feed water supply for what is thought originally to be a [[fulling|fulling mill]],<ref name="PAWG"/>
later landscaped by the Ferrands and used for boating.<ref name="PAWG"/><ref name="ASIE">{{cite web |title=Around St Ives Estate |publisher=City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
Today it is stocked with a variety of fish for [[angling]]<ref name="BAC" /> and has a [[bird hide]] and duck feeding pier. On the north side of the pond is the [[archery]] club while east of Coppice Pond is the mill. A mill has been recorded on this site since the early 14th century and it is probably the oldest building on the estate, although modified since then.<ref name="PAWG" /> To the south of Coppice Pond near Cuckoo Nest Cottages is the restored (2003) Baxter's Pond, fed by both Coppice Pond and the mill.<ref name="PAWG" /> East of the mill is Home Farm with its cafe, coach house and stables, and to the rear a Dutch barn<sup>*</sup> and car park.
Just north of the Dutch barn on Cross Gates Lane opposite an [[Ice house (building)|ice house]] by the golf club's clubhouse is a kidney shaped ornamental pond known as Crayfish Pond. This feeds water southwards to the ornamental Round Pond and its non-functioning fountain on St. Ives Mansion garden lawns.<ref name="PAWG" /> The Round Pond feeds the Upper Pond in Cuckoo Nest Wood in which water cascades down a millstone grit crag into a shallow lenticular pool.<ref name="PAWG" /> The Upper Pond and Baxter's Pond both feed the much larger and more easily accessible Lower Pond.<ref name="PAWG" />
St. Ives Mansion House was formerly a [[nursing home]] for young disabled<ref name="SINH">{{cite web |title=St Ives Nursing Home |work=Companies In The UK.com |access-date=9 March 2011 |url=http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/bradford-independent-(st-ives-nursing-home)}}</ref> and has since been converted into apartments. To the north of the mill has been created an indoor and outdoor equestrian riding centre for use by the disabled and the general public.<ref name="RC">{{cite web |title=St Ives Equestrian Centre |work=Riding-Schools.com |
This car park has space for 56 cars and four horse boxes.<ref name="NCP" /> There are numerous listed buildings on the estate.<ref name="BLB:BSI">{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338043-bettys-lodge-bingley |title=Betty's Lodge}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337936-cuckoo-nest-1-2-and-3-bingley |title=Cuckoo Nest Cottages}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337938-outbuilding-approximately-15-metres-nort |title=outbuilding}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337937-steps-gate-piers-and-flanking-walls-to-f |title=steps, gates and walls}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338050-dutch-barn-to-rear-of-the-home-farm-buil |title=Dutch Barn}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337939-entrance-gate-piers-to-st-ives-estate-bi |title=Entrance Gate Piers}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338051-icehouse-approximately-25-metres-north-e |title=Icehouse}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338052-footbridge-approximately-10-metres-east- |title='Pack Horse' Bridge}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338049-the-stable-block-used-by-turf-research-i/osmap |title=Stable Block}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338044-st-ives-mansion-house-bingley |title=St. Ive's Mansion |work=British Listed Buildings |
▲There are numerous listed buildings on the estate.<ref name="BLB:BSI">{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338043-bettys-lodge-bingley |title=Betty's Lodge}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337936-cuckoo-nest-1-2-and-3-bingley |title=Cuckoo Nest Cottages}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337938-outbuilding-approximately-15-metres-nort |title=outbuilding}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337937-steps-gate-piers-and-flanking-walls-to-f |title=steps, gates and walls}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338050-dutch-barn-to-rear-of-the-home-farm-buil |title=Dutch Barn}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337939-entrance-gate-piers-to-st-ives-estate-bi |title=Entrance Gate Piers}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338051-icehouse-approximately-25-metres-north-e |title=Icehouse}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338052-footbridge-approximately-10-metres-east- |title='Pack Horse' Bridge}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338049-the-stable-block-used-by-turf-research-i/osmap |title=Stable Block}}, {{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-338044-st-ives-mansion-house-bingley |title=St. Ive's Mansion |work=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=2 May 2012}}</ref>
The golf club was formed and opened in 1931.
The course was designed by Dr [[Alister MacKenzie]] and [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]] and initially had nine holes, but was extended to 18 in 1935.<ref name="WIPW"/><ref name="GT">{{cite web |title=Bingley St Ives Golf Club |work=Golf Today
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|File:Baxter's Pond - geograph.org.uk - 376177.jpg |Baxter's Pond
|File:Coach House St.Ives estate Bingley - geograph.org.uk - 40330.jpg |Former coach house or stable block<sup>*</sup> |File:Altar Lane, St. Ives Estate - geograph.org.uk - 375231.jpg |Altar Lane
|File:Druids' Altar - geograph.org.uk - 1530433.jpg |Druids Altar
|File:Betty's Lodge, St. Ives Estate - geograph.org.uk - 375200.jpg |Betty's Lodge<sup>*</sup>
}}
▲{{center|<sup>*</sup>listed building<ref name="BLB">{{cite web |title=Listed Buildings in Bingley |work=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=9 March 2011 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/west+yorkshire/bingley}}</ref>}}
== References ==
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{{Commons category|Bingley St. Ives}}
* Websites: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090917025639/http://www.friendsofstives.org.uk/index.php Friends of St. Ives], [http://www.stri.co.uk/ Sports Turf Research Institute], [http://www.bingleystivesgc.co.uk/ Bingley St. Ives Golf Club], [http://www.bingleyanglingclub.co.uk/ Bingley Angling Club], [http://www.aire-valley-archers.co.uk/ Aire-Valley Archers]
* Webpages: [http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/parks/parks.php?ID=80 Bradford Parks and Landscapes Service]
* Leaflets: [http://mediafiles2.thedms.co.uk/Publication/YS-Brad/cms/pdf/AroundStIves%20walk.pdf Around St Ives Estate], [http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/documents/ponds_and_water_gardens.pdf Ponds and Water Gardens of St Ives Estate Harden], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725100348/http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/documents/St%20Ives%20Walks.pdf Walks in Parks and Woodlands]
* Images: [http://www.bronte-country.com/st-ives-views.html Bronte Country], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bingley%20st%20ives Flickr]
* Maps: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725100348/http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/documents/St%20Ives%20Walks.pdf City of Bradford Metropolital District Council], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110524104743/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=409155&y=439045&z=3&sv=409155
* Walks: [
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