page_title: Eccleshill, West Yorkshire
section_title: Governance
hierarchical_section_title: Eccleshill, West Yorkshire / Governance
context_page_description: Eccleshill is an area, former village, and ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
  The ward population of Eccleshill is 17,540, increasing at the 2011 Census to 17,945.
  Eccleshill is a more or less completely residential urban area with very little open space although there is substantial open land directly to the east.
  The origins of the name Eccleshill are uncertain.
  At the time of the Domesday Book the area was known as Egleshill either meaning 'eagles hill'
  or perhaps named after a Saxon landlord called Aikel or Eckil—alternatively it could mean Ecclesiastical Hill.
context_section_description: Eccleshill was an independent township up until 1899 when along with Thornton, Tong, Idle and North Bierley it joined with Bradford.
  As of 2004, Eccleshill ward includes the south-east quadrant of Greengates, Thorpe Edge housing estate, part of Five Lane Ends, Bank Top, the eponymous Eccleshill, Fagley and the Ravenscliffe housing estate.
  Councillors
  Eccleshill electoral ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Liberal Democrat councillors, Geoff Reid, Nicola Pollard and Brendan Stubbs.
   indicates seat up for re-election.
caption: 2004 Boundaries of Eccleshill Ward.
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