Bill o'th' Hoylus End

Bill o'th' Hoylus End was the pen name of William Wright, a nineteenth-century Yorkshire dialect writer associated with Haworth and the Keighley district. Random Rhymes and Rambles and Revised Edition of Poems gather verse written in the speech and rhythms of his region. Th’ History o’ Haworth Railway treats the community campaign for a railway with local humour, while Adventures and Recollections of Bill O’th Hoylus End presents memories of his boyhood, work, neighbours, and travels. Project Gutenberg records Wright's life dates as 1836 to 1897 and preserves editions transcribed from period printings and the Keighley Herald. His writing mixes reminiscence, comic incident, dialect poetry, and observations of working life. Together these four titles document both an individual voice and the culture of a changing West Yorkshire community.