Prince of Wales Pier

A meeting was held in Bingley in February 1863, and it was decided that a committee of people would oversee the construction and maintenance of a park for the people of Bingley. The committee would be formed from twenty-one ordinary citizens of Bingley, the churchwardens and the overseers of an enclosure trust. It was decided that the park should not be used for "...gambling or other demoralising games, discussions on politics, religion, theology, or lectures are to be allowed in the park; no intoxicating liquors are to exposed or offered for sale, nor are any bands of music to play their on Sundays. The first sod of the park was turned on 10 March 1863, on the same day as the marriage of…