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

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Cottingley, Bradford history

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In 1917, two girls, 15-year old Elsie Wright and nine-year-old Frances Griffiths, claimed to have photographed fairies in the dell (Cottingley Beck) at the bottom of their garden. This led to the Cottingley Fairies hoax, which still resonates in the village into the modern day.

Cottingley, Bradford etymology

The village is first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Cotingelai in the wapentake of Skyrack and lands of Erneis of Buron. The name once meant ‘the clearing of the descendants of Cola’

Cottingley, Bradford geography / climate

The village is in the Aire Valley between Shipley and Bingley approximately 330 feet (100 m) above sea level. The bridge across the River Aire leading towards Bingley was built by 1649. The A650 road is now to the north of Cottingley after a bypass was built and opened in 2003.

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Best Cottingley, Bradford places to visit

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

Toller Toller is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council of West Yorkshire. The population of the ward as of the 2011 Census was 19,914.

Campion A.F.C. Campion Association Football Club is based in Manningham area of Bradford, West Yorkshire. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One North and play at Scotchman Road.

Heaton Woods The Heaton Woods Trust is both the name for the charity and the woodland it cares for located mainly in Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The Trust is funded by charitable donations from the community, paid annual memberships and fundraising activities.

Salts Mill Salts Mill is a former textile mill, now an art gallery, shopping centre, and restaurant complex in Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire. It was built by Sir Titus Salt in 1853, and the present-day 1853 Gallery takes its name from the date of the building which houses it. The mill was the largest industrial building in the world by total floor area.

Saltaire United Reformed Church Saltaire United Reformed Church (originally Saltaire Congregational Church) is a church at Saltaire, West Yorkshire. Commissioned and paid for by Titus Salt in the mid 19th century, the church is a Grade I listed building and sits within the Saltaire World Heritage Site.

Oakwood Hall Oakwood Hall, Bingley, West Yorkshire is a 19th-century mansion with substantial interior fittings by the Victorian architect William Burges. The hall was constructed in 1864 by Knowles and Wilcox of Bradford for Thomas Garnett, a prosperous textile merchant. Garnett had the interiors designed by Burges, who contributed a fireplace, and by Morris & Co. Edward Burne-Jones created the stained glass St. George in the staircase window.

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