· January 18 at 3:56pm · Male charged with street robberies and house burglary. A 23 year old male from the Bradford West area was arrested for burglary 2 days ago after being caught by officers in a house in Frizinghall that he had just broken into. Following an excellent investigation he was formally charged with the house burglary and also charged with six offences of street robbery. Those offences taking place in Shipley, Frizinghall, Heaton and Idle earlier on in the month. He was denied bail an...d attended at Bradford Magistrates Court where he was remanded into custody to await trial Allerton & Thornton Ward Today was the launch of our first walk in clinics. As Ward Officer for the area I thought it would be helpful if the residents of Thornton & Allerton had the opportunity to speak to their local Ward Officer face to face. Also present will be your local PCSO and local Council Officer. If you are un-able to attend due to work commitments we will also be leaving a box for information to be passed on to us. The box will be left at the key locations throu...ghout the month and collected every seven days.

A piece of paper with any information you feel would be useful to us is welcome. You do not have to disclose who you are however we will act on as much information as we can. I appreciate some members of the public don’t want to call 101 or attend the police station to speak to us about ongoing issues. Once a month we will be at The Great Northern Café for an hour and Café West, Allerton for an hour. The next clinics will be held at the above locations on the 14th February 2017 0930-1030 14/02/2017Great Northern Café, Thornton 1100-1200 14/02/2017 Café West, Allerton. It would be lovely to meet some new faces and listen to your concerns and issues. Thank you to everyone who attended Cafe West today, we will endeavour to address all issues rasied today. I hope to see you all again next month.

PC 603 Broadbent · January 18 at 3:35am · Manningham Ward - Dangerous moped seized Just after 3pm on Tue 17th Jan, am officer from the districts ASB bike team was patrolling in the Manningham area when he sighted the pictured scooter on Manningham Lane out of Bradford. It looked like it was in poor condition but more noticeable was the pillion passenger not wearing a helmet! The officer intercepted the pair and caused the moped to pull over. It was examined and found to be in a poor state of repair with damaged, faul...ty and missing parts. The rider was a provisional licence holder but no L plates were being displayed and he’d not bothered to take out any insurance either. He was reported for the offences as well as for carrying a passenger in an unsafe manner and can expect a court date in the near future. The moped was seized and is highly unlikely to see a road again. Pc Hitchcocks said “The risks involved with using a vehicle in this condition on busy roads should be obvious to anyone yet this rider clearly wasn’t interested in his or the pillion’s safety.

Add this to the document offences and this rider thoroughly deserves more than one book being thrown at him! Anyone using a vehicle like this can expect to be dealt with by the Police and anyone seeing this kind of behaviour on the roads should report it to the police immediately before lives are put at risk.” This latest incident brings the teams total seizures to date to 639 with numerous section 59 warnings and prosecutions alongside this. The team can be contacted on: Non-emergency telephone No 101 bdasbbiketeam@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk The illegal, dangerous or anti-social use of vehicles (along with dash cam footage) can be reported to: bd.steerside@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk · January 16 at 9:38am · Lower Grange - Two off road bikes seized for no insurance. On Thursday the 12th January 2017 officers received a large number of calls from residents around the Lower Grange area of Bradford. This was in relation to 2 off road motorbikes in the area causing a nuisance and the riders having total disregard to any road user or pedestrians.

Reports stated that the riders were riding around the roads and grassed areas at speed. Officers from the ASB Bike team attended in the area... to try and locate the bikes which could be heard in the local vicinity. The weather had started to turn and the snow was falling making the roads treacherous, it also meant officers could see exactly where the bikes had been. PC Brown from the ASB bike team said ‘there was a high number of calls from residents in a small space of time, it was apparent that the riders out on these bikes had been out for a while and no intention of stopping any time soon, even though there was now a layer of snow on the ground. After around 45 minutes we managed to track both bikes down and spoke with the riders. Both bikes have been seized for no insurance and the riders will be attending court in due course’ If you have any information in relation to the anti-social use of bikes/quad bikes then please contact us. Your call will be in the strictest of confidence and will assist us to recover and remove these vehicles from the streets.

For nuisance bikes and quads telephone 101 or email at bdasbbiketeam@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk If you have any information in relation to the antisocial use of cars, vans or lorries please email bd.steerside@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk GENUKI: Bradford The Ancient Parish of BRADFORD [Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s] "BRADFORD, a market and parish-town, in Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Bingley, 8 from Halifax, 10 from Leeds, Keighley, and Otley, 14 from Huddersfield, 15 from Wakefield, 34 from York, 196 from London. Market, Thursday. Fairs, March 3, June 17 and 18, December 9 and 10, for horned cattle, horses, pigs, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Peckover, Harris, and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir James Esdaile, and Co. 21, Lombard Street.

Principal Inns, the Sun, and the Talbot. Pop. 13,064. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £20. Patron, Richard Fawcett, Esq. Here is also a Chapel of ease, called Christ's Church, in Darley Street, built by subscription, and consecrated in 1815." (There is further information for Bradford ). Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Allerton Transcript of the history for the Bradford-Great Horton Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the history for the Bradford-Wibsey Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the history for the Bradford-Holme Lane Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the history for the Bradford-Saltaire Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the history for the Denholme Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the history for the Eccleshill-Salem Chapel Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the history for the Wilsden Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the history for the Windhill Congregational Church (1868) Transcript of the entry for Bradford in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". Transcript of the entry for Bradford Christ Church in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". Transcript of the entry for Haworth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". Transcript of the entry for Horton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Transcript of the entry for Shipley cum Heaton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". Transcript of the entry for Thornton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". Transcript of the entry for Wibsey in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". Transcript of the entry for Wilsden in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". A record of the pew holders in Wibsey Chapel (Holy Trinity, Low Moor) is available on the South Bradford Local History Alliance website. The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Bradford . The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Haworth . The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Horton . The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Shipley . The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Thornton . The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Wibsey . The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Wilsden . A transcription of the list of Incumbents in Haworth Parish Church.

