A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Bradford. You may be able to find further references to Bradford in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD | a town, a township, a parish, two subdistricts, and a district | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Bradford.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ALLERTON | a township | Imperial |
| Bankfoot | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| BANKFOOT | a chapelry | Imperial |
| BIERLEY | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Bierley, East | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| BIERLEY (East) | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Bierley Lane | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Bierley, North | township | Bartholomew |
| BIERLEY (North) | a township | Imperial |
| Bowling | township and village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| Buttershaw | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| BUTTERSHAW | a chapelry | Imperial |
| CARR-LANE | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Chellow | village | Bartholomew |
| CHELLOW | a village | Imperial |
| Clayton | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| CLAYTON | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Clayton Heights | village and school | Bartholomew |
| CLAYTON-HEIGHTS | a village | Imperial |
| Crosley Hall | village | Bartholomew |
| CROSLEY HALL | a village | Imperial |
| CULLINGWORTH | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Culling worth Gate | village | Bartholomew |
| CULLINGWORTH-GATE | a village | Imperial |
| Daisy Hill | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| DAISY-HILL | a hamlet | Imperial |
| DENHOLME | a hamlet and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Denholme Gate | town | Bartholomew |
| Dudley Hill | village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| DUDLEY-HILL | a village | Imperial |
| Eccleshill | town and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| ECCLESHILL | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Fagley | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Fairweather Green | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| FAIRWEATHER GREEN | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Folly Hall | village | Bartholomew |
| FOLLY-HALL | a village | Imperial |
| Four Lane Ends | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| FO UR LANE ENDS | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Frizinghall | village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| Girlington | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| GIRLINGTON | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Greengates | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Hallas Bridge | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| HALLAS-BRIDGE | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Harrop Edge | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| HARROP-EDGE | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Haworth | township and town with railway station | Bartholomew |
| HAWORTH | a village, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district | Imperial |
| Heaton | township | Bartholomew |
| HEATON | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Heaton Shay | district | Bartholomew |
| Hill Top | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| HILL-TOP | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Horton | township | Bartholomew |
| LAISTER-DYKE | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Leaventhorpe | village | Bartholomew |
| LEE | a hamlet | Imperial |
| LEEDS (NEW) | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Leventhorpe | village | Bartholomew |
| LEVENTHORPE | a village | Imperial |
| LIDGET-GREEN | a village | Imperial |
| LINGBOB | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Low Moor | village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| LOWMOOR | a village and two chapelries | Imperial |
| Manningham | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| MANNINGHAM | a township and two chapelries | Imperial |
| MOOR-HEAD | a hamlet | Imperial |
| MOORHOUSE-MOOR | a hamlet | Imperial |
| ODSALL-MOOR | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Oxenhope | small town | Bartholomew |
| OXENHOPE | two hamlets and a chapelry | Imperial |
| PIKELEY | a hamlet | Imperial |
| QUEENSBURY, or Queenshead | a large village and a chapelry | Imperial |
| SALTAIRE | a town | Imperial |
| SHAW | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Shipley | town and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| Stanbury | village | Bartholomew |
| Thornton | town and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| Upper Green | village | Bartholomew |
| Wibsey | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| WIBSEY | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Bradford within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Feargus O'Connor | O'Connor's tour of Scotland, January 1839 | 5 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 3: South and West Yorkshire | 3 |
| Charles Wesley | Sept. 17 - Nov. 5, 1756: Midlands, Yorkshire and Manchester | 2 |
| Charles Wesley | Sept. 2 - Dec. 30, 1745: Yorkshire and Durham | 1 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 4: Leeds and North Yorkshire | 1 |
| George Head | The West Riding | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1760-2: Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations; Speaking Statue; Pentecost | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Horton | 0 | 3 |
| Lidget Green | 0 | 2 |
| Manningham | 0 | 2 |
| Bowling | 0 | 2 |
| Girlington | 0 | 2 |
| New Leeds | 0 | 1 |
| Fairweather Green | 0 | 2 |
| Bankfoot | 0 | 2 |
| Crossley Hall | 0 | 2 |
| Wibsey | 4 | 2 |
| Folly Hall | 0 | 2 |
| Leventhorpe | 0 | 2 |
| Bierley | 0 | 3 |
| Heaton | 0 | 2 |
| Bolton | 0 | 2 |
| Dudley Hill | 0 | 2 |
| Frizinghall | 0 | 2 |
| Tyersall | 0 | 1 |
| Buttershaw | 0 | 2 |
| Laister Dyke | 0 | 2 |