In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bradford Road like this:
BRADFORD-ROAD, a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire; in the eastern suburbs of Manchester. It was constituted in 1837, and reconstituted in 1850. Pop., 10,540. Houses, 2,043. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester; of the value of £300, in the patronage of trustees.
The location is that of the church of St Philip Bradford Road, as marked and named on the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map of Lancashire of 1893, accessible on www.old-maps.co.uk. Additional information about this locality is available for Bradford
Bradford Road through time
Bradford Road is now part of Manchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Manchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bradford Road itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bradford Road, in Manchester and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24627
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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