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer , Vol I, West Riding. Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory , Yorkshire section. Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory , Yorkshire section. Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bradford to another place. An index of the Bradford streets, lanes, roads , etc. transcribed from Whites 1853 Directory and Gazetteer. There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory , Yorkshire section. There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory , Yorkshire section. There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868 , Yorkshire extracts. There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England , Yorkshire extracts. There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750 , Yorkshire extracts.

History T' History o't Haworth Railway in the local dialect, by William Wright poet of Haworth (known as Bill o'th Hoylus End) transcribed by Alan Longbottom. The Low Moor History pages have articles on the history of Low Moor including detailed information on the Carr Lane area. City of Bradford : definition of City of Bradford and synonyms of City of Bradford (English) 13 External links History Bradford was granted the status of a city in 1897. Bradford was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1847, covering the parishes of Bradford, Horton and Manningham. It became a county borough with the passing of the Local Government Act 1888. The county borough was granted city status by Letters Patent in 1897. Bradford was expanded in 1882 to include Allerton, Bolton, Bowling, Heaton, Thornbury and Tyersall. In 1899 it was further expanded by adding North Bierley, Eccleshill, Idle, Thornton, Tong and Wyke. Clayton was added in 1930.

The current city boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the county borough of Bradford was merged with the borough of Keighley, the urban districts of Baildon , Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with the Queensbury parts of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and the parishes of Addingham , and Steeton with Eastburn from Skipton Rural District . Kildwick was part of Bradford at this time, but has since been moved into the Craven District (part of North Yorkshire). In October 2007, Bradford was voted the greenest city in the United Kingdom .[ citation needed ] The city was revealed to have the lowest environmental impact of any British city, in spite of its undeniably large role in the Industrial Revolution . Contrary to popular belief, Bradford's rivers were not polluted beyond redemption during this period in its history, and the streams surrounding the city are now a veritable haven of wildlife .[ citation needed ] The City of Bradford has areas of green space , and recycling schemes.

[12] Geography The City of Bradford is situated on the edge of the Pennines , and is bounded to the east by the City of Leeds , the south east by the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees and the south west by the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale . The Lancashire borough of Pendle lies to the west, whilst North Yorkshire boroughs of Craven and Harrogate lie to the north west and north east respectively. Bradford district has 3636 hectares of upland heathland, including Ilkley Moor where the peat bogs rise to 402 m (1,319 ft) above sea level. Less than 5% of the Bradford district is woodland. Greenspace accounts for 73.8% of the City of Bradford's total area, domestic buildings and gardens comprise 12.1%, and the rest is made up of roads and non-domestic buildings. [13] Three river systems serve the City of Bradford, along with 23 km of canal. The Airedale towns of Keighley, Bingley and Shipley lie on the River Aire .

The River Wharfe runs through Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale , and tributaries of the River Calder run through the district. Unusually for a major settlement, Bradford is not built on any substantial body of water. The ford from which it takes its name (Broad-Ford) was a crossing of the stream called Bradford Beck. Parishes Most of Bradford is unparished , there are parish and town councils for most of the outlying towns and villages in the District. From April 2004, the parishes are: Bradford City Hall Parliamentary constituencies The residents of Bradford are represented in the British Parliament by Members of Parliament (MPs) for five separate parliamentary constituencies. Bradford East is represented by David Ward (Liberal Democrat), Bradford West is represented by George Galloway (Respect), Bradford South is represented by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour), Shipley is represented by Philip Davies (Conservative), and Keighley is represented by Kris Hopkins (Conservative). The city played an important part in the early history of the Labour Party .

A mural on the back of the Priestley Centre For The Arts (visible from Leeds Road) commemorates the centenary of the founding of the Independent Labour Party in 1893. [14] Bradford is within the Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency, which is represented by one Conservative , one Labour, one UKIP , two Liberal Democrat and one BNP MEPs . The voting figures for Bradford in the European Parliament election in June 2009 were: Conservative 24.7%, Labour 22.6%, UKIP 14.9%, Lib Dem 13.4%, BNP 9.4%, Green 8.8%. [15] Council In 1974, City Of Bradford Metropolitan District Council was created to administer the newly formed metropolitan borough. The county borough of Bradford was merged with the Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Cullingworth , Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and part of Skipton Rural District by the Local Government Act 1972 .

The Council, which is based at Bradford City Hall in Centenary Square, governs the whole metropolitan district. The city is divided into 30 Electoral Wards , each ward electing three Councillors . Elections are held in May, where one third of the 90 seats (one for each ward) are contested and the successful candidate is elected for a period of four years. Coat of arms Bradford Coat of Arms The coat of arms of Bradford City council is based on that of the former City and County Borough Council, with additions to indicate the merger of eleven Yorkshire councils. [47] The boar's head, as in the former city council's crest, refers to the legend of the boar of Cliffe Wood. This was a ferocious wild boar that terrorized the populace and caused much damage to land and property; so much so that the Lord of the Manor offered a reward for anyone brave enough to slay the boar and bring its head to the Manor House. The mural crown is a frequent symbol of local government, but here also suggests a well head.

