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Bradford, Manchester history


In 1196 the village was recorded as Bradeford, meaning the broad ford. Up to the Industrial Revolution, it was rural with woodland, pastures and brooks. Wolves and eagles once inhabited the woodlands and honey production was part of the local economy.

Coal mining

Bradford Colliery provided fuel to power steam engines in the new cotton mills that were springing up in the district . With the coming of the Ashton Canal in 1797, the colliery was connected to it by means of a private branch . When deeper pit shafts were sunk, seams of fireclay were discovered and consequently a brickworks was built on the site to manufacture firebricks for use in lining furnaces .

Other industries

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Bradford Gasworks was a dominant feature of the landscape . The other large employer in Bradford was Richard Johnson & Nephew (Bradford Ironworks) The ironworks was close to the Ashton Canal .

  

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