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Mar 14, 2021 · Bradford began as a village by a ford. Brad meant broad. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the village by the broad ford had grown quite large (by the standards of the time) with perhaps 300-350 people. Bradford was turned into a town when the villagers were allowed to hold a weekly market.
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the 1974 reform, the city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough.
Bradford History and Heritage. 'Broad Ford', later known as Bradford, was first settled in Saxon times and by the middle ages had become a small town centred on Kirkgate, Westgate and Ivegate.
Bradford became a world-famous wool capital, known as ‘Worstedopolis’. However, living and working conditions were harsh and it gained the reputation as the ‘dirtiest town in the country’. 7Mid–Late Victorian Era (1848-1901. In 1853 a successful mill owner, Titus Salt, built a new mill and village called.
- Free school dinners. Scotch barley broth was spooned out at Green Lane Primary by head teacher Jonathan Priestley, father of Bradford writer JB Priestley.
- The Bradford sling. Prof David Sharpe demonstrating the Bradford sling with BBC Countryfile's John Craven. Prof David Sharpe was a newly-qualified plastic surgeon when a fire broke out at Bradford City's Valley Parade ground on 11 May 1985, killing 56 people.
- An infamous hoax. Image caption, Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was convinced the photographs were genuine. After borrowing her father's camera, teenager Elsie Wright and her young cousin Frances used paper cut-outs and hatpins to create some "supernatural" friends.
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Bradford grew from a run-of-the-mill market town in 1800 into an internationally-renowned city less than a century later. Immediately prior to 1914 Bradford was reckoned to be the most prosperous city in Europe. But of course its wealth was far from evenly spread.
6 days ago · Bradford, urban area (from 2011 built-up area), city, and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It is located west of Leeds, in a side valley where a broad ford crosses a small tributary of the River Aire.