[48] The stag is derived from the device of the Denholme Urban District Council and the arms of the former Borough of Keighley, but represents the District as a whole. The white angora goat is retained from the former arms, recalling that the wool of this animal was used in the local industries. The roses on the collars refer to the Yorkshire rose and the compartment resembles the area's hills and dales . [48] Demographics As of the 2001 UK census , the City of Bradford had a population of 467,665. [49] Of the 180,246 households in Bradford, 36.5% were married couples living together, 28% were one-person households, 10.8% were lone parents and 8.4% were co-habiting couples, following a similar trend to the rest of England. [49] The population density was 1,290 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,341/sq mi) and for every 100 females, there were 92.8 males.

Of those aged 16–74, 24.5% had no academic qualifications, lower than the 28.9% in all of England. 11.8% of Bradford residents were born outside the United Kingdom, higher than the England average of 9.2%. [49] In 2006, it was estimated that 74.9% of the city's population was White (72.2% White British , 0.7% White Irish and 2.1% as Other White ), 2.9% Mixed Race , 20.5% Asian or Asian British , 1.6% Black and 0.6% from other races. 16.8% of the population are of South Asian origin, this being part of the 20.5% figure given above, representing the third highest proportion in England and Wales . Nearly half of all Asians living in Yorkshire and the Humber live in Bradford, with one district, Frizinghall, having the highest concentration of Pakistanis in England and Wales, making up 73% of the local population.

[50] Accordingly, 60.14 of the population of the city identified themselves as Christian in the 2001 census, 16.08 were Muslim , 1.02% Sikhs , 0.95% Hindus and 13.3% were identified as having no religion . [51] The percentage of Jews , Buddhists and those following other religions each amounted to fewer than 0.5% of the city's population. [51] The ONS Regional Trends report, published in June 2009, showed that most of the urban core [52] and 41% of the district as a whole were among the most deprived in the country, it also showed that 11% of the district as a whole were among the least deprived in the country. [53] Bradford has one of the highest unemployment rates in England, [54] with the economic inactivity rates of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups standing at over 50% of the working age population.

[55] [56] The crime rate in Bradford is significantly higher than the national average, [57] but lower than that of similar cities such as Manchester [58] or Leeds . [59] In July 2006, the think tank Reform calculated rates of crime for different offences, relating this to populations of major urban areas (defined as towns over 100,000 population). The study ranked Bradford as the second most dangerous city in England and Wales with 98.3 serious offences per 1,000 population, behind Nottingham . [60] The city was shown to have the highest level of gun violence in the country with 12.53 crimes per 10,000 residents, followed by Leeds (12.45) and Northampton (10.24), and was amongst the top 5 for incidents of burglary, rape, assault and vehicle crime.

[60] [61] Tourism The Bradford District contains some of the most visited ‘hotspots’ in the UK and the numbers descending on them are increasing every year.[ citation needed ] Brontë Country is an area including Western parts of the City as well as the area to the west. The City of Bradford includes the town of Haworth and the village of Thornton , the birthplace of the Brontë sisters . Main Street in Haworth Economy The economy of Bradford is worth around £7 billion, contributing around 8.4% of the region's output, and making the district the third largest after Leeds and Sheffield in Yorkshire & Humber. [64] Traditionally based on the wool and textile industries, manufacturing is still strong, accounting for around 1 in 5 jobs. The city’s service-sector economy accounts for 77% of the district's 195,000 jobs, with today's fastest-growing sectors including information technology , financial services , tourism and retail headquarters and distribution. [65] The district is home to a number of large businesses with recognised brands operating on a national and international scale such as Morrisons , Pace Plc and Hallmark Cards .

Three of the UK’s biggest financial institutions are based in Bradford: Yorkshire Building Society , Bradford & Bingley Building Society and Provident Financial . It is also home to nationally outstanding cultural businesses, a strong group of new media companies, and a significant national institution in the National Media Museum . Tourism is worth over £400 million to the local economy, and employs over 10,000 people. Bradford’s exports are worth almost £700 million. [65] The city’s working-age population has risen by 3.3% since 2000—faster than any UK city outside London, whilst the population of the city itself is growing by twice the national average. Bradford has a younger age profile than the Yorkshire & Humber regional average and the national average, with the younger age groups forming a greater proportion of the population in comparison. [4] Bradford has been named by research group OMIS as one of the top six cities in the UK equipped for future growth, and the CBI reports that business confidence is higher in Bradford than in the UK as a whole, whilst £1.5 billion of construction work is transforming Bradford in a bid to attract further investment.

[65] As of the 2001 UK census, Bradford had 326,774 residents aged 16 to 74. 2.5% of these people were students with jobs, 7.6% looking after home or family, 6.1% permanently sick or disabled and 4.5% economically inactive for other reasons. [66] The City of Bradford has a lower economic activity rate than West Yorkshire, the regional average for Yorkshire and the Humber and the national average. Conversely Bradford has a higher economic inactivity rate than all these areas and also has a lower employment rate. [67] Manufacturing is still strong in Bradford and accounts for almost 12% of all jobs, and the city’s service-sector economy accounts for 82% of the district's 192,000 jobs. The entrepreneurial spirit is more present in Bradford than generally in the UK, with start-ups accounting for 12% of the business community. [65] Bradford’s GVA is over £6 billion. [65] Education Education in the city is provided for by a number of schools and colleges . State schooling is managed by Bradford local education authority .

There are also a number of independent (private) schools, such as Bradford Grammar School and Bradford Girls' Grammar School . Bradford College and the University of Bradford are the main further and higher education providers. Transport The Wharfedale line connects direct to Ilkley , Ben Rhydding , Burley-in-Wharfedale , Menston , Guiseley , Baildon , Shipley and Frizinghall railway stations with Bradford Forster Square . The Airedale Line connects the stations at Morecambe , Lancaster , Settle , Carlisle , Skipton , Steeton and Silsden , Keighley (change for the Bronte Country and the Worth Valley Railway ), Crossflatts , Bingley , Saltaire ( UNESCO World Heritage Site ) and Shipley , continuing to either Frizinghall and Bradford Forster Square or to Leeds to the east of the district. Both Bradford Forster Square and the districts major and busiest railway station Bradford Interchange are served by the Leeds-Bradford line with direct routes to Leeds, Selby and York .

Bradford Interchange , via the Caldervale Line , also connects direct to stations at Manchester , Halifax , Rochdale , Burnley , Blackburn , Preston , Poulton-le-Fylde , Blackpool , Huddersfield , Wakefield , Doncaster and London . There are bus stations in Bradford, Ilkley, Keighley and Shipley. The majority of services are provided by First Bradford and Transdev Keighley & District . The M606 , a spur off the M62 motorway , connects the district with the national motorway network. The M606 was originally laid out to reach the centre of Bradford and beyond, but connects instead to the A6177 Bradford outer ring road, making the motorway one of the shortest in the country at less than three miles (5 km) long. Another motorway was planned in the 1970s, envisaging a link between Bradford, the Aire valley in the north of the district and the M65 at Colne, roughly mirroring the existing A650 road . It has since been upgraded to dual carriageway along much of its length, bypassing the towns of Bingley and Keighley.

The A658 road passes through a tunnel underneath the main Leeds-Bradford airport runway as it heads north-east from Bradford to Knaresborough . Leeds Bradford International Airport itself is located in Yeadon , about 10 miles (16 km) to the north-east of the city centre, and has both charter and scheduled flights to destinations within Europe plus Egypt , Pakistan , Turkey and the USA . There are connections to the rest of the world via London Heathrow Airport , Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol . There are also navigable waterways that run through the district. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through numerous towns and villages in the borough, with the Grade I listed Five Rise Locks at Bingley generally considered to be one of the finest feats of canal engineering in the country. [68] There are also proposals to restore and re-open the Bradford Canal , which closed in 1922, as part of a wider regeneration of the city. [69] Twin towns The City of Bradford, and the various towns and villages that make up the Metropolitan District, have Twin Town and Sister City Friendship Agreements with several other communities.

[70] Each was originally twinned with a place within the City of Bradford. Country The Workhouse in Bradford, Yorkshire, W. Riding Up to 1834 Bradford's first workhouse was built in 1738 at Barkers End at the north-east of Bradford, at the south side of what is now Barkerend Road. A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded local workhouses in operation at Bradford (for up to 70 inmates), Allerton (30), Calverley with Farsley (40), Clayton (20), Heaton (8), Horton (40), Idle (60), Manningham (36), North Bierley and Bowling (70), and Thornton (30). The Barkers End workhouse was rebuilt in 1790, as shown on the 1848 map below. It comprised an L-shaped building fronting onto the road, with men accommodated (by 1848) at the west and women at the east. Bradford Barkers End workhouse site, 1848. Bradford Barkerend Road workhouse from the north-east. © Peter Higginbotham.

Eden , in his 1797 survey of the poor in England, reported of Bradford that: The Poor are maintained in a Workhouse, in a convenient, airy situation at a little distance from the town. There are 74 inmates, mostly old women, old men and children. The daily diet in the Barkerend workhouse in 1795 was as follows: " Meat broth, vegetables, beer Pudsey's provision for housing the poor dates back to at least 1639 when the churchwardens and overseers were ordered to provide "howseroome and harbour" for Stephen Braithwaite and his wife ( Strong, 1982 ). In 1663, the township officials were required to build "a Cottage house — upon ye Waste" to accommodate Isaac Gaunt, his wife, and three small children.

The township's first workhouse had been established by 1741 when Lowton innkeeper Joseph Fenton bequeathed "my uppermost cottage and dwelling house called the workhouse where the poor of Pudsey are now maintained." In 1761, conditions in this establishment were said to be "lamentable and deplorable" and at least two children of widower Paul Hudson, a Moravian, died while residing there. Following complaints by the local Moravian community, it was decided to erect a new workhouse on common land at Littlemoor, at the north side of what is now Valley Road. The inmates were engaged in cloth making and a hoist was fitted above one of the first-floor windows (see illustration below) which was used as a "taking-in" door. Supplies for the workhouse were mostly obtained from the Moravian shop at Fulneck. The shop's records include the sale of sewing materials, harding (a coarse linen used to make men's shirts and women's shifts), and wolsey (a softer fabric with a flax warp and wool weft, used for petticoats and shawls).

Provisions supplied to the workhouse included hops (for brewing), clay pipes, tobacco (shag and pigtail for the men, and ladies' twist for the women), and 20 lbs of treacle per week. Other goods included lettuce seed, bedcord (for stretching across wooden bed frames), and a "bakestone" (on which to bake oatcakes). More luxurious items such as tea, sugar, and dried fruit were occasionally supplied on a separate account for the workhouse "Dame". At the rear of the workhouse was prison where miscreants were locked up until the constables could escort them to the New Inn at Bradford to be dealt with by a magistrate.

At a meeting of Pudsey's "Town's Committee" on 1st February 1802, it was resolved to "discontinue the poorhouse, the occupants to be disposed of as soon as possible," and at the next meeting, two weeks later, an agreement was made with John Cooper of Littlemoor, "to board the paupers residing in the poorhouse for one year, to commence on the first day of March, 1802, and likewise to find fire for them at the rate of three shillings per week per head, to have their earnings for his own benefit — the poor to have two meat dinners per week, and likewise to be under the inspection of the Committee to see they be well kept." ( Rayner, 1887 ). In 1830, Martin George Crowther was the workhouse Master. Little Moor Council School was built on the old workhouse site in 1891, now replaced by housing. Pudsey former parish workhouse, 1889. © Pudsey Civic Society .

The workhouse for Calverley-cum-Farsley was built in 1756 on Calverley's Back Lane, now Blackett Street, at the expense of Sir Walter Blackett (formerly Sir Walter Calverley — he changed his surname as a condition of a inheritance from his uncle). The relatively generous treatment of the inmates made it an expensive place to run — bills in 1772-3 included ones from suppliers of cloth, milk, butter, malt, groceries, veal, beef and mutton, items which would not have been available to those on out-relief. In 1778, the Overseers resorted to offering 8d. a week to Hannah Sowden for agreeing to leave the workhouse. In 1807, the twenty inmates comprised six children, nine women (two bastard-bearers, one wife and the rest widows), two were old men and three were just referred to by their surname and noted as 'old'. ( King, 1997 ) The building no longer exists but a plaque from the original building has been preserved at the site.

It reads "Sir Walter Blackett at his own Expence built this Workhouse in the year 1756." Calverley former parish workhouse (at rear), 1934. Idle's workhouse was at the south side of what is now Windhill Old Road. Idle workhouse site, 1852. The former Idle workhouse, 2006. © Peter Higginbotham. There was a workhouse in Clayton in two cottages on Ramsden Place, off Town End Road. In 1841, the location was referred to as Workhouse Fold. In 1772, Manningham and Heaton agreed to run a joint workhouse. In 1790, the chapelry of Wibsey converted Odsal Farm into a workhouse. The buildings were later used as three cottages. According to Baines' Directory of 1830, North Bierley had a workhouse at Hodgson Moor with John Wilkinson as its Governor. Allerton had a workhouse near Allerton Hall in a property known as Dean House. Allerton former parish workhouse, 2009. © Peter Higginbotham.

The Horton parish workhouse was located in what became Horton Park. Its first recorded master was Tom Carter, a cow doctor and dentist, who was succeeded by Jeremy Haley, Dan Booth, and William Marshall. The building was demolished in 1822 following the transfer of the workhouse to premises at Horton Green. The old site was bought by a Leeds wool merchant named Noble who erected a residence known as Well Close House. In 1812, when there was a national shortage of coins, Bradford was one a several urban workhouses to issue poor relief in the form of specially minted workhouse tokens. These were useable at local shops and could be redeemed by shop-keepers at the workhouse or union offices. Bradford workhouse token. © Peter Higginbotham. After 1834 Bradford Poor Law Union was formed on 10th February 1837.

Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 32 in number, representing its 20 constituent parishes as listed below (figures in brackets indicate numbers of Guardians if more than one): West Riding of Yorkshire: Allerton, Bolton, Bowling (2), Bradford (6), Calverley with Farsley, Clayton, Cleckheaton, Drighlington, Heaton, Horton (3), Hunsworth, Idle (2), Manningham, North Bierley (2), Pudsey (2), Shipley, Thornton (2), Tong, Wilsden, Wike [Wyke]. The population falling within the union at the 1831 census had been 94,621 with parishes ranging in size from Bolton (population 671) to Bradford itself (23,223). Following the creation of the Bradford Union in February 1837, the town was the scene of vigorous anti-Poor Law campaigning. This peaked in November 1837 during a visit of Assistant Poor Law Commissioner Alfred Power — his meetings with the Guardians were disrupted and he was attacked by a crowd. A contingent of six London police officers was sent to maintain order.

On 18th November, cavalry troops from Leeds were called in to quell a mob attacking a meeting at the Courthouse. The Riot Act was read, and over five thousand protestors, armed mainly with stones, fought a running battle with the troops who responded with sabres and, eventually, muskets. The Bradford Union initially inherited the former township workhouses at Bradford, Idle, Calverley, Pudsey, North Bierley, Clayton and Bowling — a total of 400 places. A report of the Bradford workhouse recorded that 'the rooms were dirty, and paupers not at all comfortable. Some were residing in a low damp room, which they did not think fit for habitation'. At the Pudsey workhouse, the inmates and house were said to be 'in a very dirty state' which was attributed to the Master carrying on a cloth making operation on the premises. By 1840, only the Bradford and Idle workhouses were still in use, providing around 200 place. In 1839, Bradford was one of the 37 unions which the Poor Law Commissioners reported that "for the present decline to concur in providing an adequate workhouse".

The early years of the Union were marked by ongoing differences between the four central townships (Bradford, Manningham, Horton and Bowling, which in 1847 formed the new Borough of Bradford) and the sixteen more rural out-townships. The Borough townships held only 12 of the Board's 32 seats, but by 1841 — because of the booming worsted industry in the central area — encompassed half of the Union's population. Any measures that would increase poor relief expenditure were usually obstructed by the out-townships who felt that they would be paying for things that would largely be of benefit to those living in the Borough townships. The situation was only resolved in 1848, when the sixteen out-townships formed the new North Bierley Union, and took over the Idle workhouse. The Bradford Union continued with just the four Borough townships and using the Barkerend workhouse. Little Horton Workhouse After the formation of the North Bierley Union, the Bradford Union was still reluctant to provide new workhouse accommodation. Its hand was quickly forced, however, when cracks appeared in the building caused by mining work being carried out below.

Initially, it was proposed to lease Horton House, a former school building on Little Horton Lane, and to spend £2,000 on its conversion for use as a workhouse Instead, 14 acres of Horton Park were purchased from Mrs Giles at a cost of £4,000 and a new building was erected at a cost of £7,000. Construction work began in August 1850, and the first inmates were transferred from the old Barkerend workhouse on 29th September, 1851. The new building was designed by Henry F Lockwood and William Mawson who were the architects of a number of northern workhouses including those at Barnsley , Carlisle , Dewsbury , Haslingden , North Bierley , and Penistone . Its location and workhouse are shown on the 1906 map below. Bradford workhouse site, 1906. White's 1854 Directory described the workhouse as "a spacious, handsome, and admirably arranged building, and stands upon 14 acres of land purchased at the cost of £4000.

It has room for about 350 inmates, and attached to it is a spacious infirmary." An entrance and administration block, mostly one storey high, lay alongside the road on Little Horton Lane. At the right of the central entrance archway were a committee room and the Guardians' board-room. To the left was a porter's lodge, out-relief office and waiting room. Above the entrance were probationary wards for new admissions to the workhouse, together with a clothes store and fumigation facility. At the outer ends of the entrance block were casual wards for the accommodation of passing tramps and vagrants, with the male ward at the left and female at the right. Bradford workhouse entrance block from the north-west, date unknown. © Peter Higginbotham. The main workhouse building was an elongated H-shaped block facing to the north-west. The Master and Matron's quarters were at the centre, with males housed to the left and females to the right. A central corridor ran the length of the building. The elderly and infirm were accommodated at the front of the building and the able-bodied at the rear.

The end-wings at each side contained the boys' and girls' quarters at left and right respectively. Bradford main block from the north, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham. Bradford main block from east, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham. The new workhouse had problems with its staff — the master in 1851 was suspended for habitual drunkenness and immoral conduct. In 1852, other workhouse staff were accused of neglect after the death of an inmate. In the same year, the Guardians demanded the resignations of the master and matron for incompetence, and the workhouse tailor was dismissed for "an improper connection with a young female inmate". In the 1860s, four additional blocks were erected at the south of the workhouse, taking its capacity to 1,000. Bradford southern accommodation blocks from the north, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham. In 1904, a new T-shaped infirmary block was erected at the east of the main building. Bradford 1904 infirmary block from the east, c.1905.

© Peter Higginbotham. Bradford 1904 infirmary block from the north-west, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham. Bradford 1904 infirmary ward interior, c.1905. © Peter Higginbotham. Bradford 1904 infirmary operating theatre, c.1905. © Peter Higginbotham. A collection of single-storey utility and workshop buildings were located at the west of the site. Bradford workshop blocks from the east, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham. The workhouse casual wards were originally at the outer ends of the front entrance block but were later moved to the south of the site with their entrance on Park Lane. From 1904, to protect them from disadvantage in later life, the birth certificates for those born in the workhouse gave its address just as 217 Horton Lane, Little Horton. During the First World War, the workhouse was used to accommodate military war casualties, with additional temporary wards being set up in huts erected in the grounds.

In 1920, there was a severe shortage of hospital accommodation in Bradford. The Bradford City Council's solution was to make use of the facilities at the workhouse which, at the end of the war, had 1,700 beds. The council negotiated a lease of the site from the Bradford Guardians and on 1st April 1920, England's first municipal general hospital was inaugurated - initially for a five-year experimental period. St Luke's, as the hospital became known, received patients on the recommendation of a medical practitioner, with patients making a small payment based on their family income. The workhouse entrance and administration building was adapted for use as an out-patients department. Homes for the Aged Poor In the early 1900s, the Bradford Guardians pioneered the provision of a separate "cottage homes" establishment for the elderly poor. The site chosen was at Daisy Hill, two miles to the north-west of Bradford. Bradford Daisy Hill cottage homes site, 1922. The cottages were arranged around three sides of a rectangle. The central area, open to the south, contained grass and trees.

Bradford Daisy Hill cottages from the south-west, 2006. © Peter Higginbotham. A house at the centre of the northern side presumably contained the site superintendent's lodgings and offices. Bradford Daisy Hill cottages superintendent's house, 2006. © Peter Higginbotham. The cottages were later known as Hill Top Cottages. The site has latterly been used by local social services. In 1912, the union's aged poor were also being accommodated at premises on Back Lane, Manningham. Daisy Hill Workhouse In 1910, the Bradford Guardians erected a further workhouse at Daisy Hill, not far from the Union's homes for the aged (see map above). It was designed by Fred Holland and originally used as a 'test' workhouse for the union's able-bodied paupers, while the Little Horton site was reserved for the sick and infirm. Daisy Hill workhouse entrance and lodge from the east, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham. Daisy Hill workhouse receiving block from the north-east, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham.

Daisy Hill workhouse main block from the south-east, 2001. © Peter Higginbotham. By 1917, Daisy Hill was being used to accommodate 'feeble-minded' male paupers. The buildings, much enlarged, now house Lynfield Mount Hospital which provides psychiatric care. Children's Homes By the early 1900s, the Bradford Union was operating a number of children's homes. The terminology used to describe the homes sources such as local directories is rather variable. There were "children's homes" at 40 Woodroyd Road and 7 West View, "cottage homes" at 151 Kensington Street, 86 Lister Avenue, 385 Killinghall Road, and 6 Lapage Street, and a "cottage home for boys" at 22 Ellercroft Terrace. In fact, all these establishments appear to be what are usually described as scattered homes .

The list of the homes' locations changed a little over the years, but at various times included: 25 Bishop Street, 20 Cumberland Road, 22 Ellercroft Terrace, 15 Farcliffe Place, 151 Kensington Street, 131 and 385 Killinghall Road, 4-6 Lapage street, 58 Leamington Street, 132 Lilycroft Road, 86 Lister Avenue, 80 Lower Rushton Road, 32 Marsh Street, 32 Marshfield Terrace, 57 Paley Road, 52 Rugby Place, 157 Salt Street, 13 and 168 St Leonard's Road, 15 St Margaret's Terrace, 7 West View, 196 Westwood Terrace, and 40 Woodroyd Road (all in Bradford), and Cavendish House, the Grove, Idle. There was also a Central and Receiving Home for new admissions to the homes at 85 to 93 Park Road, Bradford. By the early 1920s, a second Receivng Home had been opened at 9 Osborne Street.

Bradford "cottage home" at 86 Lister Avenue, 2006. © Peter Higginbotham. Bradford "cottage home" at 7 West View, 2006. © Peter Higginbotham. Bradford "children's home" at 40 Woodroyd Road, 2006. © Peter Higginbotham. Cavendish House, Idle Eastby Sanatorium In 1902-3, the Bradford Guardians erected a sanatorium near Eastby in north Yorkshire for the treatment of phthisis, or tuberculosis of the lungs. Eastby was possibly the first such establishment to be set up by a Poor Law Union. The Eastby site operated as branch of the Little Horton workhouse, with all patients having to be examined there first. The sanatorium's washing was also done at the workhouse laundry. Bradford Eastby sanatorium site, 1909. The eight-acre site occupied an elevated yet sheltered position with the wards facing to the south-east.

The buildings, designed by Frederick Holland, comprised an administration block connected to an adjacent dining-room, a ward block, various outbuildings, and several shelters in the surrounding woods. Eastby sanatorium administration block plan, c.1903. The single-storey timber-built ward block could house 26 patients in rooms holding from one to five beds. Bathrooms lay at the centre-rear of the block, with a nurses' room above. Eastby sanatorium ward block plan, c.1903. Bradford Eastby Sanatorium patients' block from the south-east, c.1905. © Peter Higginbotham. By the mid-1920s, the sanatorium had become Eastby Sanatorium and School, providing 83 beds for boys aged 4 to 16 suffering from tuberculosis. The sanatorium closed during the 1940s, and most of the buildings demolished, Only the former administration block now survives, converted to use as a private house. Bradford Eastby Sanatorium former administration block from the south-east, 2006. © Peter Higginbotham.

Bowling Park Institution By 1917, the union had opened an institution for 'feeble-minded' females at 283 Rooley Lane, at the south side of Bowling Park. Bradford Bowling Park Institution, c.1938. On March 5th, 1920, an inmate of Bowling park workhouse named Mary Brannan died at the age of 106. A native of Leeds, Mary had been in the care of teh Bardford Guardians for 17 years, but had been transferred to Bowling Park just two weeks previously. SHe attributed he longevity to "a bit o' good baccy". She was an early riser and, even after reaching the age of 100, had often been seen in the workhouse grounds at 5 a.m. enjoying a smoke before breakfast. Mary Brannan in Bradford workhouse, aged 102. © Peter Higginbotham. The Bowling Park site later became known as the Park and closed in the 1970s. Bradford Bowling Park, c.1957.

Thackley Home Records Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. West Yorkshire Archive Service — Bradford , Central Library, Prince's Way, Bradford BD1 1NN. Holdings include: Various minutes (1837-1930); Admissions and discharges (1857-1930); Births and deaths (1838-1930); Creed registers (1869-1930); Punishment book (1888-1930); Register of adopted children (1899-1930); etc. Newly catalogued: Ref. 42D94/1/5; c1900-1902; Notes regarding the Bradford Poor Law Union: with details of the three Bradford wards which are represented by 21 guardians who themselves are divided up into four sections who sit every week to hear and receive applications for relief. There are seven committees: assessment, infirmary, children's, finance, visiting, vaccination and revision.

There are also details of numbers of inmates in the Workhouse, numbers of children in the Central Home, and the Cottage Home. The cost of boarding out the boys and the efforts to reverse the "stigma of the Workhouse"; the rules of the workhouses; the cost per head; the positive arguments in the light of criticisms of the ratepayers; the routine for new arrivals at the Workhouse; food and diet of the inmates and the work they carry out, for example the cutting of granite. BBC - Bradford and West Yorkshire - History - The Jewish connection! You are in: Bradford and West Yorkshire > History > Local History > The Jewish connection! Bradford's Jewish legacy! The Jewish connection! By Katie Binns Did you know there are more monuments to Jewish endeavour in Bradford than there are in Leeds, and that Bradford's Jews helped to found the state of Israel? Katie Binns says Bradford would have been a different place without its Jewish community. At first glance the Jewish connection and Bradford seems a strange topic. That’s no surprise since the number of Jews residing in Bradford has always been numerically small. However, their contribution to the commerce and culture of the city has been out of proportion to their numbers.

It seems they were passionately concerned in the building of Bradford. Many left at some point to enhance the general quality of life in Britain. They were also concerned for their own community and the welfare of Anglo-Jewry. Some were even directly involved in the laying of the foundations of the Jewish State of Israel. Jews came to Bradford in the 1820s and 1830s from Germany and Denmark. Others came later in the 1880s and 1890s from Russia and Poland when Czar Alexander II was assassinated resulting in wide scale anti-Jewish riots. As we shall see there are more historic monuments to Jewish endeavour around us in Bradford than in Leeds. Bradford synagogue Not fiercely religious... By 1863 Bradford had its first Jewish mayor in Charles Semon and by April 1873 the Jewish Association of Bradford had been formed. But why did it take fifty years to form a Jewish association in Bradford? Jewish religious life in the city seemed to be in decline, circumcision was rare and the Jewish Chronicle of August 11th 1865 claimed: "They do not want to pass for Jews although every child in Bradford knows them to be Jews".

The Jewish Chronicle also noted that there were over 100 children in the Jewish community but no facilities for their Jewish education. The Chief Rabbi visited Bradford and attempted to form a Jewish association with very little success. At this time the Jewish population numbered 300 people, a sizeable community without services or a synagogue. Part of the reason for the lack of any formal religious group was that some residents might have joined synagogues in Leeds and Manchester. However, Humbert Wolfe, a Jewish descendent, claims that "England was their home…Without knowing it they developed an intense patriotism". Most took no part in Jewish affairs. Natural born leaders... The Jewish merchants who came from central Europe - with its oppression and anti-Semitism - were pleasantly surprised to find in Bradford both economic and political freedom. They used this freedom to take an active and often leading part in the civic life of the town. In 1880 Bradford had a population of 200,000 but the middle and upper class ruling elite of mill owners, industrialists and entrepreneurs would have been comparatively small. The Jewish merchants who comprised over 100 families were able to make a great mark on the city.

Bradford's first Jewish mayor, Charles Semon For example, Jacob Behrens (1806-1889) was very influential in the life of Bradford. He was the first foreign merchant to export wool goods from Bradford. When he arrived in the town he lodged at the Sun Inn at he bottom of Ivegate but left his lodging because he was told "he could not stay as he took nothing to drink". The business he founded grew into a multi-million pound empire and when he died in 1889 it included branches in London, Glasgow, Calcutta and Shanghai. He was involved in the foundation of Bradford Chamber of Commerce in 1851. For his work in connection with commercial treaties between England and France Queen Victoria knighted him in October 1882. He wrote in his memoirs: "Who would have thought it possible that now just fifty years after I stepped ashore on English soil at Hull, a foreigner and a Jew, I should be deemed worthy of the offer of a knighthood by the Queen’s government?" A modest man indeed! Charles Semon (1814-1877) was Bradford’s first foreign born and Jewish mayor.

He was Justice of the Peace for Bradford and Yorkshire and Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding. Many local charities benefited from his generosity. Jacob Unna (1800-1881) from Hamburg was a leading figure in Bradford and Jewish life. He was a man of great business expertise. He was a founder member of the Chamber of Commerce and one of the promoters of the Bradford District Bank. He also promoted the establishment of the Bradford Eye and Ear Hospital. His obituary in the Bradford Observer reads: "It was largely due to the energy, the keen insight into foreign requirements, and the general business capacity of German gentlemen like Mr Unna that Bradford owed the development of the textile trade which resulted in its assuming such a position of importance in the commercial history of the world…In private life he was the embodiment of undemonstrative goodness…" Special mention should go to Jacob Moser (1839-1922), considered to be the most influential in the Jewish and Zionist spheres. Originally from Denmark, he had a strong Jewish upbringing and was one of the founders of the Bradford synagogue. Moser was at the heart of the movement, joining it at the end of the 19th century.

He was a member of the Zionist Central Council, the Anglo-Palestinian Corporation, the Jewish National Fund – in 1907 he contributed 50,000 francs towards the establishment of the first Hebrew High School in Jaffa. He visited what is now Israel in 1908 and 1910, donating large sums to various building projects in the land. Leeds' Jewish community, much larger and poorer than Bradford’s, also received funds from Moser. Yet Moser never neglected the needs of his beloved Bradford. He was one of the founders of the Bradford Charity Organisation Society and the City Guild of Help. He served on the board of the British Royal Infirmary from 1883 and contributed £5,000 to the local fund for the building of a new institution. He provided £10,000 in 1898 as a benevolent fund for the aged and infirm of the city; he also supported the Children’s Hospital, donated 12,000 books to Bradford Central Library and was involved in Bradford Technical College, the Workers Educational Association and the Bradford Scientific Association.

As if this was not enough, to keep himself busy he joined Bradford Council as an Independent member for Manningham ward in 1896, also served Heaton from 1901-04 and in 1909 was elected unopposed as Councillor for Little Horton. In 1910 he was both Lord Mayor of the City and Chief Magistrate. His obituary suggests he gave away some £750,000 in his lifetime to charities for all races and creeds, a phenomenal amount at this time! Dr Friedrich Eurich discovered a cure for anthrax, or wool-sorter’s disease as it was then called. His research, which put his own life in danger, led to a scheme whereby all dangerous wool was directed to one port (Liverpool) to be disinfected, a measure which undoubtedly reduced the number of anthrax cases. He was famous for his Saturday morning surgery "free of charge" at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Other Jewish families contributing to Victorian Bradford included the Sichels, the Rothensteins, the Wolfes and the Halles. What remains today?

There are about 500 Jews in Bradford but most of the children and grand children of the early merchant princes are not to be found. The two synagogues are still maintained. Scholemoor Cemetery still has its Jewish burial ground. Jewish burial area in Scholemoor Cemetery Moser Avenue and Moser Crescent near Idle Road and streets named after Semon and German towns such as Blenheim Mount are part of the Jewish legacy too. Bradford Chamber of Commerce, Bradford College, the Bradford Royal Infirmary and Bradford Central Library are just a few of the services that we use today that enjoyed the financial support and promotional ploys of Mr Moser and Co. How different Bradford would have been without their contribution! [This is the second story in a series in which Katie Binns looks at the history of some of the communities who make Bradford the city is is today.] last updated: 01/04/2008 at 10:50 created: 13/04/2006

Question: Which English city has districts called 'Manningham', 'Great Horton'and 'Heaton'?
Answer: BRADFORD