History of Bradford in West Riding

Place:

Bradford West Riding

Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Bradford. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name	Author	Source
BRADFORD	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
BRADFORD	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

Names for administrative units:

These names were used for units associated with Bradford. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

Name	Unit Type	Source
00CX	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BRADFORD	1841 Occupation reporting area	1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
	Ancient District (Borough)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 773.
	Archdeaconry	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 861.
	Constituency (PBCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Diocese	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 861.
	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
	Local Government District (CB/MB)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 773.
	Manor	The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD)	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU/PLPar)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 775.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 861.
	Sanitary District (USD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 781.
	Urban Labour Market	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
BRADFORD AND SHIPLEY	Urban Labour Market	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour)
BRADFORD CENTRAL	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRADFORD CENTRAL	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
BRADFORD CHRIST CHURCH	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD CHRIST CHURCH WITH ST THOMAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD CITY OF	Local Government District (CB/MB)	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 24, 'Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in Municipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts, 1901'.
BRADFORD EAST	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Constituency (BCon)	Boundary Commission for England, Fifith Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 2009)
	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BRADFORD EAST END	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BRADFORD HOLY TRINITY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD NORTH	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRADFORD SOUTH	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRADFORD ST ANDREW	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST AUGUSTINE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST CHRYSOSTOM	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST CLEMENT	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST COLUMBA HORTON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST COLUMBA WITH ST ANDREW	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST JAMES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
BRADFORD ST JOHN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
BRADFORD ST LUKE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
BRADFORD ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
BRADFORD ST PETER	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST PETER	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
BRADFORD ST THOMAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
BRADFORD ST WILFRID LIDGET GREEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
BRADFORD WEST	Constituency (PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRADFORD WEST	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRENT CENTRAL	Constituency (BCon)	Boundary Commission for England, Fifith Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 2009)
CENTRAL BRADFORD	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
E461200	Local Government District (CB/MB)
EAST BRADFORD	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
NORTH BRADFORD	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SOUTH BRADFORD	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
UNDERCLIFFE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
WEST BRADFORD	Constituency (PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
WRY 0220	Manor	The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING BRADFORD EAST	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954)
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING BRADFORD NORTH	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954)
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING BRADFORD SOUTH	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954)
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING BRADFORD WEST	Constituency (BCon)	Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954)

NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Bradford, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Bradford, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bradford in West Riding | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1061/names

Date accessed: 05th November 2024