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Bradford, Manchester Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bradford, Manchester

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Bradford, Manchester history

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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

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 .

Bradford, Manchester geography / climate

Bradford township had an area of 288 acres between the River Medlock and Ashton Old Road. The underlying rocks are the sandstones and shales of the Middle Coal Measures of the Manchester Coalfield.

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Best Bradford, Manchester places to visit

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Bradford, Manchester has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bradford, Manchester’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bradford, Manchester’s information audio spots:

Longsight Electric TMD Longsight Electric TMD is an AC electric railway locomotive traction maintenance depot situated in Longsight, Manchester, England . The depot code is LG (9A 1950 – 1973). It is one of the largest train depots in the United Kingdom and can hold 179 carriages at one time .

Victoria Baths Victoria Baths opened to the public in 1906 and cost £59,144 to build . Manchester City Council closed the baths in 1993 and the building was left empty . A multimillion-pound restoration project began in 2007 and is on English Heritage’s Heritage at Risk Register .

Edgar Wood Centre Edgar Wood Centre was designed by Edgar Wood in 1903 . Nikolaus Pevsner considered it “the only religious building in Lancashire that would be indispensable in a survey of twentieth century church design in all England” Grade I listed building is on Heritage at Risk Register .

Victoria Park, Manchester Victoria Park is a suburban area of Manchester, England . Victoria Park lies approximately two miles south of Manchester city centre . It is located between Rusholme and Longsight .

Dalton-Ellis Hall Dalton-Ellis Hall is a hall of residence complex at the University of Manchester . It is situated in the south of the city on Conyngham Road in Victoria Park, next to St Chrysostom’s Church . It has 279 male and female residents in catered accommodation .

Ardwick Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre . The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250 . Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a wealthy suburb of Manchester . By the end of that century it had become heavily industrialised .

O2 Apollo Manchester The O2 Apollo Manchester is a concert venue in Ardwick Green, Manchester . It is a Grade II listed building with a capacity of 3,500 (2,514 standing, 986 seats)

Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) is part of the Manchester Pharmacy School, in the University of Manchester . In May 1991, CPPE was created as a direct response to the perceived lack of continuing professional development support given to community pharmacists .

Appleby Lodge Appleby Lodge is a set of three-storey 1930s blocks of flats with eight entrance doors . The blocks are in a U-shape around a central garden in Rusholme, Manchester .

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester is one of the oldest earth and environmental science departments in the UK . The Department takes roughly 100 new undergraduates and 140 postgraduates each year .

